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(Newser) - Diarrhea kills 1.6 million children under 5 every year—more than AIDS or malaria—and gets a fraction of the funding. But a deceptively simple new treatment may mark a breakthrough, Time reports. Zinc supplements appear to dramatically decrease diarrhea-related deaths—one afflicted village in Mali hasn’t had... More »

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Africa • AIDS • malaria • children • treatment • death • diarrhea • women's issues

Caffeine May Reverse
Effects of Alzheimer's

Stimulant alleviates cognitive decline in lab mice

Jul 6, 09 2:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Caffeine may reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study indicates. University of Florida researchers investigated the effects of a high caffeine diet on mice genetically engineered to suffer from high levels of beta-amyloid—a protein associated with human Alzheimer's—that causes cognitive decline in old age. The... More »

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mice • caffeine • treatment • cognitive decline • memory loss • Alzheimer's Society • Alzheimer's Disease • women's issues

(Newser) - Purported swine flu cures are cropping up online, including a nostril sanitizer, air purifier, and a shampoo that makers say will wash that virus right out of your hair, the Kansas City Star reports. The FDA has mailed out more than 50 warnings to online sellers not to make such... More »

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Internet • fraud • treatment • false advertising • swine flu

 Asthma 
 Breakthrough 
 Holds Promise 

'Cellular pump' suggests possible treatments

Jun 16, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found a “cellular pump” that appears central to the development of asthma, pointing the way to possible new treatments, the BBC reports. The pump, called SERCA2, helps airway muscles relax. People with asthma had reduced SERCA2 levels, researchers found; replacing it in airway muscle cells could help... More »

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medical breakthrough • treatment • medical treatment • asthma • health research

Test for Early Alzheimer's in Development

Diagnosis could allow for treatment to slow disease's progression

May 27, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(AP) - A research institute devoted to Alzheimer's and related diseases has teamed up with a major maker of diagnostic tests to speed development of what could be the first test to detect Alzheimer's in its early stages. If all goes well, the first commercial version of the test could be available... More »

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medicine • medical research • treatment • neuroscience • Alzheimer's Disease • diagnostic test • Daniel Alkon • Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

(Newser) - Portugal decriminalized drug possession 8 years ago, so it must have high abuse rates, right? Not according to a new study from the Cato Institute, Time reports. Teen drug use and HIV infection from needles have declined, and more addicts now enter treatment programs. "Judging by every metric, decriminalization... More »

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drugs • drug addiction • HIV • Portugal • treatment • drug possession • decriminalization

Oxygen Therapy Helps Autistic Kids

But despite study, treatment remains controversial

Mar 15, 09 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pressurized oxygen helps autistic children interact with people and better understand what they're saying, a new study finds. After 40 hours in a decompression chamber, a group of autistic kids aged 2 to 7 showed considerable gains. Experts theorize that oxygen cuts down inflammation and improves air flow to the... More »

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autism • children • treatment

New Drug Promises to Cure All Flu, From Bird to Seasonal

Antibodies target virus' shared vulnerability

Feb 23, 09 2:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have developed a drug cocktail that could provide a cure-all to the flu in all of its forms, WebMD reports. The new antibodies target a part of the virus that has only two known variations, a vulnerability that past vaccines have missed. Drugs mobilizing the new technology could debut... More »

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vaccine • treatment • avian flu • flu medications • flu • medical study

Seven Medications With Second Careers

Cosmetic and medicinal treatments overlap

Feb 10, 09 7:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Medications are commonly advertised for a single use, but they often gain popularity for others. Here are a few examples from ABC:
  1. Viagra: Famous for its ability to increase blood flow to a specific part of the body, Viagra also has been used to increase blood flow in patients
... More »

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treatment • Viagra • Botox • pharmaceutical industry • medication • ecstasy • glaucoma

analysis

 Gitmo Was Actually Humane 
 —Until Rumsfeld Took Over 

Camp's ills began when Rumsfeld weighed in

Jan 25, 09 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - If Guantanamo Bay has become a symbol of torture, a place where prisoners' screams echo in our national psyche, it wasn’t always so, writes Karen Greenberg in the Washington Post. Though told the Geneva Conventions wouldn't technically apply, the military officials who set up the camp skirted Bush administration... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • US military • Guantanamo Bay • treatment • Geneva Convention • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees

 Experts Call 
 for Earlier 
 HIV Treatment 

Treatment guidelines may be revised

Oct 27, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - New research challenges one of the basic assumptions about treating HIV—that patients should begin treatment only when levels of a type of white blood cell fall below a certain mark. New studies show that patients treated under current guidelines are 70% more likely to die than those treated sooner.... More »

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treatment • HIV/AIDS • University of Washington-Seattle • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases • CD4 T-cells

Bypass Surgery Shows Promise as Diabetes Fix

Variation on obesity procedure has led to remission

May 4, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Intestinal bypass surgery—a variation on the gastric surgery used to combat obesity—is showing surprising and promising results in treating diabetes, the Washington Post reports. Cutting out some of the intestine but sparing the stomach, the procedure is  producing full remission in a high percentage of cases, allowing patients... More »

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health care • surgery • diabetes • treatment • blood sugar • insulin

Software Brings Autism Therapy Into Homes

Computer network is alternative to
expensive, hard-to-get therapists

May 1, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle software company is offering new hope to parents of autistic children who struggle to get, and afford, behavioral therapy, which can cost upward of $30,000 a year and isn't usually covered by insurance. Jigsaw Learning has created a game-like computer network, called TeachTown, that provides some aspects... More »

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autism • software • treatment • startup • cognitive behavioral therapy

UPDATED

Cheney Home After Heart Treatment

Veep okay, will
return to work
tomorrow

Nov 26, 07 7:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney returned home today after doctors shocked his heart back to a normal rhythm, the AP reports. He arrived at George Washington University Hospital at around 5 pm. and left 2 1/2 hours later. "The procedure went smoothly and without complication," a spokeswoman said. "The vice... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • White House • heart • treatment • George W. Bush

Two Docs' Heads Are Better Than 1

Always seek out a second opinion after these tricky diagnoses

Sep 7, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - When diagnosis is difficult, the procedure is risky, or less-invasive alternatives are available, a second opinion is essential. CNN lists five diagnoses that should send up red flags:
  1. Heart-bypass surgery: Alternatives may be better for some patients.
  2. Hysterectomy: The uterus isn't always the problem, and when it is,
... More »

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health • surgery • list • treatment • doctor • diagnosis • brain surgery

Tumors More Resistant to Drugs in Black Women

Study explains why breast cancer is
more fatal in black women

Sep 6, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have long known that breast cancer is more deadly in black women; new research suggests why: They are more likely to suffer from treatment-resistant tumors, a major study at the University of Michigan concludes. Analysis of data from nearly 100,000 women with later-stage breast cancer shows that black... More »

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breast cancer • women's health • women • treatment • tumor • black women • drug resistant • health study

Missing Link
in Pneumonia Deaths Found

Antibiotics useless against toxin causing lung infection

Aug 23, 07 4:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many pneumonia patients die despite receiving treatment, and a new study finds that an infectious toxin unaffected by antibiotics can cause the deaths. One of the researchers involved in the study, published in the journal Immunity, tells Reuters that scientists are working to find a treatment for sometimes-fatal bleeding in... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • antibiotics • medical research • treatment • illness • pneumonia • toxin

Bone Hormone Could Help Treat Diabetes

Bones produce a hormone that controls blood sugar

Aug 13, 07 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A substance produced by the skeleton may help to treat diabetes, a new study suggests. A hormone called osteocalcin regulates blood sugar; type 2 diabetics have a lower level of the hormone than other people. In the study, mice with lower levels of osteocalcin develop symptoms of diabetes, which go... More »

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health • diabetes • hormones • treatment • osteocalcin • skeleton • bones • blood sugar

Celebs Turning Rehab Into Joke: Experts

Lohan, Spears 'waltzing' in and out of treatment sends wrong message

Jul 26, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The debauched lifestyles of celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are turning substance-abuse rehab into a punch line, making light of a process that helps thousands of people each year, say experts. Lohan was arrested on suspicion of DUI this week just days after finishing rehab; in February, Spears... More »

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Britney Spears • rehab • drugs • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • alcohol abuse • rehabilitation center • drunk driving • celebrity • treatment • addiction • substance abuse • Robert Downey Jr.

Bloodthinner Can Help Frostbite Victims

Drug spares digits, study says

Jun 19, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A clot-busting drug is remarkably effective in treating frostbite patients, according to new research from the University of Utah health center, reports the Los Angeles Times. Patients whose treatment included tissue plasmingoen activator (tPA) kept 90% of affected fingers and toes; patients treated before the drug was in use had... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • drugs • frostbite • treatment • bloodthinner

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