News tagged with trials
New evidence for homeopathy
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet, was seriously flawed.
Hybrid remotely operated vehicle 'Nereus' reaches deepest part of the ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A new type of deep-sea robotic vehicle called Nereus has successfully reached the deepest part of the world's ocean, reports a team of U.S. engineers and scientists aboard the research vessel Kilo Moana. The dive to 10,902 ...
St. John's wort relieves symptoms of major depression
Oct 08, 2008 |
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New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate ...
Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...
The power of prayer?
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Health and religion have always been intertwined, most obviously through prayer on behalf of the sick. Does intercessory prayer for sick people actually help heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. ...
Novel therapy may prove effective in treatment of 30 percent of cancers
May 13, 2009 |
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A ground-breaking Canada-wide clinical trial led by Dr. Katherine Borden, at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, has shown that a common anti-viral drug, ...
Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.
Psychologists show experience may be the best teacher for infants
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There's a lot of truth in the old proverb "experience is the best teacher," and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.
Experimental aids vaccine now in production
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The advance towards a vaccine for HIV/AIDS has taken another step closer to realization. A vaccine, developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University ...
Drug shrinks lung cancer tumors in mice
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A potential new drug for lung cancer has eliminated tumours in 50% of mice in a new study published today in the journal Cancer Research. In the animals, the drug also stopped lung cancer ...
Revolutionary technique could reduce lifelong drugs for transplant patients
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a ground-breaking procedure that could avoid the need for transplant patients to spend the rest of their lives taking a cocktail of drugs to stop their system from rejecting their new organ, according ...
New evidence that dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress
Nov 11, 2009 |
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The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research.
Clinical trials' review finds only exercise to prevent low-back problems
Feb 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence. Annual costs related to back pain in the United States alone ...
Benefit of aspirin for healthy people is uncertain
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has shown that, while taking aspirin is beneficial in preventing heart attacks and strokes among people with established cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention), its benefits ...
Brain-computer interface, developed at Brown, begins new clinical trial
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 10, 2009 |
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BrainGate, an investigational technology being developed to detect brain signals and to allow people with paralysis to use those signals to control assistive devices, is about to begin a second, larger clinical trial. The ...
