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The Downside of Asthma Medication

.... Beta-agonists are the primary treatment used to relieve acute asthma attacks. The drugs come in many forms -- they may be delivered with an inhaler, given in pill or liquid form, delivered in a nebulizer, or given by injection. Whatever the mode of administration, they work by relaxing the airway and redu...

Painkillers may protect against Alzheimer's disease

...IDS, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, are drugs that relieve pain by blocking the action of enzymes called cyclooxygenases (COX), which control inflammatory responses. Although they are effective against pain, the drugs can cause ulcers and dangerous stomach bleeding. Researchers at the University of Californi...

Herbal Remedy Risky for Cancer Patients

...herbal extract black cohosh is an effective way to relieve menopausal symptoms. However, new research shows t...ting another option for women needing therapies to relieve menopausal symptoms, our findings suggest that women who may be at high risk of having an undetected...

Teens Misusing Nicotine-Replacement Products

...ion and insomnia. "You don't need much nicotine to relieve that," Hughes says. "People can get 10 percent of the nicotine they normally get and still relieve their withdrawal symptoms." A third over-the-counter product, the nicotine lozenge, became availabl...

Antidepressant Helps Relieve Hot Flashes

...otonin reuptake inhibitors have been shown to help relieve hot flashes in earlier studies....

Artificial discs available as replacements for damaged discs

... between degenerating components. While fusion may relieve the pain, it prevents natural, independent motion. The artificial disc being studied would be inserted by surgeons through the the abdomen, just below the navel, sparing the large muscles of the back. Compared to traditional fusion surgery, insertin...

Antidepressants could pose grave implications

...ave found that people who take anti-depressants to relieve symptoms of depression could be at higher risk of developing gastrointestinal bleeding. The study which was conducted over a four year period included 26000 anti-depressant// users, who were compared for hospitalizations due to upper GI bleeding with...

Canine Painkiller unveiled by Novartis

...ramaxx, a canine painkiller, which will be used to relieve post-operative pain in dogs. This drug being produced by a Novartis facility at Puerto Rico //is the result of a development project undertaken by Novartis Animal Health that was run for several years at veterinary clinics, colleges and its manufactu...

Back pain treated with Opioids

...ne,// are strong pain-relievers most often used to relieve cancer pain. But a review of the evidence suggests they may also have a role in relieving chronic back pain. Doctors have observed from studies of opioids used to treat back pain and reported that there appeared to be few adverse long-term side ef...

A new discovery about Acetaminophen

.../Acetaminophen (paracetamol in the UK) is known to relieve pain and fever, but not inflammation. Whereas aspirin and ibuprofen tackle inflammation too and are known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs). These drugs are known to block two enzymes - cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2. It is COX-2 ...

A new discovery about Acetaminophen

.../Acetaminophen (paracetamol in the UK) is known to relieve pain and fever, but not inflammation. Whereas aspirin and ibuprofen tackle inflammation too and are known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs). These drugs are known to block two enzymes - cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2. It is COX-2 ...

Relief of pain for suffering patients

...good medical practice to do everything possible to relieve it. It's to be hoped that others will adopt the Toronto guidelines - so that no-one ever has to die in pain....

No connection between epidurals and backache

...in the United States receive epidural analgesia to relieve the pain of labor. About 120,000 women in England use epidural analgesia each year. During the procedure, a needle injects a pain reliever into a space next to the spinal cord in the lower back....

Putting cancer risk with a vision

...of mortality. Steven believes the chart will help relieve the anxiety some individuals feel when bombarded with new health information. When faced with an estimate that 20,000 women will die of breast cancer in the next year, for example, people tend to overestimate their risk. To know what that (number) me...

Migraine relieved by deadly toxin

A new way suggested by researchers to relieve chronic headaches. Botox injections help people whose migraine or chronic daily headache is not relieved by conventional medication. Botox is shorthand for botulinum toxin one of the most deadly poisons known to man. However, it does have some benign...

Attempting Hypnosis for relaxation

...break bad habits like smoking,// reduce stress and relieve pain. Its success depends upon why it is being used, and how readily the person can enter the altered awareness of the hypnotic state, say doctors at the Mayo Clinic. But most people can benefit from a simple form of self hypnosis. This involves fi...

Hope for tinnitus sufferers

...iating between computer-generated tones could help relieve the problem. Unlike people without the condition, those with tinnitus have a disproportionately large region of their brain which corresponds to the frequencies of the rogue sounds. A distortion also occurs in patients with phantom limb pain who hav...

Treating eye pain eases migraine

...sts that treating this may be all that's needed to relieve the migraine itself. According to researchers in Texas, they studied five women with migraine who reported pain in the eye socket. Tests, including brain imaging, revealed that they had trochleitis. Steroid injections reduced the inflammation and t...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...strual cycle are smoothed out and this may help to relieve pre-menstrual tension syndrome." Contraceptive pills work by artificially raising the level of female hormones in the blood. This overrides the normal hormonal signal from the ovaries and prevents the shredding of the lining of the uterus which is...

Safeguarding anti-inflammatory users from ulcers

...ke aspirin and diclofenac. Not only do these drugs relieve the symptoms of arthritis, they also protect against heart attack, stroke and maybe even Alzheimer's disease. But the NSAIDs have a major drawback. They may lead to stomach bleeding and ulceration. Researchers in Hong Kong have tested the effect on...

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