UT Southwestern Medical Center is participating in a nationwide study investigating whether modified combinations of vitamins, minerals and fish oil products can slow the progression of vision loss from age-related macular degeneration.
Leptospirosis has been diagnosed clinically in two men recently returned from a fishing holiday at a resort in the Picardie region of north-east France. One case has since been serologically confirmed. Both patients were at the same resort at the same time (mid-September), and became unwell about one week after their return to the United Kingdom.
Eyelash implant or transplant surgery is a cosmetic, elective procedure that is performed to add eyelashes to the upper eyelid. The patient receives a local anesthetic. To perform eyelash implants or transplantation, the surgeon obtains a graft of hair from the nape of the neck. The graft is divided into single-hair grafts, and any excess fat, dermis, and epidermis are trimmed in order to make each graft very fine.
Eyelash transplant surgery is gaining popularity as the new must-have procedure for women and sometimes even men. “Longer, thicker lashes are an ubiquitous sign of beauty. Eyelash transplantation does for the eyes what breast augmentation does for the figure,” said Dr Alan Bauman, a leading proponent of eyelash transplants. “This is a brand new procedure for the general public (and) it is going to explode”.
Women with a twin are up to five times more likely to suffer a premature menopause than those without, new research has shown. A study of more than 1,600 Australian and UK twins found the women had a significantly increased risk of premature ovarian failure (POF).
A class of painkillers which includes ibuprofen can increase the risk of heart attacks if taken over long periods. The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has written to every doctor in the UK warning them that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – which are routinely taken by arthritis and back pain sufferers – “may be associated with a small risk of heart attack or stroke” when used for long-term treatment.
Anxiety disorders are linked to physical illness. These physical problems include arthritis, migraine headaches, respiratory disease, allergies, thyroid disease, etc. The new study done by experts have found an association between depression and physical illness. Evidence of a link between anxiety and physical health was made according to information in this new research.
Viruses linked to the common cold could be causing memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease in millions of people, new research suggests. Experts suspect that common viruses which infect around one billion people worldwide each year may be invading the central nervous system and damaging the brain. In later life this could lead to symptoms of memory loss and declining mental ability.
Despite being administered polio drops, more and more children in the capital are being diagnosed with the debilitating disease. Four children in Delhi, who have been diagnosed with polio, were also given polio drops several times. So what’s going wrong? The Delhi government says the infection is being brought in from outside.
A new test could now be able to improve doctors’ ability to recommend the right type of cancer treatment for their patients. According to the researchers, the test, which has been developed by Anil Potti at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy in Durham, North Carolina, is 80% accurate in predicting the right chemotherapy to cure each person’s cancer.