Shock therapy isn&#39;t sure-shot
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NEW DELHI: When will Sachin Tendulkar be back in action? If he does, will he be the same force? What is the state of his elbow? He is now undergoing Shock Therapy, a treatment which the doctors believe can do the trick.
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Given medical advances, it&#39;s no wonder that heart disease patients expect doctors to address coronary problems with drugs, medical devices or both.
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The search for new treatments can be tricky when the disease is fearsome but nearly forgotten because its victims are poor and obscure.
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In a recent trial, a pain medication wasn't as effective as had been hoped.
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Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in U.S. hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks they need within the critical first two minutes of cardiac arrest, a study published on Wednesday said.
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NEW YORK  - In the treatment of chronic pain and tenderness around the knee cap, or "patella," shockwave therapy seems to be safer and more effective, with lower recurrence rates, than conventional conservative treatments, suggest the results of a new study.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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For some, they&#39;re an innovative and necessary reform for the ailing health care industry. For others, they&#39;re potentially ruinous for Americansâ health care coverage.
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Sometimes it's tough for patients to tell the whole story.
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Don't count on freezing eggs to offset a ticking biological clock just yet. So say new guidelines for fertility specialists that conclude the procedure remains highly experimental even though it is increasingly offered.
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Compared with other methods of managing diabetesâstrict diets, insulin injections, vigilant blood-sugar monitoringâRichard Surwit&#39;s technique seems too easy to be true.
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Health care experts are convinced that games can help people get and stay well, but they don't agree on what's the best approach. By Noah Shachtman.
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LOS ANGELES Two trauma experts have found that treatment at the Martin Luther King Junior/King Drew Medical Center is &quot;poor to marginal.
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It&#39;s too early to tell whether this flu season will be severe, but some doctors are worried a major outbreak could cripple the nation&#39;s emergency rooms.
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No intense pain messages have been transmitted from the chest area to the brain - yet. But make no mistake about it - many American workers have been stabbed through the chest - they just don&#39;t know it - yet.
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Drug-resistant staph infections are scary. But theyâre nothing new.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn even before their ABCs -- say you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. But it&#39;s now being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful