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Ebola Treatment Shows Promise

...t one of the monkeys in the control group survived until the end of the study, and that monkey subsequently died. The authors write, “Our results have great clinical implications, since our treatment approach of Ebola hemorrhagic fever targets the disease process rather than replication of the infectious ...

Disease Management Programs – Effective for Heart Patient

...ent and monitoring, with iteration of this process until the target risk factor level is achieved. This is a key feature of the Coach Program.” ...

“ Economy Class Syndrome

... identified among air and car travelers. It wasn't until 1977, however, that the term "economy class syndrome" was coined. The theory was that sitting in the cramped seats typical of the economy class section of an aircraft made it harder for people to move around during long flights, thus making it easier...

New Technique to Study Infants Brain.

...don't divide into left-brain/right-brain dominance until puberty. A new study finds the brain's left hemisp...ance in response to speech was not fully developed until puberty. This study seems to show that language lateralization -- the localization of a speech to th...

The Human Mad Cow Case

... while living in Britain.Charlene lived in England until moving to Florida 11 years ago at age 13. So far, 143 people in Britain have contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or vCJD, also known as the human form of mad cow. Six of them are still alive. According to the CDC, Charlene sought medical he...

Midlife Brain Activity a Predictor Of Alzheimer’s Diseas

...RIs clearly shows that the brain’s wiring develops until middle age and then begins to decline as the breakdown of myelin triggers a destructive domino effect. Now the challenge of science and medicine is to figure out how to extend the brain’s peak performance. Researchers say certain preventive therapi...

Insulin Resistance Linked To Difference In Gender

...thy children 4 or 5 years old who will be followed until they are 16 years old. Researchers are keeping track of each child’s height, weight, physical activity, resting energy expenditure, and insulin resistance. Researchers have found, at 5 years old, insulin resistance was 35-percent higher in girls th...

Low-Fat, High-Carb Diet Equally Effective In Weight Loss

...ude a high-carb, low-fat diet in which one can eat until they are full with or without exercise will result in losses of body weight and body fat in older men and women. The say one benefit of this diet is that the participants never complained of feeling hungry, which is an important consideration in diet...

Aspirin Found To Reduce The Risk Of Colon Cancer

...ngs and determine the safest dose. Researchers say until their findings are confirmed, people should follow the current guidelines for aspirin consumption....

Hope for Babies Born With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

...against this disorder and these babies rarely live until their second birthday . Although children with SMA have many physical disabilities, they do score well on IQ tests. The pathology of SMA is similar to an adult disease called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The drug riluzole slows the progression of AL...

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

... make the virus impervious to later treatment, but until now there has been no clear evidence whether the theoretical risk is real. One study, conducted in South Africa, found that 39 percent of HIV-infected women who get nevirapine during pregnancy go on to harbor virus that is resistant to the drug. Ano...

The Effectiveness Of Chickenpox Vaccine Questioned

...ent persons still occur and will continue to occur until the infection in eliminated. It is important to monitor closely the incidence of varicella an the effectiveness of the vaccine over time to determine if a booster dose is needed to improve its effectiveness." ...

Is Drinking Extra Fluids Safe When You’re Sick

...s safe for patients. Researchers also caution that until enough evidence is got , one should be careful about universally recommending increased fluids to patients, especially those with infections of the lower respiratory tract....

New Treatment For Headache

...ve head injury. "My pain just got worse and worse, until I couldn’t stand it. I mean, it was so sharp, I di...ry, there has been little to offer these patients, until now. The answer to Eric’s pain and headaches came from a pain specialist at RUSH University Medica...

DNA Testing For More Accurate Results

...atients often don’t find out they have the disease until it’s too late for early treatment. About 15,000 to 20,000 people a year are diagnosed with MDS. The condition is most common in those over age 60. Researchers took blood samples from people suspected of having a more treatable, non-malignant form o...

Sugar Cravings

.... We shouldn’t tell ourselves, ‘OK, I have to wait until noon to eat lunch,’ if we’re hungry at 11:00,” say specialists. Knowing your calorie budget can be helpful , however, it’s important to see calorie counting as a tool and not an obsession. The best way to do it is by spreading out calorie intake th...

How Good Are Vitamins For You ?

...that block arteries. However researchers say that until more data becomes available, they can’t make any recommendations regarding use vitamins since in some animal studies vitamins have shown to protect the arteries from clogging and the pancreas and other organs from damage caused by diabetes....

How Safe Are Your Cosmetics ?

...h. The allergic reaction just gets worse and worse until the person stops using the product. Researchers suggest that those allergic to particular chemicals, will need to avoid products that contain them, and should also be careful to look for them on the label of all skin and hair care products that the...

The Importance Of Skin Cancer Screening

...the back or bottom -- are often missed by patients until they’ve progressed to a more dangerous stage. According to researchers who surveyed about 250 patients in dermatology or general medicine clinics, nearly 90 percent were willing to undergo a full-body skin examination in order to uncover early skin ...

Early Screening Required for Glaucoma

...ops. Unfortunately, glaucoma often goes undetected until it has already caused visual disability or even blindness. The risk of developing glaucoma increases as people get older. Researchers say people with a first-degree relative with glaucoma are up to eight-times more likely to get glaucoma than those...

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