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Aspirin reduces Hemorrhage recurrence

...cal trial comparing the effect of aspirin Vs dummy pill to validate their study results....

Contraceptive Pills Don’t Result In Weight Gai

...found no evidence that beginning of the use of the pill leads to any jump in weight gain. There are many brands of the pill on the market, but all contain a synthetic version of the hormone progesterone, usually together wit...

Manitoba Ombudsman Warns Pharmacists

...e patient. Plan B, also known as the morning-after pill is reported to have a 95% success rate where preventing pregnancy is concerned. ...

Placing a Finger on Responses to Placebo Types

...ent and another 135, who were prescribed a placebo pill for 2 weeks. The results showed no marked difference between the effects of the pill vs. the device, in this phase. The second phase began after shuffling the groups, to test half t...

Demand For Diet Drugs On The Rise

...ix pounds in six months. These like any other diet pill have some side effects such as gas, incontinence and oily spotting. The over-the-counter diet drug will contain a low dosage of drug than Xenical. But this will lead to many people misusing it. Many drugs that come into the market are taken off aft...

Monkeys Respond To HIV Treatment

...the Truvada, manufactured by Gilead Sciences. This pill is a combination of Emtriva, or emtracitibine and Viread, or tenofovir. The combination has not yet cured a human being from the HIV infection, even though it helps in maintaining the existing state of health. After the injection, the monkeys were ex...

Sleeping Pill To Tackle Obesity Problem Also

...paralysis will be targeted by the new pill. The pill has already been tested on rats, which performed better in tests the next day when compared to rats which were given conventional sleeping tablets. The REM of the new pill, which is the dream phase during the sleep was seen to be higher, serving to e...

Researchers Identify Role Of Protein In Sperm Hyperactivation

...ou couldn't develop a male or female birth control pill that would block the protein before it functions to hyperactivate sperm, preventing fertilization."...

Women Poorly Informed About Contraceptive Options: Doctors Blamed

...hat the frequency of use of the oral contraceptive pill is as high as 1 in 4 among women aged between 16 t...on. This could be attributed to poor contraceptive pill compliance rates. As much as 47% of women reported one instance of non-compliance while 22% reported...

Novel Test For Early Detection Of Gullet Cancer

...sophagus could be as simple as swallowing a spongy pill with a string attached to it. Thanks to the ferven... tumor in the Britain. Once in the windpipe, the pill is pulled out, gently scraping cells from the gut wall that are then tested for early signs of the c...

New Pills To Keep You Awake!

...o get by on only two hours' sleep each night. The pill promises to deliver sleep that is deeper and more refreshing than usual, and may even lead to people surviving without sleep for days, reported online edition of The New Scientist. The development is a plus for clubbers, night workers and new parents...

Polyphenols in Green Tea Cause Liver Damage At High Doses

... concentrated forms of the compound, probably in a pill form....

Try a consortia of cholesterol-lowering foods for best results

...ho are at low risk in primary prevention. Taking a pill may give people the false impression that they have nothing further to do to protect their health and prevent them from making serious lifestyle changes. Emphasizing diet changes in general can boost the success rate of statins while providing additi...

Sterol Containing Pills, Good For The Heart

...26 study participants were either given the sterol pill or a placebo, to be taken twice daily along with m...and total cholesterol in those who took the sterol pill was 9 and 6% respectively. Furthermore, the beneficial effect of the pill was greater in those who...

Plants have ability to significantly lower LDL cholesterol through sterol pills

...l cholesterol. They were asked to add plant sterol pill to the diet. Over six weeks, half were randomly assigned to take inactive placebo pills while the rest took sterol tablets. All patients ingested four tablets, twice daily with meals, while continuing to take statin drugs. The addition helped furt...

Ignorance in the Usage of Pill Persists Among Many Women

...cted which showed the level of awareness about the pill among women. It was found that over eight out of ten women using the Progestogen-only// pill are not aware that it must be taken within three hours of the normal time of intake. Due to this ...

Nurses Help Sought To Check Teenage Pregnancies In English Schools

...chools already offer condoms and the morning-after pill to pupils or arrange fast-track doctors' appointme...-year-old girls have been handed the morning-after pill by health service staff without their parents' permission. Among 302 primary care trusts across t...

Low-dose Aspirin Benefits Both Sexes

...ine or grapefruit juice. Physical examinations and pill counts were conducted to ensure that all participants adhered to the study protocol. Because aspirin reaches its maximal effect in the body at five days, the researchers say a longer study testing period was not required to determine the drug's effec...

Revolutionary Pill Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer

...ars may see the development of a new contraceptive pill that reduces breast cancer risk as well as heart disease. It also has the added benefit of eliminating periods. // The Combined Pill, currently available to women around the world is a combination of estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen however inc...

OTC sale for Xenical; Diet Drug; gets FDA approval

...s drug is not used inappropriately”. So the diet pill Xenical would soon be seen in shops. ...

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