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Medicines on the move

...e carried in order to help you in case the trip is extended or delayed. 5. Pharmacist's Advice: Before leaving on your trip take your pharmacist's advice on possible reactions of the drugs that you are taking with the foods that you are likely to consume during your trip. And finally - Do not drink alcohol ...

Second SARS suspect fuels worry in India

...engers arriving at its international airports with extended care....

Once-Daily Cipro(R) XR for Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

... causes the majority of these infections. This new extended release formulation of ciprofloxacin may provide a...tissues within hours. This is followed by a second extended release of the active ingredient, which produces 24-hour urine concentrations. Research study com...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

...he drug ximelagatran is superior to placebo for an extended treatment for VTE. However, they say more research is needed to understand why patients on the treatment had high levels of a certain enzyme....

Steroid-Free Liver Transplants

..., but this finding will need to be confirmed after extended follow-up."...

Sun The Reason To Blame for eye Disease

New research shows extended exposure to sunlight may lead to age-related maculopathy, also called age-related macular degeneration an eye // disorder that can cause blindness. Researchers observed more than 3,600 patients for five years and more than 2,700 patients for 10 years...

Obesity A Risk Factor For Stroke

...d risk for hemmorhagic stroke. Researchers say the extended follow-up period of the study made it possible to show a link between obesity at middle age and an increased stroke risk later in life. Researchers conclude saying that it is not enough to just treat hypertension and diabetes to prevent stroke but o...

Doubts Cast On Benefits Of Vitamin E

...ion or HOPE centers between 1993 and 1999, and the extended program of HOPE- The Ongoing Outcomes or HOPE-TOO from 1999 to 2003. All the participants in the trial were given a daily dose of natural source of vitamin E or matching placebo. The study results show that in patients with cardiovascular disease or...

Reduce eye infection through new-age contact lenses

...udy done on contact lens wearers for daily wear or extended wear contact lenses have varied results on the inc...ainst severe keratitis to people who wear lens for extended use. The usual hydro gel lenses do not give as much protection to the eyes against severe infections...

WHO report asks for improved healthcare for mother and child

... the globe to practice a continuous method of care extended to the women from pregnancy to childbirth and continued with the child till he’s about 5 yrs of age. ...

Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the risk of oral cancer for smokers

... studies, had said that people who took NSAIDs for extended time period have 65% less chance of having oral cancer than others, when both the groups are moderate smokers of tobacco. The study suggested that NSAID might have anti carcinogenic effect on smokers who smoked for 30 or less pack-years. A pack-yea...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

...ich shall not be less than ten years, which may be extended to imprisonment for life and a fine of ten lakh ru... imprisonment not less than two years which may be extended to six years and with fine of not less than rupees ten thousand for manufacture and sale of any adul...

Antibiotic, Gene Therapy Help Treat Angina

...reatment, exercise time for the placebo group only extended by 0.7 minutes, but the gene therapy group lengthened their exercise time by an average of 1.3 minutes. Even the 50 sickest patients of the group that received gene therapy improved their exercise time by 1.6 minutes compared to 0.6 minutes among the...

A vaccine for lymphoma

... It is hoped that the treatment can be refined and extended to other cancers of the blood - including myeloma and myeloid leukaemia....

Nobel Prize for Medicine

...ound EMS (ethyl methane sulphonate). John Sulston extended Brenner’s work with C. elegans and developed techniques to study all cell divisions in the nematode, from the fertilized egg to the 959 cells in the adult organism. In a publication from 1976, Sulston described the cell lineage fro a part of the deve...

The Use Of Steroids After Liver Transplants Questioned

...hers say their finding needs to be confirmed after extended follow-up, though their results suggest no harmful effect of steroid avoidance for graft acceptance....

Naturally Occurring Hormone Can Lead To Miscarriage

... high thyroid hormone levels. Researchers studied extended members of a large family in which both parents were unaffected, or either the mother or the father had high levels of the hormone but was thyroid resistant. Results showed affected mothers had an increased rate of miscarriage or a higher chance of h...

HRT Not That Risky For Breast Cancer

...minimal effect on risk of breast cancer, even with extended use. Studies estimate one half of Australian, European, or American women taking hormone replacement therapy are taking combined preparations. “Although we found the additional breast cancer risk with hormone replacement therapy for an individual i...

Ankle Fracture Surgery – Diabetics fare worse than non-diabetics

...an occur in surgery patients who are bedridden for extended periods of time. It is also widely appreciated that diabetic patients tend to have slower healing rates than non-diabetic patients, Ganesh continued. This can be important not only during hospitalization, but also after discharge, when patients typi...

All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy

... Previous studies had established a link between extended working hours and an increased risk for certain occupations, industries or companies. It has been for the first time a study has been conducted to explore the relationship between age, gender, type of industry and job. The results have revealed that ...

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