Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation
...ai-based Ajanta Pharmaceuticals (APL) has launched its once-a-day 200mg controlled release nimesulide bra...edic medicines, developed this oral formulation in its fully integrated research and development centre at Kandivali in Mumbai. // Since the brand recei...Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention
...ood. Aspirin has been used for over 100 years, but its beneficial effects to prevent stroke and heart attack only started to be recognized in the 1970s. Coumadin, known generically as warfarin, has been used for about 50 years to combat stroke. Numerous previous studies have proven that use of aspirin ...An effective way to treat angina
...non-invasive and safe and, if larger studies prove its effectiveness, offers new hope for people with angina who are not responding to current therapies....Steps To Improve Quality Of Plant-Based Drugs
India has finally decided to get its act together on improving quality of plant-based drugs. It promises not only to get a large number of laboratories activated on testing them, but also seeks to start registering farmers who produce medicinal plants to ensure the raw material itself m......r caused gradual regression of LVH, independent of its effect on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also lower among those who did not develop LVH or experienced regression of their LVH, compared with those in which LVH developed or did not regress.However, 91 per cent of the pa...FDA Approves New HIV Drug, Viread
...he US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its antiretroviral agent Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) for the treatment of HIV in combination with other antiretroviral agents. Like Viread, such drugs work by blocking the process needed for HIV replication in the body. But Viread is the firs...FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch
...oman to have her period. Dangers associated with its use are similar to those of taking birth control pills, including greater risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke. As with birth control pills, smokers are warned against using Ortho Evra due to an increased risk of serious cardiovascular side e...Smallpox Vaccine May Help Fight Cervical Cancer
... 300,000 deaths. If it is diagnosed and treated in its earliest stages there is a high survival rate. // Doctors at Britain's Cancer Research Campaign hope the vaccine will boost the immune system's response to the human papilloma virus (HPV), which is linked to most cases of the illness, and prevent e...Morning sickness maybe pronounced
...Hospital, London, said the size of the study meant its results were significant."There could be all sorts of explanations," he said. "Morning sickness is something to do with hormones - girl babies may produce different hormones, that could be part of the problem....The best treatment for migraine
...rable. And a third drug almotriptan was similar in its effectiveness, but scored higher on tolerability. Other drugs were similar to sumatriptan. Of course, not all patients will show this pattern of effectiveness versus tolerability, but at least this helps guide the new patient to a treatment to try ...'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'
...vascular) following the confusion over the name of its new painkiller 'Disprin Plus', the company's Regional Director , Mr. Pranab Barua said. The company also announced a change in the brand-name 'Disprin Plus' to 'Disprin Paracetamol'. Subsequent to the launch of Disprin Plus, there were reports citing......ic resonance imaging techniques, has been focusing its investigations on the N terminus. ......ADHD, has prompted renewed calls for research into its long-term effects.Dr John Walker and colleagues from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York have found that relatively high doses of the drug methylphenidate, the generic form of Ritalin, changed the expression of a gene involved in ...Left handed have better episodic memory
...mation of event memories and therefore expalin why its maturation in early childhood is at least partly responsible for the emergence of episodic memory....Enzyme may be target for obesity drugs
...gs may lead to new approaches to treat obesity and its complications. // It is no news that obesity inc... be an important new tool for treating obesity and its complications....MSI puts on hold plans for operations in Chennai
... Baroda and Pune, has dropped Chennai from list of its target for operations in the country. According to...urces, MSI, which recently drew up plans to expand its franchisee operations from the present 19 outlets to 50 by the end of the current financial year, ha...Lecithin lowers cholesterol absorption in body
... absorption of egg cholesterol and markedly lowers its uptake by the intestine. When the phospholipid is saturated, its inhibitory effect is further enhanced. The researchers controlled experimental conditions to specif......s a study which brings that evidence together from its original authoritative sources to help music organisations of all kinds provide cogent answers."...Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Directly to Brain
...re decreased, indicating that the drug had reached its target.The test results indicated that the drug had “been successfully diffused in brain tissue,” Frey said. Asked about the implications of Frey's work, Dr. Philip Gorelick, director of the Center for Stroke Research, Chicago, Illinois, said the st......he Foods and Drugs Department is beginning to bare its fangs at chemists and druggists operating without qualified pharmacists, an offence under the Indian Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. According to official sources, not only does this common practice jeopardise the health of the masses -- it allows u...