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Poor diet among smokers

... consumption and folic acid were down. These women also drink less water and use more table sweeteners than women who live with non-smokers....

Zydus Cadila and Kopran in strategic alliance

...acility, Zydus Cadila release said here. Zydus has also entered into a seperate technology transfer agreem...trategy of launching new products." Kopran will also co-market Zydus Cadila's new products in diabetes, central nervous system and other speciality segme...

Painter's problem

..., not only because of the reproductive effects but also because of the known adverse effects on the nervous system....

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...ring normal tissue, tissue with benign change, and also tissues from both localised and aggressive prostat...velopment. Pim-1, a known cancer-causing gene, was also highly expressed in prostate cancer tissue. Levels of hepsin and Pim-1 were significantly linked to ...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...intake can reduce cholesterol levels. But there is also a genetic condition called familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) which leads to high cholesterol.// People with FH cannot usually get their cholesterol down by diet alone - they usually need medication too. Left untreated, FH often leads to early devel...

New therapy better at increasing bone density

... suffered over three years by about 30 percent and also tended to reduce the chance of fractures. Combination therapy may offer benefits that aren't achieved with single-medication therapy. It may be best for women who still lose bone on a single drug, or who present with multiple fractures....

The tall gene

... as contributors to height in men. These genes may also help explain why men are taller than women.// "If... or very short, but the Melbourne study shows they also help determine normal adult height in the general population....

Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...alcium, vitamins and alfacalcidol preparations are also prescribed for prevention. The anti-osteoporosis market includes multinationals like Glaxo-Smithkline, Novartis, Infar and Wyeth Lederle. The Indian companies who have notched up a substantial market share are Cipla, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Elder...

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

...s in the UK, expressing concern about SSRIs. He is also concerned that his research has uncovered a serious problem with the way drug trials in general are carried out. Drug trials, Dr Healy says, are designed to test whether a drug can treat a condition, not to uncover evidence of side effects. However...

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

... been shown for the first time to be effective. It also provides the first indication that the drugs, known as angiogenesis inhibitors, vary in effectiveness depending on the stage of cancer targeted. // Senior researcher Dr Douglas Hanahan, professor of biochemistry at the University of California in ...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...profound effects of this drug." Methamphetamine, also known as "speed," "meth" or "chalk" (and, in its smoked form, as "ice," "crystal" or "glass"), can be smoked, snorted, injected or taken orally. The drug, often made in clandestine laboratories from inexpensive over-the-counter ingredients, is widely...

Pollution could be a risk

...rcises outside, the increased respiratory activity also increases the dose of PM2.5," he said....

Vitamin C for the heart

...mpaired, which can cause lameness and pain. PAD is also associated with an increased risk of death and dis...ese compounds and reduce damage, free radicals can also deplete antioxidants from the body when overall levels are low. The investigators found that patie...

Women find difficulty in calling it 'Quits'

...ue to smoking are further exacerbated in women who also use oral contraceptives. Some studies have also pointed to the conclusion that women also may have nearly double the risk of lung cancer as men. T...

Treatment for Meniere's disease

...ring loss in the affected ear, and the disease may also spread to the other ear. This disease has a wide range of treatments available.Many patients spend years trying one after the other without seeing any improvement. One problem in assessing the value of a particular treatment is that the condition ...

Gene therapy restores sight

...genital amaurosis (LCA), a form of blindness, that also affects human infants and for which there is no treatment. The disease involves a defect in the genes responsible for the retina's ability to translate light into nerve impulses.// In humans, LCA causes severe rapid onset of blindness, a process whi...

Genesis of SUPAC

...te dependent upon suppository making machines were also enumerated. Pondell, in 1985 analysed the process variables involved in the film coating operation. Importance of factors like variation in supply of raw material and their response to processing and variation in instrumentation type. Problems crop...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

... Surgical, Amarpreet Sawhney told that the gel may also have the potential to halt tumour growth by cutting off its blood supply. Vanessa Jones, senior lecturer at the Wound Healing Research Unit at the University of Wales College of Medicine, said the gel seemed to be using technology which is currentl...

Emotional callers hamper speedy ambulance dispatch

...ate caused the most difficulties but problems were also caused by people using mobile phones or pay-phones...r failing to be understood by the caller. It was also noted in the report that although the use of mobile phones often helped to reduce the time taken to ...

Aspirin reduces deaths

...spirin thins the blood - preventing clotting - and also reduces inflammation. A new study from doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the US now reveals that aspirin reduces deaths from all causes in heart patients.// The researchers followed up over 6,000 patients referred to the Clinic with hear...

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