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Tag: "alternative" at medical news

Negative Effects Of Sedatives

...vioural therapies, there may be a viable treatment alternative in a healthy elderly population," they said. This research will prove vital, not just because as many as half of all older people suffer from irregular patterns of sleep, accounting for 40 percent of sleeping pill prescriptions, but - importantly -...

Sperm stem cells could be an alternative to embryonic stem cells in future

...tudy of infertility. It can even serve as an ideal alternative to embryonic stem cells. "The ability to manipulate male germ-line stem cells and get them to grow and self-renew is a major step," said Dr. Garbers, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UT Southwestern. The researchers have now focu...

Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu

... Tamiflu has but is cheaper and sometimes a better alternative to Tamiflu. Dr Y K Hameid, CEO of Cipla in a press release said:‘‘Zanamivir is the only other drug besides Tamiflu that can be effective in human avian flu. While we have made Tamiflu in our laboratories we are trying to make zanamivir also.’’ Zanami...

Novel Biological Pacemaker Under Construction for Weak Hearts

...entional one in the sense it can serve as an ideal alternative in infection-prone patients or who are physically too weak to have a mechanical pacemaker implanted. Moreover, fibroblasts are found throughout the body, even in skin. These construction blocks are much easier to grow and handle in the lb....

Cancer Causing Proteins Trigger Abnormal Biochemical Reactions In Cells

...eath commented. 'This newfound link may also offer alternative strategies for therapeutic intervention.' It is generally accepted by drug companies that they target specific receptors when manufacturing drugs for chemotherapy. The above research could help them formulate drugs for EGFR and ErbB2 and target sec...

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Has An Answer Now!

...s forskohlii, a native of India that is used as an alternative remedy in other countries, and as an ornamental plant in the US. CML, a malignant cancer of the bone marrow, results from mistakenly exchanging genetic material in chromosomes 9 and 22 during cell division. The translocation creates a new, fused gen...

Radiation Risk of Pelvic Fracture in Elderly Women

...f the pelvis. This study highlights the need other alternative forms of cancer treatment in the elderly. Falls are the leading cause for mortality and morbidity worldwide, second only to road traffic accidents. Adults over the age of 70 years, more specifically women have significantly high fall related mortal...

India should increase precautionary measures against Bird flu

...d Zanamivir (Relenza) which is more cheaper and an alternative to Tamiflu. ...

Fructose is a tricker and not all that sweet!

...f carbohydrates,' Johnson said. 'So this may be an alternative to the Atkins type of approach, which cuts out carbohydrates indiscriminately.' The study can effectivelycontribute in diagnosis and development of a diet that is perfect in all respects....

Animal Cruelty free Test Kit

...the test kit without using animal serum. The new alternative test kit uses synthetic medium and the cost and accuracy is not found to vary from the conventional animal serum test kits. The cruelty-free kit is expected to sell particularly well in Europe, where laboratories are concerned about bovine spongiform...

Non-addictive antidepressant drug

...URB597 as a safer, non-addictive, non-psychotropic alternative to cannabis for the treatment of pain and depression and provides hope for the development of an alternate line of antidepressants, with a wider range of effectiveness'. sourse EUREKA...

Asian Alternative Treatments For Cancer On The Rise In Europe

...onal counseling are just some of the commonly used alternative treatments many cancer patients are opting for all...t for cancer with the combination of some of these alternative treatments. Different researches have highlighted that alternative treatment for cancer patients i...

UK Committee Warns on Food Shortages Due to Flu Epidemic

...onal level and has asked the Government to prepare alternative plans to combat an epidemic should the need arise. As staff continue to take leave and supermarket deliveries are not made on time, the Committee felt that food shortages would hit the country badly. 'A flu pandemic looks likelier now than at any tim...

Efficacy of fish oil supplements in pregnancy.

...s therefore pregnant women should consume it. The alternative to fish-oil supplements is dietary fish, but caution is warranted here as well. In this case, the concern is contamination with mercury, which is neuro toxic at certain levels. Some fishes with mercury levels have been mentioned below: Canned light ...

The Looming Controversy Surrounding Facial Transplant

...larity of the ‘new face’. The currently existing alternative for patients whose face has been disfigured beyond recognition is the skin graft method that is based on rebuilding the damaged part through muscular and skin flaps taken from elsewhere in the body (most commonly from the thigh and back). The only ad...

Details of Cosmetic Surgery in a Special Website.

...ple should be given access to the various details, alternative advices, standards required by the providers, qual...rding cosmetic surgery. The risks, procedures, the alternative methods, details of the treatment, and the results of the particular surgery are all explained in th...

Intravenous Iron treats anemia of pregnancy faster

...t intravenous iron sucrose is a safe and effective alternative to oral iron in treatment of iron deficiency anemi...ravenously administered iron 'may be considered an alternative to oral iron in the treatment of pregnant women with severe iron deficiency anemia during the third ...

Our Gain US’s Loss in the Health Care Facility

...cal care. It’s because we are giving them a better alternative and also for procedures that are not covered by US insurance that the medical tourists are coming in search of India. Rather interestingly the medical centre at Los Angles has announced complicated procedures to be done there to offset the America...

Medical Tourism To India Hurts US Hospitals

...hat if a procedure were to fail, Americans have no alternative except to keep quiet and cannot seek legal redress as they can back home. "All the protection afforded by the US health care system — board-certified physicians, the FDA and a legal system that supports patient rights — are void as soon as one steps ...

Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

...s goal is to use a combination of conventional and alternative therapies to cure cancer whenever possible, by combining the latest in conventional and alternative modalities for an unsurpassed multi-level attack against all cancer,' it says. According to the we...

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