Tag: "suspected" at medical news

ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

...orld wide, is held responsilble for a raise in the suspected adverse reactions due to drug intake in UK. Pharmacovigilance statistics of MCA has shown a raise of about 37% more adverse reactions so called "yellow cards" during the period of January to April 2001 compared to that of last years. MCA spokeswoma...

Estrogen lowers cancer risk

...a, who led the study said "For a while now we have suspected that estrogen in the pill could protect against bowel cancer and our research has gone some way to confirm this In the future, it may be possible //to develop new treatments that take advantage of the anticancer qualities of the pill". Over the l...

The cocaine danger

...use expert at St Mary's Hospital in London said he suspected up to 10 per cent of people reporting to hospital with chest pains had used cocaine....

Contraceptives have dual effects

...ch in Milan, Italy, said: "For a while now we have suspected oestrogen in the Pill could protect against bowel cancer and our research has gone some way to confirm this. "Mortality rates for female bowel cancer have steadily dropped over the last 20 years - we believe this is partly due to the Pill. "In the fu...

Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention

...ost patients avoid recurrent strokes. Many doctors suspected that Warfarin was more effective but that aspirin was safer. This study challenges both views, showing the two drugs are equals in both respects. Both drugs slow clotting of the blood, and blood clots are involved in the final stages of the most co...

Chlamydia toxin- a secret killer

...naecological conditions. For many years, it's been suspected that the pathogen produces a toxin that helps it invade cells and cause these chronic health problems.// Now, at last, the suspect toxin has been found by completing the Chlamydia genome. The toxin turns out to be similar to those that cause botuli...

Garlic fights malaria and cancer

...antibacterial properties.For years scientists have suspected that one of these compounds in garlic may be helpful against malaria and have proven it in animal models. Crandall and collegues, though, were more interested in understanding how these disulphides worked against infection. They tested 11 different ...

Constipation can be a cause

... us more effectively identify people with early or suspected disease or people at high risk of developing the disease in the future."The large study, part of the Honolulu Heart Program, looked at 6,456 aged between 51 and 75 who were followed for 24 years.// Constipation was defined as having less than one b...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...es several hours. MRA is recommended for patients suspected to have narrowing or other abnormalities of arteries or veins in head, neck cardiovascular or in other parts of the body. MRA can also detect abnormal widening of the vessels called aneurysms of the arteries or veins. There are no known risks of MRA ...

Hope For Stiff-Person Syndrome

...e of stiff-person syndrome is unknown, doctors had suspected that it may be an autoimmune disorder. About 1 in every million people has the disorder, though it is often misdiagnosed and may be more common than recognized. Up to 65% of patients cannot perform daily tasks because of total-body stiffness or freq...

Infection linked with heart attack

...d risk of death from heart attack. It is long been suspected that infection plays a role in the development of heart disease.// This has been possible by promoting inflammation within the coronary arteries. However, the studies that have been produced, so far, have conflicting evidence. According to research...

Take care of constipation

... us more effectively identify people with early or suspected disease or people at high risk of developing the disease in the future." The large study, part of the Honolulu Heart Program, looked at 5,324 patients aged between 50 and 80 who were followed for 22 years. Constipation was defined as having less tha...

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

... Caffeine, cigarette smoking, and hyperthermia are suspected teratogens, and the teratogenic impact of pesticides remains unknown. The teratogenic potential of multiple other environmental factors has been studied and is reviewed. Before definitive conclusions can be drawn regarding the teratogenicity of env...

Ranbaxy Labs' Entry Into Anti-Acne Market

...ug to check for possible side effects. The drug is suspected to have side effects, particularly depression. Hence, the US FDA is expected to be quite rigid in granting approvals for this generic drug....

Lethal Heart Condition linked To Cocaine Use

...he heart’s main artery, a condition that should be suspected in people treated for chest pain. The condition called aortic dissection occurs when the lining of the aorta tears, exposing the inner layer. //Cocaine use is not a commonly recognized risk factor for aortic dissection, which usually occurs in older ...

Oestrogen to help mental health

... people still suffer these. But researchers have suspected for some time that oestrogen can help protect against schizophrenia, because women suffer a milder version of the disease than men and it usually strikes them later in life. Studies in animals also suggest that oestrogen alters the activity of dopam...

Detering memory problems

...to measure cognitive abilities. Doctors have long suspected Alzheimer's disease and dementia are related to cerebral microvascular disease, a condition in which the small arteries in the brain are damaged. Few studies have been done on the link, primarily because it is difficult to look inside the brain for t...

Antibiotics help heart patients

...sk was not related to the presence of two bacteria suspected of playing a role in heart disease. The effect was seen regardless of whether a person was infected with the bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori or Chlamydia pneumoniae. For the study, researchers enrolled 300 hospitalized patients ...

Importance of type of sex in organ transplantation

...earchers in Germany now confirm what has long been suspected - kidneys, hearts and livers from female donors are more likely to be rejected// by the recipients than those from males. Female recipients are also more likely to reject a donated organ. The study covered more than 114,000 kidney transplants, 25,0...

Associated scan for detecting ovarian cancer spread

...group of 28 patients with ovarian cancer which was suspected to have spread within the abdominal cavity. They found that PET-CT could distinguish cancer from normal tissue in 100 per cent of cases, while PET was only able to do this in 52 per cent of cases. However, this is only a small study, so larger trials...

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