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Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...ble. Earlier studies had suggested that the single dose of the drug might make the virus impervious to lat...practical, the WHO has recommended giving a single dose of nevirapine when labor starts and then giving a second pill to the baby two days after birth.About...

A Combination Of Drugs Effective In The Treatment Of Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer

...In 8 cycles, due to the response to treatment, the dose of vinorelbine was reduced 50% and in 4 cycles it was reduced 75%. The mitoxantrone dose was reduced 50% in 5 cycles. Although 1 patient had a drop in prostate specific antigen (PSA) of mor...

The Effectiveness Of Chickenpox Vaccine Questioned

...of the vaccine over time to determine if a booster dose is needed to improve its effectiveness." ...

Hope for Chemo-Resistant Leukemia Patients

...will be higher since they are treating with a good dose in all the patients. In the first cycle, trial participants were given 40 micrograms/kilograms every other day for three doses. If patients needed repeated cycles, they were given 30 micrograms/kilograms every other day for three doses. Researchers...

Lung Therapy Found To Have Long-Term Side Effects

...travenously every 12 hours for one week. Then, the dose was tapered over the next three weeks. Results of the study showed children in the dexamethasone group had significantly poorer motor skills, motor coordination and visual-motor integration than those who did not receive the therapy. Children in th...

The Effects Of Estrogen Therapy

..., but they should only take the smallest effective dose for the shortest possible time. Since estrogen-alone seems to offer no overall health benefits, the researchers say it should not be used for these purposes....

Can Calcium Help Reduce Weight?

...searchers say they cant recommend a specific daily dose of calcium for weight loss purposes, but as of now...search needs to be conducted to determine specific dose recommendations of calcium for weight loss....

Triglyceride Drug Found To Lower The Risk Of Diabetes

... heart attack patients who received either a daily dose of the triglyceride-lowering drug bezafibrate or a placebo. All were followed for about six years. Men taking bezafibrate, which also lowers LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol and increases HDL (or “good”) cholesterol, were about 30-percent less likely to de...

Hope for Patients With HIV

...g, and its side effects were mild when a low daily dose was given....

Aspirin Found To Be Effective In Reducing Breast Cancer Rates

...ncer. However researchers say an optimal aspirin dose or regimen required to achieve a maximum reduction in cancer risk remains unknown . Researchers also say that the potential benefits need to be balanced against potential harmful effects of long term aspirin use, such as peptic ulcer disease and gast...

Hope For Patients With Prostate Cancer

...ts: docetaxel plus prednisone every week; a higher dose of docetaxel plus prednisone every three weeks, or mitoxantrone plus prednisone weekly. Researchers say survival among the men who received the docetaxel/prednisone treatment every three weeks was significantly greater (18.9 months) than the other tw...

Good News For Individuals Suffering From Frequent Throat Infections

...ms of vaccine. Researchers found the 200-microgram dose given on day zero, 28 and 112 appears to be capabl...l number of participants, suggest that in the full dose range tested, the vaccine appears safe and well tolerated and does not evoke antibodies that cross-r...

CT Scans Found To Increase The Risk Of Cancer

...the organs than conventional X-rays. The effective dose delivered during a full-body CT scan // is nearly 100 times that of a typical mammogram. A new study shows the risk of cancer death from a single full-body CT scan is just slightly less than the cancer death risk of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshi...

New Inhalation Anthrax Vaccine

...laboratory tests using rabbits exposed to a lethal dose of inhalation anthrax, nasal immunization with the powder resulted in an 83-percent to 100-percent survival rate. The results are similar to the protection offered by the injected formula....

Hormone Leptin Found To Be Effective In Treating Women With Infertility Problems

...o confirm these findings and to establish the best dose of leptin for women suffering from infertility and other problems related to low body weight....

Almonds found To Be Effective In Lowering Cholesterol

...ctive in managing cholesterol as taking a starting dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs. Previous studies have also shown the Portfolio plan has consistently displayed a “drug-like” effect in improving cholesterol levels. Patients on the Portfolio diet ate a handful of almonds each day. Researchers say the...

Almonds As Effective As Certain Drugs In Lowering Cholesterol

...ctive in managing cholesterol as taking a starting dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs. Previous studies have also shown the Portfolio plan has consistently displayed a “drug-like” effect in improving cholesterol levels. Thus researchers say the almonds, which are high in vitamin E, may have been a factor...

New Drug Effective for Low Blood Pressure

...tigmine alone, and about 33 percent needed a lower dose of another medication. Researchers conclude saying that in the future more study needs to be done in this area ....

Stopping The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease

...afe to use in people. This study used a much lower dose -- 0.1 milligram per kilogram administered once a day. Neuron loss was completely averted in mice that received the drug. Thus researchers say that their results suggest that protection occurs at clinically suitable doses of pramipexole....

The Latest Preventative Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer

...cancer incidence after 12 months of treatment. All dose levels were found to have some impact, but the 20-milligram dose had the greatest effect. 514 patients in the study had high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplas...

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