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Adding contrast improves ultrasound's ability to detect prostate cancer

Contrast enhanced color Doppler ultrasound is better than unenhanced ultrasound at detecting prostate cancer, according to a report published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology. Doctors in France, compared the diagnostic abilities of contrast enhanced and unenhanced endo-rectal ultrasound in 85 men suspected of having prostate cancer. In all subjects, the imaging findings were com...

Adding Fish to Diet May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer's

Older people who eat fish at least once a week may cut their risk of Alzheimer's by more than half, a study suggests. The study adds to the evidence that diet may affect a person's chances of developing the mind-robbing disease that affects 4 million Americans. Researchers found that people 65 and older who had fish once a week had a 60 percent lower risk of Alzheimer's than those who never...

Adding An Additional Drug May Help Patients With Glaucoma

Adding the drug latanoprost, also known as Xalatan, to conventional drugs used to treat the most common form of glaucoma can help reduce dangerous pressure // in the eye that leads to blindness. Researchers conducted their study among 380 patients with open-angle glaucoma or another form of glaucoma known as exfoliation glaucoma who had originally used the drug in another three-year stud...

Adding Credit To The Health Care Industry In India

Hurray to the achievement of an Indian who has worked all the way to get an autonomic nervous system research laboratory at the Tirunelveli government medical college hospital. This would be the country's first teaching hospital that uses technology// developed by an Indian. Srini Nageshwar, the man behind the achievement has felt the need for low-cost equipment and speedy health diag...

Olive oil can do more good than just adding taste to your dish

Inflammation has been linked to a wide range of human diseases, including heart disease, cancer and many others. It is hard to find somebody who has not taken an anti-inflammatory drug to relive pain associated with inflammation. // One of the most common drugs used for the above treatment purpose are the Non- steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs or the NSAIDs. Ibuprofen, which belongs t...

Adding Sorghum Compounds To Dietary Supplements May Help Lower Cholesterol

A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska carried out a study on hamsters and found that a lipid extract from whole grain sorghum kernels had a dose-dependent effect on cholesterol// reduction in the animals. They say that the plant sterols and particularly policosanols in the grain may have been responsible for this effect. Researchers say their study has shown that both the...

Adding more fiber in the diet can offset hemorrhoids.

A diet that is high on fiber is perhaps the first thing that doctors and dieticians would recommend, especially in offsetting hemorrhoids. // Hemorrhoids, a condition characterized by enlargement of blood vessels, in and around the anus that can give rise to bleeding and uneasiness. According to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, hemorrhoids can be caused by a variety o...

Trans Fats Adding Inches to the Waistline

Trans fats have always had a bad reputation among dietary fats. Now a new study has added fuel to the fire. The study has revealed that trans fats redistribute body fat// to the abdomen contributing to create the notorious ‘apple’ body shape even when on a calorie-controlled diet. The research was conducted by scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in the role of tr...

Replacing Old Mattress, Adding Ventilation Reduces Mites

Reducing the level of dust mites in the bedroom can be achieved by replacing old mattresses and increasing a room’s ventilation, according to a new study.// In “Distribution and determinants of house dust mite allergen in Europe: The European Community Respiratory Health Survey II,” Jan-Paul Zock, PhD, Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues looked to...

Adding Radiation Therapy For Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer May Offer Benefit

Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation therapy after removal of the prostate gland reduces //the risk of disease recurrence, but does not appear to significantly improve the length of survival, according to a study in the November 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on men's health. Gregory Swanson, M.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, presented th...

Lymphoma Patients Maybe Helped by Adding Radioimmunotherapy to Chemo

CHICAGO, According to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago and published as Abstract 8005 in the ASCO proceedings, patients treated for follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, may benefit from chemotherapy followed by radioimmunotherapy. Over 9...

Adding Milk to Black Tea Wont Ruin Its Antioxidant Effects

A new study has found that adding a spot of milk to the black tea will not spoil the antioxidants effects of polyphenols present in it. Earlier studies have suggested that milk can ruin the beneficial properties polyphenols, found in black tea. However a team of researchers led by Janet Kyle at the University of Aberdeen, UK, carried out a study that debunks the earl...

Adding Folic Acid to Bread Could Help Battle Depression

A study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate. Folate is a vitamin that comes from vegetables such as spinach and turnip greens, dried beans and peas. Fortified cereal products, sunflower seeds as well as liver are rich sources of folate. Experts have been claiming that ad...

Adding Folic Acid to Flour Lessens Congenital Malformations

A new study has found that adding folic acid to flour considerably reduces congenital malformations . The study, conducted by Universit Laval's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, has suggested that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46 percent slump in the incidence of congenital neural tube deformation (mainly anencephaly and spina bifida) in Canada....

Boom in Internet Shopping may Be Adding to CO2 Emissions

Shopping on the Internet may not be as environmentally friendly, if new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders are anything to go by. The growth in emissions from vans and lorries due to home deliveries has outweighed the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions due to the introduction of more efficient cars, the report said. The total CO2 emi...