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Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men

...ated to cardiovascular system. Another researcher added that, "A lot of them seemed to be smashing their cars into bridges and doing all sorts of impulsive and violent things." It is possible that cholesterol may be causing a fall in serotonin levels in the brain leading to depression or aggressive behav...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...tients should go immediately to the cath lab,". He added that not all heart attacks are the same, Patients who have heart attacks that produce one type of electrocardiogram tracing called "non-Q-wave myocardial infarction" are treated either with procedures such as balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery or ...

International community warns India on HIV situation

...emergency and nothing short of that shall work. He added that all over the world the main cause of the HIV disaster were the denial, complacency and failure of the political leadership of the countries. Just celebrating AIDS Day will not suffice .It is the eradication of the disease that we have to celebra...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...n Francisco, on Saturday Evening. The researchers added up to 30% patients have no traces of the disease after being treated with Glivec. Glivec comes as an alternative to painful bone marrow transplants and - interferon, a more toxic injectable treatment....

Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

...y of funds and this appeal by the Prince has given added impetus to the research. "It is critical that government funding is made available for this initiative," Michael Fox, the foundation's chief executive, was quoted as saying. The scope of Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha Medicine, Acupuncture and othe...

When Celebrities Die

...e by nearly 20%. The authors believe Diana's death added to existing feelings of sadness and distress in these people. For them, this public tragedy was a final, private burden that pushed some of them over the edge. Now, medical research from Great Britain reveals a surprising side effect of our "c...

Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

...hildren’s Center withheld the name of the baby and added that the mother was recovering from the mental trauma of the ordeal. The baby’s heart which appeared to have stopped for a couple of hours just started beating as the doctors were preparing to place the baby in a heart lung machine. Miracles still do...

Oracle Corp. to help build world's first "Digital Hospital"

...s will reduce the overall cost of care.It was also added at the briefing that another 10 sites where the hospital can be duplicated have been identified. Its now the era of cyber hospitals!!!...

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

...aceutical industry backed by the U.S. government," added Forsyth. Nelson Mandela had introduced the Medicines Act 1997, which the drug companies had sought to challenge in South Africa. Mandela is hailing the move as the second successful revolution. Several independent groups in Britain are now rising t...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...details are not available at the moment, Dr. Reddy added that plans to raise the number of beds to 8000 fro... function as a third party administrator. He also added that the revenue this year will be to the tune of 33 crores as against 25 crores last financial year...

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...nments still allowed smoking in public places. She added that scientists around the world agreed that there were no safe permissible levels of second hand smoke. "Far from being a mere annoyance or a minor discomfort, exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer and contributes to various lung and heart di...

Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West

...food pathogens. For their study, the investigators added cinnamon to commercially pasteurized apple juice t...evels were reduced in the apple juice that had the added cinnamon in comparison to juice that did not have any cinnamon. Previously the same spice had been t...

Biotechnology industry expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002

...xpected to grow by 17% into 40 billion by 2005 and added that India needed to invest resources in academic and industrial biotech sectors both in research and development as well as infrastructure to harness its potential. The report projected a pyramidal structure for the sector with a few top biotech (P...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

... method of protecting people from TB. Dr. Stewart added that the study demonstrated the potential for a new class of drugs, which by inducing the bacterium to manufacture heat-shock proteins would make it vulnerable to our own natural immunity, enabling us to clear the infection. This research assumes im...

Emphasis to ban Drugs ads by Doctors

... best choice for a patient who demands it. He also added that ads have tuned into a competition "to see who can sell more of their anthistamines of nasal sprays. The patient is at best incompletely informed and at worst deluded. Hence the proposed resolution asks the AMA to petition the FDA to ban "direct...

ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

...ot by patients with a history of seizures. He also added that the rate of seizures seen was consistent with the clinical trials experience....

Roller coaster takes brain for a big ride!!

...pen, says Dr. Ishano Kyuorite of Japan. He further added that Giant roller coasters which are higher and faster may be more dangerous. The subdural haematomas are caused by the up-and-down, back-and-forth motions of the roller coaster or the acceleration force which ruptures the veins on the surface of th...

H2O - a cure for low blood pressure

...ns) or stretch receptors in the stomach or liver," added Jordan, the director of the Clinical Research Center at the Franz University in Germany....

Better prostate cancer detection

...Bahnson routinely uses the extended biopsy now. An added bonus of this technique is that it saves certain patients from having to come back for a second biopsy - when the first is clear but cancer is still suspected....

E Merck introduces Livogen Z with zinc sulphate

...mposition of the drug. E Merck is believed to have added zinc sulphate to Livogen Z as they felt it was unethical to sell otherwise....

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