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WORM! WORM! all the way

...University of Iowa are testing whether a treatment regimen of worms may help patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The worm research represents perhaps the most extreme example of a field known as probiotics: the use of living organisms to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and oth...

Thirty minutes of work up per day reduces the risk of Diabetes

...etes can sharply reduce the odds through a regular regimen of diet and exercise, according to data from the nation's first major clinical trial to compare the preventive effects of diet and exercise versus medication.// Study participants who used metformin without diet and exercise also reduced their risk,...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

... with a new patch on the same day of the week. The regimen should be followed for 3 weeks, with no patch being applied in the fourth week. The treatment-free week allows a woman to have her period. Dangers associated with its use are similar to those of taking birth control pills, including greater risk of...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...ich normally begins earlier in life and requires a regimen of blood testing and insulin injections. It happens when cells in the body normally responsible for dealing with excess blood sugar lose their ability to respond to insulin, the hormone which instructs them to perform this function. The increased ...

Artists prone to cubital tunnel syndrome

...fessional athletes. They each undertake a vigorous regimen of training and conditioning, often eight to ten hours of practice daily.// “Musicians and other performing artists are exposed to tremendous amounts of stress in the upper extremities during practices and recitals,” said Barry P. Simmons, professor...

Headache splitter

...on headches, which strike millions of people. The regimen is for people with mild to moderate head pain that occurs more than 15 days a month for at least six months. Although antidepressants require a prescription, they may be a better choice than over- the counter pain relievers, which can trigger rebound...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...octor and sometimes that addition to the patient's regimen falls through the cracks." Interventional cardiologists most often perform angioplasties. "I think this and other new studies will go a long way in improving the quality of care of all patients with coronary artery disease," he said. Serruys said th...

Chemotherapy Pill Has Fewer Side Effects Than IV

...al form of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), the chemotherapy regimen most commonly used to treat advanced colorectal cancer. Capecitabine is both convenient to use and produces fewer side effects, and that's a big attraction for patients. Given these results, patients slated to receive the chemotherapy drug 5-FU coul...

Ulcer causing bug found in stored food

...itis and gastric cancer, but may be treated with a regimen of antibiotics. The researchers evaluated 10 different food types purchased from behind the counter at a local grocery store. They were able to grow cultures of the H. pylori on about one third of the samples of the chicken, shrimp, pork, crab, clam ...

Marriage does good for Diabetics

...to report greater satisfaction with their diabetes regimen at the two-year follow-up. Those who reported better marital adjustment were also more satisfied with their diabetes regimen. Authors of the study conclude that this study provides prospective evidence that marital quality predicts diabetes-related ...

Lamictal as add-on therapy for children with epilepsy

...ith Lamictal or placebo added to their current AED regimen of up to two drugs (Lamictal: 99, placebo: 101). The results showed significant reductions in the frequency of all partial seizures in children and adolescents with epilepsy when Lamictal was added to their AED regimen. Michael Duchowny, director of...

Survival rates in breast cancer patients improved with "Dose Dense Chemotherapy"

...n successive doses of a commonly used chemotherapy regimen to improve survival rates in breast cancer// women...als, with filgrastim (dose dense) The dose dense regimen was made tolerable to patients with the drug filgrastim, which helps prevent neutropenia, a serious ...

Hormone regimen and how recently used may determine cancer risk

...ased breast cancer risk among current users of the regimen who had been taking it for five or more years. The study however did not find any association// between use of continuous combined hormone therapy and breast cancer risk. This indicated that the increased risk associated with continuous combined HT u...

Asmanex Twisthaler launched by Schering-Plough for treatment of asthma

... would help patients better adhere to their dosing regimen and assist in achieving control of their asthma symptoms....

Lymphedema patients can benefit form exercise

...xercise program. They also found that the exercise regimen resulted in slight increase in physical functioning, general health, mental health and vitality....

Vitamin D May Aid Breast Cancer Treatment

...rcalcaemia. Adding the vitamin D to the treatment regimen is thought to enhance the ability of the radiation to bring about apoptosis -- or cell death. It also reduces the proliferation, or growth of cancer cells, in the tumor itself. While the finding in this particular study is unique, previous research o...

Night Time Aspirin Regimen Found to Reduce Blood Pressure

...gned participants to 3 subgroups, which received a regimen of no aspirin, 100 mg aspirin after waking, or 100...3-month treatment period. The subgroup following a regimen of evening aspirin administration showed a reduction in the 24 hour mean of 6.2 mm Hg in systolic bl...

In Chronic Diseases - Poor compliance of Patients with drug treatment

...ectively, of patients //adhere to their medication regimen for high blood pressure. Similar patterns have been reported for other conditions such as depression (40%-70%), asthma (43% for acute treatments and 28% for maintenance), and HIV/AIDS (37%-83%). In the United States, the United Kingdom and in Venezue...

New Treatment for Chronic Eczema

... topical corticosteroids followed by a maintenance regimen using emollients.// However, neither of these meth...e weekly as part of an emollient based maintenance regimen would improve the overall condition of patients. Fluticasone propionate is a new topical corticoster...

Switching drugs regularly improves HIV treatment

...- When HIV-infected patients alternated their drug regimen every three months, their virus levels stayed down longer than when one regimen was administered continuously. That news comes from the SWATCH (SWitching Antiviral Therapy Combinat...

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