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Is Evidence-based Medicine Enough to Support Additional Research in Alternative Medicine?

...mized placebo-controlled trial designs is the best strategy for making evidence-based decisions in clinical practice, and describes strategies that use "whole systems" and "integrated evaluation models" as potential new standards for research on CAM for cancer. The second half of this special issue then exp...

European Scientists Develop Novel Therapy for Cancer

...s necessary for the survival of cancer cells. This strategy is expected to achieve maximal therapy with minimal side effects. Dr Aristides Eliopoulos of the University of Crete Medical School who co-ordinates the Apotherapy research program, commented: "We are delighted to have received funding under this p...

Benefits of Diachrome for People With Type 2 Diabetes

...um picolinate with biotin represents an adjunctive strategy to conventional oral diabetes therapy for improved blood sugar control and cholesterol metabolism." A larger 400 patient, 90-day randomized placebo controlled study to determine the effects of chromium picolinate/biotin on hemoglobin A1c and other ...

Hybrid Molecule Causes Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct

...heless, they believe it represents a promising new strategy for fighting the deadly disease. “For a long time, cancer researchers did not pay much attention to the use of sugars in fighting cancer,” said Gopalan Sampathkumar, a postdoctoral fellow in the university's Department of Biomedical Engineering an...

Telephone Outreach Boost CRC Screening In Urban Minority

...xceed 90 percent. The study suggests a promising strategy for increasing CRC screening, which may help reduce CRC incidence and death in black men and women, who are at significantly higher risk for both than their white counterparts. "There's a clear connection between African Americans' high rates for d...

A Secret Dossier Predicts Major Changes At NHS, England

...y of a secret Government memo on pay and workforce strategy reveals that 37000 posts are in danger as the Government desperately seeks to lower the NHS wages bill with a 2.7 per cent cut in the workforce. NHS reveals that by 2011 there will be 3,200 more consultants than there are jobs. As a result of lack ...

Sway Schizophrenics With Incentives to Avail Regular Treatment

...sistent treatment. Four of them benefited with the strategy and continued to manage their lives independently. They experienced fewer problems with cops and neighbors. A questionnaire to elicit responses from 150 assertive outreach teams about their opinion on financial incentives was sought. More then 76...

Paying Attention Sets Off Symphony of Cell Synchronization

...am of psychologists and neuroscientists used a new strategy for understanding the mechanisms whereby sustained attention makes us process things more effectively, literally making the world come into sharper focus. “When you pay attention cells aren't only responding more strongly to stimuli,” said co-autho...

Counseling Helps Young Women Cut Drinking, Improve Contraception Use

...es in the United States. This CDC study explored a strategy that could reduce a woman’s risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. “A lot of people find this to be an intuitive and sensible approach,” said lead study author Louise Floyd. “If a woman drinks frequently or binge drinks even occasionally, this is no...

Reversal of Roles – Humans to Infect Mosquitoes to Mitigate Malari

A novel strategy to combat malaria is abuzz, and the main action plan of this strategy will use humans to infect mosquitoes. // The researchers from the National Institutes of Health hav...

Baba Ramdev's Claims to Cure HIV by Yoga

...e ABC (Abstinence, Being faithful & using Condoms) strategy for HIV prevention. Condom is the only prophylaxis against the transmission of the virus apart from giving protection from STIs and unwanted pregnancies. Further, the reported suggestion by Baba Ramdev to do away with sex education among youngster...

Study Identifies Mechanism Which May Help Tamoxifen Work Better

... Notch pathway with a Notch inhibitor offers a new strategy to stopping breast cancer,” said Miele, director, breast cancer basic science program, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Health System. He presented the findings here today at the 29th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. ...

Insurance Cover for Girl Child

...at the Ministry was working on a multi-dimensional strategy which include preventive, advocacy and programmatic measures. She stressed the need of setting up of monitoring and inspection committee at District Level by the States for stringent implementation of PNDT Act. Female foeticide should be treated as a...

'Clumping' Protein Linked to Return of Ovarian Cancer

...capable of blocking NAC-1 activity may be a useful strategy in preventing and treating recurrences as well. A report on the research, the first to link NAC-1 to cancer, appears in the December 5 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Because recurrent cancers are often what really...

Organic Food Fever Catches Up In Delhi

...steps, said his team was also planning a marketing strategy to increase sales. "We are planning counter sales. Like Mother Dairy, we will set up kiosks at several markets." "We are setting up promotional camps in parks and the target is niche - health conscious morning walkers," said an official of Meer Orga...

The Outbreak of Pneumonia In Vancouver Under Control

... of emergency cases arriving for treatment. "The strategy is to go into places where people are living and where they spend their day," said medical health officer Reka Gustafson. She said every year health officials had to provide flu shots, but this is the first time they have been forced to offer pneum...

Polio Outbreak on Wane: Next Rounds Must Focus on Youngest Children

...stricts remain polio-free, evidence that the basic strategy of repeated mass vaccination campaigns is effective in protecting children. The outbreak itself has been much smaller than those in earlier years – 1600 children were paralyzed in 2002 – demonstrating the effect of pulse polio rounds and improved rou...

Researchers Develop Basis For Experimental Melanoma Treatment

...ealth (NIH), unexpectedly //discovered a potential strategy for treating metastatic melanoma, while investigat... led to the development of a promising therapeutic strategy for a terrible cancer that affects thousands of people each year." Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D....

Video Games Fun but Pose Social, Health Risks

...ting off the system when it lapses. Another good strategy - have children do homework and play outside first, Storch said. "There are certainly some positives to (video game playing)," Storch said. "For many kids it's really enjoyable. But moderation is the key." Source-Newswise...

Five Self-Care Strategies For Depression

...recurrence. 2. Eat well. A well-balanced eating strategy will help you feel better now and later. Eat more whole grains, beans and vegetables. They provide a longer-lasting energy source than processed baked goods and sugar. Eat regular meals, especially breakfast. Regular meals avoid the irritabili...

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