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Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

...r epidemics," he said. "They tend to occur among drug users, also among gay men, sex workers or mobile workers such as truck drivers, fishermen who are more likely to pay for sex. "In Asia, they're stigmatised and discriminated populations. The trick is to get into these vulnerable populations and pro...

EU Drug Regulator Highlights Depression Danger of Weight-loss Pill

The European drug regulator EMEA said Thursday it had maintained aut...ventis, abandoned attempts to win approval for the drug in the United States as a result. The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) recommended Thursday that A...

Mens Sexual Prowess Not Affected by Prostate Cancer Drug

Men worried about taking finasteride, a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer, ju...he Southwest Oncology Group, found that though the drug does cause a drop in sexual function, the effects diminish over the course of time. As a part of t...

Tuberculosis Drug Increases OCD Therapy Progress

A new study has found that a tuberculosis drug D-Cycloserine, may help people with obsessive-comp...he researchers are also working to see whether the drug helps people who want to quit smoking. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Ma...

New Study Challenges NICE Guidelines on Adolescent Depression

...ication for clinical practice is that good quality drug treatment involves more than simply writing the prescription, he concludes....

Zambia to Get Anti-AIDS Drug Boost from Global Fund

...Britain, France, Chile, Norway as an international drug purchasing facility for poor countries, partly funded by airline ticket levies. At least 34 countries have signed up as donors to the 300 million dollar fund, which is aiming to help treat an additional 100,000 child HIV/AIDS victims in the world t...

Clinical Trials Registry Launched in India

...ive in Asia. Any researcher who plans to conduct drug trials on humans is expected to declare the details of the exercise in the Registry that is jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology, WHO and ICMR. The registry will require 20 items to be declared at the time of registration. These...

Nigeria Files New Lawsuit Against Pfizer

...lars in damages for deaths allegedly stemming from drug trials. Hours after dropping its original suit claiming seven billion dollars in damages, government lawyer Babatunde Irukera presented a new complaint to the high court alleging the tests conducted in 1996 were "unlawful and reprehensible". "We...

Ayurvedic Doctor Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Causing Death of Woman

...use of death to be multiple organ failure due to a drug reaction. Investigations indicted Kumar for causing the death of the woman. During the trial, he claimed he never practiced as a doctor. Rather, he was working as an insurance agent. The court, however, admitted statement the deceased had made b...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...roduct , one of the largest amounts ever paid by a drug company in such a case. Three of its current and...ad misled doctors and patients when it claimed the drug was less likely to be abused than traditional narcotics. The three executives, including its presi...

UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant

...nts on anti-depressants against taking weight loss drug rimonabant, the Department of Health's Medicines ...-aventis, worlds fourth largest drug-makers. The drug is being appraised by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) for use on th...

Lohans Boozing Stint in Rehab Exposed

...rson overheard her asking if anyone had any of the drug ecstasy, the source added. The source also claimed that the 21-year-old has also patched up with Calum Best who gifted a 10,000 pounds Theo Fennel key diamond pendant as a birthday present. Calum was there too and it was clear to everyone that e...

Al Gore's Son Charged With Possession of Controlled Substance

...ays that the State law makes Albert eligible for a drug diversion program instead of incarceration. Albert will be arraigned on August 1 in Laguna Niguel, California, reports People magazine. The 24-year-olds blue Toyota Prius was pulled over south of Los Angeles on July 4. He was allegedly driving ...

Side Effects of Natural Health Products With Prescription Drugs Under-reported

...s who purchase such products asked about potential drug interactions. The public is less likely to see natural health products as risky, Dr. Vohra noted. The lack of available data on interactions makes it difficult to provide patients and health care workers with useful advice for managing adverse re...

Pediatric Use of ADHD Drug may Affect Developing Brain

...g the behaviour disorder, can prove harmful if the drug is given to youngsters with healthy brain chemistr...are clinical studies underway that are testing the drug in 2- and 3-year olds," explains Jason Gray, a graduate student in the Program of Neuroscience and l...

Thousands Gather in Sydney for HIV Conference

...e areas and vulnerable groups, such as intravenous drug users. "There's a problem of infrastructure, there's a problem of human capacity -- nurses, doctors, researchers," she said, adding that the social stigma associated with the disease remains an obstacle. Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic 2...

Binge Drinking on College Campuses is a Matter of Fear, Not Freedom

...with bravado, Carducci said. "It's like having the drug and the sex talk -- this is what's likely to happen to you."...

Interactions Between Food and Drugs Could Lower Drug Costs

...rom Dartmouth showed that taking the breast cancer drug lapatinib (TYKERB) with foodinstead of on an empty...h as suggested on the labelresulted in more of the drug being absorbed and available to treat the cancer. Patients currently take five 250 mg lapatinib ta...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

...he hospital has had to rely heavily on anti-rabies drug handouts from international agencies such as the World Health Organization and the Red Cross "to bail us out otherwise patients would die." The drugs are available at private clinics and pharmacies but, at between 20 and 30 dollars a dose, the...

Glaucoma can Be Cured by Oven Cleaner!

...a. "We hope to have a high concentration of the drug reaching inside the eye, also allowing us to cut down on the dosage needed," Mallik said....

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