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Doctors in Scotland Prescribe Homeopathic or Herbal Remedies

...cientific institutions, who argue that homeopathic medicines should not be allowed to make ‘unsubstantiated health claims’ and that the policy is damaging to patients’ best interests. “We hope that this paper will further inform the debate, as it provides clear evidence on prescribing patterns within the NHS...

Chikungunya Reaches Sri Lanka

...ependant on rations shipped in from the south, and medicines and food are in demand.Local residents said the doctors recommend Paracetamol to control fever, but stocks in most shops had run out. They are cut off from the main land by rebel lines. The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says ...

Protect Patients from Exploitation by Alternative Medicines Industry, Says Expert

...“vile and cynical exploitation” by the alternative medicines industry, argues a cancer expert in this week’s BM...ed his “treatment.” As well as the complementary medicines they take, many patients will have changed their diets in order to cure their cancers, says the auth...

TV nutritionist Banned from Sale of Sex Aids

.... The authority determined that both products were medicines because of the presence of some well-known medicin...d in their products. However since only licensed medicines can be advertised, they were violating MHRA norms. Ms McKeith s credentials as a scientist came unde...

Government Strikes Right Balance with PBS Reform

...nment has agreed that the expertise in prescribing medicines for serious and chronic conditions belongs with th... 'Overall, the reforms will make new and generic medicines more accessible and affordable for patients. 'These reforms will ensure the quality use of medicin...

Muscle wasting disease treatable using stem cell therapy

...muscle wasting and those that control seizures no medicines have been proven so far that could cure the illness completely.The stem cell therapy done by Italian scientists on a group of dogs with muscular dystrophy has shown remarkably positive results. Professor Giulio Cossu, from the San Raffaele Scientif...

Diabetes Linked to High Stress Levels

...s treated with homeopathy along with oral diabetes medicines showed 97% improvement whereas those on only oral medication showed only 47% improvement. Several diabetes prone individuals today avoid screening for the disease mainly because of a fear of treatment including dietary restrictions on sweets, dai...

Fake medicines from India seized in Europe

...g 2005// , according to officials here. The fake medicines include Viagra, antibiotics, medicines to treat cancer and high cholesterol and condoms. A sample that was investigated revealed that what ...

Hundreds dying in northeast from AIDS

... access Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART) because such medicines are very expensive," said Dipak Singh, president o...Although it is not a cure, ART is a combination of medicines that helps a person living with HIV to fight off infections and live a longer life. Besides, ART a...

Novel Plans Of FDA To Monitor Safety Of Medical Devices

...onic, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific. Unlike medicines which are tried and tested through rigid series of clinical tests before they are introduced into the general market, gadgets are scrutinized for flaws attributed to defects in design or manufacturing defects of individual units, more often after the...

Monkey Virus Identical to HIV Endemic in Gorillas

...s in Cameroon. The animals are hunted for food and medicines even today. An analysis of the samples showed the gorillas were infected with a strain of SIV related to the O group. The infected gorillas lived nearly 400 kilometers (250 miles) apart so the scientists believe it is likely SIV infection is endem...

AMA Rejects PBS 'Measure and Share' Proposals

...ion regarding best practice prescribing and use of medicines The development and implementation of opportuni...ation of public education regarding quality use of medicines Dr Haikerwal said that rather than pursuing 'measure and share' programs, the AMA wants the Govern...

Estimated cost of lifetime AIDS treatment assessed to be $618,900

...red by HIV treatment today. When anti retroviral medicines were first introduced in 1996 life expectancy of Aids patients was enhanced by 4 years. Ten years down the line it has increased commendably by almost 24 years .Researchers note that like most breakthrough treatments tend to be expensive owing to the...

WHO takes initiative to fight corruption tainted medicine production-supply chain

...25% of the funds allocated for the disbursement of medicines to the public by the governments globally gets mis...rnments spent about US$50 billion (€39 billion) on medicines every year.Now WHO wants to ensure that all money earmarked by the governments for health sector get...

Mystery Killer Disease In Nepal Diagnosed As Cerebral Malaria

...the affected villages with essential equipment and medicines Wednesday to examine the patients. "The disease was diagnosed as cerebral malaria (a severe type of malaria), after examining blood samples of some patients," Maskey said.Fifteen of the patients were found infected with malaria. "Cerebral malaria ...

Music therapy for Schizophrenics

... therapy for reduction of symptoms. However, these medicines have side effects like weight gain, higher risk of diabetes and sexual dysfunction. In this study, the patients were divided into 2 groups, one group received the standard therapy alone while the other received music therapy in addition. Music ther...

Kerala to Venture into Medical Tourism

...le come for that, combine it with possibilities of medicines and Kerala is a clear winner.” In addition to several indigenous cures, healing procedures and herbal therapies, Ayurveda has attracted several patients. With the rapid mushrooming of Ayurveda centres and resorts, modern medical practitioners are g...

Medicines to Cost Less

...owards making healthcare more affordable, over 880 medicines including common painkillers, cough syrups, drugs ...aper. The new pricing system covering 886 generic medicines will be enforced from Thursday with the government fixing the wholesale and retail margins. Addres...

Herbal Twist: Plausible Cure for Diabetes 'Crops' Up

... received the placebo along with their traditional medicines for diabetes. The finding reveled that after the four month period, the group that had consumed the herbal medication recorded reduced blood sugar levels compared to their earlier levels. 'The results are very encouraging, and we now need to do fur...

Faster Approval Procedures Urged For New TB Drugs

...d others will be even more delayed. Three other medicines are now in clinical trials -- Johnson & Johnson's Diarylquinoline, Otsuka's Nitroimidazo, and Pyrrole by Lupin Ltd and Tido von Schoen-Angerer, director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, said that it is important that they be broug...

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