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

...he move they say other companies must take the cue from cipla and follow suit....

Fight arthritic pain with acupuncture

...supposed to have magical cures for those suffering from arthritis. A team led by Dr. Jeanette Ezzo, Washi...ns such as rheumatoid arthritis. So if you suffer from arthritis, get ready for acupuncture!!...

Award for TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis

...g a metallic housing, which is integrally machined from a cobalt based wrought alloy. The circular disc inside is made of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. A polyester suture ring is provided for stitching the valve into the muscle of the heart, said Prof. A.V Ramani, Senior Group Vice-President a...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), a compound made from rabbit antibodies appears to be as effective as ro...ATG steps in. The rabbit ATG works to prevent this from happening without the problems caused by steroids. Unlike traditional long-term steroid treatment, ...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

...n actually cut down the number of pre natal visits from 8 - 11 times to 3 - 6 times. The idea is not to discourage a pregnant woman from going to a doctor. Atleast 3 - 6 visits are a must. But to cut costs, time and energy it is a good i...

Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient

... of Chirayinkil, had consulted Dr. Sathy M. Pillai from the early stages of her pregnancy as she had had a miscarriage once. She was admitted to Samad Hospital on April 25,1996, on the advice of the doctor for proper care. The doctor advised that sutures be made at the opening of the uterus to prevent an...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

... took 277 attempts to clone Dolly, who was created from a mammary cell of a 6 year old ewe. The 277 attempts yielded a mere 29 embryos, and only one of them survived to term. Multiple flawed embryos are likely to occur with humans as well. Commenting on plans for a human cloning clinic. Drs. Zawos and An...

Doctors advice early anemia tests

...ff and her colleagues examined blood samples taken from 1,141 children when they were 8, 12 and 18 months old. These were compared to the hemoglobin levels with the children's development when they were 18 months old.Children with levels of hemoglobin less than 95 grams per liter of blood scored six point...

Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre

... 35% of the study group were found to be suffering from severe liver damage as a result of paracetamol use... due to poisoning and serious consequences ranging from hospitalization to permanent disability might occur. However the benefits of paracetamol cannot be ...

Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis

...entists succeeded in achieving 100 per cent relief from painful arthritis in 36 per cent of the patients treated and at least 60 per cent relief from pain in 70 per cent cases. The study was recently conducted in Berlin and Paris in co-ordination wi...

Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

...esearchers led by Dr. Manish Gupta took antibodies from the immune systems of mice that had survived infec...arly all the mice were protected against infection from the Ebola virus. A copy of the study report is published in the May issue of the Journal of Virology...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...tes are twice as likely as non-diabetics to suffer from depression, researchers say. The June issue of Diabetes Care carries the report of this study. Dr. Patrick Lustman of Washington University School of Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri headed the res...

Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients

...US have distracted patients with images and sounds from nature and have successfully controlled pain in patients following a painful procedure called bronchoscopy, which involves inserting the tube into the nose or the throat to see the lungs. Pain control was improved by around 43% in those who listened...

Antibiotics losing their power against acne

...ons of patients, most of them teenagers, suffering from physical and psychological trauma of severe acne....

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...afe permissible levels of second hand smoke. "Far from being a mere annoyance or a minor discomfort, exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer and contributes to various lung and heart diseases," said Brundtland, adding that it can cause "asthma and other respiratory illnesses in children" and also has...

Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West

...who conducted the study opine that cinnamon, apart from filling the air with its spicy aroma can also double up as an anti bacterial agent. Adding a dash of cinnamon to apple juice proved this and the spice actually retarded the growth of common food pathogens. For their study, the investigators added ci...

South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants

...pharmaceutical giants wanting to stop South Africa from importing cheap AIDS drugs. The country with larg... in the world now wants to secure affordable drugs from around the world to tackle its AIDS epidemic. The Health Ministry of South Africa, published 70 pag...

Biotechnology industry expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002

...big leap is expected to triple the industry's size from its 1999 value of one billion dollars. Biogenerics, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture, food and nutrition sectors are all poised for the big leap, both nationally and internationally. The report said the global industry was expected to grow by 17% in...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

Dr. Balakrishna Ganapat Rao Matapurkar, from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi has create... by winning the first patent on organ regeneration from the American patent office for his technique in successfully regenerating / repairing organs in huma...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...represents a potential method of protecting people from TB. Dr. Stewart added that the study demonstrated the potential for a new class of drugs, which by inducing the bacterium to manufacture heat-shock proteins would make it vulnerable to our own natural immunity, enabling us to clear the infection. T...

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