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Effect of drug on Renal Cancer

...doses in kidney cancer patients. Patients received oral thalidomide starting at 200 mg per day. Researchers increased the dose by 110-200 mg per day until a target dose of 1,300 mg per day was reached. The most common, but reversible, side effects were constipation, drowsiness and fatigue. Peripheral neu...

Awareness of oral cancer is low

... that many people are still not very much aware of oral cancer and its risk factors. Oral and throat cance... of the risk. The survey was part of a three day oral cancer screening programme. Of the 750 participants, 60 per cent had heard of oral cancer, but only ...

Latest technique for asthma treatment

...o were assigned to sputum management by inhaled or oral steroids. This group had fewer severe asthma attacks, and fewer hospitalisations than those managed in the traditional way. This suggests that treating the underlying inflammation may be a better way of keeping asthma under control....

A Compilation of recent Diabetes Research articles

...ost menopausal women aged 42-75 years underwent an oral glucose tolerance test, had blood drawn for lipid assessment, and responded to HRT questions. The results showed that post menopausal women with diabetes had increased dislipidemia compared to non-diabetic women. Diabetic women who were currently und...

New oral antiviral treatment of cold sores approved

...lication for Valtrex// makes it the first one-day, oral antiviral medication proven to shorten the duration of a cold sore outbreak. Cold sores, also known as herpes labialis and commonly referred to as fever blisters, are ulcers or blisters on the lip and outer edges of the mouth caused by the herpes s...

New fertility drug development techniques by Organon

...als. Organon is also in the process of developing oral tablet formulation alternative to the injectable h...and found that it induced ovulation after a single oral dose and that fertilization of the ovulated eggs resulted in the normal implantation of healthy embr...

Hyaluronan supplementation therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

...s of the knee. This is an alternative treatment to oral pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. Now, a new study by researchers from the University of Miami School of Medicine evaluated hyaluronan supplementation therapy for osteoarthritis. The researchers found that the available literature on hyalu...

Treatment over a longer period for blood clotting

...e of heparin followed by three to 12 months of the oral drug warfarin. However, the problem with this treatment is that once the patient goes off warfarin, venous thromboembolism recurs. While recurrence rates of this problem are reduced if the patient stays on warfarin, according to previous studies, it/...

Germs to blame for bad breath

...netic sequences for all species of bacteria in the oral cavity, researchers reported finding just 92 speci...c literature. Dr Israel Kleinberg, chairman of the oral biology and pathology department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook's dental school ...

Periodontal disease and oral cancer may be linked

...w uncovered a link between Periodontal disease and oral cancer. Periodontal disease is a form of gum disea...ase. They were then observed for the// presence of oral tumors, precancerous lesions and other problems in the oral cavity. Researchers concluded that those...

New treatment for interstitial cystitis

... Elmiron? (pentosan polysulfate sodium), the first oral drug developed for interstitial cystitis, was approved by the FDA. An earlier trial also found that Elmiron combined with hydroxyzine was more effective than either drug alone or no treatment at all....

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...different modes of estrogen administration because oral medication has been shown to increase the levels o... problem is less with dermal patches, moreover the oral estrogen has to be given in higher dose than transdermally. Researchers found that the levels of C-r...

Diabetics Need to Guard Against Nail Fungus

...be examined. Treatment for nail fungus may include oral or topical antifungal agents....

Stroke and the Pill

... who do not smoke run few stroke risks from taking oral contraceptives. However, women with conditions known to increase stroke risk, such as high blood pressure, a family history of stroke, and diabetes, should be prescribed the pill with caution...

Pfizer unveils anti-smoking drug

...sed company said almost half of smokers given this oral medicine, called Varenicline, were able to quit smoking after only seven weeks. In the same trial, only 16 percent of people receiving sugar pills managed to stop, while 33 percent of patients who received Zyban, a pill sold as Wellbutrin for depre...

Gene Mutation Causes Ovarian Failure

...ve that would delay follicular activation. Current oral contraceptives prevent ovulation but do not slow the rate of activation....

Smoking and Oral Contraceptives:

A new study shows oral contraceptives are safe for non-smokers but can be...es in England looked at the deaths associated with oral contraceptives use and cigarette smoking.// The women in the study were between 25 and 39 years old....

Drug might prevent Prostate Cancer Spread

...men. A new study from the United Kingdom indicates oral sodium clodronate may slow the spread of cancer to...apy for bone metastases. The patients who received oral sodium clodronate had a 21-percent reduction in risk of bone metastases and a 20-percent reduction i...

Promising Treatment for Diabetes

....// Doctors typically treat type 2 diabetics with oral medications to control blood sugar. They’ll someti... complications than those who remained on standard oral medications. The study involved 16 patients. Eight remained on usual care and eight discontinued th...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

An oral drug given after a standard six-month treatment co...k of bleeding. A new study examines the use of the oral drug ximelagatran or placebo as a treatment after the six-month standard treatment. The study inclu...

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