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Fast-Multiplying Lawsuits Can Stymie Medical Science, Authors Warn

Class-action lawsuits can significantly slow or halt science's ability to establish links between neurological illness and environmental //factors produced by industry, a team of scientists and lawyers warns in the journal Neurology. The authors caution that litigation's effects could seriously impair...

Ancient Herbal Text Paves the Way to Novel Anti-bacterial Drug

.... Writes Rumphius: "... these same kernels... will halt all kinds of diarrhea, but very suddenly, forcefully and powerfully, so that one should use them with care in dysentery cases, because that illness or affliction should not be halted too quickly; and some considered this medicament a great secret, an...

Viagra Marketing Campaign, ‘a Cause of Concern’, Say Anti-AIDS Grop

...he anti-AIDS group on its part will do its best to halt the Viagra marketing campaign by running counter advertisements to give the readers an honest appraisal of Viagra. SV...

Obesity Could Bankrupt the Health System, Warn Doctors

...hange, they add. Thus education alone will fail to halt this obesity epidemic, and environmental changes (physical, food, and fiscal policy) are urgently needed. They believe that prevention is the only economic long term solution to the problem and recommend that: The food industry needs to take more ...

Common Cold Virus Leads to Death in Lung Transplant Patients

...ents, with impaired immune systems due to drugs to halt rejection, are at potentially higher risk from the virus. “Our evidence demonstrates that rhinoviral disease is not exclusively limited to the upper respiratory tract,” said Dr. Kaiser. “It can also lead to lower respiratory complications, which im...

Two Lung Cancer Patients Die Due To HRV

...ents, with impaired immune systems due to drugs to halt rejection, are at potentially higher risk from the virus. "Our evidence demonstrates that rhinoviral disease is not exclusively limited to the upper respiratory tract," said Dr. Kaiser. "It can also lead to lower respiratory complications, which im...

Study Explains How NSAIDs Halt Cancer Growth

...s nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to halt the// growth of cancer cells, a finding that could eventually lead to the development of targeted cancer treatments.Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in collaboration with scientists at Columbia University Medical Ce...

A Stroke of Bad Luck for Vioxx

...esent in the inflamed areas. The medications also halt the COX-1 enzyme, found in the lining of blood vessels. In 2004, Vioxx was recalled from the market due to perceived health risks. Prof. Jane Mitchell from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London and her colleagues are of t...

'Red'y to Fight HIV – 'AbstinenceBehaviorCondom', Sacrosanct to AIDS Preventio

... in a 'do or die' situation, with no option but to halt the epidemic. 1st December 2006, World AIDS Day, i...es the development of vaccines and microbicides to halt the epidemic. The challenge in front of us can be tackled well, if there is unflinching financial ...

"Trojan Horse" Agent Halts Bone Metastasis in Mice

...h this study tested the ability of VEGF121/rGel to halt the growth of human prostate cancer cells in the bones of mice, investigators say it likely could help prevent the growth of other cancers in bones such as breast, multiple myeloma, lung and renal cell. "Many tumors invade bone in the same way, so ...

Effect Of Growth Factor Signals On Cancer Development

...e body's tissues. When the authors used genes to halt IGFBP-2 production by prostate cancer cells in culture, they found that p53 lost its ability to block IGF-I from activating one of its major signaling targets in those cells.IGF-I is important because, along with naturally produced human growth hormo...

Drop in smoking rate stalls

...ng the adults in the U.S. has flattened due to its halt at 21% in the last 2 years//. According to the researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a lack of drop in smoking among adolescents since 2002 is represented by the plateaus in smoking prevalence of 2004 and 2005. "Prel...

Alzheimer's Vaccine- A Realistic Prospect

... brain inflammation and the study was brought to a halt for safety reasons. The vaccine has been named AN-1792, and it consists of a synthetic beta amyloid protein which acts by stimulation of the immune response. It had successfully cleared the protein from the brain during the first trial. <br?Now...

Vision restoration with a drug for macular degeneration

...nother drug, Macugen, and photodynamic therapy can halt the advance of AMD. And there is preliminary evidence that Avastin, a drug used to treat cancer, may also potentially restore vision in a way similar to Lucentis." The Macular Disease Society said, "It is vital Lucentis is granted a Europe-wide lic...

New Angiogenesis Finding May Help Fight Cancer Growth

...d vessels, or angiogenesis. The finding may help halt tumor growth in cancer patients, says Emery Bresni... blocking angiogenesis could be a promising way to halt tumor growth. Also in June, the FDA approved a compound that inhibits VEGF for treating colon cancer...

Allergic Rhinitis Associated with Impaired Sleep Quality

...s during sleep, including sleep apnea, a temporary halt to breathing. However, few researchers have closely examined sleep disorders in patients with allergic rhinitis. Damien L?ger, M.D., of Assistance Publique H?pitaux de Paris, and colleagues explored the association between allergic rhinitis and s...

Calorie Restriction May Prevent, Reduce Alzheimer’s Neuropatholog

...esearch that experimental dietary regimens// might halt or even reverse symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). The study entitled “Calorie Restriction Attenuates Alzheimer’s Disease Type Brain Amyloidosis in Squirrel Monkeys” which has been accepted for publication and will be published in the November 200...

Slow Fight Against Childhood Obesity

...nd no single sector, acting alone, can effectively halt and reverse it," Koplan said. The federal, state and local government should provide leadership for creation and evaluation of effective plans and the food industry for development and promotion of healthy products and checking of portion sizes of ...

AIIMS Goes to Polls Amid Reservation Issues

... seat, said some pro-reservation doctors wanted to halt the electoral process for three years. "They had sent a letter to the director urging a three year ban. They are doing this to implement reservation at AIIMS. We are not against any one but our only fight is give due justice to talent," he said. ...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

... draw upon these inputs, to tweak a formulation or halt a certain drug from making its way into the market. However, disseminated information does not sometimes reach the entire audience due to the illiterate numbers, comprising nearly 70% of the total population. It is here that the pharmacist can go muc...

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