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No heart attack risk for women taking birth control pills

...ints out that controversies about third generation oral contraceptives have focused on blood clots in the ...s does not see any association of third generation oral contraceptives with cardiac events which makes the study insufficient to deny women birth control pi...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS) linked to Diabetes

..., PCOS is not curable and can only be managed with oral contraceptives or other hormone-based medications. Estimates from Northwestern University in Evanston, indicates PCOS patients face a risk of diabetes seven times higher than women who do not have the condition. Researchers are comparing Metformin -...

New birth control to limit women's periods

...irth control. The most common reversible method is oral contraceptives, in use by an estimated 25 percent of women who use birth control. The technique of taking birth control pills continuously to keep from having a period isn't new. Using Seasonale, ... I think mainly is going to add a lot of convenie...

New Blood Thinner Pill - First Potential Alternative to Warfarin in 50 years

...a blood thinner in the 1950s. It is still the only oral blood thinner available to protect against clots that can block blood vessels. It is widely prescribed after //strokes, heart attacks and orthopedic surgery and is also given to prevent recurring clots in the legs or lungs.But warfarin, which takes t...

Drug might prevent Prostate Cancer Spread

...state cancer from spreading. A new study indicates oral sodium // clodronate may slow the spread of cancer...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...

Botox Found To Be Effective for Voice Tremors

...// Previous treatments for voice tremor, such as oral medications or surgery, are not very effective and are primarily recommended for treating hand tremors. Researchers now say that voice tremors may respond to botulinum toxin type A injections, according to a new study. Researchers, studied 13 men an...

Myth Of Childhood Vaccinations Linked To Increased Hospitalization Busted

...irus; whole-cell pertussis; measles-mumps-rubella; oral poliovirus) and hospitalization for non-targeted infectious diseases. The population-based study included all children born in Denmark from 1990 through 2001 (n = 805,206). Information was collected on type and number of vaccine doses received and ...

Spread Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Is A Probability, Say Experts

... immediate, twice daily 100-milligram doses of the oral antibiotic doxycycline (a version of the common tetracycline) until the patient’s fever subsides. Patients continue to take the medication for an additional five days to prevent the disease from rebounding. Infected children would receive the same dr...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

...read by sexual contact, including vagina, anal and oral sex. Viruses, bacteria and parasites cause STDs and there are at least 25 different sexually transmitted diseases. The list of Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STDs / Venereal Diseases is as follow: Bacterial Vaginosis Balanitis Chlamydia ...

Aliskiren: A New Treatment For Hypertension

... patients exhibit good adherence to the once-a-day oral medication. The evaluation appears in the premier issue of the journal Core Evidence, the first international peer-reviewed publication to assess medications by critically evaluating evidence on clinical effectiveness and outcomes. Despite the avai...

Watch out those of you planning for a predetermined Cesarean Section

...lled for special attention regarding the newborns' oral health. This has been the first study to distingui... explained that "Vaginally-delivered infants offer oral bacteria a less hospitable environment; they develop more resistance to these bacteria in their firs...

Biocon to colloborate for development of Oral peptide drugs for heart diseases.

...obex Corporation of United States to develop a new oral peptide drug for cardiovascular diseases. The spok...uction capabilities of Biocon with the proprietary oral peptide deliver technology of Nobex. Biocon and Nobex plan to advance the oral human brain type nat...

They Call It PMS Because Mad Cow Disease Was Already Taken

...d pelvic congestion. For the first time, low dose oral contraceptive with a unique progestin and dosing r...ms of PMDD. The participants were given either the oral contraceptive or a placebo. Women who were given the oral contraceptive had significantly greater im...

Smokers Avoid Dental Care More Than Others

...are beginning to incorporate more recognition that oral health is affected by the use of tobacco. Lung cancer has traditionally been the focus of attention, but increasingly they are acknowledging that every system in the body is affected. Further research might improve such educational efforts by asking...

Child Friendly Zidovudine Preparation for treating HIV infection Approved By The FDA

...roved generic version of child-friendly zidovudine oral solution, according to reports by the FDA. The drug has been approved following the fulfillment of the safety, efficacy and quality standards established by the FDA. Following approval the drug is to be in combination with other drugs used for the...

Prevent Multiple Sclerosis From Oral Contraceptives

Women who take oral contraceptives may be less at risk from developing...e of a MS-like disease in animals, suggesting that oral contraceptives, which contain estrogen, and pregnancy and the postpartum period afterward, both stat...

Sitagliptin, Under Investigation For Type 2 Diabetes

...rs over the age of 40 and treatment involves diet, oral hypoglycemic drugs and exogenous insulin. However, side effect profile of the given medication, route of administration or difficulties in sustaining glucose control pose serious concerns and necessitate more tolerable treatments that do not cause w...

Antibiotic Treatment For Acne Found To Increase Incidence Of Respiratory Illness

..., 84,977 (71.7 percent) received either topical or oral antibiotic for more than six weeks for treatment of their acne and 33,519 (28.3 percent) did not. It has been shown that the odds of a URTI developing among individuals who use an antibiotic to treat acne is about two times greater compared with tho...

B-Carotene Increases Oral Cancer Risk In Smokers

...he incidence or rather the risk for development of oral cancer. For those with a history of tobacco use, rates of cancer were 368.3 per 10,000 women who had a high intake of beta-carotene, compared to 174 cases per 10,000 for those with a low intake of beta-carotene. Conversely, lifetime non-smokers who ...

Protection against Alzheimer’s could be as simple as drinking green te

...rials have been directed towards development of an oral formulation of green tea extract following assessment of safety and efficacy of the extract, proved to be satisfactory as of now....

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