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Eyedrops for amblyopia

... The same thing happens with atropine drops, which temporarily blur vision in the unaffected eye. But parents have difficulty getting children to wear eye patches because of inconvenience. The study found children and parents preferred atropine drops and were more likely to use them than patches. "This may well...

Pain Killers Keep the Virus Away

... When infected with the virus the fibroblast cells temporarily boosted their production of prostaglandin E2 more than 50-fold. But when treated with the cox-2 inhibitor, the number of virus copies in the cell fell more than 100-fold. "There's a significant block there in the virus production," says Thomas....

Loss of weight

...// and Meridia in the United States. The drug was temporarily withdrawn from the market in Italy after reports that two patients taking the drug had died. A spokesman declined to say who was leading the review, which was requested by Italy. Abbott, the manufacturer of sibutramine, has said it is aware of 34 d...

Acute Measles Supresses HIV Replication

...lso triggers intense immune system activation that temporarily suppresses HIV," explains Dr. Moss...

Hope for First New Melanoma Treatment in Decades

...on of chromosome 10, which contains the PTEN gene, temporarily switched off the tumor cell growth in mice and allowed apoptosis, or cell death normally occurring in non-cancerous cells, to resume. Apoptosis made the cells behave more like normal cells, thereby clearing away the dysfunctional and damaged cells. ...

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

...group, a significant difference (p Treatment was temporarily discontinued by 18.3% of subjects administered finasteride and 9.8% of those given placebo because of side effects. Finasteride was more likely to affect sexual functioning, whereas placebo was more likely to be associated with genitourinary effects....

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

...group, a significant difference (p Treatment was temporarily discontinued by 18.3% of subjects administered finasteride and 9.8% of those given placebo because of side effects. Finasteride was more likely to affect sexual functioning, whereas placebo was more likely to be associated with genitourinary effects....

Sleep Apnea Linked to Bed-Wetting in Kids

...leep apnea, a sleep disorder that causes people to temporarily stop breathing many times a night and appears to also promote bed-wetting in children, said Dr. Lee J. Brooks, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In a study of 160 kids ages 4 to 17 who we...

New Hope for Kidney Failure

...kidney recovery after blood flow to the kidney was temporarily interrupted. Scientists found the mice that had not been genetically modified had their kidney functions sharply reduced, and the function worsened over time following the reduction in blood supply. In contrast, the mice with higher levels of HGF ex...

Hope for Patients With Kidney Failure

...kidney recovery after blood flow to the kidney was temporarily interrupted. Scientists found the mice that had not been genetically modified had their kidney functions sharply reduced, and the function worsened over time following the reduction in blood supply. In contrast, the mice with higher levels of HGF e...

The Benefits Of A Stretch

...its of stretching are that it improves posture and temporarily reduces pain caused by muscle soreness. Thus researchers conclude saying, “The bottom line is stretching does not reduce risk of injury, may make muscles weaker, probably doesn’t improve performance, but may improve body image and save employers mon...

Stress A Precursors Of Asthma In Kids

...ents that cause stress and those more likely to be temporarily increasing physiological arousal, and to consider factors such as duration of the stress and levels of chronic adversity....

New Kidney Transplantation procedure

...d group does not match. "Through this technique we temporarily blind the function of the spleen that otherwise rejects the kidney from a high risk donor," P. Ravichandran, head, Nephrology and Transplantation, Kidney Disease and Institute of Organ Transplantation, and a member of the team, said at a press confer...

Sudden Stress Found To Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

... surge in adrenalin and other stress hormones that temporarily “stun” the heart , causing them to experience symptoms similar to a typical heart attack including chest pain, fluid in the lungs, shortness of breath, and heart failure. However according to researchers the symptoms do not result in permanent damage...

US Senate Votes against Testing of Pesticide on Humans

The US congress is considering whether to temporarily ban the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using human tests to determine whether a pesticide should be marketed//. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will soon decide whether to place a one year moratorium on the conduct and use of studies that expos...

Debra Winger Wants Indians Abroad To Help Visually Impaired

...t the age of 17 met with an accident that left her temporarily blind, but she came out of it, is today a global ambassador for Sight Savers International. ‘The purpose of my trip is not to promote but to learn because I have not been to India before,’ said the actress who starred in such films as ‘An Officer A...

Bush’s new prescription drug plan, a complex puzzle for the citizen

...e if so then who covered their bills? The governor temporarily assured the 10,000 people that the local drug stores will be paid until the problem is solved. The public are enraged with this new drug plan and want the federal government to have a universal health care system. When compared to other countries l...

Bird Flu Persists In Bulgaria

...ibited site for the public. This is mainly done to temporarily disinfect the area. But the Health Minister Radoslav Gaidarski has asked the people not to panic because there are no registered cases of human-infected avian flu in Bulgaria. He said that they have installed a monitoring system which is very effe...

President’s verdict: no need to panic over bird fl

...s of poultry farmers. Japan had already on Friday temporarily suspended imports of French poultry, including the delicacy foie gras, meat and other internal organs after this news about bird flu in France. This was said by the Japanese embassy in Paris. In 2005, Japan imported 1,510 metric tons of duck and oth...

Don’t forsake the chicken: Cooked poultry free from bird fl

...import restrictions, including Japan and Hong Kong temporarily banning the imports of French poultry.// Due to this development World Health Organization publicly stated that cooked poultry does not transmit bird flu, with intentions to ease consumers' fears and concerns. In its statement, "The World Health Or...

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