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Immunosuppressants Side Effect May Benefit People With Hair Loss

Immunosuppressants Side Effect May Benefit People With Hair Loss

Men and women who suffer from baldness can be benefited by osteoporosis treating drug. This drug helps in promoting hair re-growth and can make a real difference one day, but requires a clinical trial evaluation.

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Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) / Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) / Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

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Kleine Levin (KLS) or sleeping beauty syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that primarly affects young boys, marked by excessive sleep associated with hypersexuality. The rare sleep disorder has no definite treatment.

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes (LADA)

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes (LADA)

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LADA or Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood is a form of type 1 autoimmune diabetes that can be mistaken for type 2 diabetes because it develops in older adults.

Test Your Knowledge on Sleep Paralysis

Test Your Knowledge on Sleep Paralysis

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Sleep paralysis is a condition where one feels unable to move (paralysis) or speak either when falling asleep or on waking up. It is not a serious condition but can be scary. Take this quiz to test your knowledge on sleep paralysis

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Insufficient Sleep Leads to Performance Impairments

Insufficient Sleep Leads to Performance Impairments

Research News May 23 2018 2:22 AM

Chronic short sleep, independent of associated extended wakefulness, causes cognitive impairments yet does not alter a person's self-reported alertness, revealed research.

Blue Dye Tablet Helps Increase Adenoma Detection Rate

Blue Dye Tablet Helps Increase Adenoma Detection Rate

Research News May 23 2018 2:18 AM

Oral-delayed release methylene blue aids in finding cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions, found study.

More Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Receiving Liver Transplants: Study

More Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Receiving Liver Transplants: Study

Organ Donation News May 23 2018 2:14 AM

Medical centers are willing to perform liver transplants without mandated six-month wait, revealed research.

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D-limonene Found in Citrus Oil Could Reduce Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients

D-limonene Found in Citrus Oil Could Reduce Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients

Health in Focus May 22 2018 5:39 PM

Compound in citrus oil called d-limonene reduces symptoms of dry mouth caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients.

Extending Nephron Development In Preterm Babies May Prevent Kidney Disease Later

Extending Nephron Development In Preterm Babies May Prevent Kidney Disease Later

Health in Focus May 22 2018 3:11 PM

Scientists identify a possible therapeutic target to extend kidney development in preterm babies that would reduce the risk of kidney failure later in life.

New Obesity Treatment: Brain Stimulation May Reduce Food Cravings

New Obesity Treatment: Brain Stimulation May Reduce Food Cravings

Health Watch May 21 2018 5:33 PM

Obesity can be treated by stimulating the brain to alter its intrinsic reward system which may reduce food cravings. Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS), a medical treatment uses magnetic energy to stimulate neurons in specific areas of the brain can treat obesity, depression and addictive behaviors.

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Health Tip on Novel Therapy for Lung Cancer

Health Tip on Novel Therapy for Lung Cancer

Tea leaf extract derived quantum dots can inhibit the growth of and destroy upto 80 percent of lung tumor cells, according to a recent collaborative venture between Swansea University experts and colleagues from two Indian universities. The findings of the study appear in the journal of Applied Nano Materials.

Health Tip on Step Towards Tailoring Organ Transplant Procedures

Health Tip on Step Towards Tailoring Organ Transplant Procedures

A new machine-learning-based algorithm can help save lives by accurately predicting the life expectancy of patients who have had a heart failure. The algorithm was developed by a research team at UCLA led by Mihaela van der Schaar, Chancellor's Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. The study is published in the journal PLOS One.

Health Tip on Benefits of Learning Music and Speaking New Languages

Health Tip on Benefits of Learning Music and Speaking New Languages

Learning music or speaking another language can improve brain function, reports a new study. A team of researchers observed that musicians and bilinguals, i.e., individuals who can speak two languages fluently used fewer brain resources while performing a working memory task. The findings of the study are published in the journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Dexamethasone: Steroid Drug to Treat Allergies, Rheumatic and Skin Diseases

Dexamethasone: Steroid Drug to Treat Allergies, Rheumatic and Skin Diseases

Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid works by preventing the release of a particular substance which is responsible for causing inflammation. It is prescribed for conditions like arthritis, gout, cerebral edema, myelomas, and multiple sclerosis.

Heparin: Blood Thinner or Anticoagulant Drug Used to Prevent Blood Clots

Heparin: Blood Thinner or Anticoagulant Drug Used to Prevent Blood Clots

Heparin is an anticoagulant drug or blood thinner which is used to treat or prevent blood clots in deep vein thrombosis, arterial thromboembolism and is also used in the treatment of unstable angina, heart attacks, and atrial fibrillation.

Furosemide/Frusemide (Lasix): Know More About The Diuretic Drug To Treat Edema

Furosemide/Frusemide (Lasix): Know More About The Diuretic Drug To Treat Edema

Furosemide is a loop diuretic prescribed for treating edema or fluid accumulation in the body associated with the kidney disease including nephrotic syndrome, congestive heart failure, and liver cirrhosis.

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