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New and unique treatment for Psoriasis patients

...fresh hope with the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the new drug, Amevive. This unique drug targets renegade immune cells to control hard-to-treat psoriasis. Psoriasis has been thought to occur when the immune system goes amok and cells called memory effector T cells prompt skin inflammation. The ...

New remedy for those suffering from Crohn's disease

...ugh not approved for treatment of Crohn's has FDAs approval for other uses....

Second hope for men with erectile dysfunction

...hope with two new drugs introduced(and waiting for approval from the U.S. FDA) by the drug majors Eli Lilly and Bayer. The drugs, Cialis (tadalafil), by Eli Lilly, and Levitra (vardenafil), by Bayer, are touted to be more effective than Viagra(sildenafil citrate) as they are said to remain active// in the blo...

Plastic surgery popular with men also!

...ted to change their legs. The survey revealed that approval for cosmetic plastic surgery was also high among men with 72% saying yes compared to only 10% who disapproved. The survey also found that personal reasons were the main reason why men would opt for cosmetic plastic surgery with 87% of men saying so. ...

New Cure for Addiction?

... four million dollars and is aimed at securing the approval of our Food and Drug Administration. Much of the evidence that supports the Vietnamese claims of effectiveness for Heantos is anecdotal; no scientific proof exists. However, since the need is so great and the problem is so urgent, some scientists co...

Snail venom Found To Ease Pain In Cancer Victims

... to the normal, conventional treatments. Federal approval for the drug is still being sought and researchers say they expect it to become commercially available within the year....

New Drug Combination Found To Improve Memory in Alzheimer’s Patient

...dvanced stage of Alzheimer’s. Prior to the FDA’s approval of memantine, only acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, like donepezil, were approved for treating Alzheimer’s patients. Researchers say the study is significant because this is the first time combining two Alzheimer’s drugs has shown positive results. ...

Gene Therapy Gives Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

...arger animals or humans. However, they are seeking approval for a limited trial in humans to determine the safety of the viral vector in humans. If it is safe, then researchers hope to test the method in larger animals and humans. ...

Hope For Patient With Alzheimer’s Diseas

...dvanced stage of Alzheimer’s. Prior to the FDA’s approval of memantine, only acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, like donepezil, were approved for treating Alzheimer’s patients. Researchers say the study is significant because this is the first time combining two Alzheimer’s drugs has shown positive results. ...

New Medicine For Parkinson’s disease

...ect of the drug Levodopa. Azilect is waiting for approval by Food and Drug administration of USA before it can be marketed. Once available in the market, the drug may bring relief to millions of people suffering from the dreaded Parkinson’s disease. Link: http://www.thelancet.com/jounal/...

New robotic drill to do dental implants

...ished testing the new drill on animals and has the approval of FDA of USA to test it on humans. Once the trials on human subjects are conducted successfully, the new drill may be an important step towards automated dentistry....

Fish is good for Alzheimer's patients

...develops the brain, and it just got the scientific approval for being labeled the same. The researchers, who had created genetically altered mice with Alzheimer's disease, had fed rats with diet rich in DHA. When compared against the rats with the disease and without the fortified diet, rats that were fed fo...

Banning the drug Valdecoxib In India

...awal of the drug was made by the FDA after seeking approval from a committee they had constituted for advice o...tries requirement are different and withdrawal and approval of drugs should be made accordingly....

Lamivudine Manufactured By Ranbaxy gets the nod from the US FDA

...Laboratories (RL) has received its first tentative approval from the US Food and drug administration ( FDA ) t...(ARVs) to treat patients with HIV infection. The approval has come after a number of quality checks and inspections by some of the most stringent agencies in ...

FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Tysabri, a New Drug for MS

...with its use. Tysabri, which received accelerated approval from FDA in November 2004, is an innovative treatment that represents a new approach to treating patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). "FDA worked with the company to make sure this information, even though preliminary, was give...

FDA Diminish Hopes On ‘Female Viagra

...rove Viagra for enhancing male libido, there is no approval in sight for the female version. Acknowledging the "huge demand" that would probably come with approval, panel members worried aloud that long-term use by millions of women might increase the rates of breast cancer, heart disease and stroke. The c...

Obesity better handled with gastric bypass surgery

...h rate from surgery one may even wonder if the FDA approval for this procedure is a little hasty. Many patients due of gastric bypass surgery eventually end up either getting a second surgery for reduction of skin flaps and others land up in depression following failure. In view of the facts mentioned abo...

Prostratin- Drug to eradicate HIV

...ry setting, the researchers predict they will gain approval to test their hypothesis in patients as early as next year. Prostratin could be a crucial second tier treatment in the battle against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In the last five years, anti-HIV drugs, known as highly active antiretrovirus ther...

Vaginal Vaccine may prevent periodic infections

...for recurrent UTI. According to him, they have FDA approval to continue the commercialization of this vaccine, and we plan to start a multicenter phase III clinical trial....

MRI with nanoparticles highly sensitive in detecting prostate cancer metastases

...nder the name Combidex, are in the final stages of approval by the US Food and Drug Administration....

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