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Tag: "change" at medical news

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...r 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 the frequency of ENSOs over the long term....

Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

... is still unclear but this breakthrough is sure to change the treatment of stroke victims in a big way....

New antibiotic already developing resistance

...repeatedly exposed to an antibiotic, they learn to change themselves in order to evade the drug. Bacteria that cause diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and meningitis have learned to outsmart standard treatments. Without new drugs, experts fear some bacterial infections will become untreatable. Befor...

India to benefit from pharma companies' move

...st see now is pressure being brought on the WTO to change the trade rules which prevent poor people buying l... to fight the fundamental WTO rules. "The fight to change the WTO rules is far from over," said Forsyth. "Brazil could become the next country which has to fi...

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

...s according to Dr. Scurr. “This is really about a change in our habits. There has been a general realization recently that people get on planes, drink far too much and just sleep - all bent up. That's all we've been drawing attention to here,” Scurr said. So the next time you have to travel long distance,...

ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

... a statement to doctors and patients recommending change in the starting doses of Zyban and to use the drug only on compelling reasons for the patients at risk of seizures. GSK spokesmam in response to this commented that Zyban is a prescription-only medicine that must be taken appropriately and not by pa...

Obesity raises IVF miscarriage risk

... say doctors. They are urging overweight women to change their diets, and take excercise, prior to embarking on fertilty treatments. Obese women have long been known to have problems conceiving naturally, and studies have shown that their overall success rates for IVF do not match those of those with a no...

New Laser Techniques cure degeneration of the eye

...n optometrist or eye specialist if they notice any change in the clarity of their vision....

New scalpel probes into cancer

...peed of the laser light passing through them. This change is registered as a difference in output frequency by a receiver and transmitted by optical fibre to a laptop computer. An algorithm translates the data into a graph that, changes moment by moment, and provides surgeons with easily readable peaks an...

Prevention is better than cure

...ommon cold is the most 'common'illness during the change of weather from winter to summer. It is a disease that occurs when viruses invade the human nose and throat. The viruses reach cells in the human nose and throat after travelling from the outer part of the nose or from the moist membranes of the ey...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

...r Lamictal dispensing errors. The container label change is a part of this effort.These efforts reinforce the importance of clear communication between physicians, phamacists and patients....

Meditation relieves stress

... their physical health also improved. There was no change within the control group, who didn't get the training. According to Dr Kimberley Williams, lead investigator in the study, the purpose of mindfulness training is for participants to gain greater insight into their perceptions, reactions and behavi...

E Merck introduces Livogen Z with zinc sulphate

...d and Drugs control Administration's permission to change the composition of the drug. E Merck is believed to have added zinc sulphate to Livogen Z as they felt it was unethical to sell otherwise....

Focus on DNA transcription

...he discovery of this additional binding site will change the view of how transcription is regulated in the cell" Erie said.She further added that many cancers involve over or improper expression of genes and some are regulated at the level of transcription.Knowing now that there are two binding sites on t...

Eat Vitamin C and stay young

... healthy young women, however, the vitamin did not change the level of isoprostanes, compounds that may play a role in cell and tissue damage caused by free radicals and other highly reactive molecules. That does not mean that the vitamin isn't important in less healthy people, including smokers, who tend...

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

...,"The message from these studies is that MDMA does change the brain and it looks like there are functional consequences to these changes".Dr.Frascella in his research in which he compared the brains of MMDA user verses non users using PET scan identified that there is a lasting reduction of serotonin transp...

Starving leads to obesity

...reased levels of obesity are likely to be due to a change in the way the body deals with accumulated fat, probably triggered by nutritional deprivation before birth....

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

...sed from nine hours to seven-and-a-half hours. The change has been made to accommodate increased demands of work and more leisure activities. A team from the US Department of Medicine in Chicago, investigated whether lack of sleep can alter metabolic and hormonal functions. Professor Eve Willis, who led t...

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

...r. Pranab Barua said. The company also announced a change in the brand-name 'Disprin Plus' to 'Disprin Parac...s and the drug authorities, the company decided to change the suffix from 'Plus' to 'Paracetamol', thereby making clear the brand's ingredient ," he said. M...

Too much coffee is too bad

...e lost bone density over 3 years, compared with no change in bone desity in women in the low caffeine group.Though the number of women with the tt genotype was found to be relatively small (six in the low caffeine group and five in the high caffeine group), these findings identify caffeine as a dietary fact...

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