Your Guide To Home Health Care

A Much Safer Down’s Syndrome Test

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:28 +0000

Dr. Stephen R. Quake of Stanford University and a team of other reasearchers found that taking the blood samples from a pregnant woman may be an affective way to test for Down’s Syndrome. While only a small group of 18 woman participated in this study, if the method is approved and successful, this would be an alternative to the current, more risky procedures that test for Down’s Syndrome in an unborn baby. Amniocentesis, one of the most popular prenatal testing methods for Down’s Syndrome, has far more risks associated with it.

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Some Latest Findings about Heart Diseases

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:37:07 +0000

With numerous advancements in medical science, some studies have been done to treat the heart diseases recently and medical fraternity has come up with some interesting facts. Among various treatments that keep a check on your cardiovascular health, digoxin treatment figures prominently. Extensive studies have been done to find the real root cause and cure of heart diseases. Further attempts are being made to establish if certain genes cause specific groups of diseases. (more…)

Large number of Clinical Trials Ongoing for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD & ADHD) for Children

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:51:12 +0000

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are common mental disorders that develop in children. If you want basic information on ADD and ADHD, go to aboutadd.org for more detail. Children with ADHD have difficulty functioning as expected in school at home or with their peers. Treatments for this disorder can make a difference and a lot of studies are ongoing to better understand this disorder.

Below are a list of many clinical trial studies on this disorder currently underway.

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Anti-Herpes Drug Acyclovir Found to Hinder AIDS Virus When Altered.

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:16:35 +0000

In a study by the National Institute of Health and other institutions, the drug acyclovir, when changed by the herpes virus, has been used to reduce the ability of the AIDs virus to reproduce. The study was published online in Cell Host & Microbe.

“The findings open up promising new avenues of investigation in the fight against the AIDS virus,” said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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Researchers Create Insulin-Producing Cells from Another Adult Cell - Breakthrough leads to Exciting Possibilities for New Cures

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:04:42 +0000

Ou August 27,2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers posted the results of a startling new experiment: using mice, they converted adult pancreatic cells into insulin-producing beta cells. Although early in the process, this experiment opens the door for new cures for a variety of illnesses. A diabetic, for example, could have their own cells transformed to help them produce insulin. The study was published on the online journal, Nature.
Douglas A. Melton, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator at Harvard University and co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and postdoctoral fellow Qiao “Joe” Zhou were involved in this study. Mr Melton comments, “What this shows is that you can go directly from one type of adult cell to another, without going back to the beginning.”

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New Study: 5 Years a Significant Milestone for Breast Cancer Patients

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:38:18 +0000

A new study just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute offers hope to breast cancer patients who survive five years from diagnosis of their condition. The good news is that in study of 2,838 patients with stage I to III breast cancers, the chance of remaining disease-free for another 5 years is 89%. For the 5 years after that (15-years out from their first diagnosis) a patient’s chance of being cancer-free is 81%.

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Sinus Allergy- Medicine and Treatment

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:16:49 +0000

Sinus Allergies are all too common and often preventable. All the following are signs of an allergy attack: A runny nose, excessive sneezing, excess coughing, sore throat, an itchy nose, watery eyes, loss of taste and smell.

If you know you have a sinus allergy, the next two questions to answers are:

What is a Sinus Allery?
What can you do about it?
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Mediterranean Diets and low-Carbohydrate diets found Beat out Low-Fat Diets

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:46:11 +0000

A recent study by over 20 doctors spanning two years has performed a comparison of three popular diets. Those diets are:

    - Low-Caborhydrate Diet
    - Mediterranean Diet
    - Low-Fat Diet

In the study, the low-carbohydrate and teh Mediterranean-style diets outperformed the traditional low-fat diet.

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Drug Misuse the Cause of More Deaths in America

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:08:15 +0000

The journal Archives of Internal Medicine (July 28,2008) has published a comprehensive study on the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter medications. The study has indictated that over the last 20 years deaths from mixing medications and alcohol or street drugs has increased over 3200 percent. This study is lead by University of California sociologist David Philips.

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Preventing Injuries to Female Athletes - Young Girls More Prone to Injury

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:22:01 +0000

Since the government passed Title IX in 1972 the number of girls participating in high school sports has increased 10 fold. While there are many positives to this statistic, there is also a concerning trend: women/girls have statisically been more prone to injury that their male counterparts. One major concern is that girls/women are at much higher risk than men for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears which are serious injuries to the knee that can have life long consequences. The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma (reference http://www.nismat.org/ptcor/female_knee) says: “The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has gathered statistics over a three year period in the early 90s showing that women suffered anterior cruciate ligament injuries more often than men, nearly 4 times as often in basketball, 3 times as often in gymnastics, and nearly 2 and a half times as often in soccer. Orthopedic doctors, physical therapists and athletic trainers are concerned and have suggested many reasons so many more women tear their ACL.”

Why are woman/girls more prone to injury?

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