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FDA Warns Against Birth-Control Patch

...Neil, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, had so far maintained that the patch would have similar risks as the pill. But the warning said the women using the patch would be exposed to about 60 percent more estrogen than those using typical birth control pills. When women take the pill, the medication is absorbed ...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

...onsible for drafting the rules and standards to be maintained by the health care institutes. Accreditation appli...hecking out all the 100 standards, which has to be maintained by the hospital, gives a final score to the NABH committee with its recommendations it also gives a ...

Whole-body hypothermia reduces risk of death in Encephalopathy in infants

... overhead radiant warmers and had skin temperature maintained between 36.5° C and 37.0° C. After the study, 44% percent of infants randomized to hypothermia died or had disability compared with 62% of infants in the control group. Twenty-four infants died in the hypothermia group, compared with 38 among the c...

Genetically modified rice faces strong protests in Asia

... same vigor and quality of rice production will be maintained by the genetically engineered rice. The health and agricultural society presented a declaration for ban on Genetically Engineered rice in Asia to the Food and Agricultural Organization Headquarters in Bangkok. The theme of this year's World Food Da...

Home Based Rapid HIV Test Kit to be approved by US – OraQuick Test Ki

...now the results and the anonymity of the person is maintained by allotting a specific PIN number. Experts view: Lisa Power, head of policy at Terrence Higgins Trust said, "We're watching this with great interest and we are looking for a change in UK law to allow and regulate home testing for HIV, but we n...

New Hope For Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

...he first 6 months of the study compared to placebo maintained this low relapse rate during the subsequent 6-month extension. More than 80% patients who received FTY720 for up to 12 months were free from lesions showing active inflammation on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at month twelve irrespective of their...

Novartis MS Drug Shows Promising Results

... first six months of the study compared to placebo maintained this low relapse rate during the subsequent six-mo...0% during the first six months compared to placebo maintained this low relapse rate during the subsequent six-month extension. In those patients who switched from...

Proper Validation of Generic Drugs Could Save Millions of AIDS Patients

...sting. By this way if the generic drug produced is maintained in a standard to that of branded drugs, the amount...would be saved enormously, and if proper system is maintained in monitoring and validation of generic drugs it would be very much useful for patients in developin...

Platinum Coils To Replace Brain Surgery

...rchers found that the early survival advantage was maintained up to 7 years. They also found that the risk of late rebleeding was low but more common after endovascular coiling than after neurosurgical clipping. Patients assigned coiling also had a substantially lower risk of seizures than patients allocated to...

Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas

...in the mouse. Mice were infected with H. felis and maintained for 18 months before being assigned to one of three treatment groups: 1) no treatment (primarily infected), 2) antibiotic therapy to eradicate bacteria, or 3) antibiotic therapy followed by re-infection. As expected, low-grade MALT lymphoma occurred...

A Settlement Over Stem Cell Controversy Through Scientific Research

...ed to ensure that this reprogrammed state would be maintained even after removal of the embryonic stem cell DNA, currently a technical hurdle, the hybrid cells could theoretically be used to produce embryonic stem cells lines that are tailored to individual patients without the need to exploit human embryos. T...

Getting A Suntan The Easy Way

...nning was greater in those on the drug, and it was maintained for three weeks longer than those not on the drug. Furthermore, the group without the drug required 50-percent more sun exposure to achieve the same tan. Researchers also say that none of the participants had any major side effects from the drug. Th...

Arsenic in drinking water

...luated and reduced to 0.05 mg/L. In 1984, this was maintained as WHO’s "Guideline Value"; and many countries have kept this as the national standard or as an interim target. According to the last edition of the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality (1993): Inorganic arsenic is a documented human carcinogen....

New combined therapy for Knee Joint pain

...ia certain space should be maintained. This gap is maintained by two groups of muscles which cross the knee joint. Quadriceps is one group of muscle which crosses the front side of the knee which extends (Straightening) the knee. Hamstring is the other group of muscle which crosses the back side of the knee whi...

Death Of Singaporean Woman After Mysterious Illness

...orated in the Intensive Care Unit where her family maintained a vigil at her bedside while the patient writhed in pain despite painkillers. She died this week, five days after pulling out her breathing tubes and injuring her windpipe. At the clinic where Wong first sought treatment for the fever, a message ...

Health care errors blamed for deaths

Improper cleanliness and hygiene maintained by the health workers may cause as much as one-eighth// of the deaths that happen, says a new study. Researchers from University of Illinois had reported that more than the fear of lawsuits, it is the negligence of the health workers that cause the ...

Milk in diet good for heart

...tem of their food items, and about 90% of them had maintained a detailed diaries. The men were in the age of 45 to 59 and they were observed for a period of 20 years after the initial study. They all had to undergo comprehensive health check-ups, including ECGs at the beginning of the study and every five years...

New turn in stem cell research

...erilized. Six embryonic human stem-cell lines were maintained in this serum and feeder free culture procedure. The result was derivation of a new stem cell line from human embryos under new conditions. The new process evolved out of research is likely to bring about changes in the way stem-cell studies are go...

Physical Activity Good For Developing Cognitive Skills

... had 2.6-times more cognitive decline than men who maintained their physical activity. The study also showed tha...triple the amount of cognitive decline vs. men who maintained more intense physical activity. Researchers believe physical activity can help preserve brain funct...

Home-based Treatment For Eczema More Effective Compared To Hospital Care

... two groups. Also, the effect of the treatment was maintained during an eight-week follow-up period after treatment was completed. Thus researchers conclude saying that hospital-administered bath PUVA with oral PUVA at home, both had a similar decrease in hand eczema score clinical improvement at the end of tr...

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