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Comparison between warfarin and aspirin

...to, covering over 1,500 patients, showing that the treatment with warfarin or aspirin is definitely far superior to no preventive treatment at all. But a comparison of the two shows there is little to choose between them. This means that ei...

The best treatment for migraine

...but at least this helps guide the new patient to a treatment to try in the first instance....

Protein signals need for heart surgery

...age can be such a useful tool to pick out the best treatment for our patients," he said. The three-year study included 2,220 patients who arrived at hospitals suffering from unstable angina or chest pains caused by an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart. The study found that mortality rates were also re...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...ho received an erythromycin eye ointment, a common treatment for conjunctivitis, did not have a higher risk of pyloric stenosis. ...

Simvastatin Plus Niacin May Lower Heart Risks

...good) cholesterol showed that 3 years of the combo treatment improved HDL levels, caused artery blockages to re...nce low HDL may reflect an antioxidant deficiency, treatment with such vitamins could be expected to confer still more protection. In the study, patients took ...

Garlic fights malaria and cancer

...commonly found in garlic may not only an effective treatment for malaria, the mechanism by which they inhibit the infection appears to be similar to the mechanism they use to fight cancer cells.Researcher from the University of Toronto report these findings at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society o...

Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

...in life. The study in rats suggests that stimulant treatment in childhood may blunt the pleasurable effects of cocaine in adulthood. // Many children and teens with ADHD are treated with stimulant medication, the best-known being Ritalin. These drugs appear to focus patients' attention and calm behavior. But...

Music aids in curing dementia

...e hopeful that the therapy can be introduced as a treatment for dementia patients.// Dementia is a progressive, degenerative and irreversible brain disorder that causes intellectual impairment, disorientation and eventually death. It is estimated that 3-6% of people over 65 years of age and up to 20% of tho...

A new treatment for liver cancer

According to researchers, a new treatment has been effective for inoperable liver cancer. It...ill date, it has many patients have undergone this treatment with advanced liver tumours, who cannot be treated by any other means. TheraSphere involves inject...

Low-radiation treatment for brain tumours

...dition each year. In the early 1990s, the standard treatment was to apply a dose of 3,600 cGy or rads (units of...n addition to tumour eradication. The current US treatment protocol administers a dose of 2,340 cGy, supplemented with several rounds of chemotherapy. Despite ...

Support therapy helps breast cancer patients

...o got support therapy in addition to their medical treatment lived an average// of 18 months longer. The 158 wo...sity, who led the study, said improvements in both treatment and social acceptance of cancer may explain the difference between his research and the earlier stud...

Letrozole Beats Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Therapy

...ation (FDA) approved Femara as first-line hormonal treatment for advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women... a generic version of tamoxifen, the gold standard treatment for advanced breast cancer. Femara was initially approved by the FDA in 1997 as treatment for adva...

Cirrhosis on the rise

...nd damage of the liver - is irreversible, although treatment can prevent it from getting worse.Among 35 to 44-y...Far more deaths are caused by patchy diagnosis and treatment of blood pressure, he says....

Cure for sleepless nights

...ng able to get back to sleep.Less than 15% get any treatment at all, although insomnia can cause extreme fatigu... the two and the rest a placebo. They received the treatment for eight weeks and were followed up over a two-year period. The researchers found that drug and be...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

...rch.// The radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) treatment involves threading a catheter - with an electrode at its tip - into the area of the heart which is struggling with an uncontrolled heartbeat, known as tachycardia. A mild painless burst of radiofrequency energy, similar to microwave heat, is used t...

Alcoholism Drug Fails To Prevent Drinking Relapses

...nd Drug Administration approved naltrexone for the treatment of alcoholism in 1994. At that time, the only other drug therapy available was disulfiram, or Antabuse, which provokes a sickening reaction to alcohol.// A new study casts sobering doubts on earlier claims that an alcoholism drug can truly treat the ...

Antidepressants-important role

...inhibitors (SSRIs) are now very widely used in the treatment of depression.// They raise levels of a brain chem...overed from their depression during nine months of treatment - but it made little difference which drug they were on. This is good news - because individual pati...

A boon to epileptics

...ced by more than half. However, the effects of the treatment wore off after six to eight weeks, and two patients suffered "petit mal", or partial seizures directly after treatment. Epilepsy is caused by overactivity in one part of the brain, which overloads the nerve "circuitry" and causes seizures. The area...

New treatment for depression

...ave hailed the results of early studies into a new treatment for patients with severe depression. Trials carrie...ons. The study found that after eight weeks of VNS treatment symptoms were reduced in 40% to 50% of patients and symptoms had completely vanished in one in five ...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...care segment. Bonmax is used in the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO). The drug comes as third generation drug which not only safe but can also be used for long term. // PMO primarily occurs due to the deficiency of the oestrogen hormone during the menopausal period in a woman, wh...

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