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Acupuncture can ease cancer

...patients in whom conventional drugs have failed to prevent vomiting. Mark Bovey, a research co-ordinator, at the Acupuncture Research Resource Centre at Exeter University, said that doctors were beginning to become far more accepting of acupuncture as a viable therapy. He said: "Acupuncture is well-known a...

Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique

...ction of the new technique may make it possible to prevent breast cancer by improved screening of high-risk groups of women. Further developments currently underway may allow the collection of cells from abnormal areas using the endoscope, avoiding the need for biopsy altogether. Although general anaesthet...

All the more bad

...-smokers. Paraoxonase is a enzyme which helps to prevent fatty deposits building up and blocking the blood vessels. A team of Swiss researchers examined 367 people with heart disease. Blood tests revealed significantly reduced levels of paraoxonase activity among current smokers and ex-smokers who had stop...

Gas Masks Don't Always Fit an Emergency

...er than the likelihood that wearing the mask would prevent contamination. And wearing a mask could be particularly dangerous if you have a respiratory disease or asthma, which already hampers your breathing. There were 20 deaths during the Gulf War associated with wearing the gas masks improperly. And tho...

Biotechnology on the lead

... can find it in a very precise fashion."This could prevent massive casualties, Dr Hunter said. Public health expert Dr Margaret Hamburg said lethal agents such as botulism, anthrax and bubonic plague could be purchased illegally over the internet, and might be more appealing to a would-be terrorist than co...

Snoring could be a warning

... The Australian researchers found that they could prevent both the snoring and the high blood pressure by giving women breathing masks attached to a machine that kept their airways open while they were asleep. Lincolnshire GP Dr Martyn Walling, a member of the Primary Care Gynaecology Group, said "Snoring c...

Vitamins reduce pre-eclampsia

... it may lead to an effective treatments which will prevent the onset of this devastating illness and its consequences."...

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

...mer how likely it is that the medicine is going to prevent some outcome, these advertisement often use vague ...6% for drugs to treat disease and 11% for drugs to prevent disease. He pointed out that proponents of direct-to-consumer drug ads argue that the ads help edu...

Common contraception

...ed to block the channel would immobilise sperm and prevent fertilisation. The discovery is reported in this ... Dr Chapman speculated.A contraceptive designed to prevent fertilisation would not interfere with the gene but simply inhibit the ion channel protein, so that ...

Dampness related to asthma

...hrooms. "Keep kitchen and bathroom doors closed to prevent dampness spreading to other parts of the house and keep rooms well aired and try to avoid condensation."...

Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention

... for over 100 years, but its beneficial effects to prevent stroke and heart attack only started to be recogni...arin may be a better blood thinner than aspirin to prevent almost all forms of stroke, but that it has greater side effects, increased risk of hemorrhage, and ...

A new contraceptive

...ed to block the channel would immobilise sperm and prevent fertilisation. The discovery is reported by Dr D... fertilised normally. A contraceptive designed to prevent fertilisation would not interfere with the gene but simply inhibit the ion channel protein, so that ...

Mouthwash as a weapon

...dications and some deodorants, seems to be able to prevent the growth of Plasmodium falciparum.This is the parasite carried in the saliva of mosquitoes which causes as many as 3.2m deaths worldwide every year. While a practical way of using the agent has yet to be fully developed, the increasing resistance...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...ht that an ingredient of alcoholic drinks may help prevent or restrict the hardening of the arteries which could lessen blood flow to the brain. // However, there are other factors linked to moderate alcohol consumption which could also be linked to improved IQ. The researchers, at the National Institute ...

Smallpox Vaccine May Help Fight Cervical Cancer

... which is linked to most cases of the illness, and prevent early cell changes from developing into cervical cancer. A modified version of the smallpox vaccine is being used because it has been shown to produce the type of immune response that the researchers are looking for. In addition to treating women w...

Comparison between warfarin and aspirin

...blood clotting proteins. So both are known to help prevent blood clots in the brain that lead to strokes. Till date, it has been thought that warfarin is more effective at preventing stroke, but causes more side effects and is more expensive.// Many research has shown that warfarin works better than aspirin ...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...ght control in adolescents can help to postpone or prevent serious health problems as adults....

Re-blockage of heart arteries prevented by vitamins

...alifornia have shown that a vitamin supplement can prevent restenosis. This is the first ever trial of vitamins in heart disease. They gave 95 patients who had had an angioplasty a supplement consisting of one milligram of folic acid, 300 micrograms of vitamin B12 and 5 milligrams of vitamin B6. In the vit...

Hormones Linked To Migraines

...es, since drugs that regulate these hormones could prevent or reduce the severity of the headaches, according to Dr. Mario Peres, the study's lead author. // According to the report, chronic migraine sufferers had higher levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that is involved in the control of blood pressure...

Safe for people with asthma

... with asthma after all, and they should take it to prevent exposing themselves to the health complications of flu....

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