A study that included 150 women who were 12-14 weeks pregnant with major depression concluded that acupuncture might provide relief from depression when these women were randomly assigned to undergo the procedure….
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Stroke Numbers Surging In Young Adults: A ‘Reason To Worry’ According To Experts
Strangely, the incidence of strokes has been going down in the old and going up in the young, a group that was previously never considered being at high risk for the debilitating…
Lactose Intolerance Poorly Understood: Experts
A U.S. National Institutes of Health draft consensus statement released a suggestion that most people who think they are lactose intolerant, may actually not be. This revelation paved a way for these…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Bigger Battle Against Fatigue
Life today takes a toll even on the fittest. Keeping pace with today’s rapidly changing world and fighting competition that exists in almost every facet of life can become a major cause…
Un-POPULAR? Utility of platelet-function tests “modest”
Nieuwegein, the Netherlands – The first head-to-head comparison of different platelet-function tests, which gauge the antiplatelet efficacy of clopidogrel, shows that just three of the six assays evaluated were able to predict…
In-Home Telemedicine Study Launched
Mayo Clinic US based non profit clinic for innovations and new drugs, GE Healthcare, and Intel have launched a new initiative to study the care and cost benefits of home-based health monitoring…
Survey shows 52pc Qatar residents are diabetic
DOHA: An online survey conducted by a regional research and consulting group among 165 Qatar residents suggested that a good number of them were diabetic. The survey was conducted by the UAE-based…
Stem Cell Research: The Debate on Ethics
Medical science has come a long way since the days of Hippocrates. The discovery of wonder drugs called antibiotics, the formulation of anaesthesia that revolutionised surgery, the discovery of monoclonal antibodies to…
Statins Cut Prostate Cancer Risk: Study
A study has found that heart drugs ‘statins’ almost halve the risk of developing prostate cancer and reduce the risk of dying from the cancer by about two-thirds. The study presented at…
Early Weight Gain in Pregnancy Linked To Diabetes
In a study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, U.S researchers have pointed out that excessive weight gain early in pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, could raise the risk of…
New Artificial Foot Recycles Energy For A More Natural Walk
The picture here might appear a little intimidating to anyone with a less technical prosthetic limb (or those who have ever angered anyone with a prosthetic limb), but despite its intense demeanor,…
Diabetic Drug Avandia Linked To Heart Disease, FDA Urged To Pull Drug Off Market
Recent recommendations released as part of a report from the Senate Finance Committee on the controversial drug, may spell the doom for GlaxoSmithKline’s multi-billion dollar diabetes drug Avandia as it has been…
GE Healthcare Settles Libel Lawsuit Over Omniscan with Radiologist
GE Healthcare and a Danish scientist have reached a settlement in a libel lawsuit over statements made about the side effects of Omniscan, an MRI contrast agent that has been linked to…
Can Diabetes Surgery Lead to Remission in Non-Obese Patients?
NEW YORK — Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients — those with a body mass index…
Red Cross gets new centralized biomedical site with e-mail
The American Red Cross has combined its 30 regional biomedical services Web sites into one national portal. The organization will promote the site, which will officially debut February 23, with e-mail and…