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Herb Found To Be Effective In Controlling Blood Sugar Levels

...s. However according to researchers the reductions seen were similar to the effects that see with prescription oral medications for people with diabetes. Though the results of the study indicates a positive finding researchers say further studies should be done to look at the effects of salacia oblonga ...

Stanford Medical Center Implements The First Virtual Cardiac Ultrasound

...act condition of the patient’s heart, which can be seen from multiple angles, also charts out the abnormalities of the heart, measures the volume of blood from each heart beat and uses structure movements to find out the exact faults of cardiac functions. With such a technology available to cardiologists...

WHO Issues Caution Against Bird Flu Epidemic

...y will be unable to handle. The disease was first seen in the poultry of Republic of Korea in mid December 2003 and had soon spread to Asian countries of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The first cases of humans being infected by the strain of H5N1 avian influenza were r...

The Effectiveness Of The Flu Vaccine For Kids Questioned

... effect of the shot was about the same as what was seen with a sham treatment. In conclusion researchers say immunization of very young children has not shown convincing evidence that vaccines can reduce mortality, hospital admissions, serious complications, and community transmission of influenza hence ...

Yet Another Use For Cell Phone Cameras

...ed 52 patients with 61 chronic leg ulcers who were seen in an outpatient clinic. Investigators had a physician on site diagnose the wounds, then sent photos of the wounds to two other physicians at remote locations to get their assessment of the wounds as well. Overall, the remote physicians were able to ...

Thinking Could Be Affected Due To Hormone Therapy

...the treatment. Researchers attribute the declines seen in the study to the fact AD lowers levels of testosterone, which can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer, and estradiol. Researchers also found the more estradiol levels declined, the more likely men were to suffer the mental problems. In conclu...

Decisions On End-of-Life Treatment Found To Vary From Country To Country

In a study conducted in Switzerland it was seen that the frequency of withholding or withdrawing l...ion researchers say based on their findings it was seen that low-technology interventions, such as medication or hydration or nutrition, were the most frequ...

Specific Changes In A Particular Gene Found To Increase The Risk of Alzheimer’s Diseas

... developments. According to latest research it was seen that specific changes in the gene in a protein called ubiquilin-1 was associated with an increased incidence of Alzheimer’s. In previous studies, researchers studied Alzheimer’s patients and their affected siblings and identified several chromosome ...

Understanding Gene Profiles Could Help Cure A Resistant Form Of Leukemia In Kids

...elihood of relapse years after treatment. It was seen that children who had resistant patterns of gene expression had a three- to 12-fold higher risk of relapse than those whose cells had a sensitive pattern. Researchers also say that the identified genes were involved in a wide range of functions inclu...

Combination Therapy Found To Be More Effective In Treating Brain Cancer

...apy alone . Based on findings of the study it was seen that most people with the type of cancer known as ...chemotherapy drug temozolomide (Temodal). It was seen that about 85 percent of the patients had previously undergone surgery to remove as much of the tumo...

Old Drugs Safe To Use In Cancer Treatment ?

...ere studied in pancreatic cancer patients and was seen to help weight loss in cancer patients who ultim... to measure arm muscle bulk. Few side effects were seen in patients taking thalidomide. Overall survival did not differ between the two groups, but it is b...

Baking Soda Treatment for Life-Threatening Asthma

...e blood which is a common problem in LTA. It was seen that in 17 children with LTA who were treated with sodium bicarbonate there was a decrease in blood carbon dioxide levels accompanied by a reduction in their blood acidity. All but one of the patients showed an improvement in respiratory distress as ...

Liver Cancer Risk increased in Diabetics

...her. It is believed that the rise in liver cancer seen in recent years in the United States might be related to the corresponding rise in the number of people with diabetes. In the last two decades, the incidence of liver cancer has risen from 1.3 cases per 100,000 people to three cases per 100,000. Addi...

Relieving Pelvic Pain In Pregnant Women

...amined at the end of the treatment period. It was seen that both the acupuncture group and the stabilizing-exercise group had less pain than the standard treatment group in the morning and evening and the acupuncture group showed the greatest reduction of pelvic girdle pain. Thus in conclusion researche...

Skin infections are becoming drug resistant

...g a major problem and requires more study as it is seen to affect the children more than the adults. One of the results of this infection may be the life threatening condition of Necrotizing fasciitis. Adults who had suffered from MRSA infection as a child are at a high risk for this rapidly spreading inf...

Study links diabetics to increased risk of urinary tract infections

...omen was 6.7. Increased urinary infection risk was seen mainly in women taking insulin and those with longer history of diabetes in comparison to normal healthy post menopause women. Even the incidence of being affected by asymptomatic bacteriuria seems to be more for postmenopausal women with diabetes th...

New treatment possible for drug addiction

... cocaine. Moreover, such a procedure has also been seen to increase the appetite of the mice thus treated. The latest procedure has showed that there may be a new treatment to deal with drug addiction through surgery in the subthalamic nucleus. Previous researches have shown that these procedures have be...

Pregnancy hormone to prevent breast cancer

...lled differentiation. This hormone is successfully seen fending the breast cells against the cancerous changes that may be affected later. Researchers feel that this hormone hCG may be suited for breast cancer prevention for women. The results of the study show that the hormone causes changes of a perman...

Hay fever may be cured by self-hypnosis

...ents could exhale through their nose. Hypnosis was seen as an intervention that helped the people to have improved nasal airflow, even under the exposure to allergens....

Compound from cottonseed for neck and head cancers

...ll carcinoma with gossypol compound have also been seen to inhibit the growth of tumors. This new treatment may be like a boon to patients suffering from cancer of head or neck, as there was no previous treatment available that did not cause them any long-term complaints. The results of the study were p...

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