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Zinc – A New Key Player In Brain Circuitr

...ng "puts a nice dent in the zinc armor, which held firm for more than 50 years." Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Biocon to Launch Anti-arthritis Drug

New Delhi: India's leading biotech firm Biocon Monday said it would launch in the next three-four years a new anti-arthritis drug which would have the potential to "be a// multi-billion dollar opportunity for the company". "The new molecule (T1H) which has completed phase II of clinical ...

Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective for Some Schizophrenia Patients

...s. Still, several conditions of CATIE limit any firm conclusions about perphenazine's perceived advantages. Not all patients respond the same to different medications. In addition, the study lasted 18 months—long enough to determine how patients respond to and initially tolerate the drugs, but not long...

Schwarz's New Epilepsy Drug Reduces Seizures

...mental epilepsy drug, lacosamide, developed by U.S firm Schwarz has found to be potential in reducing the frequency of seizures in patients// not controlled by other drugs - the company said on Monday following the results of a phase 3 trial. The results of the 485-patient study were presented at the No...

Kerala Hospital To Get Australian Accreditation

... process, the KIMS has developed and implemented a firm system of patient care based on infection control and safety. It also helped in creating a culture of evidence-based approach to healthcare and data-driven decision-making. "An international accreditation will also increase the confidence for medic...

Australian Firm Develops Low Glycaemic Sugar to Prevent Diabetes

An Australian biotech firm has developed a technique for producing cane sugar...ces insulin in response. The sugar, developed by firm 'Horizon Science of Melbourne', is a little darker than white sugar but tastes the same. What's more...

US Company Develops Better Weight Reduction Pill

...ew pill developed by Californian biopharmaceutical firm Orexigen for 48 weeks lost 12 percent of their body weight, according to the online edition of Daily Mail. A course of one a day of Excalia could have a dramatic effect on the quality of life and cut the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, ...

A Novel Vaccine to Combat Bird Flu in the Pipeline

...tests will be tried out by scientists from biotech firm Acambis in Britain and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology in Belgium in the coming months. This vaccine is supposedly easier to manufacture ensuring that vast quantities of the vaccine can be stocked up for prevention of global outb...

Children's Killer Preyed On Victims For Two Years

...vember of the three-year-old son of a top software firm from Noida's elite Sector 15A. The child was returned five days later after the father reportedly coughed up Rs. 5 million and the police held an elaborate press conference that was televised nationally. Says Sunil Biswas, whose eight-year-old daugh...

Excessive Male Hormones can Cause Bulimia in Women

...three months.The results of the study offer a very firm alternative to conventional treatment offered for this disorder, especially for those with prominent signs of excessive male hormonal effect. MST...

More Americans Die Due To Side Effects From Prescription Drugs Every Year: Report

...program and a shareholder at the Phoenix-based law firm of Gallagher & Kennedy, and Brian Wilhelmi, a second-year law student in the ASU/Mayo Clinic M.D.-J.D. program. The legal, regulatory and ethical issues surrounding personalized medicine, or pharmacogenomics, is the focus of a March 2 conference at...

Much Room for Cancer Cure in a Mushroom, Scientists Promise

... led by Dr Bjorn Kristiansen, the CEO of Norwegian firm Medimush, are planning to begin trials in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Experts in United States have already verified the drugs and confirmed its safety. Dr Bjorn Kristiansen said, “I would be extremely surprised if the tests are not complet...

Medicine Information Out of Date

...poused in the PI, … were mistakenly interpreted as firm guidelines for prescribing practice, these texts would legitimise potential misuse of medication.” PI for the two anti-thyroid drugs, carbimazole and propylthiouracil – for which about 80,000 prescriptions are filled in Australia every year – has ...

New Lung Cancer Vaccine Headed for Bigger Trial

...y was licensed to be developed by Canadian biotech firm Biomira. Now over 1,300 patients worldwide will help test the vaccine that works by stimulating the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells. The vaccine is aimed at the non-small cell type of lung cancer, which accounts for four-fifths ...

Link Found Between Periodontal Disease and Pancreatic Cancer

...trol for smoking in the analysis, and therefore no firm conclusions could be drawn from these studies. Data for the new study came from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, which began in 1986 and includes 51,529 U.S. men working in the health professions. Participants respond to questionnaires ab...

Long-Term Narcotics Use for Back Pain May Be Ineffective and Lead to Abuse

...rally weak and more studies need to be done before firm conclusions can be made,” said Martell. In addition to Martell and corresponding author David Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of general internal medicine at Yale, other authors on the study included Patrick G. O’Connor, M.D., Robert D. Kerns, W...

Global Goal to Reduce Measles Deaths in Children Surpassed

...eduction in measles deaths in Africa is due to the firm commitment and resources of national governments, and support from the Measles Initiative. It is described as a spectacular achievement, by Mr U Olanguena Awono, Minister of Public Health, Cameroon. “We are winning the fight against measles, which ha...

Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy Can Work for Pancreatic Cancer

...bination, not enough for the researchers to draw a firm conclusion about its effectiveness. Drs. Miller and Corsini and their fellow researchers think these findings are important to clinicians worldwide. “While long-term outcomes with pancreatic cancer are generally poor,” Dr. Corsini says, “our findi...

Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

...ive," said Breaux, now a senior counsel at the law firm of Patton & Boggs, whose lawyers advise clients on legal issues pertaining to energy and health care. Stark, however, was unmoved. "I've always thought John Breaux doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just trying to gin up lobbying fees. I w...

TCS Signs Deal With Singapore's Parkway Hospitals

New Delhi: India's leading IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Tuesday announced a $6 million strategic partnership with Singapore-based //Parkway Hospitals to provide and implement a healthcare information management solution. According to the deal, TCS will work with Parkway H...

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