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Freedom From Nagging Pricks For Diabetic Kids ?

...sting the glucose concentration of fluid under the skin -- drawn out by a transdermal low-level electric current -- and then sounding an alarm when levels are abnormal is safe and effective even in children under age 7. Studies were conducted on the effectiveness of the device and it was found out that i...

Risk of cancer in HIV patients reduced

...er of the lip, mouth and pharynx, and non-melanoma skin cancer. It was also suggested that cutting down on smoking could also reduce the risk of other types of cancer associated with HIV infection....

Fungal Infections Effectively Controlled By Light Therapy

...y infections at the body surface, such as those of skin or nails....

Skin infections are becoming drug resistant

...n white community. Most of the cases were on the skin and soft tissue, however 6% cases were invasive in...r this rapidly spreading inflammatory subcutaneous skin infection that may be life threatening and needs immediate surgery. Reference: New England Journal ...

Arthritis drugs are causing skin problems

...reating patients with// rheumatoid arthritis cause skin problems. The study done by the Dutch scientists ...he follow up period after treatment. Some of the skin problems noted were infections, eczema, and drug related eruptions. Other problems like vasculitis, ...

FDA to bring about changes in Marketed Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

...SAIDs were also asked to provide information about skin reactions and any other information that will help the consumer to use the drug safely. In addition to the instructions to the drug manufacturers, FDA had also updated the patient and healthcare practitioner fact sheets. Reference: www.fda.gov/cde...

Clothes may provide better protection against sun-related skin problems in children

...s suffer less chance of having melanocytic nevi or skin moles. The number of melanocytic nevi a person has...e risk factor for developing cutaneous melanoma or skin cancer. In the study that covered 1812 children in the age of 7 to 12 yrs, scientists have tried to...

Cloning of human embryos for stem cells made possible

...ted by volunteers and transferred the DNA from the skin cells of the patients into them to clone the stem cells. The researchers feel that the age of the donor of the egg is important for such procedures to be successful. Although it may be a long way from cloned stem cell lines to creating matching orgn...

Artificially made protein to inhibit angiogenesis

...pplied to animals suffering from corneal injury or skin cancer called melanoma, reduced the blood vessel proliferation by up to two third of its growth. The protein is all set to stop vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) where it is produced. The new protein with its amino acid tail will stop the VEG...

Obesity in the Middle age can increase risk of developing dementia

...cording to Body Mass Index.Subscapular and triceps skin fold thickness was alsomeasured using special calipers. Medical recordsduring the period 1994-2003 were screened fordiagnosis of dementia and other diseases. The study revealed that obese individuals had a 74%more risk of dementia as compared to tho...

New insight for skin cancer discovered

Researchers have been able to generate human skin tissues, which have been genetically altered to express skin cancer//. The researchers for the study feel that this will provide them with new insight in the onc...

Tetanus causing toxin has therapeutic properties

...rations that fight the wrinkles that appear on the skin due to age. Reference: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, press release, June 200...

Infective endocarditis is often due to outside infections

...cteria, also known as staph bacteria, lives on the skin surfaces and is quite harmless unless it affects t...cause infections like folliculitis, boils, scalded skin syndrome, impetigo and may other forms of conditions. The common factors that affect the Endocardi...

Spray on contraceptive clears Phase I trial

...pplication delivers consistent amounts through the skin to the blood stream. The contraceptive skin spray has the potential advantages of not having to be taken at exactly the same time each day and b...

Early detection of bed sores possible

...s from NYU School of Medicine have discovered that skin cells can get stuck in the middle of the process o...is sudden stop of the healing process, causing the skin to thicken, get in the way of the cells that can repair the wound from reaching the site of the woun...

Increased risk of common infections in patients suffering from diabetes

...iratory infections,// urinary tract infections and skin infections. Some other problems that were already associated with diabetic patients are kidney damage, nerve damage, eye problems that can lead to blindness, and cardiovascular complications. Body weight increase is a major risk factor for incidenc...

Lycopene Can Help In Preventing Prostate Cancer

...etime in preventing the aging process and improve skin health in both women and men. It is now being looked at for preventing and treating cancers such as prostate cancer. In a recent study Dr.Kumar, Ph.D., R.D., Director of Nutrition at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. found that lycopene can reduce...

Banning the drug Valdecoxib In India

...eart attacks and strokes and also result in severe skin reactions. Although some of the leading pharmaceutical companies have stopped manufacturing it and have withdrawn the drug from the Indian market, a few leading companies differ in opinion and have adopted a “wait and watch” approach as a result of ...

Anti-fungal drug - Griseofulvin may help treat cancer

...been around now for almost 40 years for treatment skin // fungal infections. It has now been discovered t...iseofulvin can be applied as an ointment to treat skin fungal infection like ringworm can now be given orally. "The drug has remarkably few side effects a...

New Combination Therapy Option for HIV Patients

...the adverse events seen in clinical trials include skin rashes and raised cholesterol and triglycerides levels. Specialists also say that patients using Aptivus with low-dose ritonavir should report the use of any concomitant medication due to the possibility of potential drug interactions. Some of the ...

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