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Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

...e to Cipro, although the drug must be given before symptoms develop or shortly thereafter to be most effective. Before Cipro came along, penicillin was a common treatment for anthrax. Pharmaceutical companies say they're ready to ramp up production of anti-anthrax drugs if needed....

New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease

...educed from an average of 6.2 days to 5.3 days and symptoms were more often resolved within a week in those wh...88. Researchers realize the reduction in painful symptoms was small. Nevertheless, researchers say a new option in the treatment of sickle cell disease can re...

Toddlers stressed out

... targets for three to five-year olds could lead to symptoms of anxiety, such as tantrums and bed-wetting, rath...t to bed-wetting, nightmares or show other classic symptoms of stress."Rather than improving the abilities of children entering the formal years of learning at ...

More about HIV

..., a period of latency ensues in which there are no symptoms and, depending on the health and lifestyle of the ...c Stage. Patients in this stage are free from AIDS symptoms for an average of ten years. HIV in the blood may drop to undetectable levels but people remain infe...

The best treatment for migraine

... triptans are known to help counter the unpleasant symptoms of a migraine headache. Since there are seven different triptan drugs available, it is very diffcult to choose the drug. Researchers at the University of Netherlands have carried out an analysis of all the clinical trials on the triptans, coverin...

Protein signals need for heart surgery

...may be a helpful signal for doctors to treat heart symptoms aggressively with surgery. Performing heart bypass surgery or angioplasty on patients with elevated levels of the protein troponin reduced mortality rates by an estimated 40 percent. // "Any sign of heart damage by troponin, whether a small amount ...

Safe for people with asthma

...ts were monitored for peak expiratory flow, asthma symptoms and time off school or work, all as a measure of asthma exacerbation. There was no significant difference - 20 per cent had exacerbations after flu injection, compared to 25 per cent after the placebo. The researchers conclude the flu jab is safe for...

Birds breed viruses

...an-to-human transmission with either strain. The symptoms of A (H5N1) are very similar to other influenza viruses, typically with fever, malaise, myalgia, sore throat and cough. Conjunctivitis is seen in some patients. Although six of the patients with illness found to be due to influenza A (H5N1) infection...

Allergy Risk Increased by Kerosene Use

...s between allergic skin sensitization and allergic symptoms and the domestic use of modern fuels for cooking and heating, particularly from kerosene and to a lesser degree gas. The exposure to these pollutants could play a major role in the emergence of allergic diseases in both developing and developed count...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Directly to Brain

...tor and sensory reflexes to determine if the rats' symptoms were decreased, indicating that the drug had reached its target.The test results indicated that the drug had “been successfully diffused in brain tissue,” Frey said. Asked about the implications of Frey's work, Dr. Philip Gorelick, director of the C...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...unction. The increased blood sugar levels cause symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss and blurred vision, and can make the patient far more prone to heart disease and stroke. Patients often have to greatly modify their diets and take exercise to protect their health. Scientists at the US Agricultural Res...

Cure for Hepatitis B

... Hepatitis B virus from multiplying and cleared up symptoms within a month in 30% of all cases they studied. Hepatitis B is common in Asia, particularly in the sub-continent and China, and traditional Indian medical practice has long-standing methods for its treatment. Dr S Thiagrajan, who began the resea...

Fight against E.coli

...strain known as E.coli 0157 causes gastroenteritis symptoms such as diarrhoea. It usually clears up after a few days, but complications that may arise include inflammation of the bowel, and anaemia. In some cases, kidney problems may arise....

New treatment for depression

...tudy found that after eight weeks of VNS treatment symptoms were reduced in 40% to 50% of patients and symptoms had completely vanished in one in five patients. Mark George, of the University of South Carolina,...

Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

... key chemicals in cells to levels that should ease symptoms of the fatal disease. Still, it's too early to know whether the same technique will work in people. In this study, scientists at the University of Iowa used a harmless virus to carry a corrected genetic information into the gene associated with cysti...

New Drug, Pleconaril speeds recovery from common cold

...is still months away from drugstores -- eases cold symptoms within a day and makes a runny nose completely cle...ke many over-the-counter remedies, which ease cold symptoms by drying up plugged noses and soothing aches, pleconaril attacks a large group of viruses known as ...

The superior steroids

...a steroid nasal spray may relieve seasonal allergy symptoms better than an oral antihistamine. Dr. Robert Nacl...ed steroid experienced significantly fewer allergy symptoms and reported less impact on their quality of life than those who took the antihistamine. During the ...

Memory loss associated with microbes

...fied in Maryland, USA.//It can cause dementia-like symptoms with sufferers experiencing memory loss and diffic...s and stomach problems follow. The severity of the symptoms appears to be proportional to the amount of exposure to the toxin excreted by the microbe. The first...

Burden of lung disease

...art disease. Or it may be that people present with symptoms too late for the disease to be treated surgically....

Nervous disorder being treated

...or emotional distress. Doctors have found that the symptoms can be alleviated by giving patients an intravenous supply of a human protein called immunoglobulin (IVIg) designed to buttress the immune system. The immune system acts to produce antibodies that reduce levels of a brain chemical that plays a cruc...

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