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- What You Need to Know About Natural Gas Detectors
Natural gas detector units vary greatly in price, features, and ease of installation. Some of them must be professionally installed and may be connected to your home security system. Other brands resemble smoke detectors and are easy for you to install. Regardless of which detector you choose, certain facts are important: It is important that the natural gas detector will not be set off by other elements in your home, such as cigarette smoke or humidity level. Many detectors will respond to...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Natural Disasters and Environmental Hazards
Travelers should be aware of the potential for the occurrence of natural phenomena such as hurricanes, tornados, or earthquakes while abroad. Natural disasters can contribute to the transmission of some diseases, especially since water supplies and sewage systems may be disrupted. However, transmission cannot take place unless the causative agent is in the environment. Although typhoid can be endemic in low-income countries, natural disasters have seldom led to epidemic levels of disease....
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Diabetes
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, defines complementary and alternative medicine as a "group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine." Complementary medicine is used with conventional therapy, whereas alternative medicine is used instead of conventional medicine. Some people with diabetes use complementary or alternative...
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Targeted Cancer Therapies:Questions and Answers
Key Points Targeted cancer therapies use drugs that block the growth and spread of cancer by interfering with specific molecules involved in carcinogenesis (the process by which normal cells become cancer cells) and tumor growth (see Questions 1, 2, and 3). Because scientists call these molecules “molecular targets,” therapies that interfere with them are sometimes called “molecular-targeted drugs,” “molecularly targeted therapies,” or other similar names (see Question 1). The National Cancer...
- Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers
Key Points Biological therapies use the body’s immune system to fight cancer or to lessen the side effects that may be caused by some cancer treatments (see Question 1). Biological response modifiers (BRMs) occur naturally in the body and can be produced in the laboratory. BRMs alter the interaction between the body’s immune defenses and cancer cells to boost, direct, or restore the body’s ability to fight the disease (see Question 3). Biological therapies include interferons,...
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- Studies Show Most Patients Use Complementary Alternative Medicines In Conjunction With Fertility Treatments
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- Natural HIV Barrier Snares AIDS Virus
MedicineNet - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- EU Institutions Press For Early Adoption Of Advanced Therapies Regulation
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Natural family planning 'effective'
BBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:48 EST
- United Therapeutics Announces Pulmonary Hypertension Opinion Leaders' Guidance On Intravenous Therapies
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- The Effectiveness of GW468816, the NMDA Glycine Site Antagonist for Smoking Cessation. - 2
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00218465 - Recruiting
Drugs, Investigational; Nicotine Cessation Therapies; Tobacco use cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder
- Modified Natural Cycle Offers a Chance of Pregnancy in Patients With Poor Response to IVF Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00417157 - Active, not recruiting
Infertility; Premature Ovarian Failure
- Natural History of Hepatitis C in Patients With Normal Liver Tests
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00187473 - Active, not recruiting
Chronic Hepatitis C
- Organochlorine Exposure in Relation to Timing of Natural Menopause
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00353171 - Active, not recruiting
Menopause; Smoking
- Efficiency of a New Therapy to Treat Stenosis of Coronary Vessels in Comparison With Two Already Admitted Therapies
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00396929 - Active, not recruiting
Stable or Unstable Angina Pectoris; Myocardial Ischemia

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