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HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

... apart from suffering the social neglect and being unwanted even by near and dear ones have this major handicap - they just can’t travel like the other people - wherever they want and whenever they want. Some people just avoid having HIV infected co passengers. Others are just indifferent. Leaving the ethical...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

... morning after pill, which rescues many women from unwanted pregnancies can be effective up to five days after having unprotected sex. These findings were released after a study conducted by Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, a professor of family medicine at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues. T...

FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane

... to submit to new restrictions aimed at preventing unwanted pregnancies while on the drug. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it has approved significant changes to the drugmaker's pregnancy prevention programme. The pregnancy prevention programme was adopted about 13 years ago, when Accutane...

Niacin Safe for Diabetics

...terol (the "good" cholesterol) also helps minimize unwanted side effects. Vega felt that, this extended-release form is designed to circumvent the bothersome side effects of regular niacin, such as flushing of the skin. More than 50 percent of the patients in the study were able to complete the trial. Four dr...

A new male contraceptive

...of the mice was not impacted by the treatment. Few unwanted side effects were noted. Because the dose needed to induce infertility was so much lower than the standard dose given humans for Gaucher's disease, the investigators believe side effects in men would be negligible. The investigators suggest this dru...

Oxygen helps heal wounds

...te, might be easier to administer// and have fewer unwanted side effects. For their study, they tested topical oxygen application on 58 wounds in 32 patients, who were followed up between one to eight months after treatment ended. The oxygen was locally administered to the wound site through a gas-impermeabl...

Drug Effective for Vascular Dementia

...ity. The drug was also well tolerated, causing few unwanted side effects among those who received t....

Third generation Small pox vaccine from Cell-culture

...ld, contamination by bovine prions can be avoided, unwanted immune response to bovine and other non-vaccina entities in vaccine. Though, CCSV has advantages, we should be able to provide universal pre-exposure immunity to small pox. A safe, immunogenic, effective vaccine will provide a barrier against attemp...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

...tion to the problem of increasing AIDS victims and unwanted teenage pregnancies in the country. The government’s strong move maybe the only positive step forward in creating the vital awareness in the society on the use of condoms and proper protection during sexual intercourse. The instillation of strong...

Gene enchances radiation therapy - A novel approach to fight cancer

... Although radiation kills cancer cells, it has unwanted side effects that could counter its positive effects. Dr. Rupert K. Schmidt-Ullrich, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues found that radiation activates the EGFR, or epidermal growth factor receptor, which is a part of a re...

Doctor demonstrates `psychic surgery'

...o create an impression of removing blood clots and unwanted growth in the body. In such surgeries, the supporters of the pranic healer are those who spread messages of success in surgeries," he added. This surgery was organised by the Karnataka state unit of Breakthrough Science Society and the state unit of...

Humans Found To Have The Ability To Block Unwanted Memories

...mory . It seems a mechanism in the brain may block unwanted memories. Researchers from Stanford University st...est that the human brain has the ability to block unwanted memories. Researchers say the study shows people are capable of repeatedly blocking thoughts or ex...

Role Of Estrogen In Breast-Cancer

...other related agents that might reduce some of the unwanted side effects of tamoxifen, such as stimulation of the uterus....

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

...which results in about 78% of unplanned and 25% of unwanted pregnancies. Though the successful rate of emergency contraceptives is 95% compared to 99% of regular contraceptives which is being used as a combination of hormones progesterone and estrogen which may produce side effects such as nausea and the usa...

Calls to combat deafness after chemotherapy

...g companies say that such a drug, which blocks the unwanted effects of chemotherapy, is already available. Penelope Brock, a leading British oncologist has also added her voice to this cause, "Permanent side-effects are the most damaging, and hearing loss is one which affects everyday life and development." S...

Microbicides could serve to materialise women empowerment in the years to come

...ers who put them at risk and would also help avoid unwanted pregnancies, according to experts.With such products coming up, women empowerment will acquire new meaning in Tamil Nadu in a few months’ time when the third phase of the clinical trials for at least three candidate microbicides will begin. The India...

Abortion Does Not Increase Risk Of Depression In Women

...hat looked at US women who aborted or delivered an unwanted pregnancy reveal that pre-existing mental health m...pression than those who chose to carry on with the unwanted pregnancy. However, the observed effect could be due to the differences in education and income be...

Sharp Increase In Morning-After Pill Sales Among British Women

... safe sexual practices among youngsters to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Medindia on pregnancy: Pregnancy is the state of union between a sperm and an ovum in the uterus, the formation of a fetus that is nurtured in the mother's womb. Pregnancy covers the entire time frame of 40 weeks; from the minute t...

Inhibition of morphine tolerance by spinal melanocortin receptor blockade

...id dose escalation, which is often associated with unwanted side effects and by attenuating the development of analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia following chronic use of morphine. ...

Sexually Abused Girls Develop Eating Disorders

...conduced in 10,000 women more than 2,000 women had unwanted sex before the age of 16 developed later in their life symptoms of eating disorders//. Woman expressed happiness and did not worry much about weight gain and change in body shape after pregnancy almost 7,900 women in the study recalled happily they...

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