Symptoms

Cell transplants used to fend off Parkinson's symptoms

Doctors report they have had long-term success implanting cells into the brains of Parkinson's disease patients by passing a needle through the skull. Dr. Ray Watts, professor of //neurology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, told that patients had improved motor function - movement of their arms and legs - by up to 60% using this procedure. Watts implanted retinal pigm...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

An experimental estrogen lotion appears to reduce the number of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, according to results from a pivotal-stage trial of the drug Estrasorb. If approved by regulatory authorities, it would be the first estrogen replacement therapy in lotion form.// The drug's developer Novavax Inc. said that in a phase 3, 200-patient trial the lotion reduced by 8...

Occupational exposurer aises respiratory symptoms

According to a Norwegian study of 1656 subjects over an eleven year period reveals how exposure to dust and fumes in the workplace is linked to a significant increase in respiratory symptoms.// Initially, 2500 subjects from the city of Bergen and its surroundings were enrolled in 1985 and asked about lung symptoms, workplace dust and fume exposure, smoking habits and asthma. Then, aft...

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

A new study shows the symptoms women experience before having a heart attack may be very different from the symptoms they expect to experience.// Researchers from the University of Arkansas interviewed more than 500 women who experienced a heart attack and were discharged from five different medical sites. The average age of the women studied was 66. Researchers asked the women to iden...

Heart Attack Symptoms Different in Women

A new study shows the symptoms women experience before having a heart attack may be very different //from the symptoms they expect to experience. Researchers interviewed more than 500 women who experienced a heart attack and were discharged from five different medical sites. The average age of the women studied was 66. Researchers asked the women to identify their symptoms before their h...

Symptoms Found To Be A Good Predictor Of Cancer Survival

New research shows physical symptoms may predict survival in patients with deadly cancers. Study results show physical symptoms, // such as nausea and shortness of breath, predicted shorter survival rates in these patients. Researchers say shortness of breath increased the risk of death by 50 percent for all patients studied. Those who reported nausea and vomiting at the early stages of...

Sudden Stress Found To Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

According to latest research , sudden emotional stress can result in severe but reversible heart muscle weakness that mimics a classic heart attack.// Stress cardiomyopathy is often misdiagnosed as having a massive heart attack. According to the researchers, patients have actually suffered from a surge in adrenalin and other stress hormones that temporarily “stun” the heart , causing th...

New drug to multiple sclerosis symptoms

A new drug AVP-923 is all set to provide relief to people suffering from the dreaded disease of multiple// sclerosis, said the researchers from University of Vermont College of Medicine, US. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease of the central nervous system. The disease affects the brain and spinal cord and medication till date had only been able to treat the problem sy...

Warding off symptoms of premenstrual syndrome by combination therapy

Based on findings of a recent study researchers say that a diet rich in calcium and Vitamin D //abundantly available in milk, cheese, yogurt and fortified orange juice can actually help women reduce the risk of Pre - Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) symptoms. Studies in the past have shown that calcium has helped women cope with PMS, however more recent studies suggest that when calcium is combi...

Women who had stopped HRT get back their symptoms

Research suggests that the symptoms of menopause that gets eliminated during the hormone replacement therapy// (HRT) may come back as soon the treatment is discontinued. Hormone replacement therapy is the treatment procedure that uses medication containing hormones like estrogen plus progestin, also known as synthetic progesterone. At times the treatment may involve estrogen-only thera...

Beat menopausal symptoms with low-dose estrogen

Results of two new studies suggest that low-dose estrogen therapy should be considered first line treatment for women experiencing menopausal hot flushes and bleeding. The June issue of Fertility and Sterility says low-dose estrogen therapy is as effective as high-dose estrogen in treating menopausal symptoms. Low-doses are actually are more effective in stopping the irregular bleeding....

Age Can Changes Symptoms Of Sinusitis

Researchers from Harvard Medical School is presenting a paper at the 109th Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO of the American Academy of Otolaryngology being held September 25-28, 2005 on the impact of age on sinusitis symptoms//. This study had involved 514 adult patients with inflammatory paranasal sinus disease at a single tertiary care facility. The term inflammatory paranasal sinus disease...

Dark chocolate can help ease symptoms of diarrhea

A new study has now confirmed an ancient myth that coco bean can be used to treat diarrhea following the finding that it contains certain chemicals that can limit the development of fluids that cause diarrhea//. The use of cocoa to treat diarrhea dates back to as early as 16th century by ancient South American and European cultures. Until now, very little has been known regarding the qua...

Synthetic protein found to relieve arthritis symptoms in animal model

A synthetic version of a human protein has been found to alleviate symptoms associated with acute and chronic arthritis in mice, which could be the basis for developing a new drug for the disease, according to researchers. // The protein has been found to function by blocking the transmission of chemical signals associated with development of arthritis symptoms. The idea that the pro...

Reversibility of symptoms of depression using CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Depression and obstructive sleep apnea share some common symptoms, due to which physicians often tend to get confused in the correct diagnosis. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the tongue or throat muscles // relax too much during sleep and block the airway. This can happen more than 50 times an hour during sleep, causing snoring and pauses in breathing that last as long as 60 seconds. T...

Physical activity may help relieve gastrointestinal symptoms in obese people

Obesity is a chronic disease that has become a major health problem around the world. There has not been much research on the relationship between GI symptoms (including IBS), weight, and weight-related behaviors//. Recently, researchers have found that a high body mass index (BMI) and lack of physical activity are associated with an increase in gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as stomach pain...

Pubertal development may predispose women to pain and other symptoms

Although chronic/recurrent pain is generally considered a problem of adults, rates of some pain conditions - particularly back pain and headache - are substantial in adolescents, ranging from 20-50% of the teenage population.// Temporomandibular (TMD) pain, abdominal pain, migraine and tension-type headache are more prevalent in adult women than in men. Female reproductive hor...

Ovarian Cancer Presents ‘Target Symptoms’ Six Months Before Diagnosi

A new study says that symptoms associated with ovarian cancer start much earlier before the diagnosis// is made and being alert to these symptoms could make a huge difference in the rapid treatment of the cancer. Ovarian cancer is more curable if detected early enough. The study team led by Dr. Lloyd H. Smith from the University of California Davis Health System in Sacramento says that t...

Daily Jogging Helps To Reduce Symptoms Of Depression

Workouts at the gym or a daily jog can help patients suffering from major depression, say experts. Exercising can be just as effective as standard antidepressant medications in reducing symptoms in patients with major depression, according to HealthDay News//. "Duration of exercise didn't seem to matter - what seemed to matter most was whether people were exercising or not,"...

Gluten-Free Diet May Alleviate Psychiatric Symptoms In Adolescents

According to new research conducted in Helsinki, Finland, gluten-free diet may help alleviate depressive and behavioural symptoms in adolescents with coeliac disease.Coeliac disease in adolescents has been associated// with an increased prevalence of depressive and disruptive behavioural disorders, particularly in the phase before diet treatment. For the study, 9 adolescents with coel...

Exposure to Chill can result in common cold symptoms

London:Exposure to chill Chilling can result in bring on common cold symptoms, says a new scientific research study which that also approves ratifies the conventional wisdom of mothers about cold. // Mothers often advice not going out in the winter without a hat or with wet hair. Since the early 1960s, doctors generally doubted this wisdom, says a report in the online edition of ABC News. <b...

Asthma Patients Under The Care Of An Allergist Report Less Severe Symptoms

New research shows that asthma patients who are under the care of an allergist report fewer asthma control problems and less severe asthma symptoms as compared to patients receiving care from primary care physicians. // Asthma is a chronic disease that affects approximately 20 million Americans, and is responsible for nearly 5,000 deaths a year. In addition, there are nearly 2 million...

More prone to SUI if symptoms appear after first pregnancy and delivery

Revealed at the Nordic Uro-Gynecological Association (NUGA) meeting was the study that risk of having SUI 12 years following first childbirth is // greater if the symptoms appeared after first delivery or during first pregnancy. According to Professor Gunnar Lose, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Copenhagen, “It is well known that pregnancy and childbirth can inc...

Girl Foetus Aggravates Asthma Symptoms

Pregnant women who suffer from asthmatic symptoms, carrying a girl foetus are more likely to go through severe asthma symptoms than those carrying a male foetus, // according to a recent study. Michael B. Bracken and other researchers at Yale School of Medicine studied 702 pregnant women throughout southern New England who were trained to assess their lung function for 10-day intervals at selecte...

Women Display Different IHD Symptoms

Symptoms of people who suffer from the Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) which is also called the Coronary Artery Disease can vary from // person to person, depending upon whether it is a man or woman. The blood supply to the heart is affected by this medical condition, and where Western countries are concerned, this is quite a common ailment. When patients seek medical care for chest pa...

The Decks Cleared For HRT - Safe for Menopause Symptoms

There is Light at the end of the tunnel for HRT therapy. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada have allowed HRT for treatment of symptoms of menopause, vouching its safety.// Dr. Jennifer Blake, who chaired this debate, has said that, this would be a reprieve for women who have been utterly confused about the side-effects of HRT, reported in 2002, which suggested that...

Women Wake up Late to Heart Attack Symptoms

According to a latest study conducted in Dublin Hospitals, women appear to take five times longer than men to avail emergency medical assistance, following a heart attack. // Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin studied the data from 890 patients who were admitted to six Dublin teaching hospitals, following a heart attack. It was found that subse...

Man with Possible Bird Flu Symptoms Hospitalized In Gujarat

Ahmedabad. A man suspected with avian influenza infection was Saturday admitted to the Civil Hospital here.// Qadar Abubhai Marghiwala, a 30-year-old resident of Jamalpur neighborhood of the city, was suffering from fever for a week. Gujarat's Health Minister Ashok Bhatt, however, denied Marghiwala had bird flu as primary investigations revealed negative results....

Yale School of Medicine Launches Telemonitoring Of Heart Failure Symptoms

Yale School of Medicine is launching an initiative to assess if monitoring the symptoms and weight over telephone can reduce the number of hospitalizations in heart failure patients.// Tele-HF is a four-year randomized controlled trial, which is being funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The trial will enroll 1,600 heart failure patients across the country. Patients f...

New compounds Help Sustain relief For Patients With Symptoms of Bowel Disorders

In the latest studies that was presented yesterday at Digestive Disease Week? 2006 (DDW) are finding that long-term therapy with new compounds can sustain relief for these patients with symptoms ranging// from constipation to inflammation. These studies are conducted to review the therapeutic benefits for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Crohn’s disease. They claim that the symptoms of the bowe...

Symptoms In Dementia Patients Negatively Correlates With The Characteristics Of Caregivers

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – According to researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues, symptoms like wandering, hallucinations// and restlessness associated with dementia are found to increase if the patients' caregivers are young, less educated, over-burdened or depressed. ‘These symptoms are part of the disease and the caregivers aren't causing them, but certa...

Acupuncture to Relieve Fibromyalgia Symptoms

A recent study conducted by the Mayo Clinic has revealed that acupuncture reduces the symptoms of fibromyalgia//. Fibromyalgia is a disorder considered disabling by many, and is characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain and symptoms such as fatigue, joint stiffness and sleep disturbance. No cure is known and available treatments are only partially effective....

Immunisation Drive After Case With Polio Symptoms

Health authorities have launched a 'ring immunisation' drive here after reports of a 5-year-old migrant boy suffering from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), one of the symptoms of polio. // The symptoms were detected in Vishal Sharma in Gopalganj district of Bihar but the ring immunisation mop-up was launched in Model Town area as the child had stayed in the locality 20 days ago before r...

Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms Without Consulting Doctors

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that very few women consult their doctors before opting to use herbal therapies and soy products to treat their menopausal symptoms. // The trend is of particular note because growing numbers of women are turning to alternative therapies to relieve such symptoms as hot flashes, headaches, mood swings and sleep disrupt...

Schizophrenic Symptoms Need Combination Therapy

Several therapies, including cognitive rehabilitation, cognitive remediation or cognitive enhancement, education, psychotherapy, and behavioral training// combine to ensure a perfect way of combating negative symptoms of schizophrenia. An issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter said ‘negative’ symptoms have more effect on the quality of life of a schizophrenic patient than the ‘psycho...

Growth Hormone Stimulants help to Combat Aging Symptoms

A new study with 400 adult volunteers revealed compounds, which stimulate growth hormone production help older adults to manage aging process.// The results of a study published at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology in Pittsburgh revealed that stimulants of growth hormone work in adults to improve their physical function and lower their body fat percentage. The r...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

Researchers at the University of Rochester when investigating for an alternative menopausal treatment have found that //gabapentin drug treated hot flashes as good as estrogen. Gabapentin, a seizure drug lowered hot flashes by regulating the flow of calcium in and out of the cells, which helped in lowering body temperature. flow risks like was researchers, who have been invest...

Researchers Try Early Surgical Intervention to Treat Parkinson's Symptoms

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are attempting to short circuit the progression of Parkinson's disease by implanting stimulation devices //into the brains of Parkinson's patients earlier on in the course of their disease. 'One of the driving theories behind this study is the possibility that if deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy was applied early, it may change th...

Genital Herpes - No Symptoms But A Potent Carrier

Genital herpes - A sexually transmitted virus that leads to blisters on or near the genitals or rectum that opens into painful sores taking a long period to heal.// As time passes outbreaks may be less severe and for short period. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, genital herpes is an infected virus that may not show symptoms and even cause serious infectio...

Revolutionary New Treatment Plan Developed For Treatment Of Unexplained Symptoms

It has been reported that doctors from the Michigan State University (MSU) have developed a revolutionary new treatment plan, which allows a more effective// means of treatment by the primary care physicians for people suffering from symptoms and conditions that are medically unexplained. Robert Smith, a physician and professor in MSU’s Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicin...