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Smoking and heightened risk of TB

...ded by 2401 subjects who had smoked to establish a firm connection between smoking and incidence of tuberculosis disease. Of the total subjects about 76% of them tested positive for tuberculin skin test. The research results have showed that the increase of the risk of acquiring Mycobacterium tuberculosi...

Preserving the DNA of a loved one

...The service is being offered by a New Jersey-based firm called Orchid Cellmark . Orchid says the DNA information would be useful for medical, legal and genealogy issues as well as generation of reports. An individual's DNA can provide a wide range of information such as protection against future estate or...

Estimates For Number Of HIV/AIDS Deaths In India Still Not Available

...DS,// UN officials are aware that there are yet no firm estimates of number of people suffering from the disease are available from the Indian officials. According to Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), one of the statistics about the disease not avail...

Drug Prices in India to be Monitored - NPPA to Tie up with ORG

...ends to seek more data from ORG-IMS - a consulting firm specializing in research to intensify monitoring of drug prices.The current price monitoring mechanism of NPPA is heavily dependent on the price list supplied by the companies and decisions are based upon the information provided by the state drug au...

Slowing Down The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...f Alzheimer's sufferers. ReGen Therapeutics, a UK firm first gained the rights to the polypeptide product Colostrinin in the late 1980s and initially sought to develop the compound as a pharmaceutical but over the last two years has changed its focus to the nutraceutical market and is now in discussions ...

Breakthrough in cancer therapy

...ion. Recently researchers from the pharmaceutical firm Glaxo Wellcome have designed compounds that have successfully prevented CIA hair loss in rats. CIA occurs because many anticancer drugs work by killing cells that are rapidly dividing. These cells include normal epithelial cells in the hair follicle,...

New contact lens materials

...ices at Southeastern, said study results provide a firm biological foundation for increased prospective safety of the new silicone hydrogel lens materials. According to Cavanag and his study, the significance of out study is that for the first time we have a scientific-based rationale that has passed pe...

Glucose may support in Cardiac Arrest

...he time of follow-up is probably too short to draw firm conclusions,'' who was not involved with the research. When heart muscle is damaged, the metabolism in the heart increases and the cells need a lot more glucose, their main fuel, to stay alive. The infusion includes insulin, which is needed to tra...

The effects of Curcumin: a natural pigment in turmeric explored for its anti-cancer properties

... pharmaceutical ways to reduce acid reflux, but no firm link has been made between Barrett’s esophagus and esophagal cancer. The study will involve 40 to 50 patients with Barrett’s esophagus, who will take curcumin supplements for just a few days. Between five and seven days later, their NF-kappa-B leve...

More About The Coffee Bean Than Just A Heavenly Taste and Smell

...son to celebrate for these coffee lovers now, with firm evidence from recent research. // Coffee provides more than just a morning jolt and has been found to contain substances called as anti-oxidants, which are beneficial to the human body. Antioxidants in general have been linked to a number of potent...

Obese Employees Increase Costs For Employers

...the authors estimate that the cost of obesity at a firm with 1,000 employees is about $285,000 per year. The authors believe the high costs of obesity could be getting the attention of employers. Previous research has demonstrated that the overall prevalence of obesity is increasing, and so is the propo...

New Vaccination For Smokers To Quit Smoking

..., CYT002 - NicQb, patented by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Cytos, works by building antibodies in the blood that stop nicotine from getting to the brain, it said. The vaccine has so far proved to be successful as it has already passed one preliminary test. Forty percent of the participating smokers quit w...

Reflexology, complement therapy for breast cancer patients

...flexology is specialized foot therapy that applies firm pressure to certain parts of the sole of the foot – helps women adjust better to their treatment. Reflexology can be used to support patients through treatment such as chemotherapy or for enhancing well-being for cancer-free individals....

Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Production Is More Profitable Than Small Molecule Drugs

...her drug classes, he warns it is too early to make firm predictions. “The mid and longer term future may look quite different in terms of competitive threats, so past performance is not necessarily a guide”. Source: Nature Biotechnlogy....

Infants must be put to sleep in separate beds to prevent SIDS

... put to sleep in a room that isn’t overly hot on a firm crib mattress, covered by a sheet. The use of soft, cushy bedding such as pillows, comforters or quilts should be avoided. Smoking during pregnancy increases a baby's risk of SIDS, and giving pacifiers at naptime and bedtime are associated with a re...

Women can now gauge their own future fertility

...eing developed for sale by Biofusion - a Sheffield firm specializing in commercializing medical developments, in collaboration with the Sheffield university - but it is not yet known how much the test will cost over the counter. Previously, specialists could only do similar tests. However, GPs and chemi...

Carnitine deficiency in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

...ations. Larger studies are needed in order to draw firm conclusions and to explore a possible role, if any, of supplementary carnitine in the prevention of diabetic complications. Medindia on Type-1 Diabetes: Diabetes is a group of diseases with one thing in common - a problem with insulin. The proble...

Spread of Breast Cancer can be stopped by a component in Turmeric

...udy is preliminary. Trials need to be performed to firm the preventive and therapeutic effects of curcumin in humans. (Journal Clinical Cancer Research)...

Judgment In Favor Of Merck For Vioxx Drug

...– Sheffield law firm: Irwin Mitchell is the law firm in Sheffield that is pursuing cases against Merck on behalf of the affected People and the law firm is confident that Merck must take all the responsibility of deaths and heart attacks caused by its d...

Avian Influenza: Government to set up expert committee

...ments to strictly monitor any death at the poultry firm and livestock species. Ruling out any possibility of bringing in avian flu through imported frozen poultry products, Hakeem asserted that nothing comes into the country from nations where traces of avian flu have been reported, and the country, as ...

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