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Pfizer Acquires Worldwide Rights For New Overactive Bladder Drug

...ent with Schwarz Pharma AG under which it would be acquiring exclusive worldwide rights to fesoterodine, a new drug that can be a treatment option for an overactive bladder. // "Overactive bladder is a debilitating condition that affects up to 100 million people around the world," said Karen Katen, vice chair...

Health Authorities Take Step to Control MRSA Infection

... Associated Infection Programme (WHAIP), said that acquiring an MRSA infection depends on the patient's own health, reason for hospital admission and the type of treatment they are receiving. Welsh health minister Dr Brian Gibbons asked the NHS to take all the necessary steps to reduce all possible hospital in...

Careless Paramedics Spread Infection

...ions. The hospital officials said that the risk of acquiring an infectious disease is extremely low but to be safe and take every precaution they are conducting the blood test. An investigation into the nurse's careless attitude and putting the lives of many patients under risk is underway. The officials said...

Anti-Parasitic Drugs Useful in Reducing Damages of Congenital Toxoplasmosis

...ildbearing age in the United States are at risk of acquiring the infection for the first time during gestation and transmitting the infection to their fetus. The Toxoplasma gondii parasite infects humans through undercooked, infected meat; through T. gondii oocysts found in cat litter; or when a newly infected...

WHO Rules Out Human Transmission Of Bird Flu In 4 Cases

... disease // , easing fears that the virus might be acquiring the ability to spread more readily among humans. 'The negative test results for all four nurses provide reassuring evidence that the virus is not spreading efficiently or sustainably among humans at present,' WHO said referring to the stage that cou...

Study States Smokers With Wrinkled Faces More Easily Prone To COPD

...the facial lining could give a clue to the risk of acquiring COPD.COPD is a general term for a variety of progressive chronic lung diseases, such as emphysema and bronchitis, which block the airways and restrict oxygen flow around the body. It is reported that more than a million people in the UK are thought t...

Afro American Women at a High Risk of HPV and Hence Should Be Vaccinated

...he same issue. The HPV vaccine protects women from acquiring two types of HPV, a sexually transmitted disease believed responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. Research shows that African American women are at twice the risk of dying from cervical cancer than Caucasian women. ‘Although the reaso...

People are Happier at the Older Age than when they are Younger: Study

...d on learning new skills, achieving new successes, acquiring things," the researchers said in their study published in the June issue of the Journal of Happiness Studies. "As we get older, we seem to recognise that life is only going to go on so much longer, time is starting to run short, and so we start to...

Second Human Case of ‘Mad cow’ Disease In Netherlans

...sually succumbs to the disease within 18 months of acquiring it. Mad cow disease had first appeared in Britain in the 1980s that had forced the slaughtering of millions of cattle. The Netherlands is one of the world's biggest exporters of meat and dairy products and its livestock sector have undergone major ...

Prevalence Of AIDS Goes Down In Illinois

...concerned about the younger generation as they are acquiring the disease at an early age. Statistics show that 77% of people infected with AIDS are in the age group of 18 and 44....

IDFC Private Equity Invests Rs 90 Crore In Manipal Health Systems

...ore in Bangalore-based Manipal Health Systems // , acquiring a minority stake in the firm. The investment was made by IDFC Private Equity Fund II, a fund managed by IDFC Private Equity. "We have acquired a minority stake in the firm and we will be part of it for a period of five years. We will also have an o...

Malaysia Announces Prison term On People Donating HIV-Contaminated Blood

... of HIV infections, with a larger numbers of women acquiring the disease, was a major cause for concern. Najib went on to say, “On average, 6,000 HIV/AIDS cases are reported annually, 70 percent of them involving drug addicts.” He further stated that one of the steps that had been decided at the meeting tow...

Neurology behind Drinking in Teenagers

...ly drinking was blamed for time away from homework acquiring social skills, and other related tasks of growing up mounting research has shown that alcohol damages the developing brains of teenagers, injuring them significantly more than it does adult brains. These findings have lain to rest the assumption th...

Decaffeinated Coffee Might Protect Against Adult Onset Of Diabetes

...inated coffee daily had a 33% reduction in risk of acquiring diabetes when compared with those who drank no coffee at all. The researchers in their report had but also explained that it is probably that something other than caffeine is at work, their study was not equipped to explore causes. Previous studies...

UCLA Researchers Transform Stem cells From Fat tissues Into Smooth Muscle

...stem cells found in the brain and bone marrow, but acquiring stem cells from adipose tissue is much easier and most patients have adipose tissue readily available, according to Rodriguez. The next step, she adds, involves identifying and developing the growth factors that will induce transformation of cells mo...

Orchid to Buy out Bexel Pharma, US

... will buyout US-based Bexel Pharmaceuticals Inc by acquiring a 26 per cent stake // , for over Rs 13 crore (three million dollars). The company holds a majority 74 per cent stake in Bexel Pharma and would acquire the remaining 26 per cent stake as a part of an agreement reached between the two companies to br...

Meningococcal-B Vaccine Greatly Reduces The Risk of The Disease

...s resulted in a five-fold reduction in the risk of acquiring Meningococcal B disease. The officials from the Ministry of health have stated that according to the initial results of the study conducted by the Victoria University of Wellington has showed that the children who were not immunised were almost five ...

Breakthrough In Prostate Cancer Detection And Treatment

...l) of blood or higher are thought to be at risk of acquiring prostate cancer. The researchers had explained that they conducted their study of tests on 330 patients, which even included some who had prostate cancer, and that the came up with the result of the test showing a negative result for 97% of patient...

New Approach Assesses Risk of Water-Borne Pathogen Disease

...novel approach for assessing the risk to humans of acquiring leptospirosis – a severe, water-borne disease that...ary personnel and travelers highlight the risk for acquiring leptospirosis in tropical environments. Noted risk factors include the use of well or stream water, ...

Cancer Rates Falls In Younger Men But Stable In Young Women

...ey would be just about completing their education, acquiring jobs or settling into their own family, which could cause them, increased physical and emotional changes. Easley, of Fredericton, who was 23 when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma or cancer of the lymph system seven years ago said, “It kind...

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