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Cyclosporin A Treats Leukemia Complications

Some leukemia patients with common complications of their disease may have a new way to overcome them. New research finds that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with anemia or thrombocytopenia can be treated effectively with the drug, cyclosporin A. Anemia is a decrease in red cells in the blood and thrombocytopenia is when the number of platelets in reduced. The latter is the m...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

Undergoing weight reduction surgery can successfully treat metabolic syndrome in most patients, reveals a new study. Researchers say metabolic syndrome is a combination of conditions putting people at high risk for diabetes // and heart disease. The syndrome is characterized by higher than normal blood sugar, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity. The study involved 645 pati...

Intravenous Iron treats anemia of pregnancy faster

For women with pregnancy-related anemia linked to iron deficiency, intravenous administration of iron increases hemoglobin faster and more effectively // than iron pills, says a Turkish study. Since oral iron replacement is generally effective, safe, and cheap, it is the first choice for treatment for iron-deficiency anemia, Dr. Ragip Atakan Al and colleagues acknowledge in their report....

Chennai Hospital Treats Pakistani Blue Baby

A blue baby from Pakistan was given a new lease of life by doctors in the Indian city of Chennai at the Sri M.G. Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital.// Fifteen-month-old Maxwell Qayyum was suffering from a restricted flow of oxygenated blood. He was operated upon in Chennai, and he is reported to be recovering. Dr. K.R. Balakrishnan, a cardiologist, along with a team of pediatricians...

Cocoa Treats: Chocolates, as a Health Investment? Chew on this!

This is some food for thought. A component of Cocoa is in the limelight for the right reasons. The component, called Flavanoids, known to stave off new age diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, can be used in medicines,// according to stalwarts from the food and industry department , though such medicines are still a distant dream. Flavonoids, is found in chocolates, gre...

New Gene Therapy Treats Diabetic Neuropathy

A preclinical trail carried out to treat diabetic nerve damage has shown promising results. A novel therapeutic, discovered by researchers// of the University of Manchester, when injected into the system, it was found to trigger a particular gene responsible to prevent nerve damage in hands and feet – diabetic neuropathy. The positive preclinical results – reported in the journal Diabe...

Actonel Treats Hip Fractures In A Better Way Than Alendronate

New study shows that osteoporosis patients treated with Actonel are more likely to sustain when compared to alendronate. //These results were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Osteoporosis International after collecting data from 33,000 women with osteoporosis. The study of 33,000 postmenopausal women showed that among patients newly prescribed one of the two most popular ost...

BBIC – A SOY-based Substance Treats Multiple Sclerosi

Bowmann-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate (BBIC) is a natural soy-based substance. A US based study finds: BBIC improves the condition of animals with a disease similar to multiple// sclerosis. A group of animals with Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) received BBIC, while another group of animals also suffering from the same disease received a placebo. "Animals that received BBI...

Cake Walk – Plum Treats Sell Like 'Hot Cakes' During Christma

Revelry and mirth is known by another name- Christmas! The fervor and festivity of Christmas is whetted as we submit wholly to the whims of our starving taste buds//, feeding them with the flavors of the season. A mouthwatering spread is incomplete without the 'piece de resistance', the rich and exotic Christmas cake. As you wait to tuck into this baked delight, let's give you a snapshot...

Common BP Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy

Johns Hopkins Researchers have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting// in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine. In 2006, a team led by Harry "Hal" Dietz, M.D., discovered that treating...

Naltrexone also Treats Crohn's Disease

A study by Penn State College of Medicine finds that naltrexone may be beneficial to people with Crohn's disease. A low dose of this drug is often used to bring// relief to victims of alcohol and drug addiction. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the intestine that affects an estimated 500,000 Americans. The study results were released online this week in an early e...

Drug for Blood Pressure also Treats Lung Cancer

A hormone that is important in the control of blood pressure also shrinks lung cancer tumors in mice, suggesting a new way to prevent or treat the deadly cancer, according to scientists. // Reporting in the journal Cancer Research, the scientists said that in mice treated with the hormone, angiotensin-(1-7), tumor volume decreased by 30 percent. In mice that did not receive the treatme...

Biofeedback Treats One Type Of Chronic Constipation

Chronic constipation affects 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. population. Nearly one-third of affected people have dyssynergic defecation, in which muscles used// for bowel movements do not work well. Those who suffer from it can be relieved now, as the new research shows biofeedback treatment can successfully retrain muscles. The biofeedback approach was better than standard treatment of...

ChemGenex Treats First Patient With Ceflatonin

Melbourne-based ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals has treated the first patient in a new phase II/III clinical study designed to evaluate the efficacy of Ceflatonin// (homoharringtonine or HHT) in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) who have failed or were intolerant to treatment with two or more prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). The new study is designed to complement the ong...

Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) (AC-1202) Treats Alzheimer's as Diabetes of the Brain

Accera, Inc. announced today that recent data from its Phase IIb study in Alzheimer's disease (AD) support findings showing that AD may effectively be thought of and treated as diabetes of the brain. AD is widely believed to be caused by the accumulation of amyloid beta plaques in the brain, yet recent research from Brown University has shown that inducing insulin resistance in the...

New Delhis Apollo Hospital Treats More Than 80 Iraqis

Over 80 Iraqi patients, mostly children and youth, have been cured at New Delhis Indraprastha Apollo Hospital since last month. Most of the patients, aged up to 18 years, were suffering from congenital heart disease and hearing impairment. A six-year old child underwent an Intra Cardiac Echo (ICE) surgery at the hospital, and was just among a handful in the country qu...