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To Patent or Not-A Question of Life

...has been an important source of affordable generic medicines for quite a while. This being because it did not grant pharmaceutical patents until 2005, when it was forced to comply with World Trade Organization rules on intellectual property. A lot of generic drugs used for treating AIDS are produced in Indi...

Robot Nurses Ready For Hospitals 'In Three Years'

...ors to hospital beds. They could also distribute medicines and even monitor the temperature of patients remotely with laser thermometers. Working in teams, the intelligent robots will be able to communicate with each other and co-ordinate their duties. Scientists from universities in Germany, Ireland and...

Drop Patent Petition, Activists Ask Novartis

...anti-cancer medicine. "India produces affordable medicines that help millions of people both here and in many... said that India is the main supplier of essential medicines for developing countries. Sixty-seven percent of the medicines produced in India are exported to dev...

Diabetic Patients Get a Reprieve

... in type 2 diabetes. The general mode of action of medicines administered in such cases is to let very little sugar into the bloodstream. Besides this, sugar is also constantly moved to the muscles from the blood stream. But the new drug works in such a way so as to increase the production of insulin by panc...

Inhaled Steroids Proved Effective for Childhood Asthma

...ed the effectiveness and safety of three different medicines for initial daily therapy for school-aged children with mild to moderate persistent asthma. The researchers, who studied 285 children aged six to 14 years, found that after 48 weeks, inhaled corticosteroidsm, an asthma drug, were the most effective...

Is the Drug Plan, Favoring Politicians?

... for all 73 drugs. CARP is worried that crucial medicines for the senior lot do not form part of the public drug plan - especially medicines for neuropathic pain, Alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration and diabetes. It is disconcerting to...

No Evidence to Support Many Off-label Uses of Atypical Antipsychotics

....” Atypical antipsychotics are second-generation medicines designed to cause fewer neurological complications than conventional antipsychotics. They include aripiprazole (sold as Abilify), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), risperidone (Risperdal), and ziprasidone (Geodon). Each is approved by the ...

New International Study to Test Exercise in Heart Failure Patients

...elf-management education program on topics such as medicines and their side effects, managing fluids, the importance of adhering to a low sodium diet. The patients will be followed for up to four years through clinic visits, specialized tests, and telephone calls. In their comparison of the two groups, the i...

Elderly Patients Usually Keep Mum About Use of Alternative Medicine , Reveals Survey

... and above) who took complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) were not likely to discuss this with their doctors. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine. It includes such products and practi...

Americans in Dark About Shingles

...th antiviral medications for treatment. “Antiviral medicines for shingles may help speed up healing and reduce pain in some patients, but if possible, treatment should begin within 72 hours of the onset of symptoms,” according to Tyring. Although the disease affects the sexes equally, its greater impact on ol...

Work-outs, Not So Much of a ‘pain’ With Caffeie

...ain as compared to the placebo group. In contrast, medicines containing naproxen portrayed a 30% decline in muscle pain and aspirin reduced muscle soreness by 25%. However, researchers feel the need for detailed studies to fully comprehend the effects of caffeine. Till such time, researchers advice caution i...

Long Term Opioid Drug Usage May Lead to Addiction

...ways like exercise, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs), tricyclic antidepressants, acupuncture and electrical stimulation. Martell advices patients with chronic back pain, 'Consider all your options carefully, weigh the risks vs. the benefits of those options, and be sure to seek specialty car...

Hip Fractures Not Caused By Benzodiazepine

...are used to guide policies that restrict access to medicines for huge populations,' says senior author Stephen Soumerai, ScD, professor of ambulatory care and prevention at DACP. Policy makers may expect that reducing access to benzodiazepines under Medicare Part D and other policies will decrease hip fractu...

Variation in U.S. Healthcare Spending

...hat during 1996 and 2003, spending on prescription medicines increased by 125 percent, after taking inflation into account. On the contrary, expenditure for inpatient hospital care rose only by 11 percent. Expenditures for prescription medicine amounted to 20 percent of total medical care expenditures in 2003...

Asthma Sufferers Favor Quick Relief Over Long-term Control

...bout 14 percent who rely on longer-term preventive medicines for control. Another 31 percent use both types of medications and 24 percent use none. The federal study further found that among people whose asthma was active when surveyed: ? More than one-fourth reported having a peak flow meter at home for m...

Parents to Exercise Caution While Giving Cold Medicine to Infants

...of nasal decongestant. The extent to which cold medicines can bring harm to the children is not known as there is no actual dosage prescribed by the US food and Drug Administration for this age group of children. The American Academy of Pediatrics has always warned the medical fraternity not to prescribe ...

Indo-American Doctors to Build Emergency Medical System

...ill set out in the scooter with a rear box full of medicines and equipment. A folded stretcher can be fixed on one side of the scooter to put the patient on and treat him on the pavement too. "The government has expressed its keenness over it and we hope everything would be in place before the Commonwealth G...

Eating Spicy Food Daily Could Kill Cancer Cells

... the cancer cells directly. They also say that the medicines that are used in the treatment of psoriasis and muscle strains can be effectively used in the treatment of serious ailments. Dr Timothy Bates who led this study attributes the spicy food eating habits of Mexicans and Indians to the lower incidences...

A New Test to Detect Drug-resistant HIV Strains

...xpected to be of great help to doctors in choosing medicines for patients afflicted with drug resistant strains...V. It would then enable doctors to recommend other medicines if patients test positive for drug-resistant strain. PRI...

Magic Potion Creator Held

...rnment watchdog body responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are safe) said that t...age to those who are intent on abusing such potent medicines for financial gain. We will continue to clamp down on people who flout the laws under the Medicines ...

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