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Enzyme may be target for obesity drugs

...ed the role of stress hormones and enzymes. One of particular interest was 11-beta HSD-1, which is involved in the formation of glucocorticoids. Alteration in the levels of this enzyme in mice produces not only obesity, but obesity especially of abdominal fat. Since this enzyme is known to be similarly elevat...

Lecithin lowers cholesterol absorption in body

...an physiology, Koo and his associates found that a particular egg phospholipid interferes with the absorption of egg cholesterol and markedly lowers its uptake by the intestine. When the phospholipid is saturated, its inhibitory effect is further enhanced. The researchers controlled experimental conditions to ...

Pharmacies in for a dose of bitter medicine

...edicines, the dosage and even prepare a concoction particular to a patient. There are certain scheduled anti-biotics, tranquilisers, sedatives, anti-histamines, anti-hypersensitivity and anti-acidity medicines which seem to be common stuff, but can be fatal if a wrong spelling or wrong formula enters the pict...

Step Aerobics Increases good cholesterol

...son's cholesterol levels, step aerobics may give a particular boost to the "good" HDL cholesterol that protects against heart diseases,their small study showed that although both step aerobics and traditional,// step-less aerobics classes improved women's overall cholesterol, only the steppers saw their HDL ris...

Drug Combinations May Boost Stroke Risk

... Patients who have migraines may need to exercise particular caution because they may be taking a double-dose of serotonin-enhancing drugs on a regular basis. Frequently used migraine medications that enhance serotonin belong to a group of drugs known as triptans. These include Imitrex and Zomig. Experts caut...

Focused Treatment For Childhood Cancer

...ents will only work on those tumors that have that particular molecular pathway active," says Pomeroy. Recently developed compounds that can block the uncontrolled SHH signaling found in the tumors could potentially be used as a therapy in children with medulloblastoma. Researchers also found that the clinica...

A novel augmentation

...l to direct the development of the stem cells into particular tissue. This is the process that some medical scientists believe will eventually allow whole human organs to be grown in the laboratory for transplant. Such transplants would be engendered by cloning from a patient's own cells and would therefore hav...

Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon

...ce or the brand name were not divulged. In this particular segment, there are three other players, namely Zydus Cadila, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Ranbaxy Laboratories. Astra Zeneca, the worldwide patent holder of the molecule omeprazole, has an isomer version that goes by the brand name ‘Nexium’ which it ...

Mutation connected to Osteoporosis

...uld have more value in finding ways to "treat this particular genetic disease." The research was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's General Clinical Research Center....

Vitamin C to put off cataract

...opacities", a common form of cataracts involving a particular type of lens cell. The researchers also revealed that the use of vitamin C supplements for at least 10 years was associated with a 60% reduction in the risk of cataracts, compared to women who took no supplements. A UK expert, Dr Chris Bates, from ...

Prototype Detector detects Anthrax Quickly

...ass of each ester emitted in the analyzed gases at particular times - a process called elution - with already categorized elution peaks indicative of anthrax or other diseases. ...

New pacemaker reduces risk of heart failure

...val by the FDA. It is intended for people with a particular form of heart failure, a debilitating illness in which people suffer shortness of breath because their hearts do not beat strongly enough. Overall, an estimated 5 million Americans have heart failure, and it is considered to be the only major form of...

DNA helps in cellular function

...s then translated ino proteins that must carry out particular functions such as wound healing which is at the end of a complicated cascade of events in the body. Transcription is the process of making RNA chains from DNA.In a series of complicated experiments with the enzyme from the bacteria E.Coli. Erie ...

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

...udy may explain why previous research has shown no particular benefit from HRT in women with established heart disease - such research focusses on all women, not just the subgroup with the gene variant. The dramatic increases in HRT in this group would be diluted by results from those women who don't respond so...

Fish Oil Fights Arrhythmias, Sudden Death

...uce the risk// of sudden cardiac death caused by a particular type of irregular heartbeat. This study suggests fish-oil supplements, rather than dietary fish oil, could be a therapy without side effects for heart patients. The study found that 1 gram daily of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), found in fish ...

Cell transplants used to fend off Parkinson's symptoms

...fter being removed from human donor retinas. These particular cells produce dopamine, normally manufactured by neurons in the brain. Levels of dopamine steadily decrease as Parkinson's progresses. This is the first human intracerebral retinal cell implantation study in the world and we are encouraged by the res...

FDA considers nicotine lollipops illegal

...harmacies stop sales immediately. The lollipops in particular pose a risk to children because they look like regular candy, the FDA warned. "The quantity of nicotine could be potentially dangerous to a small child," said FDA attorney David Horowitz. // The agency can't say for sure if the lollipops pose an im...

Control of anger disorder connected to Brain Dysfunction

... study, the scientists have bound dysfunction in a particular brain region to a psychiatric disorder marked by uncontrolled aggression. They say their findings extend the link that has been found between the brain area--called the orbital/medial prefrontal cortex circuit,// or OMPCC and impulsive aggression. I...

DNA transcription to be focused

...s then translated ino proteins that must carry out particular functions such as wound healing which is at the end of a complicated cascade of events in the body. Transcription is the process of making RNA chains from DNA.In a series of complicated experiments with the enzyme from the bacteria E.Coli. Erie ...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...consumption. The objective was to determine if any particular aspect of the Greek diet could explain the low incidence of mouth cancer in the population. Researchers recruited more than 80 patients with newly diagnosed mouth cancer and an equal number of control subjects matched for age and gender, among other...

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