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Another injectable contraceptive Pill approved by FDA

Lunelle-a monthly injectable contraceptive pill has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in USA. It is more than 99 percent effective when women get the shot once every month according to the company release marketing the pill. Lunelle is an alternative...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...vaccine when given weekly for four weeks and later monthly for two years dramatically reduced the breathlessness and medication requirements of these long suffering hapless patients. These researchers studied two groups of patients. One was the immunotherapy group who received the injections the other group...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...vaccine when given weekly for four weeks and later monthly for two years dramatically reduced the breathlessness and medication requirements of these long suffering hapless patients. These researchers studied two groups of patients. One was the immunotherapy group who received the injections the other grou...

Chaste plant a boon

.... They took one 20mg tablet a day throughout three monthly cycles, and the treatment was especially effective for irritability, mood alteration, anger, headache and breast fullness. The authors say that, following the positive results, agnus castus should now be considered by medical practitioners as a ther...

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

... possibly a heart attack at the beginning of their monthly menstrual cycle, according to new research from England. Angina is a heavy, squeezing chest pain which occurs when there is insufficient oxygen supply to the heart. It is more common in patients //with a history of heart disease. Researchers from...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...mells, corresponding to particular stages in their monthly cycles. Their sense of smell was found - in common with other studies - to peak around the time of ovulation, when a woman releases an egg and can conceive a baby.// It has long been thought that this increase in sense of smell may be linked to libi...

Relief to pregnant women using fertility drugs

...se the number of eggs a woman produces in a single monthly cycle do not increase the risk of ovarian cancer. // The controversy over the link between fertility drugs and ovarian cancer developed about 10 years ago, when small, isolated pockets of women who had difficulty conceiving took fertility drugs and ...

Drugs control and industry departments to share a common e-platform

...lations can all be had from one single source. The monthly reports on the functioning of the departments will be uploaded regularly. The portal is part of the state government's plans for inching towards total e-governance, says S Prakash Rao, special officer, AP online portal, Department of Information Tec...

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...es varied. Most patients, they note, have required monthly or bimonthly treatments to sustain the benefit. "Different patients will require different maintenance," Johnstone explained, noting that most appear to need periodic "booster" treatments.During the acupuncture treatments, which involve three needl...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...enstrual syndrome, it could also reduce a woman's monthly periods to just four a year. US researchers have almost completed trials of the pill.// The new pill is a combination of two commonly used hormones already available in various dosages in oral contraceptives. Women have to take it for 84 consecutiv...

Drinking wine beneficial in dementia

...zheimer's disease. People who drank wine weekly or monthly had the most benefit. The researchers are realist... a lower risk of dementia." However, drinking beer monthly was responsible for an increase in the risk for dementia....

Wine drinkers may have reasons to cheer

..., who found// that people who drank wine weekly or monthly were more than two times less likely to develop dementia, said that the findings are important because there may be substances in wine which reduce the occurrence of dementia. This in turn means that potential treatment and prevention methods could b...

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...teresting fact about Mifepristone is that it stops monthly menstruation completely, giving many of these women with fibroids, who are chronically anemic, a chance to raise their blood count. They feel much better, healthier, and if they need surgery, they are much more likely to not require blood transfusion...

Pain Common in People with MS

...0 percent of the MS patients reported experiencing monthly pain, compared to about 75 percent of the control subjects. However, MS patients were more likely to report more severe pain, greater daily use of analgesics, and pain that interfered with daily life most or all of the time. MS patients were also mor...

An Alternative to Warfarin

...edications. Another downside is patients must have monthly blood testing and frequent dose changes when they are on warfarin. An international research study led by investigators in Sweden compared the outcomes of patients on warfarin and ximelagatran. The study included 3,407 patients from Europe, Asia and...

House heads for Medicare drug vote

...ies who opt to participate in the plan would pay a monthly premium of $35. The drug plan is voluntary. Seniors would be able to buy prescriptions through a private drug plan or could leave Medicare and join a preferred-provider organization. In either case, premiums, coverage levels and deductible would be t...

Drug Stops Herpes

... eight months. Susceptible partners were evaluated monthly for symptoms of the virus. Both partners were counseled on safe sex and were offered condoms at each visit. Results of the study show only four out of 743 of the susceptible partners who were given the drug developed clinically symptomatic herpes. ...

Drug Found To Reduce The Transmission Of Herpes

... eight months. Susceptible partners were evaluated monthly for symptoms of the virus. Both partners were counseled on safe sex and were offered condoms at each visit. Results of the study show only four out of 743 of the susceptible partners who were given the drug developed clinically symptomatic herpes. H...

Relief From Migraines

...ng // the energy supplement coenzyme Q10 had fewer monthly incidents of migraine. Coenzyme is the "energy producing" antioxidant and is made naturally by the body. It can also be found in meat and seafood. The study involved nearly 45 patients suffering an average of four migraine attacks per month. Part of...

Intensive Treatment Found To Help Patients With Arthritis

...f disease to one of two groups. One group received monthly treatment with oral drugs to fight rheumatoid arth...atients on the more intense therapy also underwent monthly assessments of their disease to help doctors plan their treatment. After 18 months, 82 percent of t...

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