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Valtrex Prevents the Need for C-Section among Women Infected With Genital Herpes

...ical Center have found a new anti viral drug which prevents the necessity of a caesarean section //in pregnant woman who have a history of genital herpes. The UT Southwestern study is the first large-scale confirmation that the drug valacyclovir hydrochloride (Valtrex) is effective in the last month of preg...

Anti-Angiogenics Very Effective Against Cancer

...h cut of the blood supply to the solid tumor. This prevents the growth of the tumor. The study results appear in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. ‘This is a novel class of drugs that increases the potential for good, effective treatment for cancer patients with tumors,’ said Kevin Mayo, Ph.D., pr...

Pomegranate Juice Remedy for Prostate Cancer

...me by 54 months. Consumption of pomegranate juice prevents or delays the requirement of the patient to go in for other therapies, such as hormone treatment. The researcher said that the basic mechanism behind this response is not known and further research is needed to understand it completely. He also sa...

Latest Drug for AMD, Beyond The Reach Of Common Man

...is can't repair the irreversible retina damage but prevents the blood-vessel leakage in the back of the eye that causes damage. The patients suffer from distorted, wavy vision, and eventually a gap in the center of their vision. In the trails session itself Lucentis was found to have improved the patient’s e...

Misconception on Treatment Options among Prostate Cancer Patients

...ecdote, misconception and emotional changes, which prevents them //from trusting on clinical trial evidences. Research showed misconceptions on the disease management options and comparing the anecdotal experiences of others with prostate cancer to their own conditions, eventhough their severity and treat...

Repeated Liver Cell Proliferation, a Cause for Liver Cancer

...ile NF-??B activation in hepatocytes (liver cells) prevents liver cancer, its activation in inflammatory cells...d cancerous tumor cells," said Karin. Blocking JNK prevents liver injury but also inhibits liver regeneration, so the timing and context of activation are very ...

New Way To Combat Spinal Cord Injury during Aortic Surgery

...l., mitochondrial K-ATP channel opener, diazoxide, prevents ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rabbit spinal c...itochondrial damage with the drug diazoxide, which prevents mitochondrial failure and subsequent cell death. Using a rabbit model of ischemia-reperfusion inju...

New Drugs Could Save Lung Cancer Patients

...ic structural alteration over time that eventually prevents it from interaction with the drugs Iressa and Tarceva.' 'Our latest studies have begun to shed light on mechanisms underlying primary and secondary resistance and have led to the identification of a distinct class of drugs that may be effective in th...

Possible Link between Miscarriages and Male Babies

...hat male genes can trigger an immune reaction that prevents later pregnancies in vulnerable women. In such cases the chance of a second pregnancy was reduced drastically. Recurrent miscarriages are defined as having three miscarriages one after the other. After treatment these women with first born boys had o...

Quick freezing technique of the human egg

... solution which is stored in liquid nitrogen. This prevents the formation of ice crystals, which is the main reason fort damage of the egg. The technique will be beneficial to cancer patients who can freeze their eggs before undergoing the cancer treatment that can harm their fertility. Women who are career...

Antidepressants affect and cause REM sleep disorder

...t) sleep, the dream stage of sleep, which normally prevents enacting one's dreams. RBD patients generally act out their dreams in a defensive posture, as if fending off an attacker, says R. Robert Auger, M.D., Mayo Clinic sleep medicine specialist, psychiatrist and primary investigator. The disorder is often ...

Animal Study Found Cure For Huntington Disease

... engineering a mutation into the disease gene that prevents the protein from getting cleaved at a specific site’. To explore the role of cleavage, Dr. Hayden's team established an animal model of HD that replicated the key disease features seen in patients. A unique aspect of this particular animal model is...

Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel Develops A New Bird Flu Vaccine

...cking the problem at the root level, and therefore prevents the spread and advancement of the disease. Toon Wilderbeek, Akzo's executive in charge of pharmaceuticals also explained that the new vaccine would also greatly reduce the efforts that would be required for individually administering the doses. It ...

Simple remedy to prevent DVT: Eat 6 Tomatoes!

...to, possess anti-clotting properties. Aspirin also prevents clot formation but carries a side effect of causing bleeding in the stomach. Tomatoes contain similar benefits of Aspirin but it is without any side-effects. Professor Asim Duttaroy and his team at the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen, who have made th...

High Fiber Diet to Fight Colon Cancer

...uicker movement of the waste in the colon. It also prevents carcinogens to stay in contact with the colon wall...ins the colon pH in a slightly acidic manner which prevents constipation....

Role of Vitamin D in Preventing Cancer

...amin D helps in maintaining healthy bones and also prevents cancer // . The sun shine vitamin as it is called protects people from colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer. It was also found that pregnant women consuming too little of this vitamin gave birth to smaller babies. Experts from Canada, US a...

New Group Of Drugs For HIV Treatment

...ournal of Virology, concluded that the drug PA-457 prevents the release of Capsid only when Gag is in an assembled form, which has a specific three-dimensional conformation , and not in the unassembled form. The study also observed that no other viral proteins or human cellular component are a requirement...

Green Tea Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

...e said. Sumpio said other reports show that EGCG prevents growth of certain tumors. Tea, according to studies, also can improve gastrointestinal function, alcohol metabolism, kidney, liver and pancreatic function, protect skin and eyes and alleviate arthritis. Tea has been used in managing and preventing al...

Bone Strength Increases In Rats With Citrus Juice Breakfast – Study Say

...e given to lab rats, it improves bone strength and prevents osteoporosis//. Osteoporosis affects about 2 million men and 8 million women in the United States, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Nationally, about 1.5 million hips, vertebras and wrists break each year as a result, said Dr. Bhi...

LL-37 Produced By the Body Found To Be Effective Against UTIs

...duced an antibacterial peptide, called LL-37 which prevents urinary tract infections (UTIs). The lead researcher Annelie Brauner said that the situation can become worse in case of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But she also said that there are very slim chances of the body developing resistance against its...

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