iflove Archive for the 'Health Research' Category

How to treat epilepsy

What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is a chronic (long-lasting) medical condition marked by recurrent epileptic seizures. An epileptic seizure is an event of altered brain function caused by abnormal or excessive electrical discharges from brain cells.

Vaccine may reduce remaining leukemic cells

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say a vaccine appears to ‘Mop Up’ the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients taking the drug Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec).

Spectranetics Turbo-Booster Benefits Peripheral Artery Disease Treatment

Spectranetics Corporation announced publication of the CELLO study, which evaluated the effectiveness of excimer laser ablation with the Turbo-Booster, for patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

Yoga Can Lower Cytokine Amounts and Inflammation Lever

The study, done by Ohio State University researchers and just reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in their blood.

Yoga And Tai Chi Benefit Health

Yoga And Tai Chi were developed and revised over many centuries. An important advantage of yoga and tai chi is that they combine key elements of exercise into unified approaches.