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Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...ely to reignite the debate surrounding RU-486, the pill approved by the Food and Drug Administration two y...es and more than 1 million worldwide have used the pill since it was invented in France in the 1980s. Patients who take RU-486 take the first pill under th...

Evening,the best time to take Cholesterol Drug

...when patients switched from taking their nighttime pill to the morning, there were significant increases in total cholesterol and LDL, or the bad, cholesterol. Researchers of the study say, "Simvastatin is probably best taken at night because concentrations of total cholesterol and of low density lipopro...

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...irapine when labor starts and then giving a second pill to the baby two days after birth.About 8 percent of babies catch the virus after nevirapine, compared with about 20 percent of those who get no treatment. From their study researchers found that women who had gotten nevirapine during pregnancy were ...

The Answer To Prevent Osteoporosis

A pill a day could be the answer for building bone as you age. A new study shows the drug alendronate taken daily for 10 years increases // bone density in postmenopausal women.Osteoporosis is a chronic, progressive disorder where there is a loss of normal ...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...ke even routine tasks an ordeal. Viagra the blue pill that treats erectile dysfunction, a common but less than fatal male malady, may have a new role in treating pulmonary hypertension, a rare but deadly disease that afflicts mainly women. Results of a clinical trial in India, showed that Viagra incre...

Staying Awake With Coffee

...icipants were given either a placebo or a caffeine pill every hour after they woke up. The pill contained .3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, equivalent to two ounces of coffee, for every 2...

The Adverse Effects Of Asthma Medication

...-- they may be delivered with an inhaler, given in pill or liquid form, delivered in a nebulizer, or given by injection. Whatever the mode of administration, they work by relaxing the airway and reducing airway responsiveness to allergens that cause it to restrict and cause an acute attack. Many people wi...

Almonds found To Be Effective In Lowering Cholesterol

... and also took a 20-milligram cholesterol-lowering pill each day. The third group followed the “Portfolio” eating plan, which includes a diet high in soy, fiber and almonds. Results of the study show those who followed the Portfolio diet plan lowered their LDL or “bad” cholesterol by more than 30 percent...

Almonds As Effective As Certain Drugs In Lowering Cholesterol

... and also took a 20-milligram cholesterol-lowering pill each day. The third group followed the “Portfolio” eating plan, which includes a diet high in soy, fiber and almonds. Results of the study show those who followed the Portfolio diet plan lowered their LDL or “bad” cholesterol by more than 30 percent...

The Side Effects Of Asthma Medication

...-- they may be delivered with an inhaler, given in pill or liquid form, delivered in a nebulizer, or given by injection. Whatever the mode of administration, they work by relaxing the airway and reducing airway responsiveness to allergens that cause it to restrict and cause an acute attack. Many people wi...

Home-based Treatment For Eczema More Effective Compared To Hospital Care

...he patients followed a home-based program taking a pill form of the medication psoralen-UV-A followed by exposure to UV-A light from a portable tanning unit. The other half received a hand soak version of PUVA and UV-A light exposure . Results showed both groups had a significant and comparable decrease ...

Cancer patients can now take once daily medication for infections

...reatment procedure, patients only have to take one pill of 50mg of miconazole daily. Of the 141 patients who took the tablet form had the same effectiveness of the gel application, containing125mg of miconazole applied four times daily, that was given to other 141 patients in the similar conditions. The ...

Sedation dentistry: a new way to overcome fear of dentists

...is done through sedating the patient by a sedative pill an hour before the dental procedure can take place. Other than sedative pills, dentists can also use nitrous oxide or intravenous injection to sedate the patient. The patient however will not be totally unconscious but will be not able to feel pain o...

Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives May Increase Risk For Heart Attack Or Stroke

...iovascular event in an individual woman taking the pill is low … Women using the pill are not going to automatically have a heart attack," said Nestler. "However, our findings do raise t...

Drug Tarceva for End-stage Lung cancer

...hway that regulates the cell division. Dosage is 1 pill once a day. Tarceva not only increased the survival rate but also had no side effects and improved the quality of life. Patients taking Tarceva had only little symptoms of pain, shortness of breath and coughing, rash and diarrhea which can be easily ...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...ports of five deaths after consumption of abortion pill cause concern to women consuming Mifeprex.// Dan...h of 5 women after taking their companies abortion pill RU-486. The pill is also called as Mifeprex or Mifepristone. Mifeprex is an approved drug for termin...

Ginger Found To Reduce Nausea Associated With Chemotherapy

...se ginger, high-dose ginger or placebo, taking the pill twice a day for three days after completing a chemotherapy infusion. They also receive their standard anti-nausea drugs, which vary depending on the type of chemotherapy being given. Recent research has found ginger to be effective at relieving nau...

Pause as you please

...e monthly menstrual cycle. Two versions of the new pill have just passed their first test in animals, with...ion over longer timespans.Taking the contraceptive pill continuously - without taking the monthly cycle of sugar pills - can delay periods in most women, bu...

An insight of the small intestine

...ine never before available. A patient swallows the pill and, for eight hours, pictures are taken and transmitted to a sensor worn on the person's abdomen.// The pictures can then be viewed to show lesions in areas that are not accessible by a colonoscopy or endoscopy. This technology, while allowing for ...

New ! Male Contraception

...uld be as effective at preventing pregnancy as the pill is for women. It's important to emphasize that the rods do not protect against STDs, and condoms should be used for protection against diseases....

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