Medical Breakthroughs
Miscellaneous
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Antiviral
Drugs may Help Treat Shingles
Posted 5/11/06
Avoiding
Holiday Heartburn
Rich
holiday foods may taste good, but they can make you feel miserable.
Fatty meals and sugary treats can lead to
painful acid reflux, but
there are ways to enjoy the holiday feast and avoid heartburn.
Posted 11/23/06
Be
Careful With Antibiotics
Overuse
and inappropriate use of antibiotics is causing bacteria to grow
resistant to medications, which makes the danger of patients
developing treatment-resistant infections more likely.
Posted
2/15/07
Beware
Illegal Use of Wrinkle Reducer
Before you try BOTOX or another botulinum toxin formulation to
smooth those signs of aging, be sure you are receiving an
FDA-approved formulation at the correct dose.
Posted 11/23/06
Cosmetic
Injection Turns Back Time
Young
skin is springy, stretchy and smooth. Those are the attributes
hundreds of thousands of people hope to recapture when they visit
the dermatologist for cosmetic procedures. And now at least one
product on the market can actually bring back a vital component of
young skin.
Posted 2/22/07
Drops
Best for Swimmer's Ear
With swimming pools opening up all over the country, many people will once
again experience the often painful condition known as swimmer's ear.
Posted 6/1/06
Emergency
Medicaid
How much do
undocumented immigrants really cost the U.S. health care system? A new study
from researchers in North Carolina takes a look at the figures.
Posted 3/19/07
Exercise
for Serious Illnesses
"One of the things that they told me was to not exercise
because it would overheat you," Pooser says. But
new research shows exercise may actually strengthen patients
with illnesses like these.
Posted
6/27/06
Fighting
a Killer Infection: MRSA
MRSA, a type of staph infection resistant to most antibiotics, is affecting
more and more healthy people as a new strain emerges in the general
community. The infections are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics
as a new, more potent strain emerges outside the hospital -- especially
among athletes who come in close contact. Typically, MRSA doesn't get worse
than a skin boil, but it can lead to severe problems and sometimes death.
Posted 3/21/07
The
Gift of Speech
But all that changed
when Roger created MarVision, an alternative mode of communication that consists
of a book full of pictures and a battery-powered laser. When Roger attached the
laser to his mother's glasses, he found she was able to spotlight her needs by
moving her head toward the corresponding picture.
Posted 3/6/07
Healing
Painful Wounds
The ultrasonic scalpel uses ultrasound waves to clear skin of bacteria and
remove infected tissue -- all without touching the wound! It lets more
antibiotics reach the problem spot, so there's quicker healing.
Posted 10/17/06
Experts
say healing touch therapy is a lot like acupuncture, but without the
needles. A recent study found this type of therapy can reduce pain
by 50 percent, and it can also relieve anxiety and nausea.
Posted 4/24/07
High-Sugar,
Low-Caffeine Drinks Worsen Sleepiness
That sugar rush might give you a quick burst of energy, but it may
later make you more tired than you already were.
Posted 7/24/06
How
Much Grief is Too Much?
Losing
a loved one can be a painful experience, but how much grief is too
much?
Posted 2/22/07
Jerusalem
gay parade may lead to another war
Haredit rabbinic
court: We did not succeed in Lebanon due to promiscuity in Holy Land
Posted 10/20/06
Medicine's
Next Big Thing: Custom-Built Organs (Part 3 of 3)
More than 94,000 Americans are on the transplant waiting list. Every
13 minutes, a new person joins that list. Every 90 minutes, someone
on that list dies waiting for an organ. Now, scientists are on the
verge of changing those grim statistics.
Posted 2/6/07
More
is Better: Cochlear Implants
Two
cochlear implants, devices that transmit sound signals to the brain,
can make an even bigger difference than one.
Posted
2/15/07
Mystery
Disease Makes Peoples' Skin Crawl
Called Morgellons Disease, patients who
report having it describe sensations of creepy-crawlers beneath the
skin and fibrous filaments oozing out of open wounds.
Posted 5/30/06
No
More Dental Pain
For dental patients, a pain-free way to anesthetize the roof of the mouth,
thanks to a discovery by Joseph Kravitz, D.D.S. With 40 percent of people
not going to the dentist at all, this is a must-read, as he says this
process works 99-percent of the time!
Posted 3/21/07
On/Off
Switch for Pain Discovered
Those who suffer from chronic pain have a choice: let your life be disrupted
by constant pain or take pain medications that can also disrupt your life.
Now new research reveals there is a new way to turn off the pain.
Posted 7/25/06
One,
Two Punch for Shingles
Bozeman has shingles, a virus that causes blisters on the skin. It's
actually a remnant of childhood chicken pox.
Posted 1/24/07
Predicting
Deadly Meningitis
Doctors now have a set of guidelines to
help them quickly decide whether children have viral meningitis or
bacterial meningitis.
Posted
1/15/07
Save
Your Voice
Radiesse is injected into the paralyzed vocal cord and
significantly helps more than 80 percent of patients, and
doctors say it is a lifelong fix.
Posted 11/29/06
Smart
Medicine
A rare eye disease left him blind, depressed and scared. Routine chores like
taking his medications each day became difficult and even dangerous, but
thanks to a microchip embedded in this prescription label, Dentel can now
take the right dosages of his six medications safely. ScripTalk is a new
device that lets him to scan his medicine bottle ... And its voice
synthesizer reads aloud what the drug is, what it's for and what the dosage
is.
Posted 3/13/07
Warning
Against Antibiotics for Runny Noses
New research shows antibiotics should not be given to patients with
a common symptom of a cold -- acute purulent rhinitis (runny nose
with colored discharge).
Posted 7/24/06
What's
Causing Sleepless Nights?
Yasso suffers from
hypopnea, or decreased airflow, which can cause awakenings during the night. She
wears a mask called a C-pap to help her breathe. Yasso also has periodic limb
movement disorder, where her arms and legs flinch. Studies have shown women are
twice as likely as men to battle insomnia due to hormonal changes from pregnancy
and menopause.
Posted 02/20/07
Zapping
Varicose Veins
From Philadelphia, news about a laser treatment for varicose veins,
which Dr. Andrew Kwak says are not just a cosmetic problem, but also
a sign of poor blood flow, which can lead to ulcers and blood clots.
Posted 4/3/07