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Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

Drug abuse,has been at its best of raise over the past decade or two and with the increased incidence of consumption of drugs in teens.Researchers at a conference sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse said that the drug known as ecstasy has a negative impact on blo...

Air pollution affects the heart

Air pollution is known for its adverse effects on the heart among the young and o...ity to adapt heart rate with minor fluctuations in its beat rate is a sign of good health. Heart rate variability indicates the state of the blood vessels,...

Ranbaxy joins hand with Cipla to co-market ciprofloxacin

...situation for both companies, enabling to leverage its combined marketing prowess and extensive distribution network. Ranbaxy official said that the company is keen that the benefits of Ciprofloxacin in terms of convenience and better patient compliance should percolate to the maximum number of doctors a...

A new drug for cancer

...sels to leak and break down. Due to restriction of its blood supply, the tumour will start to wither and die.// Magnetic resonance imaging studies reveal that DMXAA reduces the blood flow to a tumour. The new drug will probably be used in combination with other anti-cancer drugs. DMXAA will strike the ...

Less drinking less stroke

...cial effects of alcohol were probably derived from its ability to raise levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and to thin the blood, which might explain the lowered risk of silent strokes with moderate intake. ...

Prescription Drug - Helps People Stop Smoking

...al Industries entered the antismoking segment with its "Smoquit" (buproprion 150mg tabs) recently. The medication in Smoquit has been used for over a decade as an antidepressant, albeit at a different dose. The Rs. 13.50-per tablet priced Smoquit, the first pharmacotherapy ever available for the treatmen...

Probiotics can help

... in children, but there have been few studies into its possible preventive effects. The latest study in the British Medical Journal is the first to examine long-term effects in normal healthy children. The researchers monitored 571 children attending day care centres in Helsinki, Finland over a seven m...

Gel prevents pregnancy

...e - based on the female hormone, not the male, and its rubbed into the tummy. It's absorbed into the skin and acts as a contraceptive". Each month, hormone levels are tested and an ultrasound done to see how much of the gel is needed to stop ovulation occurring."The gel is packed in little sachets so th...

Zydus Cadila and Kopran in strategic alliance

..., the Mumbai-based Kopran has perpetually assigned its anti-hypertensive drug 'Aten'(Atenol) to Zydus Cad...rores but will continue to manufacture the drug at its facility, Zydus Cadila release said here. Zydus has also entered into a seperate technology transfer...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...sue differs markedly from normal healthy tissue in its pattern of gene activity. Researchers have now developed the tools that can visualise analyse these 'molecular fingerprints' that characterise the cancerous cell. Using microarray technology, it's now possible to analyse thousands of genes in one exp...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

... also known as "speed," "meth" or "chalk" (and, in its smoked form, as "ice," "crystal" or "glass"), can be smoked, snorted, injected or taken orally. The drug, often made in clandestine laboratories from inexpensive over-the-counter ingredients, is widely abused by diverse groups, including young adults...

Gene therapy - Aim to improve blood flow

...as grown large numbers of new blood capillaries in its skin. This gene is known to send commands to sever...on of HIF-1 might have undesirable side-effects of its own. While this is early research, there are a number of diseases which could potentially benefit fr...

Sleeping sickness - a silent killer

...kness has been dubbed as the Silent Killer because its victims are mostly from rural populations where medical screening is rare and cause of death often goes unrecorded. The meeting in Burkina Faso, which over 300 scientists and other delegates are expected to attend, will launch an Africa-wide campai...

Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

...name in the Indian pharmaceutical Industry for the its precisions and accuracy. // At present it plans to start with importing from Germany and later stage to manufacture in India. This will be 9th company of the group. Erweka has companies in Germany, Switzerland, USA, UK, France, Poland, Italy and n...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

...the potential to halt tumour growth by cutting off its blood supply. Vanessa Jones, senior lecturer at the Wound Healing Research Unit at the University of Wales College of Medicine, said the gel seemed to be using technology which is currently applied to external wounds. "These products have been used...

Sequencing of the Plague

...ope and now a potential biological weapon, has had its entire genome sequenced. The genes seem to be "unusually fluid", readily re-arranging themselves and picking up new genes from other microbes. That could mean that more virulent strains of plague might emerge. More ominously, it suggests that enhance...

Treatment for pre-menstrual syndrome is ineffective

... from PMS in the UK are prescribed progesterone or its synthetic equivalent, progestogens. But a team of researchers from the University of Keele have found that taking progesterone no more effective than taking a placebo. The report said previous beliefs that PMS was caused by a progesterone deficienc...

Role of fats and oils in vision care

...ets worse with age and diet has been implicated in its development. // Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary carried out a study of 349 individuals aged 55 to 80 with AMD, and compared their diet to a control group with eye disease other than AMD. Those who consumed foods high in veget...

Statins reduce heart attacks

...e liver's production of cholesterol and increasing its ability to remove LDL cholesterol already in the blood. Statins may also modestly increase HDL, the good cholesterol, and slightly decrease triglycerides, another fat in the blood. The three biggest-selling brands of statins are Lipitor, Zocor, and P...

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

...of a particular drug are associated with levels of its actual use, and this is likely to be reflected in the data collected, the researchers warn....

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