News tagged with excessive sweating

Chronically Sweaty Hands? Surgery May Help

Everyone sweats to some degree during exercise or other exerting activities. But for some people, profuse sweating is a constant that can quickly impact quality-of-life, according to University of Cincinnati ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Neurons from stem cells could replace mice in botulinum test

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lab-grown human neurons, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an effective assay for detecting botulinum neurotoxin, the agent widely used to cosmetically smooth the wrinkles ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

It's no sweat for salt marsh sparrows to beat the heat if they have a larger bill

Birds use their bills largely to forage and eat, and these behaviors strongly influence the shape and size of a bird's bill. But the bill can play an important role in regulating the bird's body temperature ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinical trial for dry mouth

A clinical trial using an all-natural lozenge to treat dry mouth, a condition that impacts 40 percent of American adults, is under way at Georgia Health Sciences University College of Dental Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How to fight winter's ailments

The weather in North Carolina may be warm today, but some areas of the state saw snow less than a week ago. And we're likely to see more cold weather, maybe even more snow, before winter officially comes to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genes of an 18th century 'giant' could change the lives of 21st century patients

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry have found the underlying genetic change that caused an eighteenth century patient, known at the time as the ‘Irish giant’, to ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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JAK inhibitors producing significant response in myelofibrosis patients

Two janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are substantially improving treatment of myelofibrosis in patients, say Mayo Clinic researchers who are presenting results of several clinical trials at the 52nd annual meeting of the American ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Drug prevents post-traumatic stress syndrome

when a severely stressful event triggers exaggerated and chronic fear – affects nearly 8 million people in the United States and is hard to treat. In a preclinical study, Northwestern Medicine scientists have for the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel approach shows promise for cystic fibrosis

An investigational drug targeting a defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis has been shown to improve lung function in a small study of CF patients, according to findings published Nov. 18, 2010, in the New England Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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FDA approves Botox for migraine headaches

(AP) -- Federal health officials approved the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox for migraine headaches on Friday, giving drugmaker Allergan clearance to begin marketing its drug to patients with a serious history of the ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Exercise could cut womb cancer risk by 30 percent

(AP) -- Women who regularly work up a sweat exercising have a 30 percent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study says.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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