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Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

...thigai also have their share of fireworks. Then of course the usual rigmarole of India – Pakistan cricket matches where even cricket stadia aren’t exempted from fireworks. Last but not the least, private functions like marriages, birthdays and other occasions call for a climax with fire works!!!! Almost ev...

Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed

.... "The treatment is very simple and consists of a course of antibiotics, once the patient comes in on time. If there is delay death occurs." The symptoms of this disease include high grade fever, headache, diarrhoea, pain in the joints or muscles. The disease is present in the urine of rats and is transmi...

Antifever drug betters stroke outcome

... included 75 stroke patients who were put on 5 day course of high- or low-dose acetaminophen or an inactive placebo. Twenty-four hours after treatment began, body temperature was an average of 0.4 degrees Celsius lower in patients taking a high dose of acetaminophen than in patients taking the placebo, acc...

CDC reveals relationship between prepregnant weight and heart defects in infants

... also for their siblings. Over weight, which is of course the predisposer of majority of the illness such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension etc., is now being studied in depth, the reason is to attain the destination of disease free environment, that are preventable.// Researchers from the US Center...

Meditation relieves stress

...reat.// The 35 people who were assigned to this course learned four different meditation techniques, yoga and other techniques for dealing with stress. After three months, their psychological distress had more than halved - bringing them into the normal range - while their physical health also improved. ...

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

...khaven National Laboratory, in Upton, N.Y. after a course of studies found that there is dramatic blood flow changes in parts of their brains and persistent damage due to the drug's effect on the serotonin uptake system.This study was done by comparing the blood flow in the brain using magnetic resonance im...

Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

...lots of products shall come down substantially, of course all the critical parts shall continue to came from Germany just to ensure the known quality. The reduced manufacturing cost will help the company to sell the products at very competitive price. The high investment in India is an evidence that company...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...ne's sanity are clearly linked to suicide risk. Of course depression is also a potent risk factor - but cannot alone explain the data on panic disorder and suicide.// The survey, of 130 people with panic disorder, showed that 10 per cent had major depression and 30 per cent of this group had suicidal thou...

Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's

... total of 107 people developed dementia during the course of the study, with 97 being diagnosed as having Alzheimer's. People who smoked were found to be 2.3 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who had never smoked. They were also more likely to get Alzheimer's at a younger age. However, th...

Levels Of Blood Proteins May Help Heart Disease Care

Levels of blood proteins may help decide the course of treatment for people with coronary artery disease (CAD), according to the results of two preliminary studies. CAD occurs when fatty deposits narrow the arteries that supply blood to the heart, and can lead to chest pain and heart attack. In the...

More about HIV

...ng on the health and lifestyle of the patient, the course of infection may last for years. During this time, billions of T cells are infected and destroyed, but half are replaced. Half the virus particles are also destroyed. The immune system continues to destroy HIV and replace T cells until the body begi...

The henna allergy

...tattoo will remain for several months, which is of course socially quite uncomfortable if it concerns parts of the body which are very visible such as the hands or the fingers. A spokeswoman said: "With the growing rate of allergies that are affecting people we would say to people to proceed with extreme ...

Letrozole Beats Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Therapy

...lieves Femara may also have potential early in the course of breast cancer and is studying the drug as a pre-surgical therapy....

Early puberty more resistance

...ese, 465 died as a result of a hip fracture in the course of the study. Those whose first period was separated from their menopause by less than 30 years were twice as likely to die from the fracture than those with 38 years or more between the two. Those who had their first child when they were over the ...

Genes for Vision discovered

...uld lead to new methods for slowing or staying the course of disease once it occurs. “The more we know about how the genes work, the better we will be able to find ways to treat, and possibly, prevent disease,” said Cepko. Information about how the genes work inside photoreceptors - which genes are turned o...

NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad

...y, specify that students who want to enrol in MBBS course abroad will have to take an ‘eligibility certificate’ from the Medical Council of India from March 15. The certificate would have to be produced by the person concerned when he/she comes back to India for starting a practie, they said. The screening...

Fluoride proves effective against fractures

...g sodium fluoride as a bone-forming agent over the course of a 42-month study that followed 85 women who were 65 years and older and had one or more nontraumatic fractures. The study group was treated with sustained-release sodium fluoride combined with calcium citrate and vitamin D while a control group ...

Hyperactivity Drug Can Be Added to Food

...which the drug was absorbed or eliminated over the course of one day. Swallowing the capsule or sprinkling the contents over food was found to be equally safe and well tolerated. Side effects, such as headaches, were mild, the report indicates. However, more research is needed into the effects of the powde...

Spirituality relieves stress

...etreat. The 35 people who were assigned to this course learned four different meditation techniques, yoga and other techniques for dealing with stress. After three months, their psychological distress had more than halved - bringing them into the normal range - while their physical health also improved. ...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

... by 80% the total number of hot flashes during the course of the 16-week trial. The study also found that about half the patients reported no hot flashes over a seven-day period after 12 weeks of treatment, compared with less than 10% of patients in the placebo group. The trial results were presented at a...

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