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Caffeine Found To Worsen Diabetes

...a study done by investigators from Duke University standard tests for diabetes were given to 14 regular coffee drinkers with type 2 diabetes. First, the participants had a fasting blood sugar test, followed by the ingestion of a capsule containing caffeine or placebo. The fasting blood sugar test was then rep...

Dental Caries An Indicator Of Heart Disease

...s a stronger predictor of heart disease than other standard markers, such as // high levels of fibrinogen (a clotting factor), low HDL (“good”) cholesterol or high triglycerides. Researchers compared the oral health data of 256 cardiac patients to 250 non-cardiac patients with similar demographic characteri...

Epileptic Drug Found To Be Effective In Relieving Headache

...ic daily headaches. This type of study is the gold standard of clinical research studies where neither the researchers nor the participants know who received the drug or an identical dummy substance, called a placebo. For the study researchers recruited 133 patients who had headaches at least 15 days every m...

Better Control Of Sugar Levels

... to monitor their blood sugar levels more than the standard twice a day, according to a new study. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 13 previously published observational studies focused on the relationship between blood sugar levels and cardiovascular disease. Results showed that blood sugar levels p...

The Risks Of Vitamin D Deficiency

...tamin D and they also say that it should be made a standard practice to screen all patients with such pain for hypovitaminosis D....

Identifying Heart Disease Early

...ants ranged in age from 24 to 39, researchers used standard tests to measure the level of blockage and endothelial functioning in each individual. Results show people with enhanced functioning were significantly less likely to have blockages when compared to those with impaired functioning. Childhood risk fa...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

... However researchers wanted to evaluate how well a standard practice aimed at eliminating the infection in a community works. The practice calls for everyone in a community where the infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people livin...

Shrinking Birthmark’s

...figurement, functional impairment, or bleeding. A standard procedure called sclerotherapy is used to treat th...nsions that are hard for doctors to see making the standard treatment often only partially successful , thus researchers decided to see if using MRI technology ...

Heart Disease Could Lead To Dementia

...elders with metabolic syndrome was studied using a standard cognitive test that measures orientation, concentration, memory and other mental factors. Results showed 26 percent of patients with metabolic syndrome experienced significant cognitive decline, compared with 21 percent without the syndrome. Thus re...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

... However researchers wanted to evaluate how well a standard practice aimed at eliminating the infection in a community works. The practice calls for everyone in a community where the infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people livin...

Controlling High Blood Can Reduce Eye Problems In Diabetics

...o less than 150/85 millimeters of mercury, or to a standard group, which aimed for a blood pressure of less th...ysms, compared to about 33 percent of those in the standard control group. Thus researchers say,ophthalmologists treating diabetic patients should tell them ab...

Another Use For Epilepsy Drugs

...ic daily headaches. This type of study is the gold standard of clinical research studies where neither the researchers nor the participants know who received the drug or an identical dummy substance, called a placebo. For the study researchers recruited 133 patients who had headaches at least 15 days every m...

Reducing The Frequency Of Angina Attacks While Exercising

...dstream). Researchers found that when added to a standard dose of frequently prescribed antianginal drugs, ranolazine can reduce both the angina frequency and nitroglycerin consumption. When compared to the placebo results, the decrease in angina attacks were slightly less than one per week for those in the...

Preventing Bone Metastasis In Patients With Breast Cancer

... patients // with breast cancer. Patients received standard therapy plus 1,600 milligrams of oral clodronate a day or a placebo for five years. Results showed 124 patients in the study had their breast cancer spread to their bones. Fifty-one of these patients were treated with clodronate, and 73 of these rec...

New Non – invasive Test To Detect Colon Cance

A colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colon cancer. But many patients try to avoid the test as it is a very invasive test.// Recently, a fecal occult blood stool test has been used. This test looks for blood hidden in the stool. However, the test misses a majority of cancer...

Acupunture relieves pain and improves function in knee Osteoarthritis

...ing their condition. Patients continued to receive standard medical care from their primary physicians, includ...cupuncture can serve as an effective addition to a standard regimen of care and improve quality of life for knee osteoarthritis sufferers. NCCAM has been buil...

Activity Found To Improve Sleep In The Elderly

...ement in both cognitive functioning as measured by standard tests and subjective measures of sleep quality in the participants. Positive outcomes were noted for both the morning and evening sessions, although participants scored higher on more measures after the evening sessions. It was observed that many o...

New Drug That Might Help Congestive Heart Failure Patients

... patients with congestive heart failure respond to standard treatments, which include diuretics, ACE inhibitor...illigrams of Tolvaptan or a placebo in addition to standard medications. Results of the study showed patients who took Tolvaptan weighed less within 24 hours, i...

Arthritis Patients Can Find Relief With Acupuncture

...r their condition. The patients all received their standard medical care from their physicians. Acupuncture involves inserting thin needles into specific body points to stimulate the body and improve health. In the sham acupuncture group, the needles were taped to the skin, so the patient would feel some sen...

Easier Tests To Detect Tuberculosis

...Researchers say sputum induction should become the standard technique for diagnosing tuberculosis. In another study researchers used a string test for diagnosis, were the child swallows a string. It's then removed from the upper gastrointestinal tract and a sputum sample is collected. The string helps the ch...

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