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Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map

...ank called ' Genbank ', which will allow academic users to download a specific amount of information with ...s to use such information commercially. Commercial users will however have to pay for any information used. Researchers believe commercializing the informati...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...ar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizon wireless. This case has raised eyebrows not only because of the high profile names involved but also because this will be a landmark case whatever be the verdict...

Drug saves heroin addicts

...ollowing narcotic overdose. After giving 124 drug users in Berlin, Germany, training in emergency resuscitation with the aid of the injectable drug naloxone, the researchers report on the experiences of 22 addicts who had an opportunity to put their newfound skills to use. These 22 study participants put ...

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

...60% of the companions reported Internet use. Most users said they searched the Internet for information about treatment and diagnosis. Many others said they searched for physicians or hospitals....

Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

... the study had used ERT, including 11,024 who were users at the start of the study (baseline users) and 35,...ath rates per 100,000 women were 64.4 for baseline users with 10 or more years of use, 38.3 for former users with 10 or more years of use, and 26.4 for never...

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

...magnetic resonance imaging of their brains of dug users and then comparing them with brain scans of simila...ich he compared the brains of MMDA user verses non users using PET scan identified that there is a lasting reduction of serotonin transporters occurred throu...

The cocaine danger

...l said the research could explain why some cocaine users develop heart failure, where the heart becomes flo...s efficiently. The chest pains which many cocaine users complain of is due to the drug sending coronary arteries into spasm, researchers say.Researchers say...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...hamphetamine abuse and emphasize the need to alert users and potential users to the long-lasting, profound effects of this drug." Methamphetamine, also known as "speed," "meth...

Quit Smoking

...h as dry mouth, headache and insomnia, but half of users suffer none of them and in most of those who do the effects are short-lived and not serious. It should not be taken by pregnant or lactating women, or people who have epilepsy or anorexia or are alcoholics....

Women more susceptible to brain damage from ecstasy

...ubstantial decreases in density among heavy female users of the drug but not in the men. Women who had stop...changes in several brain regions of female ex-MDMA users are reversible....

Weight-Loss Drinks Can Make You Gassy

...h food substitutes contain milk-based powders that users mix with fat-free milk, before drinking as a replacement for a meal. The researchers found that those who consumed the high-lactose preparation experienced a large increase in intestinal gas. The women passed gas three times as frequently--from abo...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

... around four years. There are more than 10 million users of the drug in the US alone. With life expectancy of women in India on the rise, a safe and efficacious therapy can play a critical role in ensuring a healthier and graceful post-menopausal life. The company is optimistic that within the first year o...

Evidence supporting H.pylori eradication

...D). The pooled data from 16 studies of 1,625 NSAID users showed that uncomplicated PUD was more than twice as likely in patients positive for H.pylori infection than in those negative for this bacterium. Furthermore, ulcer bleeding risk was increased 1.79-fold by H.pylori infection and 4.85-fold by NSAID u...

Acne Drug linked to suicide attempts

... 1983. The FDA also had reports of 110 US Accutane users hospitalized for depression and thoughts of suicide in the same period. Roche, the makers of Accutane, sent a letter to doctors three-and-a-half years ago, alerting them to a new prescribing warning that states - "Accutane may cause depression, psyc...

Lethal Heart Condition linked To Cocaine Use

...d, 37 percent were related to cocaine use. Cocaine users were younger and all smoked cigarettes. Hyperten...nti-hypertensive medication and 29% of the cocaine users died in the hospital, which was almost twice the death rate of the non-cocaine users. ...

Healthy Medicine Or Harmful Intoxicant?

...sia and vomiting. GHB suspends the gag reflex, and users normally go into a deep sleep or coma. GHB was also sold extensively in health-food stores as an aid in muscle building and fat reduction during the 1980s....

Drugs may fog memory

A study found drug users often drifted off in the middle of sentences and would repeat a joke or story they had told already.The drug cannabis people used,// the more they abated in their everyday memory, scientists conclude. The findings come from one of the largest studi...

Aspirin deflated

...e byproduct varied substantially among the aspirin users but were still lower than they were in patients not taking aspirin at all. Researchers analyzed that aspirin did not adequately block thromboxane in some patients because of an underlying genetic mutation....

Arthritis Drug May Cause Liver Damage

...six times more reports of liver damage among Arava users than methotrexate users - even though thousands more people use methotrexate. Citing similar reactions abroad, the European...

Drug dilemma confronts users of painkillers

...FDA agreed that an 8,000-patient study found Vioxx users had half the risk of ulcers as users of the older naproxen. The same study found Vioxx users had twice the risk of heart attacks or other...

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