Muscle training often useful for leaky bladder
• Urine Problems • Nov 30 04
About half of women with stress urinary incontinence, a type of urine leakage that occurs with actions like coughing or laughing, benefit from training…
Device useful for excessive menstrual bleeding
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04
A tiny device that is placed inside the uterus and releases the hormone levonorgestrel is an effective treatment for excessive menstrual bleeding, a problem…
Dental X-rays could screen for osteoporosis: study
• Gender: Female • Nov 30 04
Dentists may be able to help screen women for osteoporosis by looking at X-rays that they are taking anyway, Japanese researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Job exposure to pesticide linked to lung cancer
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 30 04
Workers exposed to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may have an elevated risk of lung cancer, U.S. government researchers reported Tuesday.
Scientists at the National…
Arthritis improves with Remicade plus methotrexate
• Arthritis • Nov 30 04
For patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, combined therapy with methotrexate and infliximab (Remicade) is more effective than treatment with methotrexate alone, according to a…
Longer Evista use lowers breast cancer risk
• Cancer: Breast • Nov 30 04
Taking Evista (raloxifene) for longer than four years reduces the risk of invasive breast cancer beyond that already found in earlier studies that…
Immune drugs useful for psoriasis
• Skin Care • Nov 30 04
New research shows that tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus cream, which suppress the immune system, are effective treatments for intertriginous psoriasis, a form of the…
High cholesterol in diabetes may harm vision
• Diabetes • Nov 30 04
Aggressive treatment to lower high cholesterol in patients with type 1 diabetes, also known as “juvenile diabetes,” an autoimmune disease that typically develops at…
Hair loss in men
• Endocrinology • Nov 30 04
Definition:
Male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in men. It usually follows a typical pattern of receding hairline…
Brazil plans to break patents on foreign AIDS drugs
• Drug News • Nov 30 04
Brazil will break the patents next year on between three and five foreign drugs used in the anti-AIDS combination therapy central to its innovative…
Willow bark shows no benefit in arthritis study
• Arthritis • Nov 30 04
Though it’s widely used as an alternative pain remedy, willow bark extract may not bring much relief to people with arthritis, a new study…
Glaxo braves fire over HIV drug trials in orphans
• Drug News • Nov 30 04
GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday defended trials of HIV drugs in orphans, saying “clinical trials involving children and orphans were legal and not unusual.”
A BBC…
India to begin trials of HIV vaccine on humans
• AIDS/HIV • Nov 30 04
India, home to the world’s largest number of HIV infections after South Africa, is set to begin human trials of a new vaccine in…
Nuclear medicine can trigger security alarms: study
• Public Health • Nov 30 04
Patients treated with radioactive material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation detectors, a…
Iraq War is public health disaster
• Public Health • Nov 30 04
War in Iraq has caused a public health disaster that has left the country’s medical system in tatters and increased the risk of disease…
Cipla HIV drugs back on WHO approved list
• Drug News • Nov 30 04
Two generic drug products by the Indian drug maker Cipla for treating HIV/AIDS have been reinstated on the World Health Organisation’s recommended list six…
Symptom Management For Bone Metastases
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
When cancer spreads from the first site where it developed on the body to other areas of the body we say that the…
Lung Cancer: Glossary
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
Here are definitions of medical terms related to lung cancer:
Biopsy: The removal of a small amount of tissue from the body for study…
Advances in Treatment for Bone Metastases
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
Recently, bisphosphonates have become attractive treatments for preventing pathological fractures and relieving bone pain from metastases. The goal of treatment for bone metastases is…
Bone Metastases and Lung Cancer
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
Bone metastases are a common complication of lung cancer. Others cancers that metastasize to bone include multiple myeloma, breast, prostate, kidney, and thyroid cancer.
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Lung Cancer: Frequently Asked Questions
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
Here are some frequently asked questions related to lung cancer:
Q: Is it possible to determine if early lung cancer is present,…
Lung Cancer Treatment - What To Expect
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
Each particular treatment for lung cancer may have some adverse effects. Some of those effects may last a very short period, while others may…
New Treatment Offers Hope to Lung Cancer Patients
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
New Drug Approval
The Federal Drug Administration has recently approved the use of the chemotherapy drug Taxotere® for first line treatment of non-small cell…
Different Types Of Lung Cancer
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
There are different types of cells in the lung, of varying size, for the different functions of the lung. This has resulted in the…
What Causes Lung Cancer?
• Cancer: Lung • Nov 29 04
The most common cause of lung cancer is smoking.
Smoking causes lung cancer because there are substances within tobacco that are known to cause…