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Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

...tructions can lead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often leave patients dependent on eyeglasses. But now, a recent study at Harvard Medical School has shown that the...

Virus Level could Predict Cervical Cancer Risk

...r of the disease. 'High amounts of HPV 16 DNA is a major risk factor for development of cervical carcinoma (cancer),' said Agnetha Josefsson and scientists at the University of Uppsala. Dr Peter Sasieni, of Britain's Imperial Cancer Research Fund, said the research underlined the key role that HPV infectio...

Human Genome Project Achieves Technological Triumph

...on of rough draft sequence of the human genes is a major scientific milestone and was achieved on 26.06.2000. The project began more than 10 years ago to map out almost 35 billion chemical letters that make up the recipe of human life. This breakthrough is expected to revolutionize the practice of medic...

AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent

...cation effort to prevent this from becoming a very major problem," said Dr. Roy Anderson, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford in Great Britain who spoke at a press conference on the future of AIDS.Although India has a relatively strong economy, technological prowess, and 10% of the world's riches...

PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION GENE DISCOVERED

... Knowles of the Columbia Genome Center is indeed a major breakthrough. Their study, funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health and published in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, provides new insights for determining th...

Potential New Cancer Gene Identified

...nal tumors, Burkitt's lymphoma is one of the three major types of pediatric non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, representing 40% of that group. According to the American Cancer Society, aproximately 57,000 children are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma per year in the United States, representing about 6% of cance...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...mes at a time when some ecologists, are predicting major increases in disease and death as global climate change provides ideal conditions for disease-causing organisms. Yet, the El Ni?o -cholera model should not be used to predict cholera outbreaks far into the future until climatologists learn more about...

Endangered species may be successfully cloned in another animal's womb

...l of endangered animal species of the world. In a major breakthrough a Massachusetts scientists who engineered the feat has managed to clone cells from an endangered animal (Asian Gaur) and successfully impregnated an Iowa cow with the clone. The scientific journal Cloning has reported in its upcoming ...

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...tive for HIV. But rarely do these matters become a major controversy when many sit up and take notice. Espe... to patients. But the matter is snowballing into a major ethics issue and Waddell has moved a higher court and is seeking justice! "The fact that very reput...

Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation

...dup of fatty deposits in arteries and also plays a major role in alleviating pain in many patients. Researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa, conducted the study along with others from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and the University of C...

Mortality increased in Sporting enthusiasts!

...ue to stoke and MI [Myocardial Infarction] after a major game. As compared to the number of death 5 days before and after the event, the number of deaths among men on the day of the event was documented as being higher by 50% more than the normal statistics. This change, however is not evident in the wome...

Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors

...nd eggs have always been withheld. This would be a major ruling with far reaching consequences. The communiqué released by the government says the name, address, educational background; interests and so on will be given on request. However this will be done only after getting prior permission from the don...

Crowning glory of 2000!!! Cracking of the genetic code is top of tops

... a treatment option for atrial stenosis is another major breakthrough of 2000.Other topics of interest are the use of stem cells to treat myocardial tissue damage. In short, the study of human genes and the research in genetics has been the crowning glory of the year 2000 in the field of medicine....

Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens

...rted and with ever increasing abortions sparking a major international debate, abstinence has caught the fa...nd lots of television time and is catching up as a major national debate. Though the situation in India is still different in more ways than one, being promi...

Contraceptives via Internet

... via Internet. Sometimes these contraceptives have major contraindications and side effects and in most cases these are not available over the counter but surprisingly these are now available through the Internet. However it takes up to two weeks for the delivery of these contraceptives after placing an or...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

...ing these ironically happy occasions. Almost all major hospitals across the country report an increase in number of cases coming into their emergency rooms with acute respiratory failure during these festivals where unfortunately the victims themselves give history of lighting fireworks and inhaling a lo...

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...eing unwanted even by near and dear ones have this major handicap - they just can’t travel like the other people - wherever they want and whenever they want. Some people just avoid having HIV infected co passengers. Others are just indifferent. Leaving the ethical issues aside, it is very difficult for the...

Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas

...-up of protein deposits in mouse brains -the other major indicator of Alzheimer’s diseases. The pharmaceutical company Elan, based in Dublin, Ireland, is poised to begin human clinical trails of a potential treatment based on the vaccine. Nearly one in ten people over the age of 65 suffers the dementia b...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

Delivering drugs via nasal spray might overcome a major obstacle to treating brain ailments such as strokes according to researchers. Based on early studies in rats, researchers from the Stroke Lab and Alzheimer's Research Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that “a direct path from the nose to the b...

South Africa dilly-dallying on AIDS situation

... isn’t enough, the government is in the midst of a major controversy, as it refused a huge consignment of one million AIDS detecting kits free of cost estimated around seven million U.S. Dollars. Earlier last year the South African president Thabo Mbeki caused a flutter when he openly questioned whether t...

Not all tooth pain may have dental origins!!

...atients, the problem is allowed to mushroom into a major problem the treatment for which is complicated.Dr....al hygiene and regular dental check up can prevent major problems and with timely treatment, major dental defects can be treated satisfactorily....

New antibiotic already developing resistance

...to linezolid, as well. Antibiotic resistance is a major problem worldwide, and hospitals are ground zero since infections and antibiotics are part of everyday life in these settings. Bacteria have an innate ability to mutate, and when they are repeatedly exposed to an antibiotic, they learn to change them...

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

...ound the world," said an Oxfam spokesman. Oxfam, a major Britain-based NGO, has been in the forefront of moves to oppose the drug companies. "The fight to provide all poor people with access to cheap medicines continues," he added. "The drug giants seem to have listened to reason in this case, which is go...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

Health care major Apollo Hospitals announced on Thursday that plans are afoot to consider listing on US bourses in 2003. "We would consider listing on the US bourses after 2002," Pratap C Reddy, chairman of the Apollo Hospitals group said, adding it was a part of the ...

TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

...e two diseases need to be treated together and the major stumbling block is the high cost of drugs used to treat tuberculosis. The classical symptoms are gradual loss of weight, evening rise of body temperature, and moderate to severe cough. The disease spreads through air as droplets when a person coughs ...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

...ead on to fatal liver disease. It is considered a major public health risk because it is a silent disease but can kill millions. Although there is no cure, antiviral drugs combined with interferon therapy can be useful. The treatment is very long and can extend upto a year. Unpleasant side effects incl...

Antibiotics losing their power against acne

Acne has always been a major problem with teenagers. Pimples have been describ...cterized by pustular sores and scarring. Only two major therapies are available at the movement to treat them - antibiotics and vitamin A. Both treatments ...

Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances

...oducts which would attract customers better in the major export markets such as the US, Hong Kong and Latin...dicines, he said, while clarifying that one of the major plus points of Indian medicines was their affordability. The country's traditional capability coupl...

Antibiotic induces liver damage in children with E.COLI infections.

...ism are often caused by eating undercooked meat. A major study shows using antibiotics to treat children with E. coli bacterial infection increases the risk of developing a potentially deadly liver disorder. "Our data suggests that antibiotics are not only not helpful, but are potentially harmful in child...

Sweet Candies replace bitter Pills for Anaemia

Anaemia due to iron deficiency is one of the major cause of morbidity in most of the underdeveloped countries. Children with iron deficiency anemia may be reluctant to take extra vitamins or iron pills, as they are inadvertently inedible. But now Iron-fortified candies were effective for improving t...

Protein in urine foresees heart disease

... disease, in any form is unquestionably one of the major cause of morbidity and mortality in this planet. The scientists of the globe are working on preventing the same as by any means, prevention is better than cure. As a result of their hard work they have come out with number of ways to identify and sto...

Mechanical Heart

...nounced. The revolutionary procedure is the first major advance in the development of an artificial replacement heart in nearly two decades. If successful, the device could help thousands of patients who die each year waiting for a heart transplant. Patients considered for the implant were critically ill...

Watch your weight when pregnant

...ity NC. Years ago, anesthesia had been one of the major causes of maternal mortality. Pregnancy and obesity both make it difficult to breathe under general anesthesia, so a woman's risk is doubled when the two conditions are combined.// Bell and colleagues studied more than 3000 women and calculated each...

Thirty minutes of work up per day reduces the risk of Diabetes

...xercise, according to data from the nation's first major clinical trial to compare the preventive effects of diet and exercise versus medication.// Study participants who used metformin without diet and exercise also reduced their risk, by 31%. Professor of medicine at Harvard University and president of ...

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...in collaboration with practising physicians at the major hospital in Ludwigshafen. Comparisons were made with an earlier study of ECG data on 600 patients who had suffered a heart attaack, and the predicted risk was compared with the fate of these patients. According to physicians the results are very prom...

Depression and heart failure

...35.3%,with 13.9% being classed as// suffering from major depression. Patients who were not depressed had a mortality rate of 5.7%at three months and 13.7% at one year. For the depressed patients, the rates were 13% and 26.1%. Depression also increased the risk of being re-admitted to hospital. While 36.5...

Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

A major US study has found that women who have taken postmenopausal oestrogens for ten years or more are at substantially greater risk of fatal ovarian cancer. The risk persists for many years after therapy is discontinued, researchers from the American Can...

'Prozac miracle' could end in disaster

A major lawsuit has been launched against the British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline on behalf of a group of people who say they became chronically addicted to an antidepressant drug in the same class as Prozac. The case, which has been filed in Califo...

Gene clue to antibiotics

...de antibiotics, even minor infections can become a major threat. There is an urgent need for new antibiotic...ogy of this important disease, which still poses a major threat to humanity....

Stress response increases suicide risk

...lses. It is well-known that some people respond to major stressors - like war and natural calamities with a full-blown crisis known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) where there is emotional numbness, panic and anxiety. And even lesser stressful events, like having an operation, can precipitate PTSD...

Genes for lung disease

...radual destruction of lung tissue and smoking is a major cause of the problem.// However, not all smokers go on to develop COPD. Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine have been investigating the genetic basis of COPD. They have looked at genes that code for so-called pulmon...

Gel prevents pregnancy

...raception currently on offer.Dr Wiesberg says "Its major advantage is that it gives women another option, and the more sage effective methods, the more likely women are to find a method that suits them at a stage in their lives"....

Surgery a safety in senility

...e put on medication were twice as likely to have a major adverse cardiac event - death, non-fatal heart attack or hospital admission for worsening angina.// A total of 305 patients with chronic angina were selected for the study.They were randomly assigned to be given either medication or revascularisati...

Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

...industry is poised to take a big leap. Already all major pharmaceutical companies in India has started giving more attention towards basic product R&D and are going to need most accurate, proven and highly advance equipment. The Indian operation is very important for the company as it is not going to be ...

Frozen food invite food poisoning

...soning with a common bacterium. Campylobacter is a major cause of food poisoning in the UK. It causes diarr...them to Asia - especially India or Pakistan.// The major source within the UK was cold meat, especially in pre-packed sandwiches, consumed by one in three. T...

Physicians Consider Self-Prescribing Ethical

...asier," Wroblewski explained. "Time is perhaps the major issue."...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

... ability to reduce vascular stiffness could have a major influence on reducing deaths from heart disease. For the current study, investigators at nine U.S. clinical centers recruited 93 people over the age of 50 who showed evidence of vascular stiffening, including high systolic blood pressure and pulse pr...

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...iomed Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts, is the first major advance in the development of an artificial replacement heart in nearly two decades. The surgeons have said previously that patients considered for the implant were critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. The first patient, 59-year-old diabet...

Pharma majors gear to supply anti-anthrax drug

...acin. Already there is news that the German pharma major Bayer is tripling its production of Ciprofloxacin to cater to the burgeoning demand and will supply 200 million tablets in the next three months. In fact, Bayer holds the U.S. patents on the most common forms of Ciprofloxacin and these expire on Dece...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...e with panic disorder, showed that 10 per cent had major depression and 30 per cent of this group had suicidal thoughts. Only ten per cent of patients who weren't depressed were a suicide risk. Among people who were suffering from agarophobia - fear of going out - one in four admitted suicidal thoughts. Bu...

Health at heights

... are put under immense strain during the days of a major flight. This means they must get proper rest and avoid stressful situations as much as possible - no easy task given the nature of their challenge. Exhaustion can severely impair performance, and is caused by insomnia, illness, stress and overwork. ...

Blood Pressure Drug may slow wasting in burn victims

...s patients waste away after severe burns and other major injuries. In a study, researchers at Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, tried propranolol on 13 children with bad burns and left 12 untreated to compare. The drug, one of a class known as beta blockers, checks the stimulating action ...

Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's

...study - the largest ever of its kind and the first major research to look at people before they develop Alzheimer's - followed 5,369 men and women aged 57 and over. None of the people had Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, before the study by the Erasmus Medical School in Rotterdam began.Over...

Short stature -a problem

...more likely to suffer from behavioural problems, a major study has found. Researchers found that treatment with growth hormone not only boosted growth in children, but also improved their conduct and relations with other people. Lead researcher Dr Derick Beens, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the...

Detection of Cancer

...e, breast, lung and colo-rectal cancers - the four major causes of cancer deaths worldwide."The ability to ...ll be extremely important, as early detection is a major factor in determining the success of cancer treatments," said Professor Pat. The C-test also has th...

Levels Of Blood Proteins May Help Heart Disease Care

...ite the interesting observations in these studies, major questions need to be resolved before measurements of blood proteins are incorporated into the routine assessment of patients with CAD....

More about HIV

...l becomes susceptible to a myriad of illnesses and major diseases. Here is what the typical immune system profile looks like for someone infected with HIV:Stage 1: Primary HIV Infection. Initial flu-like symptoms, which may last 4 weeks or longer. At this point, an HIV antibody test may not be positive. Th...

Hormone Deficiency Results In Miscarriage

...at CRH is produced by the early embryo and plays a major role in the implantation of the embryo in the endometrium of the mother. It appears that fetal or endometrial CRH deficiency could be associated with infertility or early miscarriage....

Bronchitis in the young

...atory disorder only affected elderly people. But a major survey of almost 16,000 people aged 18 to 47 at 28 centres in 13 countries has shown just the opposite. The researchers found that the disease affects up to 12% of adults under the age of 40. Young smokers were particularly at risk, and men were m...

Stay away from strenouous work

...d face more childbirth problems, say scientists. A major study in the US showed that this heavy work was associated with premature delivery, high blood pressure and underweight babies. Jobs which involved long periods of standing up, shift work and fatiguing work were also significantly linked with prema...