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ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), a compound made from rabbit antibodies appears to be as effective as routine steroids in reducing rejection of transplanted organs without any of the side effects, according to Dr. James Eason of the Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center in New Orleans. In the large...

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

...r proper care. The doctor advised that sutures be made at the opening of the uterus to prevent an abortion and she was taken to the operation theatre at 0600 hrs on May 23. At 2200 hrs, she vomited and at midnight, the relatives heard her loud cries. They were told that the patient was mentally upset and...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...ement echoes that of Richard Seed, a physicist who made a similar declaration in January 1998, sparking ethical and legal debate (BMJ 1998;316:167). The current announcement is considered to be more serious because cloning technology has matured and the principal investigators have experience in treating...

Antibiotic induces liver damage in children with E.COLI infections.

...biotics. On the basis of this study it should be made a practice to prescribe antibiotics only after the stool tests confirm that E.Coli is not the cause of the illness. According to the CDC, children and adults can prevent the spread of E. coli infection by taking the following steps: >> Pra...

Asthma! A new warning for heart disease

...tients without asthma. Therefore emphasis has been made on managing cardiovascular risk factors such as b...tients without asthma. Therefore emphasis has been made on managing cardiovascular risk factors such as blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar i...

One...just one cigarette can spoil the heart function.

...sents with shortness of breath. The reasearchers made their observation in a group of 27 subjects who did not have any evidence of heart disease.They were divided into two groups with one group left with smoking and the other with nicotine gums for 15 minutes.Doppler echocardiogram was done before and a...

India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war

...ntly protect only the processes by which drugs are made but not the products themselves....

Blocked viens block eye sight

...ssolve the blockage. Planker stated that the hole made by the bullet will heal quickly. He further stated that the probe has advantages over the other surgical needles as this probe does not damage the vulnerable vein. He now plans to test how good the plasma-powered bullets are at cutting tissue during ...

The big brain in suicides

... in sucide victims. A comparative brain study was made between people who died a natural death with those of people who commited sucide. Results concluded that the brain was significantly lighter in the natural cause than the sucide group. A theory states that depression causes the brain to swell and th...

Thirty minutes of work up per day reduces the risk of Diabetes

...d with the experts that it is common sense to have made up this study. The Diabetes Prevention Program was conducted at 27 centers nationwide and involved more than 3000 participants. Participants ranged in age from 25 to 85 and generally sustained a 5% weight loss throughout the 3-year study. In this er...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...d 506 women, who were receiving prenatal care were made to answer questions about their alcohol consumption during their pregnancy.These women were contacted again when their children were between 6 and 7 years of age. The investigators found that on examining the behavioural patterns of these kids ,mate...

Surgery made simple

...ill patients.// In the operation an opening is made in the wall of the trachea,the passage leading to the lungs, to pass a tube.This procedure needs to be done accurately as even a slight diversion can puncture the oesophagus, which is a part of the food pipe.This will result in conditions like septic...

Helping stroke patients to recover balance

...c lenses to patients with postural problems. These made objects appear 10 degrees farther to the right or the left than they were. As expected, when the patients were asked to point to objects they pointed too far to the left or right, depending on the lens. But when they took the spectacles off, the r...

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...e major hospital in Ludwigshafen. Comparisons were made with an earlier study of ECG data on 600 patients who had suffered a heart attaack, and the predicted risk was compared with the fate of these patients. According to physicians the results are very promising and effective....

Dark skin protects

...plains why all do not have black skin. Melanin is made from the amino acid tyrosine, which is also needed to build proteins. In prehistoric days when food was scarce in cold, dry areas, tyrosine was probably conserved to make essential proteins, Mackintosh says. It was only worthwhile converting it into ...

'Sweaty palms syndrome' can be cured by surgery

...o operate through incisions about a half-inch long made in the armpit. A tiny scope with a TV camera is inserted into the incision and moved along the chest until it reaches the nerve associated with excessive sweating. The probe is also fitted with a cutter that is used to sever the nerve, thus stopping ...

Stay young the Chinese way

...of vitamin C, the professor said. The scientists made the drug developed from OPC more powerful by adding the rare Chinese medicines of lucid ganoderma sporopollen and gynostemma. This formula medicine is 30 percent more powerful at anti-oxidation than the raw substance alone. With no toxins or side e...

'Prozac miracle' could end in disaster

...iction against one of the drug companies that have made billions from SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) - the class of drug of which Prozac is the best known - and which were hailed as "wonderdrugs" when they first hit the market in the 1980s. // The drug is known as Seroxat in Britain an...

Old are not weak

...versity of California shows that muscle protein is made as quickly as it is broken down in men over 70. In fact there is no difference in muscle protein turnover between older men and men of average age 28.// Yet decreases in muscle strength are commonly found as people get older. This study shows that ...

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

Scientists have made a signficant step forward in their attempt to starve cancer tumours by stopping the growth of the blood vessels that feed them nutrients. Four drugs that disrupt angiogenesis - blood vessel formation - have been shown for the first time to be effecti...

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