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Nearly all asthma deaths preventable

...hing, chest constriction, and coughing. The Asian study sponsored by international pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, involved over 3,200 asthma patients and parents of asthma sufferers in 13 cities across China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. It was ...

Be happy: live long

... prolongs life. These findings stem from a 15-year study of aging and Alzheimer's disease in nuns. "It's b...their brains to the research team upon death. The study has produced evidence that stroke or head trauma can increase a person's chances of suffering from d...

Fight arthritic pain with acupuncture

...e Ezzo, Washington, DC, and colleagues conducted a study and research on the beneficial effects of acupuncture. Acupuncture was first practiced in China more than 2,000 years ago. According to traditional theory, the human body has thousands of acupuncture points along pathways called meridians. And these...

Healthcare sector is now a multi billion-dollar industry in India

A Confederation of Indian Industry study has identified the health care sector in India as ...care industry growing at a rate of 13 per cent the study says. With a 16% increase in budgetary outlay the healthcare industry is poised to zoom ahead bringi...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...n Transplant Center in New Orleans. In the largest study on steroid-free treatment of liver transplants, Dr..., the first dose during the transplant itself. The study found 4 percent of steroid-free patients developed post-transplant diabetes, compared to 14 percent ...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

...spital than women who had more prenatal visits the study says. The report finds its place in the May 19th issue of The Lancet. The fewer visits appear to be safe and could save money in countries strapped for healthcare resources, according to Dr. Jose Villar of WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, and colleague...

Doctors advice early anemia tests

...ve deformities of the motor system, according to a study conducted by British scientists.Screening babies f...th a 12-points drop on motor skill tests. "In this study we have shown that developmental outcome at 18 months of age, particularly motor development, is ass...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

...r there is a darker side to the whole affair. The study in the United States of America says that tattoos ... spread by blood-to-blood contamination, says lead study author Robert Haley, MD, Chief of Epidemiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centr...

Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre

...with excessive paracetamol usage. Also 35% of the study group were found to be suffering from severe liver damage as a result of paracetamol use. In children paracetamol can cause death due to poisoning and serious consequences ranging from hospitalization to permanent disability might occur. However th...

Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis

...r cent relief from pain in 70 per cent cases. The study was recently conducted in Berlin and Paris in co-ordination with scientists from The Netherlands, Albuquerque, Iowa, New York and Massachusetts. Arthritis is a chronic, disabling condition characterized by stiff, painful and swollen joints. Usuall...

Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

...inst infection from the Ebola virus. A copy of the study report is published in the May issue of the Journal of Virology. The study results demonstrate that mice infected under the skin with live Ebola virus survive infection and ge...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...h how often the two illnesses occur together. The study shows that depression is a separate illness that frequently “co-occurs” with diabetes, and some research suggests depression often precedes and helps triggers the onset of diabetes. Depression-related behaviours such as overeating and getting little...

The flip side of AIDS cocktails – HAART regime damages live

...atment, which causes liver damage. According to a study led by Dr. Raymond T. Chung, who presented the findings at Digestive Disease Week in Atlanta last week, severe liver toxicity forced almost one in every four patients to stop the treatment. Regimens that contained drugs called nonnucleoside reverse ...

Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients

...al radiological examinations and endoscopies. The study was presented by Dr Noah Lechtzin, a postdoctorate fellow at Johns Hopkins, at the American Thoracic Society's annual meeting on 20th May. The doctors who pioneered this distraction therapy add that this is not substitute for pain medication but a w...

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

...ming influence on a person's blood pressure. In a study that used portable monitors to track people's bloo...Gump of the State University of New York, the lead study author said that this does not mean single people are doomed to high blood pressure. Rather he said...

Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West

...Daniel Y. C. Fung and colleagues who conducted the study opine that cinnamon, apart from filling the air with its spicy aroma can also double up as an anti bacterial agent. Adding a dash of cinnamon to apple juice proved this and the spice actually retarded the growth of common food pathogens. For their s...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...and bolster the immune system of the body. In the study Dr. Graham R. Stewart, of Imperial College of Scie... to the immune system, the report indicates. This study has led the scientists headed by Dr. Stewart to opine that finding a way to produce extra heat-shock...

Vitamin E, the latest warrior against diabetes

...Medical Centre in Dallas, a lead researcher in the study says the results are very encouraging. Though diabetes dose not have an established cure as yet, the emphasis is on controling the disease so as to lessen the chances of developing complications of the spreaded disease. Vitamin E appears to be the ...

Gene Therapy shows promise in treating Hemophilia

...effects even after one year of the treatment. The study was designed only to test the safety and not the e...ed by excessive bleeding. Researchers belive this study could some day be applied to treat other diseases such as diabetes. For thousands of hemophiliacs a...

OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!

... when then Researchers of Arizona University did a study headed by Dr. Fernando D. Martinez According to Dr.Fernando D.Martinez and collegues , girls who become overweight or obese when they are between 6 and 11 years of age have a sevenfold increased risk of developing asthma .The boys do not have any suc...

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