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Brain aneurysms can now be treated with a less invasive procedure

..., suffer a brain hemorrhage in a year and they are treated surgically or non-surgically depending on the size...e neck of the bulge. A bulge with a narrow neck is treated non-surgically by filling it with lots of tiny metal coils that divert blood flow away from the aneu...

Poorer breast cancer prognosis with reduced physical activity

... compared to only a 24-percent decline in patients treated with surgery alone. Those women who underwent radiation therapy had a 24-percent decline in physical activity. The study also found that those with higher body mass index had a 41 per cent decline in physical activity compared to 24 percent decline i...

Anxiety following heart attacks not adequately managed

...after a heart attack and theway it is recorded and treated by their doctors do not match. In the group ofparticipants it was found that anxiety levels varied from none to severe.Researchers found that almost half of those who said they were extremely anxiousand more than half// who said that they were mildly...

Capsaicin patches help reduce post-shingles pain

...nsive pain fibers. In the study, participants were treated with thecapsaicin patch showed 33 per cent reduction in pain compared to four per centof those who were given a placebo....

Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer

... involved 46 prostate cancer patients who had been treated by prostatectomy or by radiation, and who all had detectable serum PSA. Every patients were subjected to both imaging procedures. 11C-acetate PET scans had higher positive findings overall. 11C-acetate PET was more sensitive than 18F-FDG PET. This re...

Virus Helps Remove Brain Cancer

... glioblastoma tumors implanted in their brains and treated with Delta-24-RGD survived for more than four months, whereas untreated mice lived for less than three weeks. Many experiments have been conducted since this study and they all produced similar results....

Once-Daily Cipro(R) XR for Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

...I) are often caused by bacteria and are frequently treated with antibiotics, such as fluoroquinolones. Fluoro...eradication was achieved in 89 percent of patients treated with once-daily Cipro XR and 85 percent of patients treated with conventional twice-daily Cipro. Cli...

Baby born to SARS mother is healthy

...lier told anews conference.One of two other babies treated at the //Prince of WalesHospital is still on a respirator, but is in stablecondition, Liu said. The condition of the third baby was reported as serious, the Hospital Authority statement said.The babies had experienced problems breathing,although it w...

Protection from Dementia

...ognitive decline decreased by about a fifth in the treated group, and the risk of developing cognitive decline with recurrent stroke dropped by a half. The investigators believe these findings support recommendations calling for all stroke patients to receive treatment with blood pressure lowering drugs. S...

Longer Lung Cancer Survival

...fect of the drug is a mild skin rash, which can be treated with medication if needed. It is currently only offered to patients who have failed at least two different treatments of chemotherapy. The drug is given once a day in tablet form. If you would like more information, please contact: Tina Russell, R....

Drugs Deter Heart Disease for Transplant Patients

...tatin. The other half received a placebo. All were treated for five to six years. By the end of the study, researchers found fluvastatin had lowered LDL cholesterol levels by 32 percent. While there was no statistically significant difference in cardiovascular events overall in the two groups, those in the ...

Best Drug for SARS

...of the SARS virus taken from SARS patients //being treated at Frankfurt University. The study showed glycyrrhizin, which is used to treat some HIV and hepatitis C infections, was most effective in inhibiting replication of the SARS virus. Ribavirin and mycophenolic acid, by contrast, did not affect replicat...

Vitamin D Wipes out Cancer Cells

...cancer.Investigators compared tumor growth in mice treated with radiation alone to mice exposed to both radia.... After treatment, the tumor volume in those women treated //with EB 1089 was 50-percent lower than in the group that received radiation alone. Radiotherapy i...

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

...ng/mL. Among the 4368 men in the finasteride group treated for 7 years, prostate cancer was detected in 18.4%, compared with 24.4% of the 4692 assigned to placebo group, a significant difference (p Treatment was temporarily discontinued by 18.3% of subjects administered finasteride and 9.8% of those given ...

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

...ng/mL. Among the 4368 men in the finasteride group treated for 7 years,// prostate cancer was detected in 18.4%, compared with 24.4% of the 4692 assigned to placebo group, a significant difference (p Treatment was temporarily discontinued by 18.3% of subjects administered finasteride and 9.8% of those give...

When Man Bites Man

.... The investigators conclude human bites are best treated with at least 48 hours of IV antibiotics and delayed surgical closure. Noting human bites make up between 2 percent and 23 percent of all bite wounds, and about half of all people in the United States will experience a human bite at some time in thei...

Preventing Childhood Deaths

...follows.Low cost methods as breastfeeding, bednets treated with insecticide, measles vaccinations, and rehydration therapy for those with diarrhea and others would save the lives of a significant number of children in the countries most responsible for the high mortality rates. The investigators say, "Our f...

In Chronic Diseases - Poor compliance of Patients with drug treatment

...ingdom and in Venezuela, only 30%, 7% and 4.5%, of treated patients, respectively, had good control of blood pressure. In Sudan, only 18% of non-adherent patients achieved good blood pressure control compared to 96% of those who adhered. "Poor adherence is the primary reason for not achieving the full heal...

Endometriosis Linked to Cancer

...is the most common cause of pelvic pain but can be treated effectively if caught early. Researchers in Sweden studied more than 60,000 women who were diagnosed with endometriosis. They then compared this data to the National Swedish Cancer Register to determine if a link exists between endometriosis and can...

New Treatment for Chronic Eczema

... frequent, unpredictable relapses. It is currently treated in one of two ways: a potent topical corticosteroid followed by a lower potency preparation upon improvement of the condition or a short course of topical corticosteroids followed by a maintenance regimen using emollients.// However, neither of these...

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