Posted in News No discussion yet on March 15th, 2010

sTMS – Novel handy Gadget for Migraine Headache Relief

A latest study outcome indicates that sTMS could provide relief from migraine headache among those suffering from migraine with aura. A convenient contrivance which employs magnetic pulses for zapping pain holds immense potential as a new-fangled treatment for those ailing from a prevalent form of migraine. In comparison to the patients that were given placebo treatments, a larger number of patients that underwent treatment with the investigational gadget, called as sTMS or single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation found relief from migraine headache soon after 2 hours of use. The American Headache Society has estimated that nearly thirty-five million people from the United States have migraines and nearly twenty to thirty percent of them experienced headaches which normally occurred following ocular or other sensory caveat indicators. Medical terminology for this condition is known as migraine with aura, aura-linked caveat signs could comprise of witnessing blinking lights or  [...]



Posted in News No discussion yet on March 12th, 2010

Nutritional Supplements: Which One Actually Works?

Greenland’s residents, the Inuits have been atypically known to develop cardiovascular ailments despite consumption of high-fatty dietetic intake comprising of meats from seals and whale blubbers. The blood samples of those Inuits residing in Greenland revealed presence of omega-3 fatty acids especially present in the salmons they regularly consume as their staple diet. Unearthing this piece of information lead to a steady influx of studies suggesting that oily fish and fish oil capsules consumption could safeguard the cardiovascular system. Mackerels, sardine and salmons have such essential fats that the body is incapable of producing on its own. The duo essential fats are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Investigators are still in the process of analysing all their diverse outcomes. However, these essential fats have been known to decrease fatty substances in the blood stream known as triglycerides and function as a mild blood thinning agent. By the process  [...]



Posted in News No discussion yet on March 11th, 2010

FDA Consent for Replacement Treatment in Gaucher Disease

VPRIV or Velaglucerase alfa for injection has received the U.S.FDA (Food and Drug Administration) nod for treating of rare inborn neurological disorder known as Gaucher disease. The lately accepted therapy is known to replace the deficient enzyme, glucocerebrosidase typically noted in individuals having the most form of the disorder, Type 1 Gaucher disease. The FDA agency stated that there was a dearth of an older type of replacement treatment for the disease. The safety and efficacy quotient of VPRIV was assessed in clinical studies that enrolled 82 individuals from age of four till elderly people having Type 1 Gaucher disease. VPRIV created in the Shire Human Genetic Therapies company in Massachusetts has some prevalent associated side-effects like giddiness, abdominal, joint and back pains, weariness, allergic reactions, drawn out blood clotting and fever. Gaucher disease is an atypical heritable metabolic disorder affecting barely one in fifty thousand individuals wherein detrimental  [...]



Posted in Disease & Disorders No discussion yet on March 10th, 2010

Tuberculosis Causes

Tuberculosis or TB is an unremitting or severe bacterial infection prevalently observed in the lungs. Tuberculosis causes mainly zeroes in on the offending bacterial forms which has beleaguered humankind since the Neolithic period. Tuberculosis causes: Tuberculosis causes Chiefly due to presence of a strain of bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a gradual-developing bacterial form which flourishes in regions of the body which are abundant in oxygen and blood, like the lungs. It is chiefly contracted via air-borne drops expelled by a TB-infected individual during respiration. The active TB infection present in an individual is dispersed while coughing, sneezing, speaking, spiting, laughing, singing or when some other healthy person breathes in a drop of infected saliva. The infection is transmitted alike a flu or cold, however not as transmittable. A person would have to be spending lengthy time spans in close proximity with a TB-infected individual prior to having developed  [...]



Posted in News No discussion yet on March 9th, 2010

Colloidal Silver 101

Colloidal Silver is an innate antibiotic with virus and fungus combating properties since use for the past seven to eight decades. A cost-effective, internal or external use antibiotic and is an ideal choice for those individuals who have become resistant to antibiotics. Outcomes of a 1970-conducted study by a physician Robert Becker for re-generation of limb, organ and spinal cord found that silver encouraged bone development alongside annihilating detrimental bacteria in adjacent areas. Further research showed that colloidal silver was an able broad-spectrum anti-microbial and effectively obliterated infections like typhoid, staph, strep, conjunctivitis, urinary tract and wound infections, anthrax among several others. It has the reputation to be helpful in a number of ailments like malaria, cancer, AIDS, athlete’s foot, herpes, prostatis and shingles. Due to its germ-obliterating properties it is at times employed in bandaging for preventing infections and it has additionally been  [...]



Posted in Addiction & Control No discussion yet on March 8th, 2010

Alcoholism – De-addiction Pills for Kicking the Nasty Habit

Does this ring a bell or strike a chord somewhere deep inside? David, 37, with a stable career, secure house and a good marital life, revels in a couple of pegs of scotch seated in front of the television on majority of the nights – does not have what majority of the individuals dub as a drinking problem. There are conceivably thirty-six million Davids across the U.S. alone, estimates forwarded by the National Inst. on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism – NIAAA – that lead to creation of the character enacted by an actor on its webpage to assist in training physicians. David does not engage in the requisite amount of exercising, due to which he has slight overweight issues. Averaging 4 drinks daily, he is by no means an alcoholic – however several specialists presently view such a person as a drinker belonging to the elevated-risk category and state that he might yield to ‘alcohol use disorder’. Scores of those across the globe who engage in nightly, post-job drinking some wine  [...]



Posted in Cancer, Disease & Disorders, News No discussion yet on March 5th, 2010

New Cabazitaxel Drug Improves Life Expectancy in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients

A new-fangled chemotherapy drug, cabazitaxel by Sanofi-Aventis, shows potential in improving life expectancy among men having advanced prostate cancer, as a final recourse in a clinical study. Men, in whom cancer had metastasized beyond the prostate gland, generally undergo treatment with medications intended on reducing testosterone being produced in the body, a hormone which believed to be feeding cancer spread. However, when such treatment is unsuccessful, then the sole accepted choice presently is Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug that has frequently been observed to not succeed. Cabazitaxel was tested during a large-scaled study involving 755 males from twenty-six countries having cancer in a continual state of progression in spite of being administered Taxotere. In that study, half of those men who were administered cabazitaxel (intravenous administration in three weekly interval) survived a median of over fifteen months in comparison to the around thirteen months in those males who  [...]



Posted in News No discussion yet on March 4th, 2010

Avandia – Common Confounding FAQs Resolved

Storm rages high over medication Avandia and its likely connections to cardiovascular problems. The recent news has raised enormous doubts amongst Avandia users. Below mentioned are prevalent queries regarding the drug, inclusive of what must or must not be done in case of those people who take Avandia. What are the worries regarding Avandia and cardiovascular safety? According to record study backed by GSK, Avandia appeared to raise the chances of cardiac failure among particular patients; however the study failed to detect any additional risk of cardiac attack or fatality. This finding is disparate to a few, though not all trials. Outcomes of a meta-study conducted in 2007 elicited a bout of apprehensions regarding Avandia, indicated that those individuals who took Avandia were at a greater likelihood of suffering from heart attack and fatality due to heart causes. A trial conducted during the end of 2009 showed that the chance of fatality and heart attack in older age group diabetic  [...]



Posted in News No discussion yet on March 3rd, 2010

Male Anti-aging Quest Transcends New Boundaries

Despite male anti-aging remedies of hot tub, surgical intervention and Advil do seem to suffice many, yet there are others who venture even further. However, a Las-Vegas based private-owned age-management company, Cenegenics promises to fine tune an aging body in spite of worn out parts. Their anti-aging mantra is belligerent therapy involving metabolism tweaking. At a yearly expenditure of nearly ten thousand dollars, majority of which the insurance providers do not cover – those males striving at counteracting the caustic outcomes of ageing have to adhere to the below mentioned steps that are part of their age-management program. Daily healthful intake of prescribed amounts of calcium, co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10) tablets, an anti-oxidant melatonin, fish oil, vitamin D, fruit extract of saw palmetto and dehydroepiandrosterone (the system’s most copious steroid). Low-glycemic index diets, jogging, weight lifting are advised. An intramuscular testosterone shot (instead of the ingconsumer-friendly  [...]



Posted in Fitness & Exercise No discussion yet on March 2nd, 2010

Spartacus Workout Program – Dare to Take it up?

Spartacus Workout program is a type of circuit workout program building strength alongside challenging aerobic capability. The ten exercises included in the Spartacus workout program are intended at jointly working every area of the body, with a minute-lasting station for each exercise for challenging the cardiovascular and lung capacity along with muscle strength. Performing a single set of every exercise in sequence and doing every exercise for a minute’s time and targeting a weight that is testing enough for fifteen to twenty repetitions. Moving in-between exercises in fifteen seconds and resting for two minutes subsequent to having concluded all the ten exercises. It is advisable doing the complete circuit of ten exercises thrice in a week leaving a gap of a single day in between. Goblet Squats Engaging both hands, grasping a dumbbell end in a manner that it is held perpendicularly in front of the chest and standing with feet slightly placed apart, ahead of shoulder width. Maintaining  [...]





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