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More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


Preventing heart attacks by targeting the immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 300 people die of a heart attack each day and research has shown there is a peak in heart attacks on Christmas Day and New Year's Day due perhaps to rich meals, alcohol and stress.


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First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.


Steroid injections may slow diabetes-related eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness, according to a report in the December issue of ...


Researcher finds success with new anti-cancer drug

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A study conducted at Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas, found that a new drug stopped the growth of breast tumors in mice. This drug is unique in that it works both by stopping the cancer cells from growing and metastasizing ...


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


Genomic differences identified in common skin diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop more precise treatments for the dozen-plus inflammatory ...


MSU researcher studies effects of experimental depression medication

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Michigan State University researcher is leading a clinical trial on an experimental medication he hopes will give doctors another weapon in the fight against depression and prove to be more effective among ...


Most antidepressants miss key target of clinical depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A key brain protein called monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) - is highly elevated during clinical depression yet is unaffected by treatment with commonly used antidepressants, according to an important study published today in ...


Outpatient disc treatment gives long-term back pain relief

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated disc revealed that while both treatments help patients ...



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