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First Vaccine Designed for Africa Cleared for Testing in Humans

...ding local approvals, another trial is expected to follow in Nairobi three to six months later. McMichael, one of the world's leading researchers in cellular immunity, said: "We are excited to begin trials for this approach. Our research indicates that this vaccine has a very good chance of stimulating ce...

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...s. Scarborough said that this case is the first to follow the 1998 US Supreme Court decision in Bragdon versus Abbott, which requires that decisions about whether healthcare professionals pose a significant risk of transmitting HIV to patients be scientifically based. "It's particularly important to Wadde...

Dietary phytonutrients – Secret for the good food to taste ba

...e. The solution to overcome the bitterness is to follow Mediterranean cuisine or to prepare it with oil like in American diet....

Infant receives first bloodless liver transplant

... result obtained many more similar procedures will follow suit./p>...

Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers

...y other companies must take the cue from cipla and follow suit....

Strong pain killers likely to cause miscarriage

...an increase the risk of miscarriage. The comments follow a study by Danish reseacher Gunnar Lauge Nielsen and colleagues published in this week's British Medical Journal which studied the effect on women of taking strong non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like indomethacin (ibuprofen). Researchers used...

A treatment for blindness

...// Researchers from New York report on a 10-year follow up of 291 children born prematurely in 1986 and 19... than those that had been treated. At the ten-year follow up, though, these findings dissipated and treated eyes were just as likely as untreated eyes to see ...

The effect of heart rate in middle aged men

...who were followed up over 4 to13 years.During such follow up there were 393 deaths.Of these deaths , 38% were due to cardiovascular diseases, 39% were from cancer, 5% from violence and 14% from other causes. For the remaining 4%, the cause of death was unknown. Upon calculating the hazard ratio ,for each h...

The feel of pain

...ious feelings can make the painful sensations that follow feel worse. But the new research might help in the screening of anti-pain medications for such people. If the anticipation part of the pain response can be removed, it would reduce the overall "pain load"....

Angiotensin-II-receptor blockers - Treat kidney failure

...n either losartan or placebo. After three years of follow up, the losartan group had a 28 per cent lower risk of end-stage kidney disease. This is equivalent to delaying the need for dialysis or transplantation by two years. The second trial involved researchers in Chicago who found that the progression o...

Depression a possible danger in elderly

...ing less motivated to take medication or otherwise follow medical directions. Another possibility is that depression is a symptom of an underlying physical illness that leads to the need for hospital re-admission. Whatever the reason, it could certainly be worthwhile diagnosing and treating depression more ...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...nance of weight loss occurs most often when people follow a nutritionally sound diet and increase physical activity to burn more calories than they consume, says Eckel, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Health Science Centre in Denver. Foods emphasised in some of these high-protein and s...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...t been receiving zinc supplements. The findings follow previous studies showing zinc can boost growth when given// to breast-fed infants, and can help make babies bigger and healthier if taken by pregnant women. Zinc deficiencies can impair the body's ability to fight disease, and previous research has a...

Infection linked with heart attack

... artery thickening in the heart, neck and legs. On follow up over the next three years or so, there was a link between the number of infections and the likelihood of heart attack death. Those who had up to three infections had a 2 percent chance of dying, those with four to five had a 8 per cent chance, and...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...portant later in life. Avol and colleagues hope to follow the children as they progress into adulthood, to better understand any persistent and long-term effects of pollution.br>...

Handbook cum diary on regulatory information

...f the industry and the trade by requesting them to follow the guidelines given under Drugs and Cosmetics Act, by associating the department officials with all meetings of professional and industry organizations like Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) and Bulk Drug Manufacturers Association (BDMA) and c...

Lower surgical volume linked to higher death rate

...study are unclear and that it does not necessarily follow that concentrating resources in fewer centres will lead to lower death rates....

Caution On Use of Cholesterol Drugs

...s are safe in the short term, but doctors "need to follow their patients over a period of time to watch what may happen" as they take the drugs. The compounds may cause abnormal liver function, and at least one version of the pills, which was recalled, was linked to kidney failure. The new guidelines comb...

Chemical in Gila monster's saliva yields Alzheimer drug

...ected struggling to find words, finish thoughts or follow directions. Eventually, most people with Alzheimer’s disease become unable to care for themselves. An experimental drug derived from the saliva of the venomous Gila monster is one of a growing crop of new drugs that are being developed to improve m...

Panel suggests selling allergy drugs OTC

...d without a prescription. The FDA does not have to follow the advice of its advisory committee, though it usually does. There is no deadline for making a decision. // "Drugs are prescription for a reason. They have the ability to do both good and harm. Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec have almost no side effe...

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