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Roller coasters – cause “Chronic Headache?

Startling findings reveal that the highly popular roller coaster rides that are invading all our amusement parks may not be safe after all! A kind of posttraumatic migraine might be induced on account the seemingly safe rides. In a specific incident that was studied by researchers, following one such ride a young lady presented with throbbing headache, blurred vision and nausea, immediatel...

TIZANIDINE - New solution to chronic headache

Chronic headache is one of the common neurological problems affecting greater amount of population. Most are not due to any underlying disease. If you happen to be one of the unfortunates suffering from this chronic migraine, then there is a reason to celebrate. Yes, the drug used to treat muscle spasms may provide new hope for millions of people who suffer from frequent headaches. Ameri...

Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children

Over the counter pain medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen(paracetamol) etc., is now identified to be the cause of chronic headache in children. A team of Israeli researchers who treated 26 adolescents, found that the average number of tablets taken by each patient was 28 each week, with 16 using pain medication daily. They stopped all the analgesic medications and found that the h...

Hyperflexible joints connected to chronic fatigue

According to a new study children and teens with chronic fatigue syndrome are three and a half times more likely to have hyperflexible joints than their healthy counterparts.// Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore examined 100 children, ages 10 and older, for joint hypermobility. The group was split evenly between patients diagnosed with CFS and otherwise healthy children...

In Chronic Diseases - Poor compliance of Patients with drug treatment

A WHO report from Geneva has shown that Only approximately 50% of patients in developed countries are compliant and adhere to treatment in chronic diseases and this is even lower in developing countries. The compliance of patients to adhere to the long-term treatment medication of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, or depression, is poor. In the findings of the WHO’s new...

New Treatment for Chronic Eczema

New research reveals hope for the millions of people throughout the world who suffer from chronic eczema. Atopic dermatitis is a form of eczema marked by frequent, unpredictable relapses. It is currently treated in one of two ways: a potent topical corticosteroid followed by a lower potency preparation upon improvement of the condition or a short course of topical corticosteroids followed...

Novel Therapy for Chronic Problem

Doctors at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., say they have found a new treatment for a fast-growing disease. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is an allergic inflammatory reaction of the esophagus. The symptoms for EE mimic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). New research shows a topical corticosteroid therapy is effective for patients with EE. EE is caused by the presence of high levels of...

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue

Researchers say 85 percent to 90 percent of the people living with chronic fatigue are undiagnosed. Symptoms of CFS include fatigue, muscle pain, insomnia and impaired memory. It's a difficult disease to diagnose, and there's no cure. But for the 1.3 million Americans who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS for short, a drug commonly used in cancer patients may help them get back a...

Chronic Fatigue, Pain Linked to Sinusitis

Feeling worn out and achy and don't know why? You could have sinusitis, one of the most common chronic health problems afflicting Americans.That's the conclusion of new research out of Georgetown University that appears in this week's issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Dr. Alexander Chester, an internist at Georgetown University Medical Center, surveyed almost 300 of his patient...

Chronic Diseases said to Cause Falls in the Elderly

A new study shows elderly women with chronic diseases may be at risk for experiencing dangerous falls. Researchers studied more than 4,000 women between ages 60 and 79. The women were asked if they // had fallen in the last 12 months, how many times they had fallen, and whether they received any medical attention for the falls. They also brought all their current medications to th...

Epilepsy Drug May Relieve Chronic Headaches

Researchers say the drug gabapentin (Neurontin) taken at 2,400 milligrams a day is an effective preventive measure // for people with chronic daily headaches. Gabapentin is an approved anti-epileptic drug. Studies have also shown its success in treating other pain-related health issues like diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and migraine headache. Since gabapentin often reduces mig...

Women Worse Affected By Chronic Cough

Latest research shows chronic cough affects women more severely than men and greatly impacts their quality of life. // Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, analyzed data from 116 women and 56 men seeking medical attention for chronic cough and a control group of 31 men and women smokers who were observed to be coughing but did not complain of cough....

A Drug That Might Relieve Chronic Cough

Cough is the fifth most common complaint seen in the medical office accounting for 30 million office visits annually. Chronic cough is considered a disease of the lungs, organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and upper // part of the digestive tract, or even psychiatric in nature. The common treatments are successful for a great majority of patients with chronic cough. A seizure...

A Sedentary Childhood Could Lead To Chronic Fatigue Latter In Life

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an often disabling condition that affects primarily women. The condition is characterized by deep-seated fatigue // that cannot be overcome with rest and often worsens with physical activity. The cause of the condition is unknown, and there are no diagnostic tests or cures. A recent study explains that children who have sedentary behaviors are at increased risk for dev...

Drug Resistance Questioned in Patients With Chronic Sinusitis

Patients with chronic sinus infections, known as chronic rhinosinusitis, do not appear to develop resistance to antibiotics taken over // long periods of time, shows new research. Researchers say guidelines recommend four to six weeks of antibiotics as a first-line treatment for chronic sinus infections before surgery is considered. However, they say little data exist on the appropriate...

Shrinkage Of Brain Size Linked To Chronic Pain

A recent study shows chronic back pain shrinks the brain by as much as 11 percent, which is equivalent to the degeneration of 10 to 20 years of aging.// Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data and automated analysis techniques, researchers compared the brain images of 26 participants with chronic back pain to those of normal participants. The participants with chronic back pain had...

Chronic back pain may be relieved by special physiotherapy

A specially designed form of physiotherapy is all set to provide relief to patients suffering from severe back// pain due to spinal disc protrusions, spinal canal stenosis, or narrowing, or other disc diseases. The physiotherapy method is called Souchard’s global postural re-education and consists of stretching, and strengthening of paraspinal and muscles of the abdominal wall that wil...

New Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B

The Food and Drug Administration (USA) had approved Baraclude (entecavir) tablets and oral solution for treating patient with chronic hepatitis B in adults.// The new medication Baraclude slows down the progress of the disease by interfering with the reproduction of the virus. The drug was approved on the basis of three studies that were conducted to see the effect of the new medicati...

Elderly people with chronic pain can use narcotics safely

Scientists have reported that use of narcotics for chronic pain in elderly works, as they are less likely to //ask for increasing the dose. On the other hand, the use of the drug for younger adults may lead to constant increase in the dosage with serious health repercussions. The drugs in question are opioid pain medications like morphine, methadone and oxycodone. Opioid drugs are us...

Chronic cough can lead to depression

People who have been suffering from chronic coughs for months or even// years have a high possibility of being depressive also. In the research conducted by the researchers of Montefiore Cough Center, US, have reported that of the 100 people who had chronic cough for an average of nine years, 53% of them were also suffering from depressions. The research report was presented at the Ame...

Chronic kidney disease has genetical origins

Researchers have discovered two common genetical variants that increase the risk for developing// chronic kidney disease. Chronic kidney disease is a condition in which kidneys of the body are unable to function properly in maintaining the correct fluid and waste balance that is part of the metabolism practice. This leads to accumulation of wastes in the body that can lead to toxicity...

Frailty in Older Women may be due to Chronic Infection

In an interesting study it was found that older women suffering from chronic cytomegalovirus// (CMV)(a lifelong viral infection- acquired early in life) were found to have more than triple the risk of being frail than those who did not have the infection. This was reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. This is the first time an association between CMV and frailty syndrome has...

Hope for patients with Chronic leukemia

For the first time in India ,German Remedies, a part of the Zydus group, has launched Fludara Oral (fludarabine) for the treatment // of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a cancer of the lymphocytes. It is a serious, progressive disease, which at present has no cure. The disease is unknown in childhood, very uncommon in young people and becomes progressively more...

Understanding Chronic Infections May Help in Developing Therapeutic Vaccines

Vaccines for prophylaxis are well known. Famous vaccines include the ones against tetanus, polio, diphtheria, measles, // mumps etc.; Therapeutic vaccines to cure a condition are more recent innovation. The current vaccines tested in this area include the ones against HIV and hepatitis. The therapeutic vaccines aim to enhance the immune system's ability to combat an infectious agent, such as a vi...

Pulmonary rehabilitation program effective for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A recent research paper on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) said that pulmonary// rehabilitation programs are often useful for patients of this disease to have improved daily functions and activities. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are lung diseases involving restricted airflow and conditions like lung tissue destruction, airway inflammation, air sac enlargeme...

Need for better support for chronic pain in children’

Researchers worry that there is a lack of data for the ways and means to treat chronic// pain in children. The statistics reveals that 15% of children suffer from aches and 2% have inabilities preventing them from doing normal work. The pain causes psychological distress, which has big impact on siblings and parents. Adding to agony, there are no clinical practices for this management, although s...

Chronic Sinusitis May Be Related To Nasal Mucus

Researchers of Mayo Clinic have found the cause of chronic sinus infections is the direct// result of the nasal mucus getting infected and not the nasal and sinus tissue. The findings will be published in the August issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers fro the study report that the age old belief that chronic sinus infection strikes the diseased airway tissu...

Geriatric Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease May Not Be Treated Properly

Research points out that elderly population may not be checked regularly for chronic kidney disease// (CKD) that can be a common condition in them. Researchers from Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston had reported in the recent issue of Journal of the American Society of Nephrology that there remained a lack of preventive routines and screening test recommendations for the geriatr...

In The Habit Of Taking Painkillers For Your Chronic Headache? Time To Switch Over

It has been found out that women who regularly take painkillers are more prone to develop high blood pressure than women who don’t take any. Infact there is a 2 fold increased risk // , which draws attention. The regular use of these drugs by millions of people may help explain the growing incidence of hypertension that has been steadily increasing. High blood pressure is a major cont...

Mushrooms can help fight chronic disease

Free radicals, species with unpaired electrons have been implicated in a number of degenerative diseases, and even cancer. The scientific community has been trying hard to protect the body form the harmful effects of free radicals by supplementation with anti-oxidants, substances that counteract the free radicals. // Anti-oxidants are abundant in fruits and vegetables. It has now been fo...

Obesity And Chronic Fatigue Related To Snoring

Research has related snoring with obesity, chronic fatigue, and daytime sleepiness. Snoring is due to vibration of soft tissues of the upper airway, which in turn is caused by turbulent airflow // created by narrowing of one or more cross sectional areas in the upper airway. No universally accepted standard for measuring snoring has been developed. Snoring has been subcateg...

People Suffering From Chronic Pulmonary Disease To Get Relief From Harmonica

Physicians at the University of Michigan Health System have been able to bring an improvement in the respiratory function of the patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by teaching them to play the musical instrument of harmonica//. The students are members of a pulmonary rehabilitation class at the university. The weekly harmonica instruction is one way th...

Chronic Pain Syndrome May Be In The Genes

Researchers have found that gene mutation is associated with the neurological disorder called hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (also called HNA) that generally is associated with chronic pains. // HNA episodes are often triggered by an infection, an immunization, childbirth, or overworking the arms and shoulders. Nerve inflammation and changes in the blood suggest that problems with th...

Children At Risk For Chronic Disease Due To Consumption Of Fried Food

It has now become a habit for adolescents to eat large amounts of fried food. The number of adolescent queuing up in front of fast food joints is proof enough. This has raised severe reasons for concern following the finding // that there is a significant weight gain among 9-to14 years old. It has now been established that a poor quality diet has led to a significant weight gain above...

WHO reports 36 million deaths world wide due to chronic diseases

Reports from World Health Organization (WHO), shows that 36 million deaths occurs world wide due to chronic diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes and serious measures has to be taken to prevent this // in the next 10 years. The main factors which are responsible for the cause of the diseases is Tobacco, poor diet, in sufficient exercise, people eating more food rich in fats...

Strategies to prevent the rising tide of the epidemic of chronic diseases

The Lancet Early Online Publication, released on the 5th of October, which comprises of a Series of four papers about chronic diseases, has a comprehensive report on the threat of chronic diseases in India. In an article, co-authored // by Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, the need to provide an effective public-health response to the growing challenge of chronic diseases in India was h...

Need for concerted action for prevention of chronic diseases

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for concerted action following the recent release of an important report of the World Heart Organisation (WHO). // "Preventing Chronic Diseases: A Vital Investment" clearly demonstrates the full extent of the global burden of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes.It is ant...

Ambiguous Efficacy Of Opioid Drugs In Chronic Inflammatory Joint Pain Relief

Endomorphins are highly powerful a tool for pain management, just as morphine, a problematic narcotic derived from the opium poppy. It has previously been found that endomorphins are able to sidestep concerns// of side effects by virtue of their hard-wired relationship to the body's own pain control receptors. Such receptors, known as u-opioids, appear to be highly sensitized to endomorphins, sel...

Detrimental Effect Of Chronic Alcoholism On Male Fertility

Impotence, testicular atrophy, gynecomastia, and loss of sexual interest have often been associated with alcoholism in men. Sexual disorders have been reported in men who are long-term alcohol users,// with the prevalence ranging from 8% to 58%. Use of ethanol might cause gonadal disorders, including structural testicular changes and a decrease in testicular and serum levels of T, which might be...

Chronic Exposure To Benzene May Result In Dysplasia

Autoimmune-mediated bone marrow injury is an early or predisposing event in the pathogenesis of benzene-induced persistent hematopoietic disease, according to recent // research which appears online on September 23 in the journal Leukemia Research. Myelodysplastic syndrome is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by ineffective hematopoiesis, dysplasia in one or more hema...