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Latest technique for asthma treatment

...s were assigned either to eosinophil management or symptom treatment. The eosinophil count was 61 per cent lower over 12 months among patients who were assigned to sputum management by inhaled or oral steroids. This group had fewer severe asthma attacks, and fewer hospitalisations than those managed in the...

New device aids esophagal cancer

...gal cancer swallow without complications. The main symptom of esophagal cancer is difficulty in swallowing. Unfortunately, the cancer is often well advanced by the time this symptom// becomes obvious. According to survival rates it is generally poor and quite often all that can be done is to make the patient...

Gel assists head and neck cancer

...ls for patients included pain control, wound care, symptom relief and better physical appearance. Patients who received the cisplatin/epinephrine gel met more of their treatment goals than the control group. Authors of the study write, "Cisplatin/epinephrine injectable gel reduces tumor burden, ameliorates...

Incontinence after pregnancy

.... Incontinence is loss of bladder control and is a symptom not a disease. Many conditions can cause incontinence,// including pregnancy or childbirth. According to the group, one in four women between ages 32 and 55 has experienced an episode of urinary incontinence. ...

How to determine allergies?

...nes swell in response, leading to the too-familiar symptom of nasal congestion, perhaps accompanied by sneezing and watery eyes. The best solution is to avoid the irritant, once you find out what it is. Over-the-counter saline sprays, antihistamines and corticosteroids may also be helpful....

Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem

...nt for more tests since chronic snoring is often a symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Tonsils and/or adenoids that are too big usually cause the condition. Obesity also can result in problems. Fat deposits around the throat can cause it to constrict, and fat in the stomach can prevent the diaphr...

Gastrointestinal Complaint to be dealt Psychologically

...th gastrointestinal complaints. Nausea is a tricky symptom to investigate.// It is unpleasant for the patient and physical exams which can be invasive often reveal no apparent problem. Before packing the patient off to the gastroenterologist's office, doctors might consider whether anxiety and depression lie...

New swift therapy limits stroke damage

...that the drug, when administered within an hour of symptom onset, does protect the brain from damage. A larger trial is now planned and its hoped that this advance may turn out to decrease mortality and disability after a stroke....

Kidney cancer on the rise

...the number of smokers in the UK. "The most common symptom of the disease is blood in the urine, but unfortunately the bleeding is often intermittent and can be disregarded by patients and doctors," Dr James says. Early detection is crucial if the cancer is to be successfully treated, and survival rates afte...

More People Seeking Treatment for Depression

...ncreased threefold in the 10-year period. However, symptom management has gone through a major transformation in the US, with antidepressant medications taking the lead role in treatment options while talk therapy or psychotherapy is losing ground. Olfson, associate professor at the College of Physicians a...

Early puberty more resistance

...of surviving a broken hip.Broken hips are a common symptom of osteoporosis, or brittle bone disease.// Most women who sustain a hip fracture survive, but sometimes death can occur as a result. Researchers in Norway sought to investigate the impact a woman's reproductive variables, such as age when her peri...

Depression a possible danger in elderly

...tions. Another possibility is that depression is a symptom of an underlying physical illness that leads to the need for hospital re-admission. Whatever the reason, it could certainly be worthwhile diagnosing and treating depression more aggressively in older patients admitted to hospital....

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

... US over a year's time. The ads "not only targeted symptom relief but also treatment and prevention of disease," Dr. Woloshin noted. Sixty-three percent were for drugs that relieve symptoms, 26% for drugs to treat disease and 11% for drugs to prevent disease. He pointed out that proponents of direct-to-con...

Cannabis for pain

...bis extracts can produce high-quality pain relief, symptom control, and improvement in the quality of life, without significant side effects," said Dr Notcutt.He tested cannabis extracts collected from cloned plants, in 23 sufferers of chronic pain.// Subjects were mostly patients with multiple sclerosis o...

Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat

...e throats. A sore throat is the second most common symptom sending people to their doctor. Generally a sore throat is caused by a virus and will not respond to antibiotics. But researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention in Palo Alto, California, h...

New Modality in Migraine Management

... study, he found that,patients' average rating for symptom relief was 88%, and 59 reported complete pain relief. No problems with drowsiness or euphoria were reported, although most patients said they felt very calm after treatment. "The beauty of it is there's no altered consciousness. Patients can go righ...

Early detection of heart attack

...e caused by indigestion or a panic attack. But the symptom is always treated as a medical emergency, and a series of tests is given to the patient to determine whether they have indeed suffered a heart attack.// These tests normally take a minimum of 24 hours and require hospital admission. At the Manches...

Headache decreases appetite

...ten assumed this must be because one common linked symptom is nausea. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School now reveal, in a study,// the changes in the brain when pain takes away your appetite. From a group of migraine sufferers they found that their appetite decrea...

Homeopathic preparation better than placebo in perennial allergic

... changes in nasal inspiratory peak flow and visual symptom analogue scale scores to baseline measurements. Th... three previous trials (n = 253), there was a mean symptom reduction on visual analogue scores of 28% (10.9 mm) for homoeopathy compared with 3% (1.1 mm) for p...

Painkillers Do Not Shorten Dying Patients' Lives

...survival."There is no connection between competent symptom control and euthanasia," said Nigel Sykes, one of the authors of the study."This study dispels the myth that good pain control at the end of life means killing the patient. People should not fear that taking morphine for pain need shorten life, and a...

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