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Nanoparticle in the Treatment of Glaucoma

...that while barely 1-3 percent of existing glaucoma medicines penetrate into the eye, earlier experiments with nanoparticles have shown not only high penetration rates but also little patient discomfort. The miniscule size of the nanoparticles makes them less abrasive than some of the complex polymers now used ...

Dozens of Panamanians Gravely Ill from Toxic Substance from China

...und (SSF) was arrested earlier this month after 14 medicines for cough, allergy and flu produced by the SSF laboratory were found to be contaminated with DEG imported from China. The arrest followed an extensive investigation in which 353 bodies were exhumed to determine if their deaths were caused by DEG. C...

Gene Therapy for Parkinsons Disease

...es of the illness and were no longer responding to medicines when they signed on for the experimental therapy. The study was conducted by Andrew Feigin, MD, director of Neuroscience Experimental Therapeutics at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and his colleagues in collaboration with Parkinsons sci...

Raipurs Separated Conjoined Twins are Doing Fine

...y of meeting the cost of milk, other nutrients and medicines for the kids during their eight-month long stay in hospital. Prabhawati, the mother of twins, said she was happy and requested the State Government to provide them with a good education. Ram Prasad Kohl, the father of twins, appealed for a job ...

Drug Firms Sue British Regulator Over Alzheimer's Drugs

...al Excellence (NICE), which issues guidance on how medicines should be used in Britain, recommended three drugs from US drugs giant Pfizer and Japan's Eisai. But last year it changed its advice for patients with moderate Alzheimer's after consultation, saying instead that the drugs should only be considered...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...ative-medicine remedies. Remember that alternative medicines can be as potent as drugs. It's best to be cautious and always seek a medical opinion before medicating a child. To be effective against motion sickness, most drugs need to be taken before the trip starts. Children will not always tell you when they...

US Lawmakers Considering Legislation to Restrict Payments by Drug Companies to Doctors

... tend to prescribe unwanted, even possibly harmful medicines in return for payments from drug makers in the nam...s. Atypical antipsychotics are second-generation medicines designed to cause fewer neurological complications than conventional antipsychotics. They include ar...

1 Billion People to Be Killed by Smoking

...co advertising 15 years ago. "The most important medicines in tobacco control are: number one, increasing taxation; number two, bans on advertising; and number three, smoke-free public places," said Hatai Chitanondh of the Thailand Health Promotion Institute. Besides agreeing laws on cross-border advertisi...

A Cold Shoulder to Cold - At Your Risk

...ue to allergies, infections, virus, fungi, harmful medicines and certain nasal anomalies. The problem escalates during summers, when people beat the heat with chilled drinks. Further sinusitis is always on the rise due to bacteria and fungus in the atmosphere. Traffic pollution is also a big culprit. It is b...

Thailand Unfazed As US Worries Over Copyright Violations

...ries can temporarily suspend patent protections on medicines to safeguard public health. Thailand has issued compulsory licenses for AIDS drugs Kaletra and Efavirenz and popular heart disease medicine Plavix. The government plans to import generic versions of the drugs from India, but could also choose to ma...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

Some high blood pressure medicines may help protect older adults from declines in memory and other cognitive function, according to new research. The drugs that researchers believe are protective are part of a class known as ACE inhibitors specifically those types that reach the b...

Residues Go Merrily Down the Stream in Portland

...s. This exercise by scientists found residues of medicines and coffee sediments in the water bed. The list of...," she added. The chemicals could be the surplus medicines that go down the drain, a practice which is being discouraged. Scientists also found that young sal...

Clinton Foundation Eases Over-Pricing Of AIDS Drugs Once More

...hat creed should not prevent essential life-saving medicines reaching those who need them in low and middle-income countries....

British Scientists Discover New Protein to Treat Epilepsy and Schizophrenia

...t will lead to a third generation of antipsychotic medicines with fewer side effects."...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...eutical firms resulted in prescription of untested medicines to patients. Last month the venerable New York Times wrote, doctors who have close relationships with drug makers tend to prescribe more, newer and pricier drugs whether or not they are in the best interests of patients. It wrote about a pharmac...

Blind Faith Dictates Use Of Herbal Supplements In Many

...fore doing so. In other words , those using herbal medicines to ease specific ailments do so on the basis of blind faith and do not care to check the credentials of purported claims or seek evidence based results. The researchers led by Aditya Bardia of University of Iowa viewed extensive data from a 2002 na...

HIV Survival Improves If Patients Stay in Care

... Giordano. "Patients who have trouble taking their medicines regularly will do less well. But what about those people who aren't even seeing a doctor regularly" Before this study, we had only a vague understanding of the magnitude of the problem, and we certainly didn't know whether it affected survival." Wh...

Inherited Genes Linked to Toxicity of Leukemia Therapy

...l patients respond to therapy, this work will make medicines safer and more effective for everyone."...

Government Plans to Set Up Drug Banks in All Districts

... 604 districts of the country to provide essential medicines to the poor free of charge and a committee has been set up to study the feasibility of the proposal. Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday said that the committee has been formed under the guidance of G.S. Sandhu, joint se...

Rajasthan Government Urged to Keep a Close Watch on Doctors

...omplaints that doctors are prescribing unnecessary medicines has asked the state government to keep a close wa...nment should ask doctors to prescribe only generic medicines and monitor the prescriptions so that no unnecessary medicines are given. There have been instance...

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