A recent study has news that chocolate lovers will be overjoyed to hear, it seems that chocolate is good for the heart!According to researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Pu...Thursday, 16-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
In what will come as a surprise to many doctors, researchers in the United States how found that contrary to current belief, heart attack survivors with mild or no symptoms who wait three days or more to seek medical help, will achieve little benefit from the procedures used to open clogged arteries.Opening arteries that are 100 percent blocked in the first 12 hours after a heart attack with angioplasty can quickly restore vital blood flow to the heart, and is considered the best treatment for a...Wednesday, 15-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
The preliminary results of a new study have found that Botox, better known for getting rid of wrinkles, significantly reduced severe pain from osteoarthritis of the knee and also improved the knee's function. Botox is a purified form of botulinum toxin type A and is used to treat wrinkles and creases on the face.Botox is also approved to treat other conditions including excessive sweating, eye disorders, and certain neurological conditions and is currently being studied for the treatment ...Wednesday, 15-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
Results of the two largest studies on hyponatremia, SALT-1 and SALT-2, presented Nov. 14 at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Chicago, found that the investigational drug tolvaptan treated hyponatremia -- water intoxication -- faster and more effectively than available treatments."These studies proved for the first time that hyponatremia, which is associated with poor outcomes, can be treated effectively with an oral drug that has no significant side effects," said Mihai Gh...Tuesday, 14-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
According to a new study all a healthy heterosexual woman needs to give their hormone levels a kick start is the smell of a man's sweat.Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have found that a mere hint of male sweat in the air raises the amount of the stress hormone cortisol in women's saliva.Cortisol is secreted by the body to help maintain proper arousal and sense of well-being, respond to stress and other functions....Thursday, 8-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
AIDS activists in South Africa are calling for clinical trials of a microbicide gel designed to help women protect themselves against HIV to be restarted.Trials of the gel were halted last month following preliminary reports that 604 women in KwaZulu-Natal involved in the study had contracted HIV.The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) group are Africa's most influential AIDS lobby group and though they support the U.S. reproductive health gr...Thursday, 8-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
If the latest research is to be believed patients will not necessarily receive the complete truth from their doctor. According to a new study some doctors apparently consider it perfectly acceptable to withhold information regarding issues such as birth control, abortion and sedating dying patients, and even more of the medical profession feel under no obligation to tell patients where or how they access such advice or care.In a survey of doctors conducted by researchers at the ...Thursday, 8-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Patients with coronary heart disease who took Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg tablets reduced their risk of hospitalizations due to heart failure compared to patients taking the 10 mg dose of Lipitor, according to a new analysis of a subset of patients from the five-year TNT (Treating to New Targets) study, published in today's issue of ...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
New research suggests that popular statin drugs may not only lower levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol but also raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. The researchers are hopeful that treatments to raise HDL cholesterol could one day be combined with statins to help patients with heart and artery disease. The research implies that the 18 million plus American patients who are taking statins to help them lower their "bad" LDL cholesterol may be getting an extra benefit, a boost to their "good...Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
According to the latest research the best way to discourage people from smoking is to plaster big, graphic warnings on cigarette packets, and the bigger they are the better. The new study which is based on four surveys conducted in Australia, Canada, the United States and Britain over a period of three years from 2002 to 2005, has found that people do heed such warnings and they do encourage people to quit....Wednesday, 7-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
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