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Drugs may fog memory

...memory failed. The other thing we recorded was the number of errors they made when submitting the questionnaire. The research team suggest ecstasy targets the frontal lobes of the brain, which are related to memory and organising responses. People with frontal lobe damage caused by accidents often find diff...

Nicholas buys ICI’s drug business for Rs 70 c

...the latest acquisition, the company had become the number one player in the cardiovascular segment. ICI’s ph...ril and Tenochlor, which will catapult NPIL to the number one position in the Rs 1,300-crore India cardiovascular market. The other players in the segment are...

Chromosomes to predict oral cancer

...ent in cells of oral leukoplakia, specifically the number of chromosomes, can be used to predict the risk of...years, found that oral leukoplakia with the normal number of chromosomes — 46 — were unlikely to develop into cancer. Of the 103 patients with leukoplakia wit...

Ultrasound helps stroke treatment

...ittee told UPI ultrasound "has been looked at by a number of investigators. There is no doubt that sound waves can (break-up) clots, but safety is a concern." While Alexandrov's study, which was designed as a safety trial, found no safety problems using the diagnostic ultrasound devices, del Zoppo said he ...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...." She added that over the last 10 - 15 years, the number of tests and lifestyle advice pregnant women faced could well have increased the anxiety associated with pregnancy....

Campaign aims to simplify OTC drug labels

...gs each year to treat routine health problems. The number has increased as more and more drugs have made the switch from prescription to over-the-counter status. But many Americans, particularly senior citizens, misuse over-the-counter drugs because the lettering is too small. Consumers have also complained...

Chemical in Gila monster's saliva yields Alzheimer drug

...for Alzheimer’s disease later this year. A growing number of companies are probing the mechanisms of memory formation, hoping to find drugs that can help offset memory loss in patients with diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s to depression, schizophrenia, stroke, Parkinson’s and AIS....

Inspiring positive life changes

...hem to change.Researchers in Texas have reviewed a number of studies on biomarkers indicators of health or disease status to see// if a knowledge of these can affect people's behaviour. They learned that if you reveal factors like carbon monoxide levels in blood - increased by smoking it does encourage ...

Interference helps Heart Patients

...ere re-hospitalized for heart failure, the average number of days spent hospitalized was 40 percent lower than for usual-care patients. Hospital costs for patients readmitted for heart failure were 35 percent lower for the phone-call group. The study demonstrates that a relatively low-cost, low-tech method...

Status of some prescription drugs

... that currently require a doctor's prescription. A number of medications are being considered, ranging from blood pressure drugs to birth control pills. But there are inconsistent views about how this could be good for the consumer. // Prescription drug usage has risen in recent years, due, to industry ad...

Liver transplant oversight urged

Concerned about the increasing number of partial-liver transplants from living donors, s...al criteria for picking donors and recipients. The number of living-donor liver transplants, which were first performed in the late 1980s, rose to 500 last ye...

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...ge BMI of 31. The researchers also found that the number of women who needed a C-section increased as BMI of a person increased. Among women with a BMI of 20 or less ( which indicates a low amount of body fat),had a normal delivery. Whereas if BMI ranged from 21-30 ( which indicates a range of body fat fr...

How brain works

...ensen said.The strength of a signal depends on the number of neurotransmitter filled membrane balloons released by each neuron.So the strength of memory depends on how well the UNC-13 protein helps to gather up the neurotransmitter filled balloons and release them from one cell to another, he stated. Jo...

Dental implants are turning to gain popularity

...Association's latest survey. They found that the number of surgically-placed implants increased by 40 per cent between 1990 and 2000. Implants are a good option in that they give you natural-looking teeth that are securely placed. But bear in mind that you need good gums, and a jawbone in good condition t...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...e. The researchers speculate that there could be a number of explanations for this finding including a reduced exposure to environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk and tumour-suppressor genes on chromosome 21. Jill O'Connor of Down Syndrome Association of NSW predicts the new life expectancy fi...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

...experimental estrogen lotion appears to reduce the number of hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, ac...-patient trial the lotion reduced by 80% the total number of hot flashes during the course of the 16-week trial. The study also found that about half the pati...

FDA may speed review of new drugs

...rugs// - allowing the FDA to eventually double its number of staffers who oversee the risks of newly sold therapies. But drug safety advocates say some of the proposal is worrisome. In wake of a dozen drugs pulled off the market because of dangers in recent years, critics say the FDA already is appro...

Filtration treatment assigns more live kidney donation

...s. The new filtration procedure could increase the number of living donor kidney transplants by up to a half, say the researchers....

High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

...des, the Alps, the Rockies, and the Himalayas.” A number of hormone systems change with age, under normal circumstances, including DHEA and DHEAS, testosterone in men and growth hormones in both sexes. “Maybe the decline in one of these three hormone levels is key to the ageing process and maybe if you rev...

A new drug for bladder cancer

...al. Standard treatments for bladder cancer cause a number of adverse effects such as fever, pain on urination and reduced white blood cell counts. Gemcitabine works by blocking the growth of cancer cells. The scene is now set for larger trials of the new drug, which may offer much needed hope to those who h...

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