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Early Parkinsons Show Hallucination,sleepiness

...Parkinsons disease. Half of the group received the drug levodopa; the other half took pramipexole. No one reported having hallucinations at the beginning of the study. The study found nearly one-fifth developed hallucinations, more than one-third of the participants developed sleepiness, and nearly half ...

Analysis of Hemoglobin Level Control in Dialysis Patients

...roduction of red blood cells in bone marrow is the drug called erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). T...ia treatment in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This drug is surrounded by controversy regarding its apt clinical usage and the high cost of ESAs. An August ...

Gallstone Gene Discovered by Research Team

...be possible for certain patients to be helped with drug treatments in future, thus avoiding the need for an operation." However, the genetic contribution to the common problem of gallstones has not been fully explained by this study: "We believe there are at least three or four other gene variants that...

HIV Prevention Programs on a Massive Scale Turn Out Economical

...initiatives, risk reduction programs for injection drug users and programs preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child. We found that, on average, each doubling of scale of a prevention program reduced unit costs by a third. Although our analysis is broadsome programs are inefficient because the...

Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...search has suggested that use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine may help reduce the risk of pat...e exposure, supporting a biological action of this drug on glucose metabolism," the authors wrote. The researchers also said that 'anti-malarial drugs may...

Viagra Improves Heart Function, Finds Study

...t function . This finding means that the popular drug prescribed for erectile dysfunction can potentiall...ow encouraging doctors to consider prescribing the drug when a patient has a failing right ventricle of the heart, a dire condition for which there are curr...

Cell Toxin Inhibits Survival Protein in Cancer Cells

...irst step toward developing a molecularly-targeted drug that could eliminate cellular-level resistance to multiple types of chemotherapy and radiation therapy found in many types of cancers. scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report that a modified version of antimycin called 2-Methoxy ...

Scientists Revealed the Key Molecule That Controls Pain

...relief therapy would be the Holy Grail of rational drug design and could revolutionise the way we manage chronic pain conditions like back pain and migraine....

40 Percent of Community Pharmacists Dispensed Off-label Drug

... community pharmacists have dispensed an off-label drug to a child in the last month, according to researc...d and over-the-counter medicines involved giving a drug to a child who was younger than the recommended minimum age for the drug or giving them higher than ...

New Understanding on Growth of Human Stem Cells

...will be critical for future developments involving drug and gene screening of human ES cells, that will be required before clinical use of human stem cells of this kind, he said. Editors note: available for downloading at http: www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/media.htm...

Tumor Blood Flow can Improve Chemotherapy

...for improving neuroblastoma treatment by using the drug bevacizumab to block VEGF, a protein that stimulat...in tumors and then following with the chemotherapy drug topotecan, which depends on blood vessels to penetrate the tumor and kill the cancer cells. A report...

Hospital Infection Affecting Patients in Scotland

...ded antibiotics were receiving them to help tackle drug resistance. Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to step up efforts to combat HAI. She plans to introduce an MRSA screening programme for those going into hospital. It would also target skin and soft tissue infections, reducing blood stream infections and w...

Larger HIV Prevention Programs in India are Cheaper, Increase Efficiency

...initiatives, risk reduction programs for injection drug users and programs preventing transmission of HIV from mother to child. "We found that, on average, each doubling of scale of a prevention program reduced unit costs by a third. Although our analysis is broad-some programs are inefficient because ...

Human Pain-controlling Molecule's Structure Identified

...relief therapy would be the Holy Grail of rational drug design and could revolutionise the way we manage chronic pain conditions like back pain and migraine," he added....

Suven Seeks Permission for Trials of New Drug

...n to undertake phase-1 clinical trials of its new drug Suvn-502 for treatment of cognitive disorders such...d in contract research and manufacturing services, drug discovery and development support services and collaborative research partner with global pharma maj...

Nepal Develops More Effective Drug for Typhoid

A team of Nepalese doctors has developed a drug that is more effective in getting rid of typhoid fever, local media reported Friday . The drug also costs less than the one recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), reported The Himala...

US Rejects More Food from India Than from Any Other Country

...which this week executed its top official food and drug regulator, Zheng Xiaoyu, for taking bribes to approve untested medicine. China in consequence has prohibited its manufacturers from making toothpaste with diethylene glycol, a poisonous industrial solvent that had been found in countless toothpaste...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

... press reported Thursday. The nation's food and drug watchdog will have to abide by new regulations to ... of experts to approve new drugs, more transparent drug approval procedures, greater inspections of pharmaceutical factories and bigger fines for companies ...

Research Reveals Anatomy of Suppressed Memories: Study

...r research into better therapies and possibly even drug treatments for people suffering from conditions such as PTSD, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive syndrome. The symptoms of these disorders include flashbacks to disturbing events, and intrusive or obsessive thoughts. "The first step is to understand...

China Launches Food Safety Checks in Run-up to Olympics

...pped from reaching stores. The nation's food and drug watchdog will have to abide by new regulations to improve transparency in the approval process of medicines and curb corruption within the industry, the China Daily reported. Xinhua reported Wednesday that China has banned toothpaste companies from...

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