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Gastrointestinal conditions affect sleep

...en 15 million Americans experience daily heartburn symptoms and may suffer from GERD....

Associated therapy for multiple myeloma

...archers also observed an improvement in associated symptoms and in disturbances in the blood. Results also show the thalidomide combination was well tolerated. Researchers say current chemotherapy regimens used as initial therapy for multiple myeloma have significant toxicity. In addition, the thalidomide co...

Vaccine for septic conditions

...f the toxins which bacteria produce and causes the symptoms of septic shock. Working with animals, they have shown how the vaccine can protect against sepsis, by stimulating the immune system to fight against it. It's hoped that in the future the vaccine might be used to protect humans by being administered b...

Personality Impacts Arthritis

... since these patients are known to report physical symptoms that do not stem purely from rheumatoid arthritis disease activity."...

Anxiety and Peptic ulcers may be linked

...hers in a new study observed that people reporting symptoms of anxiety were also more likely to say they had p...rt suffering from gastric ulcers. The more anxiety symptoms they had, the more likely they were to report ulcers. The researchers don't know why such a link e...

Overcoming actively may help in breast cancer

...is could be very helpful in helping them deal with symptoms of the disease. It may even help them reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival times....

Restless Legs Syndrome - Help at hand

...e night and the patients also kept a record of the symptoms while at home. The results of all the examinations proved that gabapentin reduced the symptoms of RLS. The sleep lab studies that were conducted also indicated a decreased movement of legs in the...

Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause

...ssion. Women who showed more pronounced depressive symptoms at the beginning of the study had twice the risk of an earlier perimenopause and those women who took antidepressants had thrice the risk of an earlier perimenopause as compared to non-depressed women. The study gains significance as an earlier tran...

Antidepressants could pose grave implications

...d that people who take anti-depressants to relieve symptoms of depression could be at higher risk of developing gastrointestinal bleeding. The study which was conducted over a four year period included 26000 anti-depressant// users, who were compared for hospitalizations due to upper GI bleeding with non-user...

A new and surprising insight on AIDS

... that there were similarities between AIDS and the symptoms of malnutrition and long-known tropical diseases. He added that adequate vitamin intake was necessary in curbing AIDS, as HIV-positive gay men with adequate vitamin A intake "never progressed to AIDS", while those with a vitamin A deficiency did get ...

Autopsy reports could be valuable and informative

...ried as the patient having presented with atypical symptoms of a disease, or due to limited information from lab results. Sometimes a doctor may fail to consider a broad enough range of possible diagnosis or the doctor may misinterpret findings. Autopsies are important because having the wrong information on...

Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments

...e they lack muscle coordination anyway, though the symptoms of stroke in adults and children are similar. She suggested that an MRI could assess the level of brain damage and confirm a stroke. Dr. Ferriero said that when a child favours one side of the body, like holding the bottle with one hand very often, t...

Research on Celiac Disease in children

...y at one year. None of the children displayed any symptoms during the year. After one year, one child had elevated blood readings but a normal biopsy. Also, after one year, one child who displayed blunted villi was determined to have been consuming other grains. When the child returned to oats only, the b...

Heart disease in women being under-treated

...n is often detected with heart burn, while similar symptoms in men might prompt doctors to think about coronary artery disease first. In an accompanying editorial, Drs. Andrew Miller and Suzanne Oparil of the University of Alabama added that the research highlighted the terrible discrepancy between what docto...

New and unique treatment for Psoriasis patients

...f patients on the Amevive drug saw their psoriasis symptoms cut in half, as compared to about 10 percent of placebo-treated patients. A small number of patients even saw their lesions almost vanish, for at least a while. Though the duration for which the effect lasted was not known, a small subset of patients...

Early detection of colorectal cancer may be hindered by coloured toilet disinfectants

...lso added that the more aware people become of the symptoms of colorectal cancer and act on their concerns, the more easier it would be to reduce instances and deaths from this terrible disease....

Mental retardation linked to brain protein

...lance, motor, learning and memory problems and the symptoms in these mice without WAVE-1, correlate with one form of human mental retardation. The researchers believe the absence of the WAVE-1 protein causes a partial breakdown of the brain cell communication system, that results in reduced learning ability a...

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...h 20 women who all had large fibroids and multiple symptoms -- including heavy periods, pelvic pain and pressure, and lower back pain. The women were randomly asked to take either 5 mg or 10 mg of Mifepristone daily -- the very lowest doses. At the end of the study all women had a remarkable shrinkage of the ...

Way out of winter depression

... days get longer and nights get shorter. Other SAD symptoms include overeating, especially on high carbohydrate foods, and sleeping for longer than usual. Researchers have now found that light therapy// helps in countering winter depression. The therapy, which involves exposure to bright light from a speciall...

Hyaluronan supplementation therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

...ay actually help with the disease and not just the symptoms as certain hyaluronan products have structure modifying activity. Another group of researchers have shown that hyaluronan supplementation may also be effective in other areas of the body, not just the knees. However, more well-controlled clinical stu...

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