Cooling treatment for newborn asphyxia
...ve trials to find out conclusively if this type of treatment can lessen asphyxia's serious effects. During the study, parents of more than 200 children suffering from asphyxia will be asked to allow their infants to take part in the trial. Half the children will have their temperature cooled for a period of t...Final push to eradicate leprosy
...approximately 600,000 leprosy cases registered for treatment across the world, with almost two-thirds in India.... be cured, and they must ensure that diagnosis and treatment are available at all health centres....Cure for osteoporosis in prostate cancer patients
...ived any androgen deprivation. Researches said the treatment was safe and efficacious....AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death
...worst pandemic ever. If we don't improve access to treatment in the next 10-15 years we could have as many as 65 million deaths from this disease," said Peter Lamptey, president of the Family Health International AIDS Institute a non-governmental agency based in Arlington, Virginia. The illness has decreased...... creams if they continue to smoke. The best beauty treatment by far is to quit smoking....Leukemia pill shows promise against stomach cancer
...oved the use of a promising anti-leukemia drug for treatment of a relatively rare form of abdominal cancer. The...ology, Gleevec also is being studied as a possible treatment for prostate cancer, small-cell lung cancer and a rare type of brain cancer....Herbal treatment not to be sneezed at
...g to avoid it.// The study has found that a herbal treatment called butterbur is as effective as antihistamines...ensitive reaction. Antihistamines are the standard treatment for seasonal allergic rhinitis. While they successfully reduce sneezing, they are less effective for...Vaccination to prevent strokes
...ged 60 and older who were admitted to a clinic for treatment following a stroke. For each stroke victim, two matched individuals with no history of stroke were enquired. The researchers found that those vaccinated over the past five years had a significantly reduced stroke risk. Dr.Eoin.Bredman said "There ...Tiotropium surpasses Ipratropium
...ies have suggested that tiotropium may be the only treatment other than smoking cessation capable of reversing ...s are further evidence of the drug’s potential for treatment of the condition. Dr Walter Vincken and colleagues from the Academic Hospital University of Brussel...Arginine food bar assists people with angina
... day for two weeks, then crossed over to the other treatment for another two weeks. Blood flow increased in the arteries for those consuming the arginine bar as did exercise capacity. Quality of life also went up, although there was no obvious improvement on these patients' ECG scores. These findings propose...Inadequate Drug Treatment For Youth
Nine out of ten kids who need drug treatment are not getting it. The survey on Drug Abuse shows... drugs and alcohol. Only about 122,000 of them got treatment in the year 2000.// "Those kids are only the tip of the (drug abuse) iceberg," says Mitchell Rosen...FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane
Women taking Roche Inc's popular acne treatment Accutane (isotretinoin) will soon have to submit t... that these restrictions are followed. The typical treatment period is about six months. In order to make the programme work, the FDA said that physicians wish...... a need for research to identify what changes// in treatment can be made and to investigate interventions that can be made after discharge to reduce the risk of death. The study covered 361 patients aged 65 or older, of whom 243 had prevalent or occasional delirium - described as possible hallucinations, dis...New swift therapy limits stroke damage
Paramedics can direct a treatment to people who have had a stroke within an hour of onset of symptoms and help limit the damage to the brain. Magnesium sulphate is a neuroprotective drug in that it dilates// the blood vessels that serve the brain and prevents a damaging build-up of c...Mutation connected to Osteoporosis
...d the finding may lead to development of a genetic treatment for POH. But he said the real significance of the ...ciated with osteoporosis. Currently, osteoporosis treatment is aimed at replacing calcium in bones but there is no approved treatment aimed at growing new bones...Cooling decreases heart attack effects
... shows that hypothermia may indeed be an effective treatment for cardiac arrest....Fresh approach to TB treatment
A NOVEL approach to the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) has been investigated by a team of molecular geneticists in the United Kingdom, following the direction of a new gene in mycobacteria, one type of which causes the disease.//The presence of the gene opens up opportunities for the......that a boost should now be considered the standard treatment for early breast cancer, particularly in younger women.......Administration approved the drug, Gleevec, for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, a form of cancer ...evidence suggesting that a heavily publicized drug treatment for a type of leukemia may allow patients to live longer than expected. Experts say the drug, made b...