New tetanus-diphtheria combination vaccine launched by Serum Institute of India
...n vaccine used in children and would be used as an alternative to the TT (Tetanus vaccine), commonly administered following injury. The vaccine is regarded to be very cost effective as it offers dual protection against both diphtheria and tetanus. The cost is much lesser than the existing Tetanus (TT) vaccine,......ded the license of the doctor who calls himself an alternative healer. Dan Conaway, the lawyer of the doctor has said that the clinic of the suspended medical practitioner will remain open. Shantha is not known to have any adverse records until date. One of the patients he treated in 2001 with a high dosage of...Milk Thistle Not An Effective Cure For Liver Disease
... an increased tendency of people to switch over to alternative treatment forms in place of conventional medicine, the more is the necessity of data to support the claimed health benefits. Sellers of such herbal products should also take this into consideration. "We can't see beneficial effects, we can't exclud...New Cardiac Angiography Technique For Improved Imaging Of Coronary Veins
...f Roentgenology. "MDCT angiography is a reliable alternative to invasive conventional coronary angiography, and should be used to evaluate the coronary veins prior to pacemaker lead placement, and other procedures. MDCT angiography improves the quality of diagnosis and treatment for the patient by providing be...Home Remedies More Used By Blacks And Native Americans
...ome remedies, and other forms of complementary and alternative therapies in elderly adults with diabetes. The research team analyzed the usage of two different kinds of home remedies, one based on food (consumption of tea, plant extract, baking soda etc) and the other on utilization of creams, lotions, ointmen...Self-Prescribed Vitamins And Herbal Remedies Can Do More Harm Than Good
...common belief that medicinal formulations based on alternative and complementary medicine are tested before they ...n 50% of the Australian population have been using alternative medicines in some form or the other, according to a study conducted recently. "This is in contrast...Mainstream medicine collides with alternate treatment: increasing health risks
...an 3000 South Australians to provide a snapshot of alternative medicine use was conducted led by University of Ad... reveal that one third of adults are happy to give alternative treatments to their children and most pregnant women assume they are safe to use. A "typical" user o...Price Of Alcohol Does Not Influence Consumption
...l sales, and suggest 'minimum price posting' as an alternative policy measure. They say the same tax may have different impacts in different markets and with different distributions of prices. "Our study accepts the assumption that alcohol is a 'complex good', composed of different beverage types - such as bee...Chinese medicine leaflet broke advertising code
...nce that traditional Chinese medicine was a viable alternative to Western methods. The company also said the leaflet did not state that Ever Well could effectively treat the illnesses listed, but that the ailments were capable of being treated. Ever Well said its staff held medical degrees and were qualified i...Stem Cell Research - Changing Wishes to Possibilities and Possibilities to Reality
...nd Complications’ and the use of ‘Cord blood as an alternative source of haematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation in Children’ were some of the topics discussed. The ultimate goal of stem cell research is to repair a damaged tissue that cannot heal by itself. Stem cells that are rightly termed as the ‘pro...Metastasis of Neuroblastoma linked to Loss Of Caspase-8 gene
... The research is very important as it gives us an alternative in the treatment modalities of metastasizing neuroblastoma. Integrins are molecules present on the surface of the cells including neuroblastoma. The main function of the Integrins molecule is that they anchor the cells with the extra cellular matri...Overeating Caused By Consuming Too Many Flavors All At Once
...control, and the need to give people an empowering alternative to unbalanced, fad diets. The Flavor Point Diet has three phases, each of which makes use of flavor themes, more obvious in the beginning, subtle by the end. The nutritional profile of the diet never changes, and meets or exceeds all prevailing die...Guidelines to tackle bird flu pandemic
...ther and disrupt industry and commerce. The only alternative to prevent a pandemic would be to avoid close contact with people, educate children about cleanliness, advice them to frequently wash their hands, to use tissue while coughing and sneezing and to stay indoors. Hence it is necessary that such a situ...Kylie's Personal Battle Against Breast Cancer May Soon Come To An End
...fter her chemotherapy in Paris. With the help of alternative treatments such as healthy eating practices and the ongoing cancer treatments this 37 year old may still need another 6 months before she gets back on her feet. However her publicist said,...A first in Liver Transplant in India – Networking works wel
...ent to Delhi was proving to be difficult, hence an alternative strategy was worked out. Both the Liver failure doctor from Kerala and his Surgeon from Delhi were asked to fly into Hyderabad. The advantage of the strategy was it saved at least Rs.180,000 for a chartered flight and it also made the ischemia time...... for about 1 percent of the patients who underwent alternative treatment. Unorthodox cancer cures have included vitamin C, laetrile extracted from apricot stones, and the Gershon diet of raw vegetables. The findings of the study are published in the online edition of Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer So...Male Contraceptive Pill Being Developed By Berlin Pharmaceutical
...ption. "For many, according to surveys, this is an alternative to cutting the vas deferens", the sperm duct that runs from the testicle to urethra. She notes that around 60 million men around the globe have been sterilised - a number similar to that of women taking the pill. But unlike sterilisation, the effect...Brain holds the key to Overactive Bladder
...part of the brain associated with deciding between alternative courses of action. On the other hand those who had overactive bladders showed poor orbitofrontal cortex activity even when their bladders were full but normal activity in other parts of the brain. This type of poor activity of the orbitofrontal...Inhaled Insulin To Be Made Available in India
...oving Exubera, the FDA stressed that it was not an alternative to injected insulin. "Peak insulin levels were achieved at 49 minutes (range 30 to 90 minutes) with Exubera inhaled insulin, compared to 105 minutes (range 60 to 240 minutes) with regular insulin, respectively," the FDA said in a statement. The drug ...Women Poorly Informed About Contraceptive Options: Doctors Blamed
... 1/3rd of FPA Helpline callers were informed about alternative contraceptive options. More than 1/3rd of them were totally unaware of the IUD and approximately 76% of callers had not heard about IUS before. 1 in four callers were poorly informed about implants and 12% were totally unaware of injectable contracep...