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Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...ad a better perception of their own health status, recovered better the researchers say. Dr. G. M. Lindsay, of the University of Glasgow, UK, and colleagues recruited patients awaiting elective CABG. Approximately 1 month before surgery, patients were assessed for a variety of risk factors. "Assessment inclu...

Antidepressants-important role

...ee drugs. More than two thirds of the participants recovered from their depression during nine months of treatment - but it made little difference which drug they were on. This is good news - because individual patients may not respond to one of these SSRIs or find they have side effects. The doctor can now sw...

Parasite infections linked to organ transplants

...d States.Two of the three women died, but only one recovered after antibiotic treatment.// A second study also released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned up 26 bacterial infections traced to tissue grafts that had come from cadavers in the United States. This shows that the graft-relate...

Harm to the chest can be destructive

...on saved the lives of 19 others (the remaining two recovered spontaneously). The type of blow that causes commotio cordis lands directly over the heart, is non-penetrating, and occurs at a specific phase of the heart beat. Most such injuries occur during sports like baseball, hockey, softball or soccer. They...

Measles Suppresses AIDS Virus

...d levels of HIV in their blood. After the children recovered from their bouts with measles, viral levels went back up. More research will be needed with a larger study group to fully understand how measles suppresses HIV and activates the immune system. The only other infection that has been found to suppress...

Novel way to fight cancer

...ths, at which time the patient's own immune system recovered and took over its usual job of fighting infections. The technique, say the investigators, is a major improvement over past attempts to treat cancer with immune cells. Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., "In the past, only a fraction of a percent of t...

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...nd divided the rats// into three groups after they recovered from anaesthesia. The first group of rats were killed and their brains were examined the next day. The second group was kept alive until they were about a month old while the third group grew into adulthood. Researchers tested the month old and adul...

Adult stem cells in treatment for Multiple sclerosis (MS)

...with a form of multiple sclerosis. While some have recovered completely from paralysis of their back legs, and many showed improvement. Researchers injected the diseased mice with stem cells extracted from the brains of adult in the bloodstream or spinal cord. On examination mice showed that the stem cells had...

Stem cells offer hope for muscular dystrophy

...ophied mouse are extremely weak, but a cured mouse recovered almost entirely all its strength," said Roberto Bottinelli from the University of Pavia, who worked on the study. The experiment proves a theory but some real-world stumbling blocks remain. For instance, the approach would work best if a patient's ...

Weight-loss Products Dangerous

...eded a liver transplant. The remaining 10 patients recovered after they stopped taking the supplements. Researchers say more needs to be done to educate the general public about the potential dangers of herbal supplements. ...

Most Women Unprepared for Operative Deliveries

...n-depth explanation of the delivery when they have recovered from the trauma. ...

Side Effects Of Some Common Drugs

...on and mechanical ventilation. All of the patients recovered with treatment.The researchers note most of the patients who developed the swelling due to their ACE-inhibitors did so within a couple months of beginning the drug therapy. But a significant minority -- 24 percent -- came down with the symptoms after...

Infections in childhood may lead to adult heart disease

...a year after the infection. Most of these children recovered fully with time. However a small percentage of these children continued to have inflexible arteries after six months to 1yr of the infection. Rigidity of arteries is a common sign of impending heart disease unless it is treated on time. Researcher...

PET Scan find the Area of Brain Responsible for Anorexia Nervosa

...the membrane surface of neurons. Ten women who had recovered from anorexia nervosa for more than a year were studied, as were 12 normal female subjects. Because malnourishment affects brain chemistry, the researchers did not include acutely ill women in their study. Since other studies have found reduced bind...

Overactive brain regions can lead to anorexia nervosa

...tors. Researchers could only include women who had recovered from the disorder versus normal women for their study, as women who are still suffering from the disorder will have the malnourishments affect the chemistry of the brain and images will not be easy to read. The results showed that there were increas...

Zinc Effective In Helping Kids Recover From Pneumonia

...monia. Results showed kids on the zinc supplements recovered about a day sooner than those on the placebo and stayed in the hospital about a day less. The treatment was well tolerated. However researchers say more studies need to be done to confirm the beneficial role of zinc supplements in the treatment of p...

Sharp Increase Of The Deadly Diseases In Delhi

...of infections, especially for people who have just recovered from a viral problem. "Such patients, even after they have seemingly recovered, are susceptible to air-borne pathogens because the virus attacks the protective cells of the nasal mucosa, causing them to become easy routes of entry for subsequent infe...

Women With Anorexia Have Altered Brain Activity

...ompared the activity of serotonin in women who had recovered from each of the two types of anorexia nervosa and...ons of serotonin neuronal activity. Thirteen women recovered from restricting-type AN, 12 women with bulimia-type AN and 18 healthy control women were included i...

Drug Spironolactone Provides Renal And Cardioprotection In Diabetic Patients

...patient developed low potassium levels the patient recovered rapidly. Further research is required regarding the supplementation of spironolactone. [SOURCE: Diabetes Care, September 2005.]...

The romantic legacy of an AIDS victim ended up in tragedy

...she had died, he hanged himself. Their bodies were recovered Friday morning, police said. According to latest figures by international health bodies, India has 5.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS, second only to South Africa. Source: Indo-Asian News Service...

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