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Dengue and Chikungunya: The Dirge of a Nation

...ost patients diagnosed with Dengue and Chikungunya recover completely within a span of few weeks. Joint pain may persist for a period of time in patients with Chikungunya. In some cases, physiotherapy may be resorted to restore normalcy. It is common for the patient to feel incapacitated and depressed after ...

Cancer Survivor Runs Half-marathon

...osed with cancer. I was not sure whether one could recover properly," he said. But Young became optimistic and confident once the treatment started and he spoke to the doctors. "Initially, I didn't know what to do and I was shattered completely. But my doctors stood by me again and helped me regain conf...

A glowing energy measure for heart cells

... the energy levels from dropping or enable them to recover very quickly," she said. "Drugs are already in existence to help protect mitochondria from damage and preserve their function. If we can get those into the heart at the right time then we could protect the mitochondria and get them to produce more ...

Drugs ineffective in treating depression in teens

...atment, which would remove those who spontaneously recover in a very short period of time. In addition to hav...ssible side effects, since those who spontaneously recover quickly would not be started on drug therapy. The article "Impersistence of Depression in Youth: I...

Awake or not?

...esponsive brain-damaged people were more likely to recover or treatment was possible. In the study the woman ...act. About 50 percent of people with such injuries recover some awareness in the first year after the injury, studies find; very few do so afterward. Dr. Jos...

Chikungunya in the Capital

...ur. Haemorrhage is rare and all but a few patients recover within 3-5 days. Some can suffer from joint pain for months. Children may display neurological symptoms,' said Heart Care Foundation of India president, Dr. K. K. Aggarwal. GYT...

Songs Could Help to Overcome Flood Trauma

... come up with innovative ways of helping people to recover from the trauma caused by weeks of flooding.// A team of psychiatrists is urging people to get back to their daily routines and hum a motivational song when they can. While the song is being repeatedly broadcast on FM radio stations, the psychiatr...

Further improvements envisaged at Carstairs

...oviding secure, high-quality care to help patients recover where possible and to live their lives as fully as possible. The services that the State Hospital Board provide are unique and the staff there are committed to providing patient care and treatment to the highest standards, in conditions of high secur...

Stroke Rehabilitation Through Modified Video Games

...o types of finger flexing exercises needed to help recover hand functions in stroke patients. In one exercise, a patient attempts to wipe clean four vertical bars of "dirty" pixels that obscure a pleasant image on a computer display. The bars are erased in proportion to each finger's flexing motion, giving...

Long term Sobriety can Reverse Effects of Alcohol Damage

...ld age to stop likely suffer more brain damage and recover much more slowly. Fein says, "We're not saying that you will have full recovery [of mental function] if you stop drinking in your 50s or 60s. We are saying that these people stopped drinking earlier, and they appear to have close-to-full recovery o...

Abdomen Can Help In Gas Exchange In Lung Failure

...marily performed by the lungs. This may help lungs recover better in lung failure and also give supplementati...e a condition in which they might have a chance to recover if they could survive the most severe phase of their disease." The system these researchers develo...

More than 50,000 Affected by Chikangunya Fever in Madhya Pradesh

...ls, nausea, vomit and joint pain. Most patients recover within three to five days though some can suffer from joint pain for months. Children may display neurological symptoms, said a doctor. The spread of the disease, first reported in Maharashtra in 1965, is alarming as it can lead to an outbreak of t...

Stroke Rehab Programs Should Be Generalized

...tudy suggests that people over 80 years of age can recover as much as those of a younger age. To test this theory, the researchers studied 878 stroke survivors who received rehabilitation in Hong Kong from January 2000 to December 2003. The participants were divided into three groups. 189 were below 65, an...

Muscles May Need Estrogen to Regain Strength, Especially as Women Age

...ssible. If estrogen-deficient women are failing to recover muscle mass from the bed rest associated with the flu or a hospitalization, the implications for old age are quite significant. We need all the muscle mass we can get to make it through old age without losing independence." Women lose 10 to 15 perc...

Alcoholism & Dependence Seen More Commonly In Early Alcohol Drinkers

...hol Prevention Centre said that while people could recover from such a problem they are generally at a greater lifelong peril especially if they develop dependence so quickly and early in life. The findings of the study have been reported in the July edition of the Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medi...

Bone Marrow Cells Aid In Heart Repair

...decreases with age and that elderly patients don't recover from heart attacks as well as younger patients. The key for the older patients would be to find new ways to restore this particular subset of cells in their bone marrow," said Dr. Fazel. "These findings have very important implications," noted Dr. R...

Chikungunya Death Toll Raises to 12 in Madhya Pradesh

... be headache and slight photophobia. Most patients recover within three to five days. Some can suffer from joint pain for months. The joints of the extremities in particular become swollen and painful to touch. Children may display neurological symptoms,' he added. The spread of the disease, akin to dengue...

Mild Sadness Provokes Depressive Thinking in Some Recovered Patients

...easing their risk for relapse. Many patients who recover from depression eventually relapse, according to background information in the article. Management of depression usually focuses on alleviating symptoms rather than reducing the risk for recurrence or identifying patients who might relapse after succ...

Man's Memory Awakens After Twenty Years

...arted to rewire. He is the only person in US to recover so dramatically so long after a severe brain injury. But he still needs assistance while eating and walking and can count to 25 without interruption. His recovery occurred three years ago at a rehabilitation center in Mountain View, Ark. But the doct...

New discovery may help treat stroke-affected humans

... York, A scientific discovery that has helped rats recover after a stroke by stimulating a protein// on the surface of brain cells has rejuvenated hopes about the possibility of repairing the human body afflicted with severe injuries such as stroke or spinal-cord damages. The findings on rats suggests that...

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