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A prescription cream for unwanted facial hair

...-use version of the older drug eflornithine (brand name Ornidyl). Vaniqa, like Viagra, is considered to be a "lifestyle drug", a drug which generally improves our quality of life, but is not considered to be essential for good health. Vaniqa is the first prescription drug approved in the United States ...

Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

...Edmonton’s Stollery Children’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 mach...

Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

...er drugs are tested on unsuspecting victims in the name of conducting a study.A new Harris interactive study report says that an alarming number of cancer patients say that they never knew or that they were never told about the possibility of enrolling in a clinical trial for cancer treatment. Among the 1...

Ticks may cause more diseases

...ssed to humans from cat bites or scratches, as the name would suggest. But past research has found that as many as 30% of human patients infected may not have been bitten or scratched by a cat, and another study linked the infection to tick bites Dr. Bruno Chomel of the University of California at Davis ...

Award for TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis

...K Pharma), Chennai and is marketed under the brand name of TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis. The product had already been tested in the U.S, Singapore, and Germany. The valves are being produced under the supervision of Prof. AV. Ramani at the TTK’s Healthcare unit in Bangalore.Reliance Industries has be...

Starch fights cancer

...ave discovered that resistant starch which, as its name suggests cannot be digested, passes into the colon where it releases substances that protect against cancer. Resistant starch is found in undercooked vegetables, partly-cooked pasta, baked beans, bread, brown rice, white rice ,wheat and almost all ce...

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

... the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTASY is the name in vogue for the chemical substance methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA.The drug became popular over the past 10 years// among young people attending all-night parties known as "raves." The drug creates a sense of euphoria that lasts for several ...

Genes for lung disease

... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the name given to chronic bronchitis and emphysema - is very disabling, because it leads to increasing shortness of breath. It's linked with gradual destruction of lung tissue and smoking is a major cause of the problem.// However, not all smokers go on to ...

Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

...ng up a new pharmaceutical company in India in the name of Erweka India Pvt Ltd to be based at Ahmedabad. ...maceutical industries worldwide has a strong brand name in the Indian pharmaceutical Industry for the its precisions and accuracy. // At present it plans...

Role of fats and oils in vision care

...ness, shadows and severe visual impairment. As the name suggests, it gets worse with age and diet has been implicated in its development. // Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary carried out a study of 349 individuals aged 55 to 80 with AMD, and compared their diet to a control group wi...

Generic drug costs remain shackled

...y the NHS. In 1999, a severe shortage of non-brand name medicines resulted in a 12.5 per cent increase in the cost of prescription drugs for the NHS, significantly higher than the 8 per cent average increase in previous years. // Pharmaceutical companies were accused of holding the NHS to ransom, and to...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

...doxycycline. Before this month, Cipro -- the brand name for the drug ciprofloxacin -- was little known outside of doctor's offices and pharmacies, where it is dispensed to treat a variety of diseases, including urinary tract infections. Like other antibiotics, Cipro kills harmful bacteria in the body. T...

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

... (cardiovascular) following the confusion over the name of its new painkiller 'Disprin Plus', the company's Regional Director , Mr. Pranab Barua said. The company also announced a change in the brand-name 'Disprin Plus' to 'Disprin Paracetamol'. Subsequent to the launch of Disprin Plus, there were reports...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...anali - or Phyllanthus Amarus to use its botanical name - stopped the Hepatitis B virus from multiplying and cleared up symptoms within a month in 30% of all cases they studied. Hepatitis B is common in Asia, particularly in the sub-continent and China, and traditional Indian medical practice has long-s...

New Drug, Pleconaril speeds recovery from common cold

...hich would be sold by prescription under the brand name Picovir, but officials said it is likely to cost as much as antibiotics....

Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon

..., any further details as to the price or the brand name were not divulged. In this particular segment, ...zole, has an isomer version that goes by the brand name ‘Nexium’ which it launched in March 2001 in the regulated markets. The anti-ulcerant market in Ind...

Herbal treatment not to be sneezed at

...erbur - Petasites hybridus, which also goes by the name of butter dock, bog rhubarb, and exwort - is native to Europe, northern Africa and southwestern Asia. The active substances in the leaves and roots of the plant are petasines. Historically, extracts of butterbur have been used in bronchial asthma, sm...

Eyedrops for amblyopia

...reatment for some forms of amblyopia," the medical name for lazy eye, said Dr. Paul Sieving, director of the National Eye Institute. The study found the drops worked as well as patches in treating mild to moderate forms of the disorder in children ages 3 to 6. More severe forms, may require patches....

Early Warning System For Breast Cancer

... as a marker for breast tumors. RhoC, whose full name is RhoC-GTPase, is an enzyme involved in changing the internal skeleton of a cell - changes that allow a cell to polarize or move. That ability is important in muscle cells, which produce a lot of RhoC. But in cancerous non-muscle cells, RhoC is key ...

FDA panel refuses anti-viral cold remedy

...he market in the earliest possible under the brand name Picovir. Mark McKinlay, vice president of research and development for Viro Pharma, says the drug isn't dead. The company plans to meet with the FDA in coming weeks to see what steps they need to take to get approval....

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