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Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma

... Said Lenfant, " CAMP provides scientific evidence regarding the long term effectiveness and safety of inhaled corticosteroids for children. Physicians, other health care professionals, and parents should feel comfortable using them to help children with mild to moderate asthma participate fully in childhood a...

IMA to create database on physicians

... an effort to ensure transparency and authenticity regarding the services provided by them. However, it will be voluntary on the part of the medical institutions. He said the grading was being done by the IMA and encouraged private institutions to voluntarily get their services and facilities inspected by the...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...cure. But there are many problems and side effects regarding the tranplantation which makes it more difficult to perform. Gleevec has produced higher remission rates in comparison to the drug-interferon alfa, in three short-duration, early phase clinical trials.After many clinical trials - the FDA approved Gl...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...cure. But there are many problems and side effects regarding the tranplantation which makes it more difficult to perform. Gleevec has produced higher remission rates in comparison to the drug-interferon alfa, in three short-duration, early phase clinical trials.After many clinical trials - the FDA approved Gl...

Pharma majors gear to supply anti-anthrax drug

...ched Ranbaxy's U.S. arm, Ranbaxy Laboratories Inc. regarding supply of Cipro in large numbers - Mr. Schumer had asked Ranbaxy for a supply of 20 million tablets a month of Ciprofloxacin for anthrax treatment starting December. The treatment for anthrax entails one ciprofloxacin twice a day and the U.S. Governm...

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

...ng instances of concern from doctors and consumers regarding the use of the suffix 'Plus' along with the brand-name, Mr. Barua said. "This matter was also taken up by the drug aythorities and the company was advised to address this concern.// Taking cognisance of the concern of consumers and the drug authorit...

NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad

...governements, and our embassies in other countries regarding the changes,” the sources said. The India Medical Council Act was amended last year to incorporate these provisions, they said....

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

...answer because scientifically accurate information regarding the reproductive impact of potential environmental...ewed. Before definitive conclusions can be drawn regarding the teratogenicity of environmental exposures, several clinical factors need to be addressed, includ...

Calcium reduces colon cancer risk

...other research before a recommendation can be made regarding dietary calcium and colon cancer. The study is important because it suggests that adequate calcium in the diet has a benefit beyond building strong bones. This is important because a lot of people don't get it and there needs to be more stress on cal...

Cloud of smoke over Zyban

...th? Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), under fire regarding its smoking cessation drug, Zyban, has risen in defence of its non-nicotine oral drug - in the wake of unproven reports in the UK, linking the drug to adverse reactions and deaths. // Touted to be the world’s most successful smoking cessation drug...

Lyme disease is a persistent problem

...tibiotic group improved, relative to the controls, regarding fatigue levels - but the level of infection and cognitive problems remained. What's more, seven per cent of the patients on ceftriaxone were also hospitalised with adverse effects. The findings suggest that more research is now needed to improve the ...

Pancreatic Cancer may be linked to Diabetes

...ic strength to clues that we've had over the years regarding this relationship. Physicians will need to be on notice to begin testing more routinely for pancreatic cancer in cases late-onset diabetes, Keeffe said. Dr. Cynthia Yoshida, of the University of Virginia, told, "most clinicians knew this intuitively...

Best ways to split a pill

Researchers offer important tips regarding splitting a pill and ways of taking care your medication. Sometimes half a pill does the job better than a whole one. one might be neglecting off a medication, or be given a double dose of a medicine that's expensive//. Either way, you may need to sp...

Marriage does good for Diabetics

... after the initial survey. The patients' reports regarding their marital adjustment and familiarity at the beginning of the study showed strong association with their diabetes-related emotional distress and diabetes-related quality of life at follow-up. Patients who had high levels of intimacy with their par...

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

...e 40. All of the participants provided information regarding family smoking status, early diagnosis of asthma, early initiation of smoking, adult asthma, and cigarette smoking. Results showed smoking at an early age was related to a faster decline in FEV 1. Having family members who smoked led to early develo...

Cleanliness might lead to Asthma

...of children ages 7 to 12 fill out questionnaires// regarding asthma and hay fever. They also took blood samples from the kids to test for measures related to allergic sensitization. Then they gathered dust from the children's bedding to test for levels of endotoxin, a component of the cell wall. All of the kid...

Advanced STD programs required

...al counseling and HIV testing, mass communications regarding risk reduction, and multiple-component motivation and skills education in STI clinics. The rest of the 30 studies were designed more to focus on behavioral and social psychological outcomes as opposed to morbidity outcomes. Following the review, res...

Healthy ways to eat nourishing food

There has always been an ongoing argument regarding the do's and dont's of dieting. Nutrition experts at a famous women's retreat suggest a new and better way through the dieting controversy.// We've been discussing and arguing over diet - the latest fashion being the 'low carb' approach - for many de...

Hormone Therapy Linked to Dementia

...ormone therapy.// In a small portion of that study regarding memory -- called the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) -- researchers compared cognitive function in women on hormone therapy to women who received a placebo. Researchers found 66 percent of the women on combined hormone therapy were dia...

Eating Fish Helps the Heart

...artery disease should consult with their physician regarding fish oil supplements....

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