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Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's

...ctors usually are not able to diagnose it or treat symptoms until the condition has progressed into more advan...ier detection could mean starting treatment before symptoms -- such as forgetfulness, disorientation and dementia -- become unbearable. "There's a tremendous e...

Oestrogen to help mental health

...at treating patients with oestrogen can reduce the symptoms like delusions and halucinations.// Although antipsychotic drugs like risperidone have been shown to help many people still suffer these. But researchers have suspected for some time that oestrogen can help protect against schizophrenia, because wo...

Shelved bowel-syndrome drug still in demand

...g. IBS, affecting up to 15% of Americans, causes symptoms including lower abdominal pain, a sudden need to have a bowel movement, diarrhoea and constipation. Lotronex was the first new IBS treatment in years and the only one approved for women who mainly have diarrhoea, roughly one-sixth of all IBS patients...

Further support for use of statins in Alzheimer’s disease

... statins might help slow the memory loss and other symptoms in people who already have the disease. Studies to test that theory are under way...

Treadmill test displays hidden heart disease

...people who develop// heart disease have no obvious symptoms like chest pain or breathlessness. According to researchers, treadmill testing can show up hidden weaknesses long before heart problems become obvious. They report on a study of nearly 2,000 men and 3,000 women given treadmill testing and then follo...

Young women prone to heart attack

...tly, experts say. While these include such classic symptoms as chest pain, gray colour and sweatiness, women can also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, s...

Prefiguring Alzheimer's disease

...d poorly on memory tests, without actually showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. The tangles are generally seen as the hallmark of Alzheimer's. This suggests that mild cognitive impairment, especially of memory, is very early Alzheimer's disease. The finding may be useful in allowing doctors to prescribe d...

Blood transfusion linked to lung ailment

...t. Doctors believe it is underreported because its symptoms - including shortness of breath, fluid buildup in ... describing TRALI and warning that "recognition of symptoms and immediate treatment are imperative." The FDA said that it has received reports of more than 50 T...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

...ears to reduce the number of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, according to results from a pivotal-stage trial of the drug Estrasorb. If approved by regulatory authorities, it would be the first estrogen replacement therapy in lotion form.// The drug's developer Novavax Inc. said that in a phase ...

Lyme disease is a persistent problem

A new trial shows that the symptoms of Lyme disease linger despite antibiotic treatment.Lyme disease, caused by a bacterium that lives in tiny ticks, sometimes produces very long-lasting fatigue and cognitive problems. Even though antibiotic treatment is standard, researchers in Texas ...

Cholesterol lowering drugs increase neuropathy risk

...ight increase their risk of heart problems. But if symptoms of peripheral neuropathy develop in someone on statins, it's important they review their medication with the doctor....

Grapes, Melons Implicated in Outbreaks

...w. In fact, she said, all the people who developed symptoms who remembered eating honeydew said they ate precut honeydew. Carter said it is possible the bacteria on the surface of the melons somehow infected the fruits when it was cut. It also is possible that because precut melon sits around a while before ...

FDA panel refuses anti-viral cold remedy

...e common cold. In clinical studies, the drug eased symptoms and cut the duration of colds by about a day. One concern is that pleconaril tablets must be taken within 24 hours of the first symptoms, making the drug's real-life usefulness questionable. Because colds are not serious illnesses, it's unlikely that...

Dementia linked to HIV

...200 people. 80 HIV patients were not suffering any symptoms of the disease, 90 patients were suffering symptoms, and 80 people were HIV negative. They were hoping to determine which risk factors play a role in early development of cognitive problems. The investigators looked at age, sex, education, risk behav...

Osteoporosis could be caused by irregular periods

...r. Nelson says, "Because missed periods are common symptoms in young women, it's understandable that more than half of our patients weren't concerned at first. But the delay in evaluating and treating ovarian insufficiency may place young women at increased risk of developing osteoporosis in later years."...

Mild Depression may guard aged women

..., researchers screened the subjects for depressive symptoms to determine if they met the criteria for mild depression, meaning symptoms such as occasional sleeping problems or feeling blue but not severe enough to warrant clinical inter...

Possible benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

...that women go on HRT only for relief of menopausal symptoms or prevention of osteoporosis fractures, although ...e blood flow is only briefly interrupted. Most TIA symptoms disappear within an hour, but they are warning signs that a person is at risk for a more serious str...

Fructose cause digestive problems

... to digest fructose might explain common digestive symptoms like gas, pain and bloating.Researchers at the Uni...ting the link between fructose intolerance and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),// a common disorder characterised by abdominal discomfort, bloati...

Scan correlates susceptible heart plaque

...e - atherosclerosis - begins many years before any symptoms occur.// The plaque narrows the arteries, and may eventually crack, instigating formation of a clot which will then cause a heart attack. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical School now report that positron emission tomography (PET), in association...

Social anxiety has hope from a new drug

...on the drug reported a marked improvement in their symptoms after around four weeks. This is the first time that this kind of drug has been tested for SAD - and it looks promising, because there were also few of the side effects often associated with antidepressants....

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