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Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes

Despite some past evidence that hormone replacement might lower stroke risk in older women, new research shows that estrogen therapy does not protect women from recurrent strokes and may instead carry some risks. The findings add to growing evidence that hormone replacement therapy does not have the cardiovascular benefits doctors once believed. // Many doctors have long thought hormo...

Radiation Therapy An Effective Solution For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Specialists say about 30,000 men in the United States who undergo surgery to have their prostates removed will have their cancer return.// However a recent study shows that men who have their prostates removed may benefit from radiation therapy if their cancer returns . Researchers studied more than 500 men with prostate cancer. All the men in the study first had a radical prostatectomy...

Prevention Of Recurrent Leg Ulcers

Latest research shows that combination treatment proves to be the best option to substantially reduce the risk of recurrent leg ulcers.// Surgery to remove part of the affected vein in addition to compression treatment was investigated as a new treatment option for leg ulcers .Surgery did not present any additional benefit in terms of venous ulcer healing, but recurrence rates were sign...

Heparin does not protect from recurrent heart attacks

Professor Mahaffey and his team from Duke Clinical Research Institute have found that either form of heparin (both low molecular weight and unfractionated)gives emergency// protection to heart attack patients by breaking the clots in blood flow to the heart reducing the risk of heart attacks for 24 hours. Though both the forms of heparin gives emergency treatment they are not found to avoid the r...

Measuring Urinary Protein Helps In Detecting Recurrent Bladder Cancer

Recurrent bladder cancer can be detected through measuring a certain protein present in the urine. Where the US is concerned, bladder cancer is reported to be the fifth most malignant, which recorded 63,210 new cases in the year 2005 //year alone, with over 13,000 deaths. The country has a total of 500,000 patients with a bladder cancer history, and the chances of its recurrence is between 50% an...

Sertraline Can Prevent Recurrent Depressive Episodes In Diabetics

A study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry has now revealed that the risk of recurrent depression in diabetics may be effectively prevented by the antidepressant medication, Sertraline. //In addition to reducing the frequency of depressive episodes, the drug has also been found to increase the time interval between episodes of depression in diabetics. It is believed that...

Angola Warned of Recurrent Cholera Outbreaks

Although cholera cases in Angola has started declining, aid agencies warn Angola of repeated outbreaks of cholera if water and sanitation issues are not addressed//. Karen Godley, the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)-Switzerland head of mission in Angola said, "The government needs to improve water and sanitation - Angola has not seen a cholera outbreak since 1995 and now we expect it to...

Gemzar the New Drug for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

The FDA has approved Gemzar for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer ignoring the advice of the FDA panel.// It said that Gemzar in combination with carboplatin (chemotherapy) is very effective for women with advanced ovarian cancer. The drug Gemzar also known by its generic name gemcitabine and was approved after the company provided with additional information to the FDA. Accor...

Stem cells help in the understanding of drug-resistant, recurrent tumors

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have zeroed in on ovarian cancer stem cells that make the management of tumors all the more complex. Getting into the nuances of the stem like traits of cells will assist in developing better ways to combat ovarian cancer. // "We feel these stem-like cancer cells may be resistant to traditional chemotherapy and could be responsible for...

Recurrent Stroke Risk is Minimized by Statin

According to a five-year study led by an international team that includes a researcher at Duke University Medical Center, the risk of recurrent stroke// is reduced by 16%, in people who have no known history of coronary heart disease and start on a regular treatment with atorvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug The Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARC...

“Polypill”- to prevent recurrent heart diseass

According to experts at the World Congress of Cardiology, a 3-in-1 pill is being developed to cure heart diseases. This ‘polypill’ could save lives of millions of people//especially in developing countries where most heart attacks occur. Aspirin, statins and ACE inhibitors are the three drugs present in the polypill. Heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular health problems are kn...

Hypertension and diabetes are risk factors for recurrent stroke in African Americans, study

Those who have already suffered a stroke could run a further risk of further strokes if they suffer high blood pressure, according to findings of a new study. Recurrent// strokes could also disable nearly 50% of the patients. Dr. Sean Ruland, of the University at Chicago said” Stroke incidence and mortality are generally disproportionately higher among African Americans than among wh...

Blood Markers Predict Risk for Recurrent Stroke and Mortality

People who have just suffered their first ischemic stroke, a blood clot in the brain, often have elevated inflammatory biomarkers in their blood // that indicate their likelihood of having another stroke or an increased risk of dying, according to Columbia University Medical Center researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Published in the Oct. 23 Archives of Internal Medicine, res...

Targeted Compound Helps Recurrent Prostate Cancer Patients

A study appearing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reveals there may be something out there that can extend the lives of patients// with recurrent prostate cancer. This something is a new class of anti-cancer targeted drugs that scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles say are quite promising, despite their ineffectiveness in some prostate cancer patients with no pr...

Ancient Indian Herb May Prove Cure For Recurrent UTI

A Duke University scientist has come out with a possible herbal cure for urinary track// infection (UTI). Soman Abraham and team from the Duke University Medical Center found that the herb called forskalin or commonly known as the Indian Coleus plant, can significantly reduce UTI as well as help antibiotics kill 90 percent of the bacteria associated with it. The National Kid...

Recurrent Gliomas: Vorinostat Shows Anti-cancer Activity

CHICAGO Findings presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting by Eva Galanis, M.D., a Mayo Clinic oncologist, reveals that a novel application of the drug vorinostat shows activity in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. The study was conducted by North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researchers, based at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Eva is...

It is Men, and Not Women, to Be Blamed for Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Instead of holding a woman responsible for recurrent pregnancy loss, try blaming unhealthy sperms, say Indian scientists who have developed new technology to study the quality of sperms. When a female faces miscarriage more than twice in a row, it's called recurrent pregnancy loss. In around 80 percent such cases, imperfect and inefficient sperms lead to a weak embryo formation, fin...