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UK Suggestion for Restricted Use of Anti-AMD Drugs Draws Flak

.... It suggests the 20 per cent who are given the drug are those who have a particular type of wet AMD called predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). Nice also recommends Lucentis for use only when both eyes are affected, and only for use in the better-seeing eye. It is ...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

As Alli, the first FDA-approved diet drug cleared for over-the-counter sale, arrived Friday ...laxoSmithKline, is a half-dose of the prescription drug orlistat. The drug has been marketed in prescription form by Roche Holding AG under the brand name X...

Scientists Identify Previously Undetected Drug-resistant Forms of HIV

... failed therapy early were initially infected with drug resistant HIV strains. Presented at the 16th Int... virologic effects of three initial antiretroviral drug regimens for treatment-nave HIV infected persons. The researchers used the Genome Sequencer system...

Drink and Drugs 'fuel British Sexual Health Crisis'

..." between sexually transmitted infections, sex and drug use and added that alcohol "can increase the risk of having unprotected sex." It also highlighted the impact which advertising and celebrities can have from a young age, citing the "publicity and coverage of sex, drugs and excessive drinking by 'ce...

Singapore's HIV/AIDS Cases Rise by Record Levels in 2006

...our such as unprotected casual sex and intravenous drug abuse to test themselves for HIV," it said. HIV is the virus that causes deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which is transmitted largely through unprotected sex and sharing intravenous needles. There is no cure for AIDS. It breaks d...

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, they a...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

...se most cases of leishmaniasis could be a boon for drug engineers, whose budgets for tackling this neglect...sent a limited repertoire of potential targets for drug and vaccine development, allowing researchers to optimise the use of limited resources." The Leish...

New Genetic Studies Carried Out in Cancer Therapy

...s polyploidy and multinucleation in the absence of drug treatment. The researchers conclude that specific disruption of the mitotic checkpoint promotes paclitaxel resistance and that chromosomal numerical heterogeneity may be a useful predictor of paclitaxel resistance in some cancers. Ceramide metabo...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

...hannesburg-based Perinatal HIV Research Unit, said drug firms had not prioritised treatment for children as rates of mother to child transmissions were much lower in the developed world than Africa. "Paediatric formulations are not a big priority for big pharma. You don't make lots of money from childre...

Diabetes Drug to Carry 'black Box' Warning of Congestive Heart Failure Risk

...on has announced that the wrappers of the diabetes drug Avandia will soon start carrying a prominent "blac... Some of the experts, who have been reviewing the drug for the FDA, feel that the delay in implementation is an example of industry versus science, where t...

42-year-old Cancer Patient Honored by British Queen for Her Fundraising Efforts

...our courses of chemotherapy and as a result of her drug regimes has chronic heart disease. Among the many accolades she has achieved for her mammoth fundraising efforts she has received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and a Pride of Britain Award. She has said she will no longer take part i...

Nanoparticle in the Treatment of Glaucoma

...barrier making it an effective non-toxic tool for drug delivery, said Sudipta Seal, an engineering profes...g into the possibilities of using nanoparticles as drug delivery tools. Subsequent research with his advisors led to the specific application for glaucoma. ...

Animal Research Uncovers Another Mechanism of Cholesterol Lowering Drug

...s why the commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe (Zetia) is so potent. The research, repo...t issue. It had previously been thought that the drug works by preventing cells in the intestine from absorbing cholesterol. The new research suggests tha...

Parkinsons Disease Protein Pathway Identified

...t cellular function and could provide a target for drug therapies to treat the disease. Parkinson disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system resulting from the loss of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine. This lowering of dopamine leads to decreased stimulation of the brain'...

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...the Centers for Disease Control's request that the drug industry stop selling vaccines containing the preservative. Perhaps one in 500,000 children who receives the MMR vaccination suffers a severe brain inflammation that can lead to lifelong mental disability -- presumably including autism. The vaccine...

Inflamed Intestines Cost Australians Heavily

..., fever, fatigue and other complications requiring drug treatment and care. The Access study calculates the annual financial cost of the diseases as $500 million - half for lost productivity, $79 million on the health system and the rest for absenteeism and informal care. But the biggest cost comes from...

Abbot Sues French AIDS Group

...aboratories has offered to sell its antiretroviral drug Aluvia, an updated version of its antiretroviral K...ountry agrees to not allow generic versions of the drug into the market. The group encouraged between 500 and 1,000 HIV/AIDS advocates from Canada, France,...

Challenges in Prostate Cancer Screening by Prostate Cancer Antigen

...vidence from two large studies indicating that the drug finasteride is beneficial in reducing both the size of enlarged prostate glands and the risk of prostate cancer....

Dating, Drugs and Sex Make Teens Feel Older Than They are

...ut dating, sexual experience, smoking, alcohol and drug use. The participants, males and females, were a... Smoking (in boys), higher alcohol use and higher drug use were also related to an older subjective experience of age (SEA). These results suggest an incre...

Weizmann Researchers Developed Control Switch for Protein Activity

...red protein by increasing or reducing it. When the drug is no longer applied, or when it is removed from t... screened to identify the ones that respond to the drug in a desired manner. The researchers have discovered that in some of the engineered proteins the d...

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