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Fight arthritic pain with acupuncture

... evidence to suggest acupuncture relieves pain for some arthritis sufferers. It has proven least effective against immune system-related arthritic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. So if you suffer from arthritis, get ready for acupuncture!!...

George Bush pledges 200 million dollars for AIDS relief

...tuberculosis. Those three diseases together killed some 5.5 million people last year, the bulk of them in Africa,according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The sheer number of those infected and dying is almost beyond comprehension," President Bush said at a Rose Garden appearance. UN Secretary-Ge...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...ing efforts are already taking place undercover in some countries. There is currently a US ban on federal funding of human cloning efforts but no law prohibiting private efforts. Opposition to cloning occurs on many fronts. Because the technology is not yet perfected many believe that the process should ...

The World Bank funds private Hospital in India

...of private hospital in Mumbai, India, a move which some health agencies fear sets a precedent for using de...lowed to finance innovative thinkgs like this".But some international health researchers are suspicious of the Bank's promises that this private-public vent...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...ess that frequently “co-occurs” with diabetes, and some research suggests depression often precedes and he...tion, Lustman said, diabetes and depression affect some of the same hormones and neurotransmitters. Depression can promote resistance to insulin, a hormone ...

Antibiotics losing their power against acne

...ogy. The implication of these findings is that at some point in the future, antibiotics could become useless in the fight against acne. Dr. Nord and his team recommend, that dermatologists should closely monitor the drug resistance of bacterium as they treat individual patients. If resistance to a part...

Gene Therapy shows promise in treating Hemophilia

...ive bleeding. Researchers belive this study could some day be applied to treat other diseases such as diabetes. For thousands of hemophiliacs around the world, this treatment using gene therapy will come as a life saving blessing. However the researchers are cautious and feel more examination is necess...

New dimension in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction

...e or whose ovaries had been removed surgically for some reason. Dehydroepiandosterone(DHEA), may serve as an effective treatment in such sexual dysfunction, according to a study released at the 96th annual meeting of the American Urological Association in Anaheim, California. This report was the end resu...

Researchers Scale to assess the Severity of Epilepsy in Kids

...ells should go off, and they might want to explore some of the newer treatments....

Smoking spreads Cancer

...ungs which envisages the spread, there may also be some lifestyle factors to explain the risk. Murin also points out, however, that it's not completely clear whether smoking affects something in the lungs directly to make breast cancer more likely to spread or whether smoking causes a systemic response i...

Antibiotic induces liver damage in children with E.COLI infections.

...strain of bacteria known as E. coli 0157:H7 causes some of the most serious digestive infections in both children and adults. Infections with this organism are often caused by eating undercooked meat. A major study shows using antibiotics to treat children with E. coli bacterial infection increases the ri...

New antiperspirant in action - Botox does the difference

...g hyperhydrosis. Prescription antiperspirants and some pills might help to overcome this situation, but not all people are benefited from this situation. Hence for these people injecting purified botulinum toxin into the skin does a greater relief for such condition. Most sufferers "can find relief with...

Acupuncture superseeds massage therapy for short term relief of pain

...age for treating pain has been widely debated with some practitioners. Dr. Dominik Irnich of Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich has done a study on this basis and found that when it comes to chronic neck pain, acupuncture works better than massage in the short term. In his research which included 1...

Noise tampers hearing

...evers. If children are near a firework display or some distance away, the sound is still loud enough to create atleast a temporary threshold shift, which will cause muffled hearing and ringing in one's years. So it's always better to wear a pair of throw-away ear plugs in such situations....

Test-tube babies show no emotional problems

... using Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). In some countries as many as three percent of children have been conceived using some form of fertility treatment. "These very wanted children are well-adjusted and much loved," Professo...

WORM! WORM! all the way

...received the bacteria mixture. Shanahan predicted some day scientists would create organisms genetically engineered to produce vaccines and drugs to treat IBD and other diseases. Weinstock said even genetically engineered helminths are a possibility. But doctors face at least two potential hurdles befor...

Shock it to Heal!!

... Texas Health Sciences, "it is more promising than some pharmaceuticals that I've seen." Inspite of the fact the study results are quite promising larger trials should be conducted to further investigate whether electric stimulation can help diabetic foot ulcers to heal....

Folate and famiy planning

...er and bowel control and paralysis of the legs. In some cases the effects can be more severe.Folate supplements can reduce this ill effect says, Judith. Folate is needed for healthy cell growth and development of men, women and children and folate is recommended in their daily diet. However it is also ve...

H2O - a cure for low blood pressure

...of water may be the latest blood pressure drug for some patients. Investigators at Vanderbilt's Autonomic Dysfunction Center reported that water has a powerful blood pressure raising effect in patients who experience fainting spells while standing.// Blood pressure started increasing within two or three...

The big brain in suicides

...en and 1300g in women, but can drop in weight with some diseases like Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and alcoholism.// Emad Salid from Liverpool University and George Tadros from the Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust were the first to report on this unusual weight increase in sucide victims...

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