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Letrozole Beats Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Therapy

...nced disease. Femara is a member of a new class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors, which work differently to prevent certain kinds of breast cancer than does tamoxifen. This new drug, Letrozole shrank tumors better and helped more women survive. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Femara...

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

...ce the stroke burdens. Doctors have learned that drugs that lower blood fats can also prevent strokes. Th...exercising regularly. Several cholesterol-lowering drugs also can reduce levels of triglycerides....

TV drug commercials prompt prescriptions

Television commercials for drugs to treat everything from heartburn to impotence ha...ible side effects. TV commercials for prescription drugs have become commonplace since the Food and Drug Administration set up rules and made them legal. // ...

Garlic Supplements Impede HIV Therapy

...blood levels of the saquinavir, one of a class of drugs called protease inhibitors that are effective at slowing the progression of HIV infection. In the presence of garlic supplements, blood concentrations of saquinavir decreased by about 50 percent. For the study, nine healthy, HIV-negative volunteers ...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

...ias, some clinical problems, and who need multiple drugs to control their heart rhythms, ablation is a real alternative." The research team compared 137 babies aged two weeks to 18 months, who underwent the procedure, with 5,960 patients aged 19 months to 21 years, who had RFCA. Among the infants in the s...

DNA biochip for genetic screening

...could help doctors predict a patient’s response to drugs or screen patients for thousands of genetic mutations and diseases, all with one simple lab test. The DNA chip is similar to a computer chip but imbedded with DNA molecules instead of electronic circuitry. It is designed to probe a bilogical sample ...

More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications

...ys avoid, including certain sedatives, long-acting drugs to bring down blood sugar levels, pain relievers and drugs to quell nausea. Patients in poor health, women and those who took the most medications were more li...

Genetic disorder related with sleep patterns

...ock which, in turn, could be used to formulate new drugs to treat jet lag and other conditions. However, they admit that it will take some time to isolate the gene. David Earnest of Texas A&M University said: "This is the first time that anyone has identified a genetically inherited trait that involves t...

New HIV cases resist drugs

... have an infection that resists one or more of the drugs used to treat it. // Drug-resistant HIV had spread faster and the lifesaving cocktails of drugs that help many patients lead normal lives were becoming increasingly limited in their usefulness. ...

Ibuprofen weakens aspirin's effect

... Tylenol. But the researchers suggested that other drugs with structures like ibuprofen, such as indomethacin, will similarly block aspirin. If the study is right, it's more a matter of timing. Aspirin should be taken two hours before ibuprofen. Enteric-coated aspirin, which is released more slowly into ...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...Thiagranjan, the new drug scores over the two main drugs used to treat the virus - Lamuvidime and Interferon - because it is highly affordable and does not have the usual side-effects such as aches and pains and hair loss.The new drug is expected to be put on the Indian market by early next year, after whi...

Antidepressants-important role

...icant difference between three commonly prescribed drugs for depression. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are now very widely used in the treatment of depression.// They raise levels of a brain chemical called serotonin that plays an important role in mood. But there is no evidence on ho...

Andhra Pradesh to set up 'Pharma City'

...al companies to the city for outsourcing about 400 drugs in the post-patent regime by 2005. The ‘Pharma Cit...ecome the main manufacturing base for various bulk drugs and generics. What the 'Pharma City' needs is strong infrastructure support from the government and ...

Choose the correct hypertensive drug

...effects relating to these drugs. Several different drugs lower blood pressure effectively.// According to r... that there are striking differences between these drugs when it comes to reducing the risk of complications of high blood pressure - stroke, heart attack an...

Teen smoking declines

...n, ecstasy, marijuana, alcohol and other dangerous drugs pose to our youth," Health and Human Services Secr...mation about the health risks of ecstasy and other drugs will contribute to a further reduction in the use of these drugs." "It's time to make the anti-drug ...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...ast 10 per cent of the Rs. 50 crore postmenopausal drugs market....

Lancing tumours into the body

...nning screws that could swim along veins, ferrying drugs to infected tissues, or even burrow into tumours t...de the body, Ishiyama says the devices could carry drugs to the sites of infection. His latest prototype is even armed with a tiny metal spike that heats up ...

New drug may stop alopecia

...he treatment. Hair falls out because chemotherapy drugs aim to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells but also hit the cells surrounding hair follicles that divide quickly. The gel works by inhibiting the action of an enzyme involved in cell division. By applying GW8510 directly to the scalp, the drug does no...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to challenge patents on drug

...will continue to aggressively challenge patents on drugs in the US despite the recent denial of a 180-day m...in the game of patent challenges but since generic drugs provide an enormous opportunity, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will continue to aggressively challenge the...

Serotonin increases stroke risk

...ording to a new study the use of serotonin-raising drugs like antidepressants and slimming pills in combina...body.// Examples include diet pills, anti-migraine drugs and some of the newer antidepressants. Researchers at the Health welfare hospital, warn of the pot...

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