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Setting up a new pharmaceutical industry in India

Erweka Germany is setting up a new pharmaceutical company in India in the name of Erweka India Pvt Ltd to be based at Ahmedabad. Erweka has started manufacturing 50 years ago in Germany and today is world leader in testing equipment. Erweka, Germany, one of the biggest manufacturer - ...

Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding

A new survey suggests that certain antidepressants increase the risk of a gastrointestinal bleed in older patients. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressants which are very widely prescribed. They are preferred over...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

A new spray has been developed to heal wounds made insid...o form painful scars. One of the advantages of the new dressing is that it can be used during keyhole surgery, which is now commonly preferred to open surg...

Aspirin reduces deaths

...o live longer if they take aspirin, according to a new study. The benefits of aspirin for people with a h...enting clotting - and also reduces inflammation. A new study from doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the US now reveals that aspirin reduces dea...

Complementary and Alternative medicine

...a - has increased in popularity since the 1960s. A new survey reveals that complementary and alternative medicine has always been popular, although the type of therapies used has changed over the years. // The greatest increase in popularity was in the transition from the 1960s to the 1970s. Seven ou...

Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems

...nes as menopause -- preventing a woman from making new bone fast enough to keep up with the level of bone loss. The most significant dangers linked to DMPA, say other experts, occur when taken by young women whose skeletons are not yet fully formed. Those problems include a high risk of the bone-thinn...

Sequencing of the Plague

...d", readily re-arranging themselves and picking up new genes from other microbes. That could mean that mo...lp cause human disease. The sequence also reveals new surface molecules, which might provide new ways to attack plague. But "this genome displays unusual ...

E. coli strains resistant to a common antibiotic

...f drug-resistant E. coli has emerged as a possible new source of urinary tract infections. E. coli is a n...nd cause painful and frequent urination. // The new research found that a single, genetically identical strain was responsible for outbreaks of urinary ...

Therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells

...affects the spread of cancer cells could provide a new target for therapy, say researchers in the US. Can...GnT-V, with drugs and this may form the basis of a new therapy for stopping the spread of cancer cells. Test tube experiments do seem to suggest that inhib...

Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use

...entified a process in the brain that may lead to a new generation of medications to prevent relapse to co...y cocaine itself. This finding could open up a new avenue for the development of drugs to prevent relapse to cocaine use induced by environmental cues....

Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease

...rog skin secretions may lead to the development of new treatments for a range of stubborn digestive disor...s and proteins work could be the key to developing new treatments for gastrointestinal disorders. Zhou believes that the result may yeild more effective t...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

...rs. The finding suggests the medication could be a new treatment for high blood pressure, heart failure, and certain complications of diabetes. The drug, ALT-711, snips bonds or crosslinks created in the arteries and other tissues when glucose attaches to the protein collagen. // Crosslinks are cable...

FDA Approves Contraceptive Ring

...t offers a week of pregnancy protection. // The new prescription device is a circle of soft, flexible polymer measuring 2.1 inches across. It releases a steady stream of the hormones etonogestrel and ethinyl estradiol, molecules like those found in oral contraceptives....

Role of fats and oils in vision care

...n your diet can affect your vision, according to a new study. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a currently untreatable disease of the eye causing fuzziness, shadows and severe visual impairment. As the name suggests, it gets worse with age and diet has been implicated in its development. // Re...

Angiotensin-II-receptor blockers - Treat kidney failure

...n in similar patients on placebo. The trials offer new hope to people with diabetes, for there has been no treatment for kidney complications till now. They also underline the need for the earliest possible diagnosis of kidney disease in people with diabetes....

Hepatitis G May Boost HIV Survival

...e who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In two new studies, HIV-positive people who were also infecte...carry the virus. The findings may open the door to new types of HIV treatment with hepatitis G, researchers suggest. "We are working to try to understand...

Dopamine helps stroke survivors

... used as a treatment in Parkinson's disease, but a new trial suggests that levodopa is also helpful in alleviating stroke-induced disability. // Researchers at the Bad Aibling Neurological Hospital in Germany gave levodopa or placebo for three weeks to 53 patients paralysed after a stroke. They also re...

New pancreatic surgery

...can benefit from 'keyhole' surgery, according to a new study. Non-invasive - or 'keyhole' - surgery is increasing in popularity for a number of operations. It scores because there is no big scar and less time in hospital after the operation. Non-invasive surgery involves a tiny incision through which min...

The patient's voice

...fs and insights about their illness. It would help new patients too - showing they're not alone, and giving them vital information on managing their condition. // Doctors at the UK Cochrane Centre, are creating a unique database called DIPEx (Database of Individual Patients' Experience of Illness) whi...

The mouth-heart connection

...m infection may set the scene for heart disease. A new study uncovers a link between the mouth and the he...s the vessels. In fact, CRP is now being used as a new 'marker' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The ...

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