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Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...ory comprises agents, which limit the rate of bone loss and are referred to as ‘‘anti-resorption drugs’’. The second group of drugs promotes bone formation and is referred to as ‘‘bone forming drugs’’. // No single class of drugs is perceived to manage osteoporosis on a standalone basis. Hormone Replac...

Is Obesity a risk factor?

...y - they certainly should not be prescribed weight loss drugs, which can worsen the condition. But it's different for coronary heart disease - here, overweight is still a risk factor that needs addressing....

Treatment for Meniere's disease

...ling. Generally Meniere's disease leads to hearing loss in the affected ear, and the disease may also spread to the other ear. This disease has a wide range of treatments available.Many patients spend years trying one after the other without seeing any improvement. One problem in assessing the value of...

Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems

...rone acetate or DMPA -- can cause significant bone loss when used long term. The younger you are when you begin using this contraceptive, the greater your risk of bone-related problems later in life. // From the time we are born, well into middle age, our bone mass is constantly breaking down and re-b...

Dangers of heat

...refers to overheating of the body due to excessive loss of water or, in rare cases, salt depletion. People who suffer from heat exhaustion have often been taking part in strenuous physical exercise.// Symptoms include thirst, headache, pallor, dizziness and possibly nausea or vomiting. In severe cases, t...

Have sex and stay young

... security. Both those things are associated with a loss of youth." <br...

Health at heights

...itude cerebral oedema. Symptoms include headache, loss of co-ordination, weakness, and decreasing levels of consciousness including, disorientation, loss of memory, hallucinations, psychotic behavior, and coma. It occurs after a week or more at high alti...

New gene for hairloss

...ons. Accoeding to researchers, many types of hair loss probably share a similar biological mechanism, and understanding the //hairless gene's function will help scientists figure that mechanism out. Previous work has shown that people who inherit a malfunctioning version of hairless can get an extreme fo...

More about HIV

...athogenic, and the body can no longer keep up with loss of T cells. As a result, the patient develops one of many different infections and illnesses associated with AIDS.Stage IV: Progression to AIDS. T4 cell count falls below 200. As the immune system continues to deteriorate, more and more serious illne...

New Way To Treat Lupus

... the drugs carry side effects such as nausea, hair loss and an increased risk of infection and cancer. Suppressing only interferon-alpha could potentially provide a more targeted treatment. The findings suggest that a drug that would act against immune system protein called interferon-alpha could fight th...

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

...illion tablets worth about Rs 1 crore, will suffer loss of sale for a month during the transition period to the tune of Rs 1.5 - 2 crore. Disprin 'Paracetamol' will be in the market by mid-December , he said. The company has also decided not to give any brand push to Disprin Cold and Flu for similar reaso...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...at causes projectile vomiting//, leading to weight loss and dehydration. It is a common indication for abdominal surgery in infancy. “The finding will make a difference to the health of baies,” said the study’s principal investigator, Barbara E. Mahon a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics. Using c...

Too much coffee is too bad

...ine intakes had significantly higher rates of bone loss at the spine, and that women who were homozygous for a mutation in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene were at greater risk for caffeine-related bone loss.// Women in the high cafeeine category with the tt genotype lost bone density over 3 years, comp...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...ently shown that successful, maintenance of weight loss occurs most often when people follow a nutritional...ssure reduction), may lessen the benefit of weight loss on blood pressure reduction. Although proteins are essential nutrients required to maintain the body...

IVF technique May Increase The Risk Of Birth Defects

...es as many sex chromosome abnormalities, including loss of the Y chromosome. However, the risk was still very low, with only 10 out of almost 1,600 fetuses created by ICSI containing the defects. The team say that mutations in the Y chromosome may be a sign of genetic instability, and if a baby inherit...

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...elid tissues with age. It may also be related to a loss of fat around the eye socket. Researcher Dr Willem van den Bosch said eyelid droop was associated with two painful conditions. Inward rotation of the eyelid, or entropion, leads to the eyelashes rubbing against the surface of the eye, the cornea. T...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...ugar levels cause symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss and blurred vision, and can make the patient far more prone to heart disease and stroke. Patients often have to greatly modify their diets and take exercise to protect their health. Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service's nutrition lab...

Miraculous Salads

...ssure and that this, in turn, speeds up the body's loss of calcium that could then lead to osteoporosis...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...e women for life. This disease is characterised by loss of bone mass, thus making bones very fragile thereby increasing the risk of fractures. Bonmax is a selective estrogen receptor modulator. It maximises bone mass thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer and decreases total and LDL cholesterol. Cur...

New drug may stop alopecia

...earchers have derived a new gel to reduce the hair loss due to chemotherapy, which is one of the distressi...ephen Davis said the gel completely prevented hair loss in half of the rats that subsequently underwent chemotherapy. No side effects were detected and the ...

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