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Homeopathic preparation better than placebo in perennial allergic

A homeopathic preparation for perennial allergic rhinitis appears to be more effective than placebo. A multicenter team studied 50 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis. The subjects were randomized to receive either 30cc of a homeopathic preparation of principal inhalent allergen or placebo. In the third and fourth week after the start of treatment, the group compared changes in nasa...

Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis

One of the primary disabling ailments in the world has found a new treatment - Vedic vibration technology. A study, titled 'A double-blind randomised controlled trial of Maharishi Vedic Vibration Technology in subjects with arthritis,' revealed that scientists succeeded in achieving 100 per cent relief from painful arthritis in 36 per cent of the patients treated and at least 60 per cent...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

Dr. Balakrishna Ganapat Rao Matapurkar, from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi has created history of sorts by winning the first patent on organ regeneration from the American patent office for his technique in successfully regenerating / repairing organs in human beings. A few weeks ago the American patent office granted him a patent on this technique. Dr. Matapurkar was able to...

New Laser Techniques cure degeneration of the eye

Latest Laser techniques are being developed on a daily basis. One of these latest laser techniques is helpful in the treatment of those suffering from a degenerative eye condition. This degenerative condition cause blood vessels to grow underneath the retina and leak fluid, causing scarring and loss of vision. Eye specialists have come up with a new therapy called the Photodynamic Therap...

Menopause considerations

Women with a family history of early menopause who put off children until their thirties are risking their chances of childbearing, according to a new study. A team of Dutch researchers has found that a woman with one or more first-degree relatives with a history of early menopause is liable to experience earlier menopause herself. Led by Dr Jan-Peter de Bruin at the University Medical...

Liver Donor Dies After Operation

A 39-year-old liver donor of Indian origin has died in Singapore a few days after the operation, and this will be probed by a coroner's inquiry. The donor is reported to have suffered from a heart attack while he was recuperating in Gleneagles Hospital, // according to the transplant surgeon K.C. Tan. The recipient, a 54-year-old woman who got the liver in November, recovered well en...

Leptin, The Next Generation Antidepressant?

A study conducted by Xin-Yun Lu, PhD and colleagues of the University of Texas Health Science Center found that Leptin when administered to the rat acts as an anti-depressant. Leptin is a hormone mainly given to people involved in weight regulation. // The research was done on chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) rats. It was found that CUS rats had decreased levels of Leptin than the cont...

MSI puts on hold plans for operations in Chennai

Medicine Shoppe India (MSI), the sole franchisee for US based Medicine Shoppe International, with operations in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Baroda and Pune, has dropped Chennai from list of its target for operations in the country. According to informed sources, MSI, which recently drew up plans to expand its franchisee operations from the present 19 outlets to 50 by the end of the current finan...

Lactobacillus Supplements shorten the duration of diarrhoea

Supplements containing bacteria commonly found in yogurt can help shorten the duration of diarrhoea in children by nearly a day. Researchers reviewed 11 international// studies that examined the effectiveness of a type of bacteria known as Lactobacillus for the treatment of diarrhoea in children, most of whom were younger than age 4 and were hospitalized. The Lactobacillus was generally g...

Vitamins enhances recuperation of organ transplant patients

Including vitamins C and E detains the progress of a catastrophic conditions in organ transplant patients, Doctor's suggest. About 62% of patients who undergo heart transplants develop hardened arteries, a condition// called arteriosclerosis, in the first three years after their surgery. A team from the Maryland's Women's Hospital, USA, found the condition was emanted among patients...

Filtration treatment assigns more live kidney donation

According to a new study, filtering out the antibodies that can cause donor kidney rejection allows a higher success rate with live donor transplants. Many patients need a kidney transplant but are denied one because no donor organ can be found. Body organs, from dead bodies, are in short supply, and to have a kidney from a live donor //means they must be of a compatible blood group....

New operation for swallowing problems

An ingenuous technique which reshape the throat area helps people who cannot swallow because of paralysis. Swallowing is a very complex operation, involving the co-ordinated action of various of the cranial nerves. One of these, the vagal nerve, controls the swallowing at the upper end of the digestive tract// - that is, above the esophagus, but below the mouth. When this nerve is paralys...

Fast screening for macular degeneration

According to a new study, researchers are investigating a new technique for mapping the back of the retina and screening for the onset of blindness. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in older people. //A team at the University of Utah now report on a technical advance that could be developed into a rapid screen for AMD among people at risk.They could...

New operation for kidney cancer

According to researchers, that three years on, a group of kidney cancer patients have had no recurrence of their disease, thanks to a new procedure. Researchers at the University of Mississippi have developed a new operation for kidney cancer, called interventional-MRI renal cryosurgery. //The procedure relies on magnetic resonance imaging to guide a surgical probe while removing cancerou...

Gene treatment for macular degeneration

As researchers learn more and more about the genes that cause a number of medical conditions, opportunities for treatment with gene therapy become increasingly likely. //In an interview with Jonathan Davidorf, M.D., explained exciting new advances in the treatment of some forms of macular degeneration. According to him it is the use of gene therapy to treat some forms of macular degenerat...

Laser may stop macular degeneration

All around the United States, researchers at 24 medical centers hope to arbitrate whether a laser can stop the development of macular degeneration before it progresses. There are two forms of macular degeneration, wet and dry. //The dry form makes upto75 percent of all cases and is characterized by the formation of yellowish deposits within the layers of the retina known as drusen. People...

Memory deprivation after operations

Researchers in there study are trying to observe why surgery may trigger cognitive problems in some people but studies are ongoing. It's long been known that some older people develop problems with memory and other mental functions after an operation// - a condition known as Post Operative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD).Often relatives will say that the person has 'never been the same' as...

Macular Degeneration treatment with Laser

Macular Degeneration is a blinding condition, which currently affects 30 per cent of people over the age of 75. Most people affected with this disease suffer from the dry form that has no proven treatment until now. However, a new laser could offer hope to those suffering from the disease. This laser treatment, which takes just 15 minutes, involves gently heating the retinal pigment// epi...

Hydration requirements can be fulfilled with beverages too

We have told for a long time now a lot of health experts that to staywell-hydrated one needs to drink a lot of water. It has been advised we shoulddrink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day to make sure we areadequately hydrated. Researchers from Center for Human Nutrition at theUniversity of Nebraska have now reported that drinking other beverages will alsohelp us keep ourse...

SARS reaches Russian Federation

A Russian health official said their country has its first known case of SARS. A man in the town on border with chin have shown signs of SARS virus. Health officials sent sent lab samples to Moscow to determine whether he has the virus. However the health ministry said analysis had not yet confirmed the diagnosis. After the man's hospitalization with SARS-like symptoms, authorities in the...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Risk Factors

A new study identifies several new risk factors for age-related macular degeneration, a sight-robbing disease mainly seen in older people. As the population ages, more and more people worldwide are showing signs of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. About 30 percent of people over 70 are diagnosed with the condition. While most have mild or moderate forms of the disease, 6 percent...

Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment

For women who suffer from infertility caused by cancer treatments, help may be right around the corner . A new study shows // a technique may help these women gain back their fertility -- even after going into menopause .Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation and radical surgery can cause a woman to experience premature menopause and diminish her chance of getting pregnant. R...

Regeneration of muscle

Skeletal muscle has a remarkable capacity to regenerate following exercise or injury and harbors two different types of adult stem cells to accomplish the job: satellite cells and adult stem cells // that can be isolated as side population (SP) cells. A certain group of these stem cells is involved in muscle tissue repair, but is only triggered into the muscle cell development pathway by...

Effective Treatment Option For Macular Degeneration

The wet form of macular degeneration represents about 10 percent of the overall disease prevalence. Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of irreversible, severe vision loss in people 50 years of age and older. // Two new studies show a therapy known as pegaptanib (Macugen) is an effective treatment for age-related, "wet" macular degeneration. The trials were conducted a...

Improved height from administration of growth hormones

Research shows that it is possible to increase the heights of children who suffer// from the deficiency of growth hormone by new improved dosages of the growth hormones. The researchers of University of California, Los Angels, US, have suggested that the administration of the growth hormone GH-dependent hormone based on the serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) can affec...

Third generation Small pox vaccine from Cell-culture

Richard Greenberg and colleagues compared their Cell culture small pox vaccine// (CCSV) derived from cell culture with calf lymph derived vaccine. Small pox vaccine currently used is a live, attenuated vaccine virus derived from calf lymph. This vaccine produces adverse effects in vaccinated, 15-42 develop serious or life threatening adverse reactions of every million. 1 to 2 people every...

Hearing Problems Of Middle Age Are Affecting The Younger Generation

Researchers from Purdue University say that cell phones and portable digital music systems are the reason why more and more young people are having hearing problems that are typical of the middle and old ages.// "We're starting to see hearing loss in young adults that we expect to diagnose in middle-aged adults," says Robert Novak, director of clinical education in audiology and associat...

Identified Protein To Inhibit Cell Migration

Researchers from the University of North Carolina have identified a protein that may inhibit cellular movement, or migration. // The protein, CIB1, or calcium and integrin-binding protein 1, was originally discovered at UNC in 1997 as a blood platelet protein that may play a role in clotting. Cell migration belongs to the most rudimentary of cellular functions that allow processes su...

Making operation and recovery time shorter

Surgeons have come up with a new technique of removing cancerous kidneys through a small incision with the help of their hands and a special camera and instuments. This is the hand-assisted Laproscopic technique, which can be done in significantly less time than the standard laproscopic procedure. The research, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Associa...

Lessening operation and recovery time

Surgeons have come up with a new technique of removing cancerous kidneys through a small incision with the help of their hands and a special camera and instuments. This is the hand-assisted Laproscopic technique, which can be done in significantly less time than the standard laproscopic procedure. The research, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association b...

Reconsideration Of Heart Transplant Eligibility

Age should not be a factor in determining transplant eligibility say researchers ,as a recent study has shown that older heart transplant patients do just as well as their younger counterparts. // Researchers evaluated all 275 adult patients who received a heart transplant at the University of Alberta Hospital between 1990 and 2000. The patients' mortality and morbidity rates were foll...

An Exploration into Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetics

An over-supply of a simple blood sugar could be a major cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic men according to a new study. It has been found that one particular simple sugar, present in increased levels //in diabetics O-GlcNAc, interferes with the chain of events needed to achieve and maintain erection and can lead to permanent penile impairment over time. The findings could have...

Amnioinfusion does not reduce risk of meconium aspiration syndrome

Meconium aspiration syndrome (also referred to as meconium aspiration) occurs when a newborn inhales a mixture of meconium and amniotic fluid during labor and delivery. Meconium is the material that fills the fetal intestinal tract during pregnancy and is formed from ingested amniotic fluid and dead intestinal cells.// Although it is sterile, inhaled meconium is highly irritating to the...

Occupational Exposure To Radiation Causes Chromosome Aberrations

Professor Manoor Prakash Hande and his colleagues from National University of Singapore studied the effect of plutonium exposure and risk of developing Chromosomal aberrations leading to cancer// in Plutonium plant workers. The study is mainly aimed at identifying biomarkers for easy detection and identification of chromosome aberrations. The study is also aimed at finding a link between...

Child Friendly Zidovudine Preparation for treating HIV infection Approved By The FDA

It is only small things that are difficult to handle. Even when so much has been done to effectively treat diseases like cancer, treating a viral infection has always been a problem. Viral infections are difficult to be treated with medications // because the disease-causing virus has always been potent enough to escape even the newer versions of the developed drugs. The Human Immunode...

Resident Physicians Need More Preparations To Treat Patients From Different Cultures

Research shows that resident physicians are often less prepared to treat patients from different cultures, especially those with practices that differ from certain medical practices // . According to an article in the September issue of JAMA, many resident physicians report a lack of preparedness in caring for patients with specific cultural characteristics, such as those who have beli...

Minor Improvement In Child Sex Ratio In Haryana

The Haryana government claimed Monday that there was a minor improvement in the child sex ratio in the state, which had earlier recorded the lowest figure in the country. Latest reports suggested that the sex ratio in the 0-6 // years age group was now at 822 females per thousand males, director general of health services Sushma Madan said. In the census of 2001, Haryana had...

Collaborations planned between British Organization and Indian health care industry

The United Kingdom Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) is looking for collaboration and interaction with Indian Health care Hospitals. The Confederation of Indian Industry, CII had meetings with UKTI for new collaborations between // British organizations and Indian Health care providers. David Hawkins of UKTI had discussion with Leading Indian health care providers such as Apollo Hospitals...

Limb Regeneration In Humans: A Future Possibility

Recently, a study has been launched, which, if fruitful, may enable future generations to heal without scarring and grow their own replacement limbs. A research team at Manchester University, headed by Dr Enrique Amaya//, and partly funded by The Healing Foundation charity, is looking to animals for clues to how the body can regenerate. Prof Amaya will focus on the genetics of wound hea...

More collaborations and strengthening of India’s AIDS control body require

India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV positive people and we are ranked the second largest country with highest amount of HIV positive people next to South Africa//. UN Secretary General and special envoy for HIV/AIDS for Asia and the Pacific Nafis sadik said that the steps taken by India to check the spread of HIV/AIDS is in good progress but more has to be done for an effective str...