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Laboratory Testing Can Identify Risk of Pre-Term Labor and Delivery

...or use as an aid in assessing the risk of pre-term delivery during the routine screening of asymptomatic patients from 22-30 weeks' gestation, and for women with symptoms of pre-term labor from 24-35 weeks' gestation. High-risk asymptomatic patients with a low fFN reading may be advised to continue with addit...

Contraceptives via Internet

...Internet. However it takes up to two weeks for the delivery of these contraceptives after placing an order through the Internet. Investigators from the University of Washington in Seattle posed as consumers and ordered various contraceptive devices from Web sites located with commonly used search engines. T...

Lure of the home turf brings back NRI doctors

...ance to be a part of a new and exciting healthcare delivery system andgive back to one's own country is also a huge motivator for Dr Singh, whoaccepted almost a 40 per cent pay cut to do this. Dr Joshi, also driven by the need to give back to the country and to give histwo children a firsthand feel of their r...

Supply of Radiopharmaceuticals Hampered by Attacks

...e produced, air shipments are paramount for timely delivery to ensure proper processing. Once processed, the nuclear medicine industry relies heavily on air shipments to get these quality products into the hands of the specialty clinicians, mostly through nuclear pharmacies, so that appropriate medical care i...

Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation

...hich was developed by the Company through new drug delivery system, is the world's first once-a-day nimesulide brand for the treatment of arthritis. Ajanta, which manufactures both Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicines, developed this oral formulation in its fully integrated research and development centre at Ka...

Postpone intercourse after childbirth

... that females having sexual intercorse soon after delivery could jeopardize their lives. A study of two women...r five days after delivery.Both women had a normal delivery and collapsed while making love.It is suggested that the partners should abstain from intercourse fo...

Shortage of MMR vaccine

...oses a month. In October and November, the average delivery of the MMR vaccine fell 61% below national demand, according to the Centers for Disease Control, which asked Merck to supplement production by taking 700,000 doses from a stockpile of 3.1 million doses....

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

Speeding up delivery of anti-clotting drugs to stroke victims could greatly improve their chances of recovery. Medicines that break up clots are the only effective treatment in the hours after a stroke. To do any good,// however, they must be administered before brain ce...

A new recovery for heart attacks

...n low-oxygen conditions. These genes help increase delivery of oxygen by making more red blood cells and blood vessels. They also reduce the body's reliance on oxygen by switching to a form of energy production not dependent on oxygen, called glycolysis (which uses glycogen from the liver). Previous research...

Needle free future for diabetics

...or iontophoresis is also being developed as a drug delivery system....

Attacking therapy with electricity

...ing punched by electrical pulses could give better delivery of drugs. The effectiveness of many potentially po...pplied electroporation to cancer chemotherapy, the delivery of DNA for gene therapy, and to the delivery of drugs for a range of medical problems, including hea...

Chewing gum found to increase brainpower

...at the mild increase in heart rate may improve the delivery of oxygen and glucose to the brain, enough to improve cognitive function," he told Reuters. Scholey added the other possibility was that chewing gum induced a surge of insulin due to the mouth watering in anticipation of a meal....

Incontinence after pregnancy

...out half of the women received standard care after delivery and the other half were in an intervention group, which involved training in pelvic floor exercises (Kegel exercises) and learning strategies to improve adherence. Researchers found the prevalence of incontinence in the standard care group was more ...

FDA Approves Remodulin for Pulmonary Hypertension

.... United Therapeutics has claimed that Remodulin's delivery system helps reduce the risk of sepsis associated with the delivery of Flolan....

Nasal sprays used for other ailments!

Nasal sprays are being used for safe and effective delivery of drugs for a number of conditions. According to researchers// at the Mayo clinic say that familiarity should be present with the use of nasal sprays to treat allergies such as hay fever. A nasal spray is a good way of delivering a drug, because i...

Errors in medication

...s, from Auburn University and elsewhere, looked at delivery and administration problems in 30 accredited and n...n Georgia . In each of the facilities, medication delivery and administration was assessed during a one- to four-day period on high volume nursing units. The i...

Caesarean may aid twins

...the same period. Researchers say planned caesarean delivery may offer some protection. Previous studies show second twins are vulnerable to complications during labor and delivery....

Pregnancy shouldn't be dissuaded in older age

...r the 45 deliveries. In 26 cases (58 percent), the delivery was the mother's first. Of the 46 deliveries, 28 single babies, 13 sets of twins, and two sets of triplets were delivered. All multiples and 62% of single babies were delivered by cesarean.Researchers observed mild pre-eclampsia, or pregnancy-associ...

Type of inhaler used in asthma treatment crucial

... wide variety of inhaler devices available for the delivery of medication into the lungs and using the correct inhaler was crucial. He added that outcomes were consistently better in those using the breath-actuated device, with less use of rescue medication for asthma symptoms, fewer courses of steroids and l...

Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be

...cy. They suggested having a birthing pool in every delivery room and training all midwives to support women who wish to use them. Belinda Phipps, chief executive of the NCT, added that this approach would help hospitals reduce their Caesarean rates....

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