Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery
... treatment was stopped or after 12 days, whichever came first. The treated children had an increase in cardiac index by than 20% (p<0.004) in the first 24 hours after the operation when compared to placebo-treated kids. The results were especially dramatic in patients who had undergone operations t...El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks
...such as monsoons and seasonal temperature changes, came from a hospital in Bangladesh that had tested all incoming patients for cholera for 18 years, from January 1980 to March 1998. The Ellner model took into consideration recent frequencies of cholera cases, an ENSO index based on sea-surface temperatur...Consensus on "Combination Therapy" for Breast Cancer
...erapy. To help in the decision-making, experts came up with their own recommendations as follows: 1. Women whose breast tumors contain estrogen receptors, regardless of other factors, are recommended to use hormonal therapy. The panel suggests five years of drug-Tamoxifen as the standard hormonal adj...New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients
... the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the grass pollen vaccine, the medication requirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing difficulties came down by 9...New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients
...the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the grass pollen vaccine, the medication requirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing difficulties came down by 9...Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink
First it was the nicotine patch, then came the gum, inhalers and other products intended to help smokers kick the habit by getting over their nicotine fixation. The new kid on the block in this ever increasing list is a nicotine solution that can be mixed with drinks, which scientists claim ...Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances
...n his welcome address said the organisation, which came into existance in 1963, had established itself as one of the biggest councils with a membership of 7,500 across the country. The members are broadly divided into five panels; durgs and pharmaceuticals, dyes and dyes intermediates; inorganic and orga..."Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand
...rdened with infectious disease, war and disasters, came out with the point that these 34 million people in developing countries cannot be abondoned the treatment just because of the cost of these drugs. Dr. Kaninda, at an MSF-sponsored panel discussion pointed that expensive antiretroviral therapies - ar...Protective effects of tomatoes in prostate cancer
...try and biochemistry at the University of Maryland came forward with the explanation that the combination of these plant nutrients, called phytonutrients, including lycopene, which is highly concentrated in tomato products is responsible for the protective effects against cancer.But the epidemiological st...B Vitamin protects and lowers toxicity of Arthritis Drug
... In their study which included 400 patients , came out with the figures which is as follows , after 4... toxicity to the liver. The researchers also came out wiht the fact that any possible negative effect of folate supplementation on the efficacy of the...Sleeping sickness - a silent killer
...e cattle and horses. // Sleeping Sickness first came to international attention when colonial explorers like Livingstone and Stanley noticed that their horses could not survive in parts of Africa. But people had been dying from the bite of the Tsetse fly for a long time before that, and are still dyin...Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India
...of course all the critical parts shall continue to came from Germany just to ensure the known quality. The reduced manufacturing cost will help the company to sell the products at very competitive price. The high investment in India is an evidence that company is committed to serve the Indian pharmaceutic...E. coli strains resistant to a common antibiotic
...ms are exactly the same, investigators assume they came from the same source, and the most likely such source is food. The research, conducted at the University of California at Berkeley, was based on analysis of 302 cases. "We were really, really surprised," said researcher Amee R. Manges at Berkeley....NPIL withdraws Parkinson’s dru
...s. According to NPPA sources the 10 tablet strips came under the price control which the company launched after the price control on vials.// The existing MRP of a 10 tablet strip of 250 mg was Rs 56, whereas the company was seeking an MRP of Rs 97.84 to make it viable for the company.......mone which helps the process." Regular, loving sex came second to physical and mental activity as the factors most important to retaining youth. The research discovered that people can benefit from working and socialising with younger and older people and from having younger partners. The study also con......etric hydrogenation was feasible. The breakthrough came in 1968 when William S. Knowles was working at the Monsanto Company, St. Louis, USA. He discovered that it was possible to use a transition metal to produce a chiral catalyst that could transfer chirality to a non-chiral substrate and get a chiral pr...Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes
...urpose of preventing recurrent heart attacks. This came after several studies suggested the combination therapy of estrogen and progestin actually raises the risk of recurrent heart attack, at least temporarily. Currently, the only well-established benefits of hormone replacement are in reducing menopau...Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax
...rtly thereafter to be most effective. Before Cipro came along, penicillin was a common treatment for anthrax. Pharmaceutical companies say they're ready to ramp up production of anti-anthrax drugs if needed.......f an embryo is foreign to the mother's body, as it came from the father. And the new findings from experiments with rat and human cells suggests that some women who cannot sustain a pregnancy may be unable to control these immune reactions. The study showed that CRH is produced by the early embryo and p......hydrate did best, followed by those whose calories came from fat. Given that complex carbohydrates have other health benefits, the study suggests that a bowl of whole grain cereal, fruit, or a couple of slices of toast, might be the best breakfast for your body and your mind....