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The 'Love Hormone' May Quiet Tinnitus - WebMD, 9/23/16 -
"patients who received oxytocin reported a significant
reduction in tinnitus, compared with those who received the placebo" -
See oxytocin at Amazon.com.
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Coffee May Keep Your Ears From Ringing - WebMD, 8/8/14 -
"Women who consumed
less than 150 milligrams (mg) a day of caffeine (found in about one-and-a-half
8-ounce cups of coffee) were 15 percent more likely to develop tinnitus than
those who consumed 450 mg to 599 mg a day of caffeine, the investigators found
... We know that caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, and previous
research has demonstrated that caffeine has a direct effect on the inner ear in
both bench science and animal studies"
- Improvement in
symptoms and cochlear flow with pycnogenol in patients with Meniere's
disease and tinnitus - Minerva Med. 2014 Jun;105(3):245-54 -
"All subjects were managed with the best available
management (BM); one group used the supplement Pycnogenol (150 mg/day) ...
There was a more significant improvement in all registry items at 3 and 6
months in the Pycnogenol group (P<0.05). The number of lost working days was
lower in the Pycnogenol group. At 3 months, 45.4% of subjects using
Pycnogenol were completely asymptomatic in comparison with 23.07% of
controls. At 6 months 87.3% of the Pycnogenol subjects were asymptomatic
compared with 34.6% of controls. Cochlear flow velocity was significantly
better (higher flow, higher diastolic component) in the Pycnogenol group
(P<0.05). The subjective tinnitus scale decreased in both groups (P<0.05);
the decrease was more significant in Pycnogenol subjects (P<0.05) at 3 and 6
months" - See
Pycnogenol at Amazon.com.
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Preventing noise-induced hearing loss, tinnitus in soldiers - Science
Daily, 9/6/12 - "Antioxidants, dietary supplements
and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the novel strategies that may
help detect, treat and even prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus
among American troops ... Noise-induced hearing loss doesn't just impact a
person's ability to hear; it can cause balance issues, make it difficult to
sleep and communicate, and even raise the risk for heart disease by
increasing a person's blood pressure, lipids and blood sugar ... Dr. Seidman
will discuss the use of nutraceuticals, such as acetyl-l-carnitine, alpha
lipoic acid and resveratrol ... a nutraceutical with a resveratrol-based
component may possibly hold the potential to not only prevent, but reverse
hearing loss in certain circumstances for soldiers. This research is based
on animal models, but will soon be tested with humans" - See
resveratrol products at Amazon.com.
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Pine bark extract may relieve tinnitus symptoms: Study - Nutra USA,
10/14/10 - "Impaired blood flow to the ear is a
common cause for tinnitus, a disturbing and very debilitating condition that
can considerably impact overall health and quality of life ... both doses of
Pycnogenol improved blood systolic and diastolic blood flow velocities from
14.3 and 4.22 cm/sec in the 100 mg per day group to 21.2 and 8.23 cm/sec,
and from 13.2 and 3.2 cm/sec in the 150 mg per day group to 24.3 and 12.5
cm/sec, respectively ... In addition, the researchers used a Subjective
Tinnitus Scale (STS) to evaluate the symptoms of tinnitus. Results showed a
decrease from an average of 8.8 in the pine bark groups to 5.2 and 3.3 in
the low and high dose groups, respectively" - See
Pycnogenol at Amazon.com.
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Melatonin Pills
May Help Ease Tinnitus - WebMD, 2/24/06
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Melatonin could help tinnitus, improve sleep - Nutra USA, 2/23/06
- Zinc Reduces the
Severity of Tinnitus - New Hope Natural Media, 4/17/03 -
"The current study examined the prevalence of
zinc deficiency and the effect of zinc therapy in people with tinnitus.
Forty-one people with tinnitus participated in the study, and more than 31%
of them were found to have zinc deficiency. All of the participants were
randomly assigned to receive either 50 mg of zinc or placebo daily. At the
end of two months, 46% of the people in the zinc group had clinical
improvement, defined as a ten-decibel or greater decrease in loudness of
tinnitus" - See
iHerb zinc products. Also, see my zinc page
for reasons you should not take it without copper.
Other News:
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Scientists find mechanism that causes noise-induced tinnitus and drug that
can prevent it - Science Daily, 5/27/13 - "An
epilepsy drug shows promise in an animal model at preventing tinnitus from
developing after exposure to loud noise ... mice that were treated with
retigabine immediately after noise exposure did not develop tinnitus"
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New effective treatment for tinnitus? - Science Daily, 5/28/12
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Tinnitus
is Associated With Increase in the Intima-Media Thickness of Carotid
Arteries in Japanese Undergoing a Brain Screening Program - Am J Med
Sci. 2011 Jun 2 - "Increased intima-media thickness
was observed in 53.1% overall (in 57.6% of men and in 46.2% of women), with
significant associations with tinnitus (odds ratio, 1.62; 95% confidence
interval, 1.19-2.22), age, male gender and hypertension. The tinnitus link
persisted after adjustment for the confounding factors"
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Tinnitus treatment: Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in
rats - Science Daily, 1/12/11
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Tinnitus is the result of the brain trying, but failing, to repair itself
- Science Daily, 1/12/11
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Tinnitus in the elderly is prevalent and impacts quality of life -
Science Daily, 10/7/10
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Prolonged mobile phone use may be linked to tinnitus - Science Daily,
7/20/10 - "Regularly using a mobile phone for at
least four years seems to be associated with a doubling in the risk of
developing chronic tinnitus"
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Non-invasive Imaging Technique Can Help Diagnose Tinnitus - Science
Daily, 10/4/09
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Ways To Minimize Tinnitus -- Troublesome Noises In The Ears - Science
Daily, 2/4/09
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Tinnitus: Psychological Treatment And Neurostimulation Offer Hope -
Science Daily, 11/20/08
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New Tinnitus Treatment: Potential To Greatly Diminish Ringing In The Ears
- Science Daily, 7/9/08
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'Ringing In The Ears' May Be Caused By Overactive Nerves, Acupuncture May
Help, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 1/10/08
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Ears Ringing? Cells In Developing Ear May Explain Tinnitus - Science
Daily, 11/5/07
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Searching For The Brain Center Responsible For Tinnitus - Science Daily,
10/5/07
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Ringing In The Ear: More Than 80 Percent Of Patients Manage To Stop
Discomfort From Tinnitus - Science Daily, 6/26/07
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Easing Learning With Chronic Tinnitus - WebMD, 3/14/06
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Chronic Tinnitus And Its Impact On Demanding Cognitive Tasks - Science
Daily, 3/10/06
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Lives 'devastated' by tinnitus - BBC News, 2/20/06
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Alcoholism Drug May Ease Ringing in the Ears - WebMD, 9/22/05
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Botox May Fight 'Ringing in the Ears' - WebMD, 9/17/04
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Management Recommendations for Patients with Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide,
8/2/04
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Major Depressive Disorder Exacerbates Symptoms in Tinnitus Patients -
Doctor's Guide, 8/13/03
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High Percentage of Patients with Chronic Pain Experience Tinnitus -
Doctor's Guide, 9/25/02
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Surgical Microvascular Decompression of Cochlear Nerve Relieves Tinnitus
- Doctor's Guide, 4/11/02
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Doctors who dismiss tinnitus treatment get an earful - USA Today,
3/26/01
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Severe Tinnitus Improves Over Time - Doctor's Guide, 2/16/01
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Current thoughts on tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 2/9/00
- Allergies May Be Culprit
In Disabling Inner Ear Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 9/30/99
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Sound Therapy For Ear Ringing - Intelihealth, 5/21/99
- New Device To Alleviate
Distress Caused By Tinnitus - Doctor's Guide, 8/5/98
- Source Of Ringing In The
Ears Discovered - Doctor's Guide, 1/22/98
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