Ductal lavage may detect early breast cancer
...ed. Based on the test, women might be treated with drugs shown to prevent breast cancer....Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!
...d way to tell whether they have removed enough. No drugs have yet been proved to prevent oral cancer, but many are being tested. Several other studies published within the past year have found other genetic markers for oral cancer. For instance, there's also a risk of cancer if cells from the white patche...Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers
...ed mining giant, Anglo American for supplying AIDS drugs to South African workers. About 11% of South Afric...and research has shown that providing workers with drugs is cheaper than paying for absenteeism, loss of productivity, hospitalization, funerals and replacin...Patients often assume wrongly that they are allergic to penicillin
...ergies. Penicillin and penicillin-like antibiotic drugs are often preferable to alternative antibiotics, S...nd noted, because they are cheaper than many other drugs and less likely to induce side effects or cause drug resistance.The best way out of this problem is ...New drug helps boost cancer treatment
...ells and gives new potency to failing chemotherapy drugs thereby extending survival of advanced colorectal cancer patients. IMC-C225, the new drug which is actually a monoclonal antibody, is designed to interfere with the epidermal growth factor receptor, a molecular structure that, when blocked, makes it...African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs
...in Africa make it more difficult for the anti AIDS drugs to act on them according to researchers. This however does not mean that these drugs will be powerless against the virus but these drugs find it difficult to latch on to the protease, w...Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection
...ll millions. Although there is no cure, antiviral drugs combined with interferon therapy can be useful. The treatment is very long and can extend upto a year. Unpleasant side effects include nausea, vomiting, headache, fatigue and depression. Hepatitis C is spread by blood-to-blood contamination, says ...Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis
... joints. Usually non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed by doctors to fight arthritis. But the treatment is usually protracted and has many side effects like irritation of gastro-intestinal tract. The Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico has now claimed that this ne...The flip side of AIDS cocktails – HAART regime damages live
...ts to stop the treatment. Regimens that contained drugs called nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, especially nevirapine and efavirenz, were particularly hard on the liver, Chung and colleagues found. In more than 25% of the cases the HAART regime cost elevation of liver enzymes to more than ...South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants
...tients in the world now wants to secure affordable drugs from around the world to tackle its AIDS epidemic....a law permitting South Africa to import cheap AIDS drugs was beaten off by the court. Health experts and AIDS activists say that this would lower the cost o...Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances
...f the total export earnings of the country is from drugs and pharmaceuticals which amounts to $3.5 billion....of safety, efficacy and quality with 400 different drugs and 2,000 formulation. Mr. Chokani hoped that the new branch in Delhi would act as an effective int...Researchers Scale to assess the Severity of Epilepsy in Kids
...eed more aggressive therapy such as surgery, newer drugs or a specialized diet. A lot of these children do well on currently available medications and treatment. But if doctors see these abnormalities, alarm bells should go off, and they might want to explore some of the newer treatments...."Make AIDS Therapy affordable" - Physicians demand
...ncome is such that they are not able to afford the drugs they need. So I really don't think respecting the monopoly of a drug company in the face of AIDS is a good argument. AIDS is unique and I think we have to draw a line."...GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia
...ogenous leukemia (CML). Other molecular-targeting drugs previously approved by the FDA interfere with proteins associated with other cancers, but not with proteins that directly cause the disease. Gleevec, was discovered and developed by Novartis Oncology in collaboration with its colleagues. CML is ...GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia
...ogenous leukemia (CML). Other molecular-targeting drugs previously approved by the FDA interfere with proteins associated with other cancers, but not with proteins that directly cause the disease. Gleevec, was discovered and developed by Novartis Oncology in collaboration with its colleagues. CML is ......sms genetically engineered to produce vaccines and drugs to treat IBD and other diseases. Weinstock said even genetically engineered helminths are a possibility. But doctors face at least two potential hurdles before probiotics with genetically modified organisms becomes a reality: controlling the reprodu...India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war
...ases has lured many companies to develop anti-AIDS drugs and market it in India and abroad by adapting inno...ipla triggered a controversy by offering anti-AIDS drugs at a drastically lower prices. Pharmaceutical companies in India are able to gain good healthy reve...RANBAXY - enters anti-AIDS segment
...utical company, is planning to enter the anti-AIDS drugs segment. According to Ranbaxy's regional director ... a bulk drug manufacturer, will be formulating the drugs which will be converted to the final drug at Ranbaxy's unit at Dewas in Madhya pradesh. The company ......asma to shoot tiny bullets of blockage-dissolving drugs into a clogged vein.// The tiny blood vessels tha...e developed a needle-shaped probe that could shoot drugs right at the site of blockage and reopen the vein. The hollow needle is 1.5 millimetres in diameter......hout aura in adults. Axert belongs to a class of drugs known as selective serotonin receptor agonists.Axert tablets contain almotriptan malate, a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor agonist.// This drug targets serotonin receptors and act against migraine headaches by inducing the constriction of blo...