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Goat’s Milk One of the First Transgenic Food That Benefits Human

...ncorporated in to the goat, produces milk that has anti bacterial// enzyme found in human breast milk. This milk altered the intestinal flora of the pigs and goats which were fed with the milk. Hence the researchers are anticipating that in the future they would be able to create a transgenic goat that ...

Is AIDS A Manageable Disease?

...le and can be easily cured//. They said that the anti retroviral (ARV) therapies have kept them alive but have suffered some of the worst side effects of the ARVs. The drugs prescribed for the treatment of AIDS usually consists of a combination off ARVs. All these drugs have different toxicity levels an...

Proper Ratio Of Omega-3 And Omega-6 Could Reduce Prostate Cancer Growth

...xaenoic acid (DHA) lead to the development of more anti inflammatory prostaglandins which reduce the growth of the prostate tumor. ...

Opposition against Amendments in the Intellectual Property Law

...crease in the price of the essential drugs such as anti retroviral drugs (ARVs). This would affect thousands of Kenyans as it would result in increased mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Many activists and patients are against the incorporation of these amendments in the Intellectual Property law...

A New Approach towards Anti-Cancer Drugs

...ing to the researchers at the Edinburgh University anti cancer drugs should be aimed at preventing MDM2 fr...nce the lead researcher Dr. Kathryn Ball said that anti cancer drugs should be targeted against the MDM2 protein. The study has also pointed out a number of...

Low Dose Anti Rejection Protocol Helps Intestinal Transplant Recipients

...sburgh is planning to present how the new low dose anti rejection protocol //has appreciably improved the outcomes of the intestinal transplant recipients. Research performed by Rakesh Sindhi, MD, Co-Director of Pediatric Transplantation, and associates at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, shows that t...

Valtrex Prevents the Need for C-Section among Women Infected With Genital Herpes

...exas, Southwestern Medical Center have found a new anti viral drug which prevents the necessity of a caesarean section //in pregnant woman who have a history of genital herpes. The UT Southwestern study is the first large-scale confirmation that the drug valacyclovir hydrochloride (Valtrex) is effective...

Tourists Face Health Risks by Missing Vaccinations

...g their health by not taking their vaccinations or anti malaria pills before they go abroad//. The study... is prevalent in the last five years, did not take anti malaria pills, with 12 per cent stopping taking them while still in that country. The survey was ...

Britain Gets Wonder Drug That Busts Fats

...h targeted the endocannabinoid system unlike other anti obesity medications. The endocannabinoid system regulates the appetite and Rimonabant works by blocking molecular receptors, which on activation, can trigger a cascade of biological events affecting food intake and energy use, as well as fat and gl...

Patency On Two Drugs From Merck & Pfizer’s To Expire Soo

...ht threaten the sales of Lipitor, which is another anti cholesterol drug from Pfizer as there may now be stiff competition from the generic bands of Zocor. Reports have also shown that Lipitor was the world's top-selling drug with a estimated revenue of $12.2 billion in the 2005 sales. Pfizer, and also ...

Certain antidepressant drugs associated with pronounced suicidal tendencies

...ly to ascertain whether the victims had prescribed anti depressants. The study found that a majority of those who had killed themselves had not been prescribed antidepressants, and those who were prescribed, seemed to portray a suicide risk that was five times more pronounced during the first month of ta...

Ontario’s Entire Drug System Undergoes a Revam

...enzyme disorder. Even in the case of Herceptin the anti breast cancer drug the province has been much slower than other jurisdictions to cover the drugs. New Democrat health critic Shelley Martel also said that reforms will be introduced in which the patients would receive the drug therapy here in Ontario...

Benefits of Antidepressants to Pregnant Women Outweigh Risks to the Fetus

...ially the pregnant women about the risks of taking anti depressants. These anti depressant drugs known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors //(SSRIs) affect the fetus. Drugs...

Bird flu affects the export of poultry products to Sri Lanka and Nepal

...ies affected by the virus. It has also stocked the anti Avian flu drug, Tamiflu, sufficient for treating 1,000 infected persons. The health officials have also been sent to Hong Kong to be trained in the use of a new technology in surveillance. But on the other hand the Agriculture and Livestock Departm...

Antidepressants still being prescribed to Teenagers despite being banned!

...herapies like counselling. The most commonly used anti depressant is Prozac which is recommended for unde... psychological problems associated with the use of anti depressant to under 18s or under 15s....

Generic Products Compete With GlaxoSmithKline

...even more medicines also, which is inclusive of an anti H5N1 bird flu vaccine. The organization is also seeking to make some acquisitions during the course of the year. The consumer healthcare business of Pfizer is reported to be one among the targets of the compay....

Florida State University declares a breathtaking study which might solve the Hepatitis C Virus maze and find a cure!

...ases. // The protective mechanism that denies any anti viral therapy to be produced against it the refusal to reproduce in test tubes for more than a few hours or days. This has been a major problem and therefore scientists have not been able to find an efficient virus production and infection system. ...

Pregnancy Not An Antidote To Depression

... compared to a whopping 68% who had stopped taking anti depressants. Depression, very common during pregn...an cause more harm than the perceived harm from an anti depressant drug, by way of increased consumption of alcohol, smoking, less sleep and added stress. ...

Need More And Better Drugs To Tackle Stoke

...s drugs that are in the pipeline are Desmoteplase, anti clotting substance that is being tested whether it can be used after the three-hour window period. Factor VII a clotting agent exclusively to treat hemorrhagic stroke. Cerovive an anti-inflammatory drug to prevent the killing of the nerve cells after...

Turkey becoming epicenter for bird flu

...eated using a combination of antibiotics, bird flu anti flu drug Tamiflu and Intravenous fluids in Van Hospital. Turkey is a beautiful place and attracts lot of tourists from the European Union and the authorities feel that there is no reduction in tourists coming to Turkey but has urged the people from...

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