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Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the risk of oral cancer for smokers

...tobacco. The study suggested that NSAID might have anti carcinogenic effect on smokers who smoked for 30 or less pack-years. A pack-year is smoking for one year at a cigarette pack a day. Smokers smoking for 30 pack-years may be all those who have smoked a pack a day for 30 years, or two pack a day for ...

Herbal remedies can have harmful interaction when taken with drugs for rheumatic arthritis

... ginger, garlic etc in these medications may cause anti coagulant effects and hemorrhage. These when used with corticosteroids or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, may cause gastrointestinal bleeding. 105 of 238 patients who went treatment for rheumatic arthritis in an outpatient clinic under study ...

Inflammation reduced by consuming oily fish

...rel. This is supported by the identification of an anti – inflammatory lipid in humans derived from an essential fatty acid in fish oil. Fatty fish is known to contain large amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Eating fatty fish is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s di...

Avoiding Drugs During Pregnancy

...ng pregnancy. Studies involving infants exposed to anti –depressants // in the womb have shown few ill effects, so most doctors believe these drugs can be safely prescribed for pregnant women. However, most studies have only compared major outcomes, such as physical growth and complications evident on the...

Laser Surgery for Allergy

...offered to patients who are not helped by standard anti allergy prescription drugs....

Depression drugs help baby

...hers suffering from postpartum depression who take anti depressants are more likely to have infants with healthy weight gain when compared to babies of mothers who went untreated. The findings suggest women should seek treatment even if they need to take anti-depressants while breast feeding. Postpartum d...

TELITHROMYCIN - the proven effective new drug for cap

...onia (CAP). This is a breakthrough in the field of anti microbials as pneumococcal resistance is on the rage.Dr. Thomas M. File, Jr., of Northeastern Ohio University of Medicine, Rootstown, commented that, "Currently clinicians who perceive their patients to be at risk for infection with resistant pathoge...

"Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand

...IDS, physicians demanded to bring down the cost of anti retroviral therapy that would cater the AIDS victims in developing countries. Dr. Anne-Valerie Kaninda, medical advisor for Doctors without borders (commonly known as Medicines Sans Frontieres, or MSF), MSF provides healthcare assistance in 18 count...

Hypertensive Drug Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Men

Losartan, a new anti hypertensive drug appears to improve sexual function among the hypertensive men with erectile dysfunction. As the cause of impotence, really it is the disease process itself, probably from reduced vascular compliance. According to American Journal o...

South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants

...icans suffering from the disease but the expensive anti retroviral drugs are still way above the reach of ...ely only a tinny minority can afford the expensive anti retroviral drugs and the Government says this drugs are still too expensive for its health budget....

Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West

... air with its spicy aroma can also double up as an anti bacterial agent. Adding a dash of cinnamon to app... the same spice had been tested and proved to have anti E. coli properties. Though the research was restricted the beneficial effects of cinnamon, the scie...

African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

...V strains in Africa make it more difficult for the anti AIDS drugs to act on them according to researchers. This however does not mean that these drugs will be powerless against the virus but these drugs find it difficult to latch on to the protease, which is an enzyme useful in the replication of the vir...

Chinese paracetamol may be slapped with dumping duty

...h the domestic market could not recover. Hence the anti dumping duties, the Directorate added....

Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

Despite significant improvements in anti AIDS therapy, complimentary and alternative medicine seem to be more attractive to the AIDS positive patients, according to a new study. Among 191 HIV-positive outpatients surveyed about their use of complementary and alternative therapies, 67% said ...

New antibiotic already developing resistance

An anti biotic, just a year old, which was developed to fight resistant bacteria, is already becoming stale as the bacteria are showing signs of resistance. The drug linezolid is used to treat Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) infections that are resistant ...

Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

...omes to drug testing when sometimes very toxic new anti cancer drugs are tested on unsuspecting victims in the name of conducting a study.A new Harris interactive study report says that an alarming number of cancer patients say that they never knew or that they were never told about the possibility of enr...

Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap

...m Ranbaxy announced plans of its own production of anti retroviral drugs for AIDS treatment. This development brings to a head a series of developments in a year that has seen people all over the world ganging up against rising prices of essential life saving medicines. However critics say even now many ...

Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...of the quake hit areas. In the ghost town of Bhuj, anti social elements went on a looting spree of abandoned houses, which were ravaged by the quake. Police patrolling has been intensified in Bhuj and surrounding areas. Monks belonging to a Hindu religious group have started handing out cups of cooked v...

Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!

...uit, vegetables and a diet low on fats and rich in anti oxidants to stay fit. But if Dr.Weisburger and his tribe are correct it is advisable to add a cuppa tea to your diet every day....

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