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New drug may stop alopecia

...cer. The pharmaceutical company Glaxo Wellcome has formulated a gel which which contains a drug known as GW8510, helped to prevent hair loss// in rats subjected to chemotherapy. Lead researcher Stephen Davis said the gel completely prevented hair loss in half of the rats that subsequently underwent chemotherap...

Autopsy reports could be valuable and informative

...formation on patterns of disease and health policy formulated as a result. However, researchers say that in the recent years the number of autopsies performed have been greatly reduced - from 50 per cent in the 1960s to less than 6 per cent. This could be attributed to today's physicians being less familiar wit...

Tea Pill Lowers Cholesterol

...ity shows cholesterol-lowering effects from a pill formulated with extracts from green tea. The study is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to confirm the cholesterol-lowering properties of tea in humans. Studies of large populations have suggested drinking tea has health benefits that include lower le...

Biotech drug causing anemia-EPREX

...he answer to this mystery lies in the way Eprex is formulated and not in the drug itself. French physician Jerome Rossert, one of the first to report this mystery says, its link to method of injection is puzzling, since the number of PRCA cases in France is 33 while Germany reported only 3 cases, in spite of b...

Popularity Of Homeopathy On The Increase

...with scepticism. // Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) formulated the principles of homeopathy on the idea of "like cures like". The physician had observed that Peruvian or China bark was prescribed to combat malaria but also caused malaria-like symptoms in healthy people. Hahnemann then tried out several other...

A call to epileptic mothers to help reduce birth defects

...stricted education grant from GlaxoSmithKline, has formulated the action plan to empower women to reduce the risks associated with anticonvulsant drugs, and establish a more successful partnership with their healthcare providers: 1. Work with your healthcare provider to find the medication that works best for ...

HIIP- A Novel Inhaled Insulin Delivery System As An Alternative To Injectable Insulin Therapy

...excellent tolerability of the inhaled insulin when formulated by the AIR particle technology. However, the authors warn that this result needs to be confirmed in much larger phase 3 trials. Taken together, these results support the potential utility of inhaled insulin as an alternative to insulin injections. Be...

Mizoram Prepares To Combat Bird Flu

...toring the situation. The Mizoram Government has formulated a state-level Disease Emergency Committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary and district level committees headed by respective Deputy Commissioners to constantly monitor the threat and situation. And the State Environment and Forest dep...

HIV transmission to children's must be prevented in Africa

...end from United States. She also gave her babies formulated food instead of breast milk as the chances of virus spread through breast milk is high, now she is the mother of two HIV negative healthy childrens. Auwalu thanks the internet and the help of her friend which helped her to give birth to healthy child...

Biovac, Hepatitis A Vaccine Marketed By Wockhardt

... years. The prototype of this vaccine (Zhepu) was formulated in China (1992) and statistics reveal that till date around 120 million people have been vaccinated. The vaccine showed appreciable results when tested on 200 children in Pune and if advertised properly to all the sections of the people, doctors an...

Risk Of Birth Defects Increased Due To Anti-Depressant Medication

...igure, it is high time that certain guidelines are formulated regarding usage of Paxil. Ultimately, the gold standard rule of benefit Vs risk should dictate the indication for use under all circumstances including pregnancy. ...

Mice With Human Thought Processes Could Be Developed In The Future

...lifornia regarding chimera research. This has been formulated to prevent the development of human embryos inside experimental animals. Though the above study was conducted before the formulation of these guidelines, an ethical clearance was obtained before initiation of the study. This novel finding can help ...

Health Insurance Scheme Generates Conflicting Opinions

...T.K. Jose, convenor of the official committee that formulated the program, said both the company and the Kerala Government were aware that the first year could see the company in the red. He also said that ICICI-Lombard had come up with the lowest premium quotations. "We are confident the scheme will be viab...

Brain Plays Important Role In Diabetes Cure

...ding to a new research study. Strategies are being formulated which will be aimed at the molecules in the brain // which respond to insulin, which may ultimately lead to a better treatment of the condition. The brain has a significant role to play in this, according to the University of Washington’s researcher ...

NHS To Achieve Waiting Figure Target By 2008

...is in fact was one of the targets of the NHS plan, formulated in 2000. Figures for November showed that more than 12, 300 people had been waiting for over 6 months. This being the current situation, the health minister, Lord Warner had expressed that NHS was on track to achieve the target. May be, he is true ...

Relieving the Pain of Infants

Canadian-led researchers say that they have formulated a combination of drugs that could ward off the pain in infants. It was believed for a long time that new borns did not feel any pain. // But this theory has been laid to rest by stringent research. The problem was how to stop this pain without affec...

Frog Secretions Could Be Used To Ward Off Mosquitoes

...ed as an alternative to Deet, which was originally formulated for the US army after the Second World War. They said such repellents (based on secretions of the frog) would only have a limited effect in fighting malaria, which is spread by mosquitoes and is responsible for one million deaths a year. But they...

Anti-Cancer Treatment Promises Hope in Bird Flu Treatment

...troying the bird flu virus as well. The hypothesis formulated by the researchers appears in the online version of the Lancet medical journal. The researchers have also urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to extend co-operation regarding conducting clinical trials for the treatment of human bird flu....

New Method Developed To Cut Down Chemotherapy Deaths

... is a flexible fully resorbable device that can be formulated as a bead, a fibre or mesh, or as a tube put into the body which leads outside the body and through which drugs can be fed. Dr Perera said that other researchers had worked on using tiny beads as a way of delivering drugs locally, but the new syst...

New Born Breast Fed Babies Will Serve As Growth Yardstick

...s have always been measured against a growth chart formulated on the growth pattern portrayed by formula- fed babies. It is well known that bottle-fed children grow at a quicker rate as compared to breast fed infants and this makes them prone to becoming overweight and developing conditions like diabetes. N...

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(Date:12/1/2009)... Low-dose radiation from annual mammography scree... genetic or familial predisposition to breast canc...nual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...reast cancer, screening is very important, but a c...ammography for screening young women, particularly...
(Date:12/1/2009)... A study using functional magnetic resonance imag...t adults who were exposed to lead as children incu...ed today at the annual meeting of the Radiological...e found is that no region of the brain is spared f...Kim Cecil, Ph.D., imaging scientist at Cincinnati ...
(Date:12/1/2009)...is, MO, December 1, 2009 Adolescent obesity is a ...f every three children, resulting in 4-5 million o...ublished in the December 2009 issue of the Journa...rs evaluated differences in weight control behavio..., comparing overweight adolescents who lost weight...
(Date:11/30/2009)..., CHICAGO, Dec. 1 Being overweigh...he spine, according to a study presented today at ...North America (RSNA). ,, "This is the first stu...ass index (BMI) and disc abnormalities in children....D., fellow in diagnostic neuroradiology at The Ch...
(Date:11/30/2009)..., CHICAGO, Dec. 1 High-frequency ...e between cancerous and benign skin conditions, ac...eeting of the Radiological Society of North Americ...astography has the potential to improve the effici...liot L. Siegel, M.D., vice chairman of the Departm...
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(Date:11/30/2009)...scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the Univers...Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art techn...reponema pallidum, the bacterium which causes syph... the bacteria can now be shown in three dimensions...en and reveals previously unknown features, which ...
(Date:11/30/2009)...ov. 30, 2009) Scientists and engineers from two o...ergy will come together Dec. 7 with leading acade... pumping blood. , Much like moving oil through a...ody. Both systems need clean, well-functioning pi...sion, to function efficiently. Both industries als...
(Date:11/30/2009)...temperatures continue to rise scientists are prese...ow species respond and adapt. In a paper published...sco Rodriguez-Trelles and Dr Miguel Rodriguez asse...rming of approximately 0.6˚C has already affe... facing ecologists and evolutionary biologists is ...
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