ailments

Nasal sprays used for other ailments!

Nasal sprays are being used for safe and effective delivery of drugs for a number of conditions. According to researchers// at the Mayo clinic say that familiarity should be present with the use of nasal sprays to treat allergies such as hay fever. A nasal spray is a good way of delivering a drug, because it gets into the bloodstream fast through mucous membranes in the nasal area. Th...

Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments

The most common diseases among children that were known until now were chickenpox, ear infections, colds, etc. However, very recently, researchers and neurologists have found that stroke is also among one of the most common ailments //in newborns that often go unnoticed. A National Hospital's database analysis by Dr. Donna Ferriero, Chief of Neurology at the University of California showe...

Palmist Claims to Diagnose Ailments Looking At Your Palm

Mohanan a palmist believes palmistry is a pure science//. The 44 year old chemistry teacher by profession but he reads people's palms and predicts their health conditions. His accurate predictions have even baffled the best doctors. After studying the line...

Now medicated coir to cure ailments

Thiruvananthapuram: Medicated coir mats spread across the walls of a patient's room have been found efficeffective acious in treating ailments like skin diseases, hypertension and rheumatic complaints, a study says.//A study group attached to the Government Ayurveda College here said patients kept in medicated rooms were cured in shorter less time than those staying in normal rooms....

Adults In Their Seventies Could Drink Alcohol To Help Against Heart Ailments

The study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, reported the findings that adults in their seventies who drank up to seven alcoholic beverages a day were likely// to live longer and have fewer heart attacks. The study was conducted on 2.487 men and women without heart diseases in 1997 and 1998. The subjects were followed for five years. The study found that light to moderate...

Study Finds Divorced Women Are More Likely To Suffer from Heart Ailments

Researchers claimed to have found in their study that women who divorce are 60% more likely to develop heart disease later in life than those who remain in a married// relationship. The researchers had explained that even those who probably do find new happiness and remarry would still be likely to suffer ill health as a direct result of their previous failed relationship. They furthe...

Researchers Warn Against the Use Of Garlic To Treat Childhood Ailments

Researchers from the University of Alberta conducted one of the first extensive series of studies on the use of garlic to treat// childhood aliment. The study has not found any conclusive results so far in the success rate of using this popular alternative therapy. However, the team has stressed that practitioners and parents must understand more about garlic before they use it to treat c...

Benefits of ADT Against Risk of Heart Ailments

Androgen deprivation therapy may aggravate heart disease in patients over age 65, according to a new study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. // ADT is one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer. The study results were based on data from CaPSURE, a national registry of men with prostate cancer. Although the findings need to be confirmed in clinical t...

Polypill for Heart Ailments Being Tested in India

The Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL), a leading Indian pharmaceutical firm, says it is conducting the first-ever clinical trials for an all-in-one polypill// for heart problems on 250 patients in the country. According to Raghu Cidambi of DRL, "We hope to put it in the market by the end of this year." The proposed polypill will contain drugs for dilating arteries, relaxing heart muscles...

New Hope For People With Liver And Kidney Ailments

Every year there are many deaths reported owing to higher levels of ammonia in the blood resulting in liver and kidney disease. Researchers from the United States// and Japan have come out with a possible solution for this. According to an article in the April 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal, there is a similarity between the protein which secretes ammonia in pufferfish gills and human Rh...

Acupuncture Points Way to Relief from Many Ailments

Your knee hurts, and every little movement is sheer torture for your aching back too. If medication or other therapy fails to help, acupuncture// can bring relief. Inserting fine needles into the skin and underlying tissues can also combat allergies, menstrual pain and even moderately severe depression. "Acupuncture helps primarily in cases of chronic and acute pain such a...

Trade Center Collapse Caused Lung Ailments in Rescuers

This is perhaps the first clinical study that relates the collapse of the trade center to lung ailments in the rescuers, due to inhalation of dust and pollutants during the rescue operation. The rescuers seem to be suffering a rare type of lung condition which showed up a year after the catastrophe. Medical specialists from the Fire Department and from the Albert Einstein College o...