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Genetic Tests Could Help Decide the Right Anti-depressants

... for psychiatrists. And for patients too. Only the drug industry, those in marketing especially, might not...e entertaining the nattily clad representatives of drug manufacturers. Scientists have identified genetic variations that affect specific neurotransmitter f...

Generic Competitor for Plavix Blocked in US

...ing product. It is the world's second best selling drug after Pfizer Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering agent Lip...c," said Chief Executive Barry Sherman. Apotex's drug sells for about $124 for 30 pills, compared with $148 for a month's supply for the branded version. ...

Effective Treatment for Malaria Control

...rmittent preventive therapy (IPT) with the malaria drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. Feiko ter Kuile, M.D....ntly the only single-dose long-acting antimalarial drug that has ideal properties (low cost, documented safety, and ease of use) for use as an IPT during pr...

One in a Hundred Eleven-year Olds Use Drugs to Enhance Performance in Sport

...ports; and assessed self-esteem and anxiety. The drug most commonly used to improve sporting prowess was salbutamol, which was taken by 45% of users. Corticosteroids were taken by 10%, cannabis by 6%, and other stimulants and anabolic agents by 38%. Health problems, including becoming violent, change ...

Huge Rise in AIDS Cases Among Nepal Housewives

...ndrome (AIDS) among migrant labourers, intravenous drug users and sex workers, housewives have become one of the most vulnerable groups in the country with the rate of infection rising by more than 100 percent. According to Nepal's National Centre for AIDS and STD (sexually transmitted disease) Control...

Protein Pathway Involved in Parkinson Disease Development Identified

...t cellular function and could provide a target for drug therapies to treat the disease. "We believe the PINK1 and TRAP1 pathway may be a future target for therapeutic intervention," Dr Li added. The study and its findings are published in the Public Library of Science Biology (PLoS Biology) journal....

Challenges in Entecavir Drug Treatment

...of Medicine,treating hepatitis B patients with the drug entecavir can cause those who are also infected w... product labeling to warn of the potential for HIV drug resistance, notify prescribing physicians, and inform the Food and Drug Administration. The United...

Vietnam Plans Human Trial of Bird Flu Vaccine

...id health officials in the communist country. The drug trial, to be carried out with US government technical assistance, will be the latest of several global efforts to develop a vaccine for mass production, with research also going on in the United States, Europe and Asia. The news comes as a new wave...

River Blindness Becoming Drug Resistant

... in Africa may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it. River blindness is caused by a...ture worms - the opposite result expected from the drug - suggesting the parasite was developing immunity. ``This finding represents a wake-up call that any...

Orchid Gets Approval for Antibiotic Drug from FDA

...stration (FDA) for its abbreviated new anti-biotic drug application for Cefepime injection. Cefepime injection is a life saving cephalosporin antibiotic drug with an annual sale of $190 million, and is used in hospital settings. "Orchid's Cefepime approval...

FDA Approves INTUNIV (guanfacine) for the Treatment of ADHD

...nfacine, provides a controlled, steady delivery of drug throughout the day and evening with a delivery system that minimizes the fluctuations between peak and trough concentrations as seen with immediate-release guanfacine. It has been shown that guanfacine, the active ingredient in INTUNIV, binds selecti...

H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed at Czech Turkey Farm

...ey farm would "preventively" be given Tamiflu, the drug judged most effective against bird flu. "This is purely a preventive move, there is no risk for people," Julinek said. Frantisek Bartos, who runs the farm, said that none of the turkeys currently being raised there had been sold, as they had yet t...

Novel Method to Inhibit Prostate Cancer

...ty, making it difficult to effectively deliver the drug to the points needed. It is also known to induce h...jection and even yielded better results than known drug treatments while inhibiting tumor growth substantially. Goldstein cautions that this inhibiting ac...

Fishing for a Speedy Recovery After Chemotherapy or Marrow Transplant

... The discovery, made possible through high-volume drug screening in zebra fish, marks the first time stem-cell production has been induced by a small-molecule drug, says the studys senior author, Leonard Zon, MD, of the Childrens Hospital Boston Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology. Othe...

Neurological Disorder Gene Identified

... for developing therapies. Now pharmacologists and drug developers can target this gene. The genetic sleuthing that led to the discovery began when scientists in Meislers genetics lab noticed that some mice of a common laboratory type gave birth to offspring with a strange, wobbly gait and light coat co...

Plan to Contain Drug Resistant TB Launched-WHO

The WHO warned on Friday that the new drug resistant TB could create an "apocalyptic scenario...eated and cured under WHO guidelines. Extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), a form virtually immune to antibiotics, has been reported in 37 countries in ...

Novel Treatment Beneficial for Colon and Liver Cancer

...que, we can assure the therapeutic function of the drug in a wide variety of tissues. In addition, we can ... in penetrating into the damaged cells, and allows drug release in tumorous organs. Experimentation with the new drug in mice has shown that it slows tumor...

Doherty Will Marry Moss If He's 'smack and Needle-free'

...iend Kate Moss this summer if he gets rid from his drug addictions. The 'Babyshambles' singer revealed t...f the reasons why the two fought was the singer' s drug addiction. "My dear sweet love would appear to be in somewhat of a rage perhaps due to my being dec...

Vaccines That Kick Drug Habits, Minimize Withdrawal Symptoms Developed

...e body to produce antibodies which then attack the drug while it is in the blood stream. This prevented the drug from reaching the brain and creating the reactions that contributed to dependency. The methampheta...

Scientists Develop Insulin Pill

...k that has been linked to the widely used diabetes drug rosiglitazone....

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