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Hypnotherapy may Help Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

...ntial to help patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), say researchers in this weeks BMJ. IBS is a very common disorder, but conventional physical treatments often do not work very well and patients can feel that their symptoms are being ignored, downplayed or misunderstood. Patients with IBS...

Antibiotics Highly Effective for Treating Lyme Disease

...ersisting symptoms, often referred to as Post-Lyme syndrome (PLS). This guideline states that long-term use of antibiotics does not improve the outcome in people with chronic symptoms after customary treatment of Lyme disease. Specifically, further treatment does not improve overall health quality of life, me...

Gay Film Festival Begins in Delhi

... immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-related issues, approached the Delhi High Court with a request to read down Section 377 as not criminalizing private consensual sex between adults. Both petitions have now been clubbed together, and the hearing is yet to take place. "Yes...

Enriching Environment Stimulates Neurons: Hope For Fragile X Syndrome

...the malfunctioning neuronal machinery of Fragile X syndrome . The findings have been published in the May 24, ... A type of inherited mental retardation; Fragile X syndrome affects 1 in 3600 males and 1 in 4000 to 6000 females. The researchers carried out studies on mice t...

Research Says Small Penis Syndrome Affects Men Than Women

...research projects into penile size and small penis syndrome carried out since 1942. By drawing together the ...e most important factor for women. Small penis syndrome is much more common in men with normal sized penises than those with a small micropenis with a flacc...

Sleepwalking to sex during sleep, a new disorder detected

...ring on abnormal sexual behaviours: Restless leg syndrome has caused several cases of masturbation or rhythmic pelvic movement while entering sleep. Narcolepsy severe tiredness known to cause intense hallucinations of rape and sexual assault when patients do get to REM or dream stage sleep. Insomnia se...

Pazopanib Shows Positive in Advanced Renal Carcinoma, Ovarian Cancer and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

...ension. Pazopanib had a low incidence of hand-foot syndrome (10%), rash (12%), hemorrhage (9%), and mucositis (5%). Please see safety considerations below. The incidence of RCC is rising throughout the world with 208,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although patients with early-stage disease can potentiall...

Low Levels of Testosterone may Increase the Risk of Death in Older Men

... are three times more likely to have the metabolic syndrome than men with higher testosterone levels; metabolic syndrome is the name for the presence of three or more of these risk factors: waist measurement more than ...

New Findings in Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein

...reduced ability to learn and memorize. Fragile X syndrome affects about one in 4,000 males and one in 8,000 females. About 20 percent of children with FXS have autism and about five percent of autistic children have FXS. The research team led by Yingqun Huang, M.D., assistant professor in Yale Ob/Gyn, previ...

Metabolic Syndrome may Be Associated With Heart Function

...iation between the number of features of metabolic syndrome and cardiac structural and functional abnormaliti...ist and problems regulating blood sugar, metabolic syndrome may also be associated with heart health. The authors investigated a sample of urban Portuguese adu...

Orissa Woman Gave Birth to Identical Triplets

... by diabetes, blood pressure, respiratory distress syndrome and jaundice....

Understanding and Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

...se survival data from patients with a malformation syndrome or other genetic etiology has not been consistentl...cordingly, the diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome should be made with caution in fetuses with CDH....

Surgeons Shocked By Green-Blooded Man

...operated upon to prevent his condition-compartment syndrome from worsening. The man had fallen asleep on his knees and developed the condition. In compartment syndrome, pressure builds in deep muscle tissue. If it is not alleviated, permanent damage to the nerves may be sustained. While undergoing a routin...

Recurrence of SIDS Overestimated: Study

...ho have lost their first child sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) shouldnt live in constant fear that the sam...ccording to a review study , the recurrence of the syndrome has been overestimated in studies so far. The authors studied eight population-based studies that ...

Boffins Find Link Between Common Sleep Disorder and Hypertension

...es of a common sleep disorder called restless legs syndrome (RLS) are at significantly increased risk for developing hypertension. RLS is a common and debilitating sleep disorder that adversely affects the lives of tens of millions of people worldwide. It produces an intense, often irresistible urge to mov...

Boffins Identify Fifth Gene Behind Joubert Syndrome

...ers has identified a new genetic cause for Joubert syndrome (JS), an inherited condition that affects development of the cerebellum and brainstem-the structures in the brain that coordinate movements and regulate basic functions such as breathing, swallowing, heart rate and consciousness. This is the fifth...

Rejection in Lung Transplants Due to Elevated Pepsin Level

...ates and delayed onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome than those who do not. If fundoplication is confirmed as a useful prophylaxis in preventing lung rejection, they write, markers of aspiration may contribute to identifying patients who might derive clinical benefit....

Anti-Epileptic Drug Intake May Result In Children With Mental Retardation

... children are suffering from fetal anti-convulsant syndrome because their mothers took valproate during pregnancy. The syndrome includes a range of neural, behavioral and physical disorders such as cleft palate and spina bifida,...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Associated With Slow Wave Activity During Sleep

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been associated with altered amounts of slow wave sleep, which could reflect reduced electroencephalograph// (EEG) activity and impaired sleep regulation. A study published in the issue of the journal SLEEP finds that CFS is also associated...

Good News for Sufferers of Heart Attack, Chest Pain

...ocardial infarction (STEMI), or had acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which includes non-STEMI heart attack and a kind of chest pain called unstable angina. Between 1999 and 2006, the use of heart-protecting drugs in these patients increased markedly, including use of aspirin, cholesterol-lowering statins, clo...

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