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Pubs Propose to Sell Nicotine Gum Patches

Britain- The pub hopes to benefit from the ban on smoking and they are already stocking on nicotine patches and gums for the success of the ban. The Smoking ban, in public places, which comes into effect from July 1st, has ample support from the public of Britain. Three quarter of t...

Stem Cell Licensing Deal Positions Toronto as World Leader in Technology

...niversity laboratory to commercial reality for the benefit of the public. Currently, TRT technology is available to the Canadian public through CCBB, which markets HUCPVCs as Peristem. Once the baby is born, a health professional simply collects the cord tissue and places it in a bio-container supplied wit...

University of Zurich Announces Worldwide Clinical Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

...y. "It is established that CRT provides clinical benefit for heart failure patients with wide QRS," said Johannes Holzmeister, MD, University of Zurich, and co-principal investigator of the study. "Now it is imperative that we understand the effects of CRT in patients with narrow QRS complex ( "As the ma...

Omega-3 Fattyacids Keeps Retinopathy at Bay

...f the NEI, said, This study explores the potential benefit of dietary omega-3 fatty acids in protecting against the development and progression of retinal disease. The study gives us a better understanding of the biological processes that lead to retinopathy and how to intervene to prevent or slow disease. ...

More Fat Leads to Less Coronary Artery Calcification

...this study, this cost effective intervention could benefit millions of people." The participants mean age was 42, and mean duration of diabetes was 34 years. In addition to the CT scan, patients were evaluated for fat underneath the skin and in the abdominal region, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumfe...

Norwegians Take in the Sun in Spain on Doctors' Orders

...home -- come to Spain knowing they are entitled to benefit from the country's free healthcare system. Except for the sun, nothing at the rehabilitation centre would lead you to think you were in Spain. The medical staff is Scandinavian as are the cooks while signs are all in Norwegian. Altea, a whitewashe...

Ranbaxy Launches Pravastatin Sodium Tablets in US

...a 180-day exclusivity for the pravastatin 80mg and benefit from the commercial gains during the period, it informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The annual sales for the tablets, used for prevention of several types coronary heart diseases, were $209 million, it said....

SARS Patients Experience Mental Health Decline

...givers during and after an epidemic, the potential benefit of a family-centred approach to followup care, and the importance of exploring strategies to minimize the psychological burden of an epidemic illness as part of future pandemic-planning initiatives Survivors used health care services frequently the...

Gene Therapy Awakens the Brain Despite Blindness from Birth

...icant because they support the potential for human benefit from retinal therapies aimed at restoring vision to those with genetic retinal disease. During the course of study, the researchers used functional MRI to measure brain activity in blind dogs born with a mutation in gene RPE65, an essential molecul...

Roche Completes Acquisition of BioVeris

...at our customers and their patients will certainly benefit from," said Andy Thomson, Senior Vice President, Centralized Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics Corporation. Today, Roche is a leader in immunochemistry, driven by its highly successful Elecsys(R) immunochemistry product line, the fastest growing portf...

Personal Disclosure by Physician may Harm Patients

...und these disclosures to be doctor-centered and to benefit the doctor, not the patient. As a discloser myself, I was really devastated. The investigation is part of a larger study of patient communication and health outcomes funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. One hundred primary care...

Adding Folic Acid to Bread Could Help Battle Depression

... evidence that suggests folic acid supplements can benefit people with depression. We recommend that large trials should be carried out to further test this suggestion," he added. Folate is linked to the production of some of the 'feel good' chemicals in the brain, such as serotonin. The identification of ...

Vaccine Ninety Percent Effective Against Cervical Cancer

...en said by telephone, explaining that it would not benefit women who already test positive for both of the targeting virus strains. But those who were exposed to only one of the strains would be protected from the other, and even those who had been exposed to both "received some cross-protection from other...

Successful Dads Have Not So Successful Daughters

...d them to theorise that some genes are designed to benefit just one gender and can handicap the other sex. "We see this sexually antagonistic selection because the male and female deer need to fulfil different requirements in order to be successful," the New Scientist quoted lead author of the study Katha...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...eeks of daily treatment in hospital. An additional benefit is that the equipment required for the new technology is much less expensive than that used in conventional treatment methods. The Prostrate Cancer Treatment of the Future? According to Professor Zamboglou, the advanced new image-guidance techno...

Adopting Healthy Lifestyle in Middle Age Lowers Heart Disease Risk

...m, and not smoking. "The potential public health benefit from adopting a healthier lifestyle in middle age ...ere three key findings from the study - first, the benefit of switching to a healthy lifestyle past age 45 became evident even in the 4-year, short-term follow...

Routine Hib Vaccination Could Save Innumerable Asian Children

...not call for supplementary injections or visits to benefit from the expanded protection. Bangladesh recently applied for funding from the GAVI Alliance to set up a DTP-Hepatitis B-Hib "pentavalent" combination which they hope to introduce into the routine childhood immunization program in 2008. "Bangladesh...

New Engineered Drug Shows Promise in Treating Lymphocytic Leukaemia

...s is exciting because it means that this agent may benefit patients who are resistant to other CLL drugs," says co-author Natarajan Muthusamy, a research scientist with Ohio State's Comprehensive Cancer Center. "It also suggests that it might work well in combination with other drugs, as well as alone." T...

Australian Grape Glut Dries Up as Drought Bites

...r here from rainfall, then theoretically we should benefit from that," he said. Peter Robson, who runs Ross Hill, one of Orange's pioneering vineyards, said rising global temperatures could hurt wine production in warmer parts of the country. "If these trends continue, the hot areas are not going to be a...

Moderate Drinkers Outlive Their Teetotaler and Heavy Drinking Counterparts

...., said. The study proposes that the main health benefit of moderate drinking is that it can keep cardiovascular disease at bay, particularly hardening of the arteries and stroke caused by blood clots. However, despite the benefits of moderate drinking, the authors warn about the dangers of heavy drinkin...

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