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Sway Schizophrenics With Incentives to Avail Regular Treatment

...s may have huge numbers of them who do not consume medicines methodically. Schizophrenics could be cajoled into taking their medication by rewarding them, say researchers, which would reflect in immense benefit to the patients. Many eyebrows were raised regarding the ethical aspect of such a move. In the ...

Rajasthan Doctors to Prescribe Medicines by Generic Name

... hospitals in Rajasthan will now have to prescribe medicines by their generic names instead of a brand name//, ...ded medicines. Salts used in generic and branded medicines are the same and are used in the same proportions, but the branded medicines are generally costlier ...

Tree Bark Compound Could Prevent Malaria

...onal drugs, has forced many Madagascans to rely on medicines from over 200 plants to fight the disease. This has triggered scientific interest, as Madagascar's long isolation from neighbouring countries has resulted in a unique mix of plants and animals. There is currently a shortage of treatments which ...

Coping With Homesickness

...ing to be. Children should be reminded to take all medicines on time if they are on prescription medicines.Homesickness strikes very often when children are admitted in hospitals for treatment of medical conditions that need hospital care. It’s often seen affecting children who leave home for higher studies. C...

NRI Doctor's R&D Model in India to Slash Cost of Drugs

...colleague are set to drastically lower the cost of medicines //and pose a challenge to the monopoly of multinat...The two academics have devised a way to invent new medicines and get them to market at a fraction of the cost charged by big drug companies. Their model is likel...

Uric Acid Levels (High-Normal) Associated With Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

...the authors to propose clinical studies of whether medicines that reduce uric acid, such as allopurinol, can help older people with high-normal uric acid avoid developing the mild cognitive deficits that often precede dementia. For reasons that are not entirely clear, uric acid levels increase with age, says...

Rift Valley Fever Takes a Toll on 23 Lives

...that lack of a well equipped medical team and good medicines was the reason behind the spread of the disease. “I urge the Government to speedily take the needed medicine and personnel to all the health centers and dispensaries in the district to stop the spread of the disease,” Gurre told the residents. He a...

Illicit Drug Use Among U.S Teen’s Declines, but This is Not the End of the Stor

... abusing cold or cough medicines. Overdose of such medicines could lead to lethal side-effects. Dr. Grant Mit...ocure illicit drugs. Parents need to be aware that medicines prescribed to them and sitting around the house are a source for abuse for kids."...

U.S. Teens Moving Away from Illicit Drugs, but Jump from the Frying Pan to the Fire

...g all three grades. "Parents need to be aware that medicines prescribed to them and sitting around the house ar...cine. Researchers have expressed concern that such medicines when consumed in large amounts could spark off severe side effects. SRM...

Developing Nations to Get Gardasil at Lesser Rates from Merck Soon

...two decades that pass from the date of approval of medicines in the West and the point they reach poorer nations. MST...

Corporate Inc Awakening To Economic Impact Of HIV

...ion (NACO) providing the training. In the case of medicines (antiretroviral therapy) and condoms, the corporates are now striving to supplement efforts of various government programmes through company medical schemes. Among the most challenging tasks faced by the companies has been framing a HIV/AIDS work po...

Natural Remedies Ineffective to Ease Menopausal Symptoms:study

...nt that grows in North America, from which various medicines are made by native Indians to treat illnesses, including female disorders. Black Cohosh was used by many women to ease night sweats and hot flashes. The women who took part in the study were randomly divided into five groups. One group were treated...

Ranbaxy Laboratories to Be Aided in Drug Research

...ies like Ranbaxy to explore and develop innovative medicines at affordable costs and thereby combat diseases more effectively," said Pradip Bhatnagar, vice president of NDDR at Ranbaxy. The department is implementing the two new NDDR programmes under an aegis launched in 1994-95 to provide loans to in-house ...

Bhopal Gas Victims Get Spurious Drugs, Say Activists

...worst man-made industrial disaster, recovered many medicines that had crossed their expiry date," Rachna Dhingr...than 30 had passed their expiry date. The outdated medicines were antibiotics such as norfloxacin, ampicillin and tetracyclin. Members of three other survivors'...

FDA Proposes Availability of Experimental Drugs

... This aims to help more patients to get unapproved medicines without compromising on the safety. The proposal also emphasizes that safe drugs that are scientifically proven will reach the market. MST...

A Combined Heart Pill-developed by Dr. Reddy’

... managing director of Dr. Reddy’s said, “Since all medicines in the polypill are already prescribed to heart attack patients, we don’t anticipate any problem with polypill trial.” Anyway, the plan of having a global trial will assess the success of using the polypill in different populations. The trial will b...

Poly-pill – A Single Drug For Multiple Complaint

... right time. So researchers believe that combining medicines into one pill will make it easier to take, cheaper and more effective in preventing strokes and heart attacks. According to World Heart Federation, the testing of the pill would first be done in Spain and then would be sold to markets like China, a...

Dr. Reddy's To Launch 'Polypill' For Treating Heart Disease

...f the groundbreaking 'polypill' that combines four medicines including aspirin and statin, commonly used to treat heart ailments. India records nearly 2.8 million deaths a year due to cardio-vascular diseases. 'Trials in India are underway. We are conducting trials on 220 patients and after testing on 440 ...

Puppets Spread Health Awareness in Rural Rajasthan

...lso be organised where specialist doctors and free medicines would be available. Complete vaccination of children would also be undertaken, the minister added. Rajasthan's medical and health secretary R.K. Meena said the campaign would create awareness about nutrition, maternal and child health and AIDS alon...

Using Heart Stents Tends to Form More Clots

...t are coated with paclitaxel, needs anti clotting medicines to be taken for six months. Researchers pointed out that the risks of developing clots, though small are definitely present with the use of drug coated. However they are useful in preventing repetitive invasive procedures on patients when compared ...

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