Anti Allergy Drugs Reduce Tumor Growth
... Anderson Cancer Center suggest that the use of an anti allergy drug over the span of 40 years reduced the tumor growth in the// human pancreas and also resulted in improved effect of chemotherapy. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute issued on Dec.20 reported that a combination of chemotherapy ...Breast Cancer Prevention Using Abortion Drug Considered
...r version of progesterone, before it is used as an anti cancer drug.This research has faced stiff opposition from groups of people who resist the idea of medical termination of pregnancies, using drugs. MST...Using Heart Stents Tends to Form More Clots
...eas stents that are coated with paclitaxel, needs anti clotting medicines to be taken for six months. Researchers pointed out that the risks of developing clots, though small are definitely present with the use of drug coated. However they are useful in preventing repetitive invasive procedures on pat...Interrupted Treatment Dangerous to HIV Management
...IDS and also suffer from toxic side effects of the anti retro viral drugs that are used for treatment. In...tant viral strains may also develop as a result of anti retroviral treatment. However, in spite of all the odds tossed against it, it’s safer for a HIV inf...Survey Reveals Rejection of NHS Database Scheme
... Conservative foreign secretary was present at the anti database campaign yesterday. The Tories are not officially linked up with this campaign protesting against setting up of data base. However, he voiced his support in opposing the government’s decision to set up data bases and to introduce identity ca...India Approves Oral Drug for Treating Kala-Azar
...roller General of India has recently approved oral anti Kala-azar drug “Miltefosine” for treatment of Kala-azar patients.// The clinical trials of Miltefosine – oral drug have been conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. Based on the results of clinical trials, the Expert Committee of...Measures to Prevent HIV in Railway Employees
...entral and Western Railway are being provided free anti retroviral treatment. Patients are being followed ...ary investigations including free CD 4 count, free anti retroviral treatment is rendered to needy persons. · All cases are being managed as per latest re...Lethal dose of cosmetic injections paralyzed recipients
...out the excess toxin. Timely intervention with the anti toxin saved their lives. They suffered from botulism, which caused paralysis because of the effect of the toxins of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum .Unless treated early the toxin can cause paralysis of airways endangering life as well. The l...Stop Exploiting Children ! Anti Obesity Charter On Junk Food Ads
An anti obesity charter which will be adopted later this month at the World Health Organization conference in Turkey, calls for curbs on food advertisements targetting// children. The draft WHO charter says: "Special attention needs to be focussed on vulne...Anti Atherosclerosis Therapies Linked to Leukemia
...nother recent discovery made during the study// of anti atherosclerosis therapies was a tendancy towards development of a dangerous blood cancer known as hronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML. Inflammation is an aspect of the immune response to injury and disease; atherosclerosis, with its characteristic ...Estimated cost of lifetime AIDS treatment assessed to be $618,900
...nd benefits offered by HIV treatment today. When anti retroviral medicines were first introduced in 1996 life expectancy of Aids patients was enhanced by 4 years. Ten years down the line it has increased commendably by almost 24 years .Researchers note that like most breakthrough treatments tend to be e...Pet Peeves: Conservatives Howl at Proposal to Share NHS Hosp by Pets and People
...nd cats with cancer." The lady also confirmed that anti allergy drapes would be used and no stone would be left unturned to keep the hospital spick and span. A spokeswoman for Unison, which speaks out for the multitiude of hospital workers, said "There must be other places where people are waiting for t...Discovery of gene stirs hope for Crohn’s disease patient
...ently the only options for treatment are steroids, anti biotics and anti inflammatory drugs which are not truly adequate. MST......h adults who suffer from HIV infection who receive anti retro viral therapy to battle the illness//, only half of all children with Aids stand the chance of receiving life saving drugs. Sadly, out of the over two million children world wide that is affected by Aids often less than one-tenth get medical at...Spices in curries spruce up aging minds
...spice ‘turmeric’ which is well known as a powerful anti inflammatory and anti oxidant traditionally - a must have in every Indian home. Today it is scientifically proven that ‘Cu...AIDS –spreading like wildfire in Chin
...ith AIDS have begun to show signs of resistance to anti retroviral drugs because of the lack in maintaining a strict regimen with therapy says activists in China. At a forum organized by the World Health Organization, in Beijing about 60 doctors from rural areas came together to discuss the problems and n...Bush Administration Proposes End of Funding of Anti-AIDS Program in Swaziland
... was provided by the US administration towards the anti HIV program through // subsidized circumcisions to men in Swaziland. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development it had only recently learned of the program and that it violated government policy supporting study of circumcision but n...Cipla launches 3-in-1 AIDS drug in India
... freedom from the severe side effect of many other anti HIV drugs.” The innovative treatment kits and the 3-in-1 pills introduced by Cipla will promote adherence and ease of use.Viraday is the most remarkable accomplishment of Cipla. Cipla has brought down the price of HIV/AIDS drugs in international ...Researchers Chew on the Modest Cabbage as a Cure for Breast Cancer
...n these vegetables could be used to supplement the anti -cancer treatment. This would also mean a lowered dosage of drugs resulting in similar treatment outcomes. All the advice regarding a balanced vegetarian diet indeed holds water!...The anti reservation movement has gained momentum following the Union Cabinet’s go ahead signal towards introducing a Bill in the current session of Parliament for providing 27// per cent reservations to Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in government-aided insti...