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Could Long Tern Vioxx Users Suffer From Heart Attacks?

...aking naproxen, he dismissed that the data was not statistically significant. He pointed to the same study and revealed that the study found six strokes among naproxen users and none for Vioxx patients. Merck pulled its $2.5 billion-a-year pain drug off the market in September 2004 after a study showed it doubled ...

JRRD Focuses On Issues Such As Spinal Cord Injury and Prosthetics

... and nondisabled women. But the difference was not statistically significant. Accurate estimates of energy expenditure for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) are needed for increased physical activity. The bone mineral density (BMD) of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) increased slightly while taking Hector...

Is Aricept, the Alzheimer’s Drug Safe to Use against Vascular Dementia

...tients taking Aricept in the latest trial showed a statistically significant improvement in cognitive function, compared with those taking placebos. On the other hand the drug is approved for vascular dementia in a number of smaller markets, including South Korea and India....

Oral Cancer Cases Causing Concern

...ng the study, said that the analysis had uncovered statistically significant numbers. "The data reflects our specific patient population reporting to the hospital and not the community as a whole. Most of the patients had similar smoking or tobacco chewing habits," he said....

'Cocoa'phillic: so go and indulge as it is beneficial in heart disease.

...lood pressure and prolonged life, the two were not statistically related, according to the researchers. As stated by the authors, "Our findings, therefore, suggest that the lower cardiovascular mortality risk related with cocoa intake is mediated by mechanisms other than lowering blood pressure. Because cocoa is...

Indigenous Medicine Can Cure IBS

...nese herbal medicine Tongxie Yaofang that showed a statistically significant effect on global symptoms. Chinese herbal formulation and individualized herbal formulation; STW 5; SW 5_ii; as well as Tibetan herbal formula Padma Lax were also found to be effective. Though six small trials reported that combining c...

Rural Population Enjoys Better Mental Health

...and anxiety in urban areas. There are small but statistically significant differences in rates of common mental disorders between urban and rural residents. Rural residents had a slightly better mental health record than their non-rural counterparts, according to the researchers. Edited (ANI)...

Obesity could lead to Alzheimer's

...either extremely overweight or obese. They found a statistically significant correlation between body mass index and beta-amyloid. They also looked at several other factors associated with obesity including heart disease and diabetes in 18 healthy -but obese - adults. They found a 'statistically significant cor...

Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

... mg norethindrone for twelve 28-day cycles) had no statistically significant difference in the occurrence of flares than those taking a placebo. Severe flares occurred in about 7 percent of the women, regardless of whether they received oral contraceptives or placebo. A severe flare was defined by several criteria...

Moderate Exercise Is Good For The Heart: Study

...enefits of such exercise have not been found to be statistically significant. In the new study rats carrying the genetic characteristics for spontaneously developing heart failure exercised moderately on a treadmill. They significantly lived longer, the science portal EurekAlert reported. The exercise protocol, ...

Novel Treatment Found To Prolong Survival Of Liver Cancer Patients

...g the survival rate to as much as 15.8 months in a statistically significant way in comparison to the traditional rates. Patients with liver, bile duct and colon cancer were found to live for an average of 15.2, 13.2 and 17.2 months respectively. Nearly, one third of the treated patients had severe complications...

Artificial Sweetners Not Really Safe?

A statistically significant increase in the incidence of malignant tumors, lymphomas and leukemias in rats exposed to varying doses of aspartame appears // to link the artificial sweetener to a high carcinogenicity rate, according to a study accepted for publication...

Back Pain Can Now Be Cost-Effectively Treated By Chiropractic Care

...ical and chiropractic total costs were however not statistically probably because issues related to over-the-counter drug, hospitalization and surgical costs were overlooked in the present study. Chiropractic treatment had a better clinical outcome in terms of pain and disability reduction. Patient satisfaction ...

Statins Reduce Deaths And Strokes After Carotid Surgery

...atients who were not taking statin drugs, a highly statistically significant difference.""The operative or 30-day m...who were not taking statin drugs - again, a highly statistically significant difference," Dr. Perler added. Dr. Perler presented the results of a retrospective chart...

Ruboxistaurin As A Novel Treatment For Diabetic Nephropathy

...p differences for changes in ACR and eGFR were not statistically significant, but this pilot study was underpowered to determine such differences. The study authors conclude that ruboxistaurin had favorable effects on albuminuria and renal function in persons with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy. The albuminuria...

Decline in Paternity Rates Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer

..., pretreatment fatherhood, and marital status were statistically significant independent predictors for post-treatment fatherhood, with dry ejaculation as the most important negative factor. The authors conclude that post-treatment paternity rates in all treatment groups were lower than those in the surveillance...

Intake Of Processed Meat And Fat Associated With Pancreatic Cancer

...al and saturated fat from meat was associated with statistically significant increases in pancreatic cancer risk but that from dairy products was not. The authors conclude that red and processed meat intakes were associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. Fat and saturated fat are not likely to cont...

Daily Gargling May Prevent Common Colds

...Columbia University said, “The study is borderline statistically significant effect for water gargling, there was no true placebo group that is, there was no control group in which people could gargle with “fake” water, as it would have had a psychological effect and those who believe falsely they are being treate...

Weight-Loss Medication Evaluated By Nutrition Expert

... body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 28, demonstrates a statistically significant difference in weight loss. Orlistat patients who completed the four-month treatment period lost 5 percent of their baseline weight and diet alone lost 3.3 percent. The randomized, placebo-controlled, 16-week study was conducted in a pri...

Antigenics Pharmaceuticals plans for Phase III trial of its Melanoma vaccine

...ducted in 322 patients failed to meet the required statistically significance results compared to prolongation in survival and the vaccine was not shown to have any better results compared to other cancer treatments. But, earlier studies with Oncophage showed a group of patients with the least-advanced severity ...

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