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Cement injections linked to osteoporosis

...alifornia have been looking at the effect of a new treatment for vertebral fractures in 90 elderly patients wit... beyond the area of the spine.But overall, the new treatment appears to be safe and effective. It's possible that the technique may be extended towards preventin...

Hormone treatment helps obese people slim down

...o the body's energy-regulation system. // Leptin treatment has already helped people who completely lack the ...don't have any leptin at all naturally. Results of treatment with other obese people have been disappointing, with only some subjects losing small amounts of wei...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

.... Before Cipro came along, penicillin was a common treatment for anthrax. Pharmaceutical companies say they're ready to ramp up production of anti-anthrax drugs if needed....

Levels Of Blood Proteins May Help Heart Disease Care

...ls of blood proteins may help decide the course of treatment for people with coronary artery disease (CAD), according to the results of two preliminary studies. CAD occurs when fatty deposits narrow the arteries that supply blood to the heart, and can lead to chest pain and heart attack. In the first study,...

Hydroxyurea derivatives kill colon cancer cells

... new compounds seem to be very interesting for the treatment of these tumors. // Previous drugs derived from hydroxyurea were extremely active in blocking the same cell targets as hydroxyurea, but had serious side effects. This prompted the researchers to synthesize similar drugs with different structures th...

FDA approves new device to treat women's bleeding disorder

...Inc.'s NovaSure system as an outpatient electronic treatment for women hoping to cure the bleeding without a hysterectomy. NovaSure is the first of those outpatient options that heats the endometrium using radio-frequency energy. The company said it will begin selling the devices to gynecologists in mid-Novemb...

Better Treatment for obesity

...t to degradation by the body, could be used in the treatment of obesity and overweight. The study shows that when injected into the bodies of rats, OEA caused the rats to eat significantly less food and gain weight at a slower pace. Studies are now under way to investigate how OEA works on a cellular and mol...

New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease

... Nevertheless, researchers say a new option in the treatment of sickle cell disease can reduce the duration of painful of symptoms associated with the disease....

Infertility in relation with virus

...m the testicles of 48 men taking part in fertility treatment because their semen contained no sperm. Ten of these contained traces of AAV. It is possible that the presence of AAV may simply be a separate result of the underlying defect causing the subfertility....

More about HIV

...ents are actually regressing because the stress of treatment is causing them to get sick earlier than they would have without treatment. This also makes it difficult to keep HIV infected patients on the strict regiment required for the drug to be as effective as it can be. Secondly, new, more virulent strains...

Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation

... world's first once-a-day nimesulide brand for the treatment of arthritis. Ajanta, which manufactures both Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicines, developed this oral formulation in its fully integrated research and development centre at Kandivali in Mumbai. // Since the brand received marketing approval from t...

Gene Treatment for Heart Disease

...time, there is reason to believe that a gene-based treatment for heart disease may truly work. The treatment -- which triggers growth of new blood vessels in hearts with severe hardening of the arteries -- may...

Cyclosporin A Treats Leukemia Complications

...conclude cyclosporin A is an effective alternative treatment for CLL patients who suffer from these blood complications. They also report the response to this drug translates into an improved tolerance of further chemotherapy treatments....

Bupropion relieves nerve pain

... new survey reveals that Bupropion is an effective treatment for neuropathic pain (nerve pain).Neuropathic pain or nerve pain is commonly treated with tricyclic antidepressants(TCAs) But these drugs have side effects and don't always relieve the burning, stabbing and shooting sensations associated with nerve...

Cirrhosis linked to genes

...he work suggests directions for the development of treatment and help identify people at high risk of developing the disease.One in six heavy drinkers develop organ damage and teams in several UK centres are studying what makes this group particularly vulnerable.// Dr West's team has identified an antibody r...

New light on Cardiology

...ting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril, used for the treatment of hypertension, can retrieve, and may even prevent, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), thereby lowering the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI), a new study has shown.Results from the landmark Heat Outcome Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) stu...

New therapy for pimples

...e and red light mixture seems to be most effective treatment for acne - reducing the number of spots by three-q...aid: "Our challenge now lies in incorporating this treatment to more severe cases of acne and finding ways of incorporating this treatment into their therapy."...

Antioxidants used for longevity

...se (SOD) lacking in mice paves the way towards new treatment for brain degenerative diseases. It is known that oxidative damage plays an important role in brain degeneration of the kind seen in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological diseases. Researchers, in California, have developed a mouse model fo...

FDA Approves New HIV Drug, Viread

...ent Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for the treatment of HIV in combination with other antiretroviral ag...reverse transcriptase inhibitor to be approved for treatment of HIV in the US. As a result//, it may offer a treatment option for patients whose infections have ...

Shapely sperm-a valuable indicator of fertility

...d gynecology at the University of Cleavland, every treatment for infertility depends upon first establishing what's normal and abnormal. The World Health Organization's widely used standards to classify semen as normal if it contains 10 million sperm per milliliter and at least half of them are moving around. ...

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