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Precautious Measure Help Tolerate Nausea In Patients

...ummy’ pills. One group was led to believe that the pill would protect them against the development of nausea and motion sickness. A second group was told that the pills would make their nausea worse. And, a third group was told that the pills were placebos and would have no effect whatsoever. Participan...

This is no yarn …Talk your way to beauty sleep

... in the sleeping pattern of sufferers who took the pill or placebo, who were awake in bed in just the same way as they were before the commencement of the study. Expressing surprise, Sivertsen said "We expected CBT to be efficient, but we did not expect such strong differences between groups.” CBT afici...

The conception of Anya, a period-free contraceptive pill

A contraceptive pill intended for consumption without a break is threat...period marked by extensive clinical trials. This pill is the first of its kind that is required to be taken daily without a lapse. Christine Derzko, an o...

Undiagnosed cyst lands GP in trouble.

...gations, had instead prescribed a weight reduction pill called Duromine for nearly 4 months. Additionally the doctors had treated the patient for conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, reflux and an upper respiratory tract infection. Despite the accusations, the doctor, facing the charge from the med...

A pill for those who live to eat !

...itain is reaching dangerous proportions, and now a pill that claims to keep tabs on hunger pangs, might tu...ext big thing in health circles. Accomplia, as the pill is called, renders the hungry part of the brain inactive, and might stop the cravings in their track...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

...o other menopause studies – women taking the sugar pill reported a 54-percent reduction in hot flashes – the women taking gabapentin and estrogen reported even better results, with a 71 percent to 72 percent decline in symptoms. ‘Gabapentin does appear to be as effective as estrogen,’ said lead author S...

Anti-Angiogenics Very Effective Against Cancer

...they have the advantage of possibly being taken in pill form and being less costly to produce. In animal studies with mice, the compounds inhibited tumor growth by up to 80 percent, and in combination with chemotherapy tumors essentially disappeared. Although the compounds proved effective against solid t...

The New AIDS Pill

A single pill which combines three drugs is the complete treatment against AIDS. Patients have to take the pill daily to keep the virus that causes the disease// under check. But still the pill has not come to ...

Risk Of Premature Death In Obese Adolescents

...ut four pounds. In addition, those taking the diet pill also lowered their risk for heart disease by lowering their cholesterol, triglyceride levels, insulin levels and insulin sensitivity, Berkowitz says. Berkowitz notes that sibutramine is not currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

Turmeric and Onions-Weapons against Colon Cancer

A pill that combines chemicals in turmeric and onions has been found to help prevent colon cancer according to a new study by Johns Hopkins investigators.// The research was led by Dr. Francis M. Giardiello of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicin...

Finally, The First Ever Treatment for Drug-Resistant HIV

Doctors can now boast of their first FDA-approved pill capable of treating drug-resistant HIV, which is possible only due to the creation// of a new molecule by a researcher from Purdue University. The molecule, identified by the name TMC-114, and also known by the name of Darunavir, leads the list of a ...

The IPU Want Morning After Pills To Be Made Available Over The Counter

...l Union (IPU) has insisted that the 'morning after pill s should be made available across the counter to p...year, which found that by having the morning after pill available directly from pharmacists in the UK did not lead to an increase in its use or to a decreas...

Study Shows Promise For Simplified Treatment of HIV Infection

...oosting.” This regimen was selected because of low pill burden, once-daily dosing, safety, and unique resi...eatment strategy with potentially less complexity, pill burden, long-term complications, and cost.” (Source: Nwswise)...

Chantix: Disenchanting Smokers from Nicotine

...he global pharmaceutical company, the anti-smoking pill will help many give up on the habit. Research has indicated that the pill may have some side effects- nausea, but this can be offset when the doses are well spaced out. Stat...

Bush Supports Restriction to ‘Morning–After’ Pll

...lan B, as well as continuing to allow the abortion pill RU-486 to remain on the market. The group's vice president for government affairs, Tom McClusky, said, "Dr. von Eschenbach has shown a history of ignoring any concern for women's health in exchange for political expediency." The FDA said that Pl...

Extra Vaginal Bleed After ‘C’ Section Can be Prevented By Contraceptive Pils

...he effectiveness of treatment with a birth control pill that contained an estrogen and progesterone. The researchers reported that 10 out of 11 women who had participated in the study experienced a decrease in recurrent vaginal bleeding, which was followed by a stopping of the bleed after three cycles o...

Dr. Scott Hammer Authors Two New Guidelines for HIV Treatment

...include the development of a one-a-day combination pill and the ability to fully suppress HIV even in patients with the drug-resistant virus using protease inhibitors or the drug enfuvitide. "These guidelines for treating HIV patients with antiretroviral therapy (ART) are important for clinicians worldw...

US Approves the Sale of Morning after Pill Without Prescription

...proved the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill without a prescription for women 18 years and olde...nst religious conservatives who believe use of the pill is equivalent to abortion. (Source: IANS)...

Allergy Shots May Soon be a Thing of the Past.

Allergy shots may soon be replaced by a pill according to European researchers. The latest study supports previous research which showed the effectiveness of the Grazax allergen tablet.// Hay fever and other allergies have long been treated with allergy shots. Allergies are a result of the imm...

Prenatal multivitamins reduce birth defects

...er the results of a Canadian study, a multivitamin pill should be taken daily by all women of childbearing...amins and minerals by taking a single, inexpensive pill on a daily basis. "The data are really very striking. It seems almost too good to be true that a p...

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