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African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

... various subtypes of HIV as well as varieties that have become resistant to drug therapy....

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...ibodies expressed on human T-lymphocytes. Steroids have been considered a key component of liver transplant treatment, even though they are associated with adverse side effects. When a patient receives an organ transplant, the body's white blood cells often try to reject the new organ .It is here that ATG...

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

...at risk than women who had more prenatal visits to have a low birth weight baby, or have anemia during pregnancy, or spend longer in the hospital than women who had more prenatal visits the...

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

...he consumer activists, negligent doctors in Kerala have been asked to pay three lakh rupees as compensatio...r K G Madhavan Pillai of Samad Hospital, Attingal, have been ordered to pay the compensation and Rs 3,000 as costs to the victim’s husband and mothe....

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...nology has matured and the principal investigators have experience in treating infertility. The controvers... This is largely because reproductive technologies have far outpaced regulatory, legal, ethical, moral and theological thinking on the matter. That human c...

The World Bank funds private Hospital in India

...ank, told the BMJ: "The State Government could not have managed this hospital on its own. The bank is allowed to finance innovative thinkgs like this".But some international health researchers are suspicious of the Bank's promises that this private-public venture will improve India's health. Kasturi Sen,...

Doctors advice early anemia tests

...els of hemoglobin are significantly more likely to have deformities of the motor system, according to a st...oints drop on motor skill tests. "In this study we have shown that developmental outcome at 18 months of age, particularly motor development, is associated ...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

...l Centre (UTSW) in Dallas. Injection drug abusers have an increased risk for hepatitis C because they oft...person to accidental HIV infection. So people who have liking for tattoos have to be very careful to avoid these infections. The best remedy would be to a...

Antidepressants come in handy for patients on treatment for hepatitis, cancers and multiple sclerosis

...ersity School of Medicine in Atlanta, says doctors have assumed for years that depression therapies themselves can induce depression. The good news is that Paxil and other antidepressants not only help alleviate the depression that could cause people to stop treatment, but also help in other ways. Study...

Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

... Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, have said that an experimental treatment for the deadly Ebola virus has shown promising results in mice. In the study, researchers led by Dr. Manish Gupta took antibodies from the immune systems of mice that had survived infection with the deadly Ebola v...

Parke-Davis (India) runs into rough weather – Court orders attachment of asset

...y former employees. The management of the company have also approached the same court and pleaded for grant of stay order on the attachment proceedings. The case will come up for hearing on May 29th. The bone of contention between the employees and the managements is the voluntary retirement scheme. T...

The flip side of AIDS cocktails – HAART regime damages live

...ting in severe liver toxicity. The drug cocktails have however clearly improved the condition of the patient in terms of controlling the HIV disease but the side effects on liver forced many to stop treatment. Dr. Chung said the next step would be to see if there are factors that may help doctors predic...

Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients

...t the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the US have distracted patients with images and sounds from nature and have successfully controlled pain in patients following a painful procedure called bronchoscopy, which in...

Antibiotics losing their power against acne

...ways been a major problem with teenagers. Pimples have been described by teens as an embarrassing and nag...them - antibiotics and vitamin A. Both treatments have side effects. Vitamin A therapy in particular has been linked to birth defects, so must be prescrib...

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

...time with one's spouse and other partners seems to have a calming influence on a person's blood pressure. ...comfortable relationships, close friends included, have a soothing effect on blood pressure. Effects of short-term changes in blood pressure of a person ar...

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

...the tobacco majors and said "big tobacco companies have paid for bogus scientific studies, unleashed well-funded campaigns to attack legitimate studies, set up front groups to push smokers rights, sued health authorities in court, and done everything in their power to delay and defeat meaningful action on...

Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

...ing the addiction. Researchers at Duke University have tested and patented this nicotine drink and are no... headed the study, said. Attempts to quit smoking have always increased every time a new product is available to help addicts kick the habit. In 1998, the...

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

...added cinnamon in comparison to juice that did not have any cinnamon. Previously the same spice had been tested and proved to have anti E. coli properties. Though the research was restricted the beneficial effects of cinnamon, the...

Indian Doctor granted US patent on organ regeneration

...of the intestine. Certain large tendons in humans have also been regenerated. Only limited successful human trials have been conducted, but the surgeon says the technique has been perfected in monkeys. Dr. Matapurkar di...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...partners in the United Nations and the WHO, we now have a framework to offer Diflucan to the least-developed nations targeted by the UN and the WHO as the most affected by the AIDS crisis", Dr.Henry McKinnell, CEO of Pfizer, told reporters at a press conference. Many patients stricken with AIDS develop c...

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