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Treatment for cholesterol-related illnesses likely with the discovery of receptor in mice

...pecial pathways that remove these toxins. The main problem with the PXR receptors in humans is that they are not activated by the metabolites to trigger an effective response and clear away the cholesterol. The study suggested that harnessing PXR could benefit people with high cholesterol worldwide, apart f...

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...er, MD, said that fibroids are a common and vexing problem in women and fibroid relief accounts for about 30% of all hysterectomies in the U.S. Women who are symptomatic could have back pain, pain with intercourse, problems with bowels and bladder, and most especially heavy bleeding. Many of these women are ...

A new way out for heroin addicts

Heroin addiction is a serious problem that can often be fatal. Methadone has been one of the treatment options for long-term heroin addicts. However, the major concern in treating heroin addicts with methadone is that methadone can become addictive. This is one reason methadone therapy i...

Hyaluronan supplementation therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, a common problem in the knees, is a form of arthritis where one or more joints undergo tissue change. A key problem involved in in these type of joint problems is the loss of a special salt called hyaluronan within t...

Treatment over a longer period for blood clotting

... 12 months of the oral drug warfarin. However, the problem with this treatment is that once the patient goes ...mboembolism recurs. While recurrence rates of this problem are reduced if the patient stays on warfarin, according to previous studies, it// also puts the pati...

Ways to handle ugly toenails

Ugly and disfigured toenails is a problem that occurs in 1 in 2 persons above the age of 50. This condition is caused by a long standing fungal infection and it gives toenails a thick, yellow and crumbly appearance. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic advice consulting with a chiropodist who might re...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) signals vascular disease

Erectile dysfunction, a problem few men discuss with their physicians, can be an early warning sign of cardiovascular disease. Risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity and smoking are the same as those associated with im...

Asthma is not just a childhood condition

...n's condition. Only 4% were aware that is a common problem in those aged 50 or over. Furthermore, while 88% knew that wheezing was a common symptom, 42% did not realise that a persistent cough that is worse at night or in the early morning, or shortness of breath are also common symptoms that indicate poorly...

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...ein is produced and it pushes up its content. This problem is less with dermal patches, moreover the oral estrogen has to be given in higher dose than transdermally. Researchers found that the levels of C-reactive protein in blood was unchanged when women took a placebo or used the estrogen patch, but rose w...

Asthma not just a childhood condition

...n's condition. Only 4% were aware that is a common problem in those aged 50 or over. Furthermore, while 88% knew that wheezing was a common symptom, 42% did not realise that a persistent cough that is worse at night or in the early morning, or shortness of breath are also common symptoms that indicate poorly...

New Cure for Addiction?

...xists. However, since the need is so great and the problem is so urgent, some scientists consider the project worth the risk. The exact ingredients remain a secret known only to a very few people. Its inventor, Tran Khoung Dan, believes in traditional medicines and is said to have cured his own addiction by ...

Helping Kids Attain a Healthy Weight

... percent since 1991. Doctors generally believe the problem lies in an imbalance between energy consumed and e... too much and exercising too little. Combating the problem has been a challenge, and these researchers decided to undertake this extensive consumer survey as a...

When Man Bites Man

...ting people who are bitten by animals poses little problem for doctors, but what do they do when the biter is another human? That’s the question researchers set out to answer in a new study published in this month’s Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery. Their review of 10 years worth of hospital records i...

In Chronic Diseases - Poor compliance of Patients with drug treatment

... achieve population health goals." The adherence problem is set to expand as the worldwide burden of chronic diseases increases. Noncommunicable diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes), mental health disorders, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined represented 54% of the global burden of illn...

Sleep Apnea Linked to Bed-Wetting in Kids

...tedly wetting the bed. Most children "outgrow" the problem without treatment. The reasons for chronic bed-wetting in school-age children are not fully clear. According to Brooks, children with sleep apnea may wet the bed because they do not get restful sleep and therefore have a decreased arousal response t...

Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes

...es. How could a drug that kills bacteria prevent a problem that involves the blockage of blood vessels supplying the brain? Strokes often occur when cholesterol plaques in blood vessels rupture and block blood flow to the brain. Interestingly, recent reports have shown that these plagues can contain bacteria...

Diabetes on the Increase but Death Rate Falling

...obesity and diabetes are indeed on the increase, a problem big and deadly enough to need no supporting rhetoric," he wrote in the journal. Diabetes effects some 135 million people worldwide and the number of sufferers has been increasing steadily in the West due in part to a rise in obesity. A healthy diet ...

Salt-Water Pools Good for the Health

...f the pools, skin and ear infections were a common problem in the children. After the pools opened, the infections dropped markedly. Swimming in salt water, report the researchers, acts as the equivalent of a nasal and ear washout and also cleanses the skin, helping to minimize the likelihood of infections. ...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

...o fractures.//Doctors say it's an often overlooked problem that may affect millions adolescents. Often undete...avor of soda, specialists say it's no wonder. One problem is that the simple blood test that detects the deficiency is rarely done unless a problem is suspect...

Detect masses in the breast

...be used as guide during the biopsy procedure. “The problem has been, you found something, what am I going to do about it? Well, now I know what to do about it. I can biopsy it,” Dr. Sumkin says. In just two days, Daria got the results of her biopsy. “It turned out to be OK. There was no cancer”...

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