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Lost That Lovin' Feeling? Don't Blame the Pill

... researchers at Ohio State are part of ongoing FDA phase II and phase III trials, involving hormonal and non-hormonal medications that some day may directly improve sexua...

Early Risers are Born That Way, Not Made

...ng very early is dubbed as familial advanced sleep phase syndrome (FASPS). Scientists now, publishing their result in the journal Cell, have identified how the gene mutation causes this condition. According to them, replacement of one amino acid from among hundreds found in a protein can result in irreg...

Is Evidence-based Medicine Enough to Support Additional Research in Alternative Medicine?

...c medicine practices, during the least interaction phase with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices. Majority of CAM practices are difficult, and concentrate on healing rather than cure. The question arises as to whether EBM principles are sufficient for making clinical decisions about C...

NACO Calls Private Sector To Join The Battle Against AIDS

...rships in the battle against HIV/AIDS//. The third phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP-III) is likely to be launched in April. Statistics show that approx. 80 per cent of the Indians seek the private sector for outpatient care and over 50 per cent for inpatient care. A national steering...

Interferon-treatment for Hepatitis C may Cause Retinopathy

...sk of suffering from retinopathy during treatment phase itself//. Retinopathy can develop within two weeks from commencement of treatment, says the researchers in a study published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS)in the January 2007 issue. Researchers from Asahikawa Me...

Herpes Simplex and Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Single Gen

...r a lifetime, periodically flaring up in a "lytic" phase where it causes cell damage, then retreating and seeking safe harbor within the body's nerves in a "latent" phase. The virus spends most of its time in the latent phase, sequestered in cells, not active and not replicating. But occasionally, when tri...

Drug Therapy Offers Little Benefit for Some Patients Undergoing Angioplasty or Stent Procedure

... from STEMI. The double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study include 5,745 patients, of whom 2,885 were randomly assigned to receive placebo and 2,860 to receive pexelizumab, prior to PCI followed by infusion over the subsequent 24 hours. The patients were treated at 296 hospitals in 17 countries from ...

Cancer Care-Patient's Time Costs Studied

...e. "For 2005, the estimated cost for the initial phase of care alone was approximately $2.3 billion," the authors write. These estimates could be combined with estimates of direct and indirect costs to better understand the overall burden of cancer in the United States, the authors write. Source-Eureka...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...merica to drought associated with the warm El Ni?o phase or cool La Ni?a phase of the Southern El-Ni?o Southern Oscillation phenomenon in the Pacific, the new study is the first t...

Diabetic Population – Highest in Indi

...a.// But China overtakes India in the pre-diabetic phase (Impaired Glucose Tolerance, IGT). The Atlas, third in a series that began in 2000, begins with the preamble: "With the forces of globalization and industrialization proceeding at an increasing rate, the prevalence of diabetes is predicted to incr...

Trans Fat Ban: Watch Saturated Fats and Calories Too

In December, New York City passed a law to phase out the use of trans fat in restaurants. Other cities, including Boston and Chicago, might follow suit. //According to Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, Gershoff professor of nutrition science and policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Poli...

Bharat Biotech Launches Anti-Rabies Vaccine

...or no side effects. The immune sera samples from phase III clinical trials have been analysed at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology and the efficacy of the product has been established. Rabies is an acute viral encephalitis transmitted from an infected animal to human by exposure to saliva. ...

Miracle Cancer Drug in the Pipeline

...arish said. The drug is slated to enter the third phase of the clinical trial, which will span a four year timeframe, to be tested on many patients worldwide. The good news is that the drug may also be priced reasonably. SV...

New Drug Offers Promise as Single Treatment for HIV

...onclude. Based on the successful results, a second phase of the study—comparing various doses of MK-0518 with current combinations of anti-HIV drugs—is already underway. Source-Newswise RM...

Britain Scientists Support the Use of Primates in Research

...y anti-vivisectionist groups, which want to ban or phase out the use of monkeys. About 3,500 primates, mainly monkeys such as macaques, are used for scientific research in Britain each year. The number is similar in France, Canada and Germany. No great apes have been used for research in Britain since 19...

Indian American Scientist at Work on Multi-targeted Drug

...nd about $10 million investment to reach the first phase of human clinical trial to test it for toxicity. The US FDA may require his newly founded company CDG Therapeutics, which holds exclusive commercial rights to the patent held by the University of Illinois at Chicago, to undertake further tests on c...

Friendship Clinic: Psychologist Helps Children With ADHD Make Friends

...s, 10 from each group, and she is planning another phase of the study. “The idea is to help them when they’re young, so they may have a lifetime of successful relationships, the kind of positive experiences that will carry over into everything they do,”she said. Source-Newswise SRM...

Kashmir To Get Cancer Hospital

...15-18 months has been set for completing the first phase of the project at a cost of Rs.420 million. To beg...n with, it will have 200 beds, while in the second phase 500 beds would be added as the institute evolves into a high tech facility of medical excellence off...

Lenalidomide Gives New Hope To Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients

According to a phase II study conducted by Asher Chanan-Khan, MD, Depar...hanan-Khan, "and remains incurable." While several phase II studies have demonstrated improved clinical response to chemotherapy alone, or combined with the ...

Schwarz's New Epilepsy Drug Reduces Seizures

... company said on Monday following the results of a phase 3 trial. The results of the 485-patient study were presented at the North American Regional Epilepsy Congress. The results proved that epileptics treated with a 200-mg dose of the drug, lacosamide, had 14.4 percent fewer seizures than those given a...

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