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Lancet Urges To Allow Emergency Contraception Drug As An OTC

...o make emergency contraception drug as an over-the counter drug//. Andrew von Eschenbach, acting Commission...t approval of this Plan B drug to be sold over the counter may actualy...

Bihar Politicians To Initiate AIDS Awareness Drive

...AIDS as it will not only check its spread but also counter the social stigma attached to the disease in India. The presence of hundreds of migrant workers and an open border with Nepal are some of the factors that contribute to the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in Bihar, said an official. ‘There are 8,128 ide...

US Not Ready To Face The Bird Flu Outbreak

...e White House released an action plan last week to counter any avian flu pandemic, amid fears that an outbreak could kill as many as two million Americans and cause economic havoc. The US and the European Union will jointly host talks in Vienna on June 6-7 to review strategies to combat the bird flu crisis...

Burn Away Calories In Your Garden

...recovering from breast-cancer surgery were able to counter depression by walking around in the garden. "After a hard, tense day at the office, a slow cruise around the yard will do wonders to restore your perspective," Relf said. "As you discover seedlings emerging, flower buds opening, even the damage of th...

Bill for Formal Regulation of Tanning Salons

...he dangers associated with sun beds to effectively counter the myths about tanning. He considered it especially ironic that people used sun beds thinking they would look better when in all probability they would end up looking old prematurely and possibly get skin cancer as well....

Delayed Start By Niger On Culling Of Poultry

...met on the edge of the Great Rift Valley to try to counter the negative influence which bird flu has had on how people view migratory birds. Kenya's part of the Great Rift Valley - a vast geographical feature that runs from northern Syria to central Mozambique - is a haven for birds like flamingos, pelicans ...

Breath to Reveal Presence of Breast Cancer

...would be able to buy the developed device over the counter which tests breath for the presence of metabolites, which are associated with the disease," they said. <br...

Vital Facts of Short Term Diets - Catch The Vitamin Behind An Ample Waist!

... oxidizing capacity, as compared to the less obese counter parts. With a consistent amount of vitamin C intake, it was found that blood concentrations of vitamin c increased in the group taking vitamins, while the levels dropped almost 27% in those, who formed part of the control group taking a placebo that ...

San Francisco Shows Marginal Decrease In AIDS Infection

...ong this will last." The San Francisco dip runs counter to the national trend, where the number of HIV-infected men rose 8 percent in 2004. While officials said they do not know the reasons for San Francisco's decline, a number of people pointed to the practice called "sero-sorting" -- a practice of en...

Meat Vendors across India Face the Wraths of Bird Flu

... is going from bad to worse. He says that his meat counter in a busy north Mumbai market is hardly visited by any customers. Bird flu delivered a massive blow to India's poultry trade. Despite the massive culling of birds and house to house surveillance the people who are worst affected are the meat vendors...

Pain-killer Drug Can Help Fight Breast Cancer

.... Nimesulide was banned from clinical and over the counter use in the United States due to rare cases of liver damage and related deaths. The researchers took several of these analogs and in laboratory cultures, tested their effects on estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells taken from human breast tissue. T...

FDA Nominee Says That He Is Not Influenced By Politics

...by the FDA. Furthermore, he regarded that over the counter sales of Plan B to those above 17 or older was safe. Critics, who are against this plan, argue that it will lead to unfavorable sexual behavior and increase the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Plan B is said to be effective ...

Bio-functional Garments Gaining Popularity

... extra microcapsules to consumers so that they can counter the effects of washings. Clothing with cyclodextrines is becoming popular since these garments not only release scents, but also store smoking odors. "It will smell strong for a short time, and the hollow compartments will be empty again," Buschmann ...

Chocolate milk may Be Good For Athletes

...Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism counter the notion that high-tech, expensive supplements are better than whole foods when it comes to athletic performance, it said. A team of researchers led by Joel M. Stager of Indiana University found that milk contains key nutrients, such as calcium a...

Negative Effects of Asthma Can Be Countered With Personality changes

...out their problem-solving abilities helped them to counter the negative effects of asthma and urban living. Asthma can also be influenced by poverty and exposure to violence and is the most prevalent childhood chronic illnesses in the US among the children from urban, low socioeconomic and ethnic minority ...

Bio-Functional Garments That Could Revolutionize Fashion Industry

...apsules, and the item loses is extra functions. To counter this, manufacturers recently began offering consumers packets to refresh the supply of microcapsules, Buschmann said. These packets can be emptied onto the garment after it's washed. Buschmann said he was sceptical about this actually being affective...

'Inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy suffers due to lack of evidence.

...d quality. The one controlled trial of external counter pulsation for heart failure is unpublished. It showed some modest improvements in the time patients were able to exercise and some gains in patients' ranking on a scale that classifies the extent of heart failure.” Technology Evaluation Center (TEC...

Second Hand Smoke Does No Harm

.... The Utah Legislature is bei9ng called upon to counter such efforts and not succumb to pressure groups which seek to deny people their basic rights. It has however been conclusively proved that people who smoke definitely run health risks as a result of the habit. In yet another related move, Muslim reli...

Demand For Diet Drugs On The Rise

The Food and Drug Administration has allowed the counter sale of the diet drug, orlistat. Previously it was available only if the patient possesses a prescription under the name Xenical. // The trial results showed that this drug helped in the reduction of six pounds in six months time period. Now the pro...

Drugs are taken ignoring the drug labels

...a great concern as more people are taking over the counter drugs without reading the drug labels for its cont... the combination of drugs. People take over the counter drugs to relieve their symptoms; they take a combination of drugs for pain relief, cough and cold sy...

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