Differing reactions to anti clotting drugs may be due to genetic variation.
... the proper dosage of the drug. A little change in dose often may result in more reactions to blood flow. ... of visits to the physicians to find out the right dose for the patient even then. Genetic variations are often not considered here. The new research will e...PET Scanner detects more Vaginal cancer than CT scans
...rectly from a tumor after a patient has received a dose of radioactive glucose, which accumulates in tumors. Hence even tiny tumors will collect enough "hot" glucose to show up on the PET scan. "CT scans are useful in many cases, but they have a limit to their resolution," says Grigsby, who sees patient...Obese women with breast cancer may be under treated.
... the first treatment compared with standard doses, dose proportion over the course of the therapy and the relative dose intensity. First-cycle dose reductions which was defined as a dose proportion of The authors con...Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months
...irls aged between 11 and 12 who were given a daily dose of 5 micrograms vitamin D3, 10 micrograms of vitamin D3 or a placebo for one year. They also collected other important data like pubertal development, height and weight, physical activity and dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium. The bone mineral ...Vitamin C may not be the cure for common cold
... one study where the people have taken a very high dose of 800mg of vitamin C supplements daily, found their cold duration to be shortened by about 50% when compared with people who took the placebo. Reference: PloS medicine, June 2005...Vitamin D Supplement in Teenage Girls essential in Winter months
...irls aged between 11 and 12 who were given a daily dose of 5 micrograms vitamin D3, 10 micrograms of vitamin D3 or a placebo for one year. They also collected other important data like pubertal development, height and weight, physical activity and dietary intake of vitamin D and calcium. The bone mineral ...Statins Not Effective In Treating Calcific Aortic Stenosis
...earchers from the United Kingdom found that a high dose of 80 milligrams of atorvastatin (Lipitor) reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol but did not stop or slow down the disease of the heart valve. The study also showed that there was no relationship between the amount of LDL cholesterol and the wa...Drug regulatory officials giving the nod for sale of Unapproved drug formulations in India
...el of experts to examine whether nine of the fixed dose combinations suggested by the social Jurist are in fact available in the market. Dr Reddys’s Laboratories one of India’s leading makers of nimesulide have announced that they have stopped making four combinations of nimesulide and explained its dec...Low dose Radiation Exposure May Cause Cancer
...on levels below 100 millisieverts maybe safe. This dose is a little more than the dose from natural background levels and about 1,000 times the dose one receives from a single chest X-r...Advent of New, More Effective and Personalized Medicines
...e and prescribe the best available drug therapyand dose from the start. FDA also approved the first laboratory test, the Amplichip Cytochrome P450 Genotyping Test, which will enable physicians to use genetic information to select the right doses of certain medications for cardiac, psychiatric diseases an...Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly
...nfection. Professor Flynn said.: “The infectious dose associated with L. monocytogenes is uncertain, however it is estimated that exposure to less than 1,000 cells may cause serious infection. This is very low when compared to Salmonella, another food borne bacterial infection, where an individual must ...Vitamin E May Not Reduce Risk Of Death Due To Heart Disease In Women
... study found that those women who were taking high dose natural alpha-tocopherol supplements did have a significantly lower risk of death and also a much lower risk of heart attack and stroke if they were over the age of 65. Hence the vitamin maybe of some value in this age group. This research is publi...Curry Powder (haldi or turmeric) can prevent cancer
...medicine. Researchers have found out that a daily dose of curcumin powder retards the growth of multiple myeloma and pancreatic cancer. Researchers are still studying the effect of curcumin on breast cancer. The chemical had kept the protein NF-kB inactive as well as inducing apoptosis or programmed cell...Cancer risk among nuclear industry workers
...o find out the risk of cancer occurrence after low dose exposure of radiation. The study recruits were em...isk of cancer exists in the recruits even at a low dose and a significant increase risk for all cancers (excluding leukaemia). Some factors like smoking and...Smoking during pregnancy causes reduced birthweight
...xide concentrations. This relation was found to be dose dependant. Head circumference, Apgar score, and normal term gestational age also decreased significantly with increasing maternal or spouses' expired air carbon monoxide concentrations. The study has clearly shown the harmful effect of smoking and ...High-Dosage of Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide may cause AML
... Patients taking more than the standard cumulative dose of epirubicin was found to have an increased relative risk of 6.80. The standard dose of epirubicin was found to be 720 mg/m. For doses no higher than the standard dose, "the low risk of...Clarithromycin tablets to be launched in India soon
... have the same therapeutic effect as an equivalent dose of Abbott’s Biaxin Filmtab (clarithromycin tablets, USP). Jim Meehan, vice-president of Sales and Marketing for Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc (RPI) on behalf of the whole team of Ranbaxy has been stated as saying that he is very delighted to market the...FDA gives “black box warning” against three asthma drus
...otential risk for worsened breathing with a higher dose of Foradil than the dosage allowed in the U.S., the FDA said in its review......during their full lifespan by giving six different dose levels and a control group. The results of the study are to be published in the European Journal of Oncology. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, which is used by most people to prepare food, sweeten chewing gums, soft drinks, yoghurts and desser...Carboplatin Drug Is More Effective Than Radiation Therapy For Testicular Cancer
...ess treatment in these patients. We found that one dose of carboplatin in the short term is as safe as radiation and is less toxic. Patients assigned to chemotherapy also had fewer seminomas occurring in the remaining testis than those receiving radiotherapy. Though needing longer follow up and larger num...