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AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent

...e warned that a lack of national political will to combat the disease means that in the not too distant future, India's epidemic may come to resemble the crisis in Africa. "We're trying to learn from Africa, to avoid the mistakes, but nationally we are repeating the same thing," "What South Africa has gone ...

Fight anemia by fortifying crops with iron!!!!!!!!

...llaborative effort with agricultural scientists to combat anemia with iron fortification of crops. Almost 50% of women and 75% children under 3 years of age are anemic in India. While iron supplementation is expensive, fortification of plants with iron and using it in turn to fight anemia in people is fairl...

Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers

...aceutical companies that can supply cheap drugs to combat the dreaded virus. As a part of this process the government is talking with Cipla to examine the feasibility of supplying cheap AIDS drugs for its people. Though AIDS activists have welcomed the move they say other companies must take the cue from...

Sweet Candies replace bitter Pills for Anaemia

...f young children and might be an affordable way to combat iron deficiency in children of low-to-middle income groups. These candies are the end result of extensive research undertook by Mayang Sari of Helen Keller International in Jakarta, Indonesia and colleagues. The results of the present study indicat...

Soluble IL-4 Receptor - A new boon for asthmatics

...onchial asthma, the disease which is never an easy combat for any practising physician, is now being avenged by a new drug. A soluble interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R), which acts as an IL-4 antagonist, appears to be safe and effective in preventing a decline in lung function and in preventing asthma symptoms....

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...e whether patients require treatment with drugs to combat arrhythmia or may be implant a defibrillator, a device similar to a pacemaker, which operates only when the heartbeat starts to get out of step. Mathematicians at the new Fraunhofer Institute ITWM together with a private service company, developed ...

The new born nightmare

...thromycin eye ointment, which is regularly used to combat conjunctivitis, did not have much risk. “The link between erythromycin and pyloric stenosis is an important finding which will make a difference to the health of babies,” said Dr Lida Carlman, the lead researcher, adding that the study was only made...

Caffeine keeps soldiers sharp

...o be extremely important in this ongoing effort to combat terrorism," Lt. Col. Donald Archibald, deputy director of military operational medicine at Ft. Detrick, Maryland, said. Specifically, it can be used in maintaining speed of reactions and visual and auditory vigilance, which in military operations c...

Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention

...y as warfarin, has been used for about 50 years to combat stroke. Numerous previous studies have proven that use of aspirin reduces recurrent stroke by about 25 percent. Part of the controversy about aspirin versus warfarin for stroke prevention has been the thinking among clinicians that warfarin may be ...

Fight against E.coli

Scientists may have found a way to combat the potentially deadly E. coli 0157 bacteria - by attacking it with cinnamon. Microbiologists at Kansas State University found that adding small amounts of the spice to samples of apple juice contaminated with// the E. colibug killed off almost all t...

Wheat wards off colon cancer

...hemicals. Antioxidants are important because they combat the body's free radicals - charged particles, produced by the body, which can damage cells. Dr Hysumoto the lead researcher said,he added "Throughout life you make a lot of free radicals. "You want to keep them from forming because they contribute t...

Fresh approach to TB treatment

...ment - means that these drugs could be suitable to combat TB many years before an entirely new type of drug can be discovered. Thes ecompounds should be considered urgently,” added Professor Kelly. ...

Developing HIV fighter

...in HIV infection, potentially showing a new way to combat the virus that causes AIDS.The team used short for...be useful in addition to the current drugs used to combat AIDS. RNA is present in most cells, carrying genetic information and operating in the production of...

A new genetic label for stroke

...ed PON1. The gene helps HDL (the good cholesterol) combat the damaging effects of LDL (the bad cholesterol).// Although most strokes occur in older people, stroke is not a rare event in younger individuals. Health officials estimate 4percent to 29 percent of the most common form of stroke, those caused by a...

Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin

...y, these antimicrobial peptides are also needed to combat viral infections and therefore could account for the susceptibility of atopic dermatitis patients to eczema vaccinatum and herpes simplex infections." Atopic dermatitis is a common, chronic skin disease characterized by dry, itchy and easily irritat...

Teens Misusing Nicotine-Replacement Products

...mokers use both "nicotine-replacement" products to combat such symptoms of nicotine withdrawal as anxiety, depression and insomnia. "You don't need much nicotine to relieve that," Hughes says. "People can get 10 percent of the nicotine they normally get and still relieve their withdrawal symptoms." A third...

Hormone-replacement therapy could hurt heart

...gestin-based hormone replacement therapy //to help combat heart disease. This study and others like it "clearly tell us that estrogen and progestin should not be used to treat atherosclerosis in women who already have cardiovascular disease," noted Dr. Howard Hodis, who led the study. Hormone therapy in he...

Stronger Backing for Drug-Coated Stents

New research proves drug-coated stents effectively combat death, heart attack and repeat procedures in the real world.// A new study from researchers in the Netherlands indicates that patients in clinical trials of drug-coated stents represented a very select group of the total population. This new study ...

Drug-Coated Stents – Proven to be More Effectiv

New research proves drug-coated stents effectively combat death, heart attack and repeat procedures .A recent study done takes a closer look at the effects of drug-coated stents on patients.// The study included more than 500 patients with previously untreated blocked arteries who were treated with drug-e...

SARS vaccine shows promise in Animal Testing

...d every year, for example, to develop flu shots to combat emerging strains of influenza. But the SARS vaccine was made from a small piece of genetic material from the virus called a plasmid. It biochemically locks onto a specific protein on the outer surface of the virus. This alerts the body's immune sys...

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