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Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap

...ical giants has just begun. After waging wars over many drug formulations the pharma majors are now lockin...ife saving medicines. However critics say even now many in the poorer countries will be unable to afford the new drug cocktail as offered by Cipla. Another...

Stem cell research- now Nobel Laureates join the debate

...efully on this ethical issue, which has infuriated many in the United States. Leaving the ethical part aside, a group of 80 high profile scientists including amongst other luminaries like James Watson and Hamilton O. Smith. The opponents are quick to rubbish the claims of the scientists. In a hard-hittin...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...s can predispose to heart problems. This will make many people sit up and listen. One of the researchers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even urinary tract infections are three times more likely to have a progression of atherosclerosis, the disease ...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...s can predispose to heart problems. This will make many people sit up and listen. One of the researchers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even urinary tract infections are three times more likely to have a progression of atherosclerosis, the disease ...

Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

One issue that always raises many uncomfortable questions and more troubling answers...de effects become apparent only later and at times many lives are at stake. This issue of drug trials has already opened up a Pandora’s box and it is sure t...

Water - The silent killer!!!

...vior to reduce the risk. It is ironical that as many parts of the country reel under severe heat wave conditions and thirst for water, there are also many lives, which are taken away due to water borne infections. The best remedy to this problem is to be ...

Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

...sment in asking questions on sexual problems drive many teens to health portals in their quest for answers to their health queries. Earlier it was the agony aunt column in magazines now it is the medical portals, which clarify the doubts and dispel the fears of the teens.More than 75% of teens surveyed, i...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

...rs say, that the morning after pill, which rescues many women from unwanted pregnancies can be effective u...bortion pill RU- 486, use of which is not legal in many countries. The scientists studied 300 women after they had unprotected sex and distributed the morn...

Ticks may cause more diseases

...would suggest. But past research has found that as many as 30% of human patients infected may not have been bitten or scratched by a cat, and another study linked the infection to tick bites Dr. Bruno Chomel of the University of California at Davis and one of the study's authors and colleagues, collected...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...ird of the children eventually got ear tubes. "To many doctors this will come as a surprise because it's been a matter of some controversy and speculation and some doctors are convinced it's a problem," said Paradise. There's been a perception that children with liquid in the ear have impaired hearing, w...

Diabetic testing gets easier

...the daily blood tests. The worst part according to many diabetics is the finger stick. There are unfortunate patients who use the stick up to six times a day for more than ten to twenty years or so. The main obstacle of these tests is the pain and discomfort associated with them. But researchers and manuf...

Beware of the oral patch! It could be cancer!!!

... found inside the mouth can lead to oral cancer in many cases. A simple genetic test can help pinpoint if ...s have yet been proved to prevent oral cancer, but many are being tested. Several other studies published within the past year have found other genetic mar...

Pesticide impairs male reproductive function

...alaria causing mosquitoes. The disease infects as many as 500 million people each year and may kill as many as 2.5 million across the globe, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO, along with hun...

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

...is sudden debate that long flights can be fatal to many people. Dr. Scurr says this fear is unfounded and that people are just over reacting.He says that clot formation can also occur if a person spends long hours in front of the computer. Basically when a person spends hours without any activity, in a ...

Patients often assume wrongly that they are allergic to penicillin

... Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, say that many patients fail to use these antibiotics because the...tics, Salkind noted, because they are cheaper than many other drugs and less likely to induce side effects or cause drug resistance.The best way out of this...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...g private efforts. Opposition to cloning occurs on many fronts. Because the technology is not yet perfected many believe that the process should not even by attempted on humans. It took 277 attempts to clone Dolly...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

...edy would be to avoid reuse of tattoo needles. If many people are found using the same needle it is advisable to avoid tattooing itself. After all a healthy body without a tattoo is preferable over a very attractive tattooed body with hepatitis ....

Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization

...e stage on Wednesday after 2 hours of debate where many national delegates and members of charitable organizations argued vehemently for breast-feeding. Nestle, a maker of infant formula that has been the target of action by breast-feeding groups, has accepted the resolution with question. The resolutio...

Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis

...s. But the treatment is usually protracted and has many side effects like irritation of gastro-intestinal tract. The Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico has now claimed that this new technique is effective in arthritis treatment. How effective and how successful this treatment is...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...d that diabetes and depression go hand in hand for many people. People with Diabetes are twice as likely as non-diabetics to suffer from depression, researchers say. The June issue of Diabetes Care carries the report of this study. Dr. Patrick Lustman of Washington University School of Medicine and the De...

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