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International community warns India on HIV situation

...e looming HIV crisis in the country. Rebuffing the optimistic statement of Union Health Minister, Dr.C.P.Takhur, the experts said if corrective measures are not taken India might become another Africa in ten years. Last week, Dr. Takhur had claimed, “AIDS will not increase in India, of that I am very certain. I...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

... and graceful post-menopausal life. The company is optimistic that within the first year of its launch the drug would capture atleast 10 per cent of the Rs. 50 crore postmenopausal drugs market....

Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon

...about 10 to 15 major firms competing. Analysts are optimistic of the launch and said that this would bring about further rationalisation in prices of the product es-omeprazole. The omeprazole market is estimated at about Rs 135 corre and growing at 11 per cent. One of the major brands of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratorie...

Wheat wards off colon cancer

..., cataracts, even wrinkling. The biochemists are optimistic about wheat's cancer-fighting ability because their preliminary testing shows some available wheat strains already contain a great number of orthophenols.Antioxidants can be found in several vitamins, including vitamins E and D, but research shows th...

Altitude sickness connected to genes

...to 20 percent of the HAPE group. They doctors are optimistic these findings may lead to a better understanding of the genetic role in chronic lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis....

Y chromosome uses trick to repair its own genes

...y over the long haul. But there are reasons to be optimistic about the chromosome's future, and the new work adds one more. "Y chromosomes really have a big trick up their sleeves," said David Page, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The gene-fixing trick was already known to happen occasional...

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...ave enough recurrences to make a statement." He is optimistic about the efficacy of exemestane and says, "Our goal is to increase the number of patients who are cured from breast cancer by preventing a recurrence. Anything that prevents recurrences is going to increase cure."...

Accuracy of Some Natural Family Planning Methods Questioned .

...e typically inaccurate. However, researchers were optimistic about the symptothermal method, which relies on a woman’s own observation of two indicators of fertility -- changes in her basal body temperature and in her cervical mucus patterns -- plus some calculation rules. This method did not give the women in...

Delaying The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

... to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers say they are optimistic that they have now begun to make progress toward delaying the development of Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitive decline that accompanies it .However researchers say they are unsure why donepezil’s effects dropped off over time. They speculate that...

Positive Thinking

...ded into 4 groups. Patients who view themselves as optimistic had lower rates of death than their pessimistic counterparts, according to the new study. Results show there were 397 deaths over nine years. Those who reported high levels of optimism had a 55 percent lower risk of death overall and a 23 percent l...

Surgery using gene therapy for Alzheimer’s patient

... a cure for the debilitating illness, Tuszynski is optimistic that the newly inserted NGF-producing genes will take over the role of failing cells and delay the rapid decline of brain function that is associated with Alzheimer's disease. The research studies of NGF have shown that the chemical substanti...

New Strategies For Effective Treatment Of Malaria

...stance in the parasite. // But now researchers are optimistic they can eradicate malaria altogether with a new approach to drugs and mosquito control. The hopes coincide with the discovery of the first drug in 400 years to prove more effective than quinine. There are more than two million deaths around the wor...

Abbott’s Laboratories R&D Capabilities Questione

...n Novarro analyst in Banc of America Securities is optimistic about R&D of Abbott and said that though Xinlay may be a failure its other products in the pipeline like drugs Humira, Simdax, Febuxostat, drug eluting stent and Glucose monitor may succeed. "What is disappointing is that Abbott took a very aggressiv...

Herbal remedies to be tested by Zambia for AIDS treatment

...alth is to be welcomed according to people who are optimistic about a treatment for the deadly killer. ...

Earlier the better to start healthy diets

...re not positive for girls, but the researchers are optimistic that// this will vary with time.Dr. Olli T. Raitakari, an associate professor of clinical physiology at Turku University is the lead researcher. "We plan to continue the study at least until the age of 20 years [the oldest children are now 16 years...

Pakistani Boy Undergoes Liver Transplant In India

...ts were feeling better. 'Now his parents are quite optimistic of returning to Pakistan on a happy note.' Before the surgery, the child wanted to meet Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar, who complied with his wish. Edited IANS...

Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa

...s. Naik, who is heading the campaign, says he is optimistic that his entertaining way of communication will bear results and create awareness among the primarily tribal region. "The main benefit of this campaign is that people will now try to understand the cause and effect relationship of any issue. Now, i...

Asian Nations To Take Joint Efforts Against H5N1

...estern Pacific at a press conference. 'I'm quite optimistic on how much support will be given,' Omi said, citing Japan's decision to donate 500,000 doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu and financial pledges of between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion to be finalized in Beijing next week. Since late 2003, the let...

Bacteria In Yogurt Can Combat HIV Infection

...ined in laboratory conditions, the researchers are optimistic that it could eventually pave way for the development of a cost-effective strategy for effective delivery of anti-retroviral drugs. The research team, headed by Bharat Ramratnam, a specialist in HIV/AIDS have sucessfully altered the genetic constit...

Preparing For The Worst Does Not Serve Any Purpose

... life. Those who expect to succeed tend to have an optimistic stance in general, the researchers said. If they fall short of their goals, they are likely to look on the bright side and still think they have done reasonably well. Conversely, those with low expectations tend to have a gloomy view of life and co...

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