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Tag: "promises" at medical news

Good News For Cataract Patients

..., not only takes a few minutes to perform but also promises to also allow patients to resume regular activities almost immediately afterwards. The new technique was demonstrated at the B.B. Eye Foundation here Sunday. The surgical procedure, designed to improve treatment of cataract, uses micro incision (70...

Have You Ever Wondered How We Perceive Different Sounds?

... some forms of deafness. In addition, the approach promises for future efforts in hearing restoration. It was originally known that the unique asymmetrical shape of hair cells was an integral part of the hearing process. However, it was not clear which genes were involved in the development of this polarize...

Drug Delivery Made More Patient Friendly And Safe

...electronic-tagging in medical equipment design and promises for an extra level of security to both staff and patients, ensuring that the correct drug is being administered at the correct time. Medication errors, equipment defects and patient accidents are one of the most common medical mistakes and could be ...

Vitamins Found To Influence Birth Weight

... Thus researchers say fortifying a range of foods promises to be a more effective solution than a campaign to encourage women to take folic acid supplements....

Bypassing open heart bypass surgery...

...hrough in the treatment of coronary artery disease promises to reduce the need for open heart bypass surgery. Medical research has come up with a drug-coated stent which once inserted after clearing a clogged artery has shown an ability to check the recurrence of blockages, a common problem with the angioplas...

Fight oral cancer with gene therapy mouthwash

A new breakthrough using gene therapy mouthwash promises good results for those with oral cancer. This mouthwash wards off oral cancer by destroying suspicious growths in the mouth before they become malignant. The idea is to attack the pre-cancerous patches by unleashing viruses, which kills cells that co...

FDA Diminish Hopes On ‘Female Viagra

... Intrinsa has been called "female Viagra" as it promises to restore healthy sexual appetites to women struggling with low desire. Though experts say female sexuality is more complex than male, and affected more deeply by mood, self-esteem and the relationship, new studies of Intrinsa showed that the drug...

Reducing The Risk Of Heart Disease

...se for eight years. Thus researchers say Polymeal promises to be an effective, non-drug, safe and tasty way to increase life expectancy and reduce heart disease across the population....

New imaging technique for tracking Alzheimer's

...tive testing. Researchers believe the new approach promises a better way of diagnosing and monitoring Alzheimer's disease....

New therapy improves quality of life for cancer

...a that results from chemotherapy. Now epoetin alfa promises a way of tackling chemotherapy-related fatigue too....

Focussed treatment for Hodgkin's disease

...ignificant focussed technique of radiation therapy promises a better result for people with Hodgkin's disease. These days a full cure is likely for most of those who develop// Hodgkin's disease. But their recovery may be impaired by short and long-term complications of conventional radiation treatment. ...

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

...ommended for women considering HRT. But this study promises a way of detecting those women who can most benefit from hormone replacement....

Senior drug card saves little

...cluding President Bush, campaigned for office with promises to add drug coverage to Medicare. So far no plan has made it even out of a congressional committee. Still, even if the plan goes forward, the administration allows that the cards are no substitute for adding drug coverage to Medicare itself and hel...

FDA approves first pocket-sized EKG machine

...e first pocket-sized EKG machine, so small that it promises easier, faster heart measurements in ambulances, the emergency room - even a possible heart attack victim's bedroom. It's also the first hand-held computer-based medical device, part of a growing trend to miniaturize some of medicine's most important...

FDA approves drug for rare liver disease

... lethal liver disease have won the first drug that promises to help them live years longer. The drug, named Orfadin, amazingly is a failed weed killer that Swedish scientists discovered could fight a disease called hereditary tyrosinemia. "This is a real breakthrough drug," said Dr. Marlene Haffner of the U...

Relief from common back pain

...tant professor of functional restoration, stanford promises to provide relief./Nucleoplasty was designed to treat herniated disk, a condition in which the soft, gel-like substance found in the centre of a disk presses on the spinal nerves, causing pain in the lower back, numbness or weakness in the leg. He ...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

... implant that can change focus like a natural lens promises to make cataract patients’ eyesight almost as good as it was when they were young.The device, which is being developed by Jin-Hui Shen, an ophthalmologist at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, contains six overlapping...

FDA approves surgical gel

... and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a gel that promises less internal scarring for women undergoing certai...ejected Lifecore Biomedical Inc.'s Intergel, which promises to reduce internal scarring from certain gynecologic operations. // The gel, formally named Gyneca...

Steps To Improve Quality Of Plant-Based Drugs

...ther on improving quality of plant-based drugs. It promises not only to get a large number of laboratories activated on testing them, but also seeks to start registering farmers who produce medicinal plants to ensure the raw material itself meets standards. The first meeting of a recently constituted Medicina...

Lose Weight With New Wonder Slimming FDA approved Prescription Drug

...al diets or fancy cures. Don't spend your money on promises and pipedreams. Instead, go for what works....

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