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“Polypill”- to prevent recurrent heart diseass

...erts at the World Congress of Cardiology, a 3-in-1 pill is being developed to cure heart diseases. This ‘p...s, said the World Heart Federation. Testing of the pill would be first done in Spain and then would be exported to markets like China, at a cost that is 1/5...

Nitric Oxide Levels In Brain Indicate Sleep

... gas once it's produced. The opposite – a sleeping pill made from nitric oxide donors -- would be much harder, he says, since these compounds would likely break down before ever reaching the brain. However, one of the ways nitric oxide promotes sleep is by stimulating production of a signaling molecule ca...

Fracture risk is not reduced by calcium supplements

...e studies were given calcium supplement or a dummy pill for a period ranging from 8.5 months – 7 years. According to the report, only 1.7% improvement in bone density was observed in those taking calcium supplement compared to those who did not take. The increase was only in the upper limbs, whereas, it...

Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies

...based at secondary schools offer the morning after pill to pupils or may arrange fast-tracked doctors' app... Family Education Trust, "Making the morning-after pill easier to get has had no effect on teenage pregnancies. "But it has fuelled the increase in sexual...

Cutting the risk of diabetes with a pill

...es for those under risk. A mere consumption of the pill once or twice daily, enhances the body’s receptive...tes. Nicknamed as an 'insulin sensitiser', this pill enhances the body's response to insulin, thus ensuring the removal of glucose from the blood. The cl...

Hot Flashes Could Be Minimized By Rhubarb Extract

Researchers said that a pill containing rhubarb extract could minimize the severity of hot flashes in perimenopausal women.// Researchers studied 109 perimenopausal women to determine the usefulness of rhubarb extracts. They gave half the women 4 milligrams of the extract, whi...

World Alzheimer’s Day: In Memory of Those With 'Memory Loss

...events that follow. Presently there is no magic pill that can reverse the advancement of Alzheimer's disease. The best bet so far combines the expertise of psychotherapy, environmental changes and medication. The pitfalls of drug therapy for patients who are already suffering memory impairment can get ...

Unscientific Depression Drugs aplenty in Health Stores

...id not make any comments on the oral contraceptive pill that the researcher explained that she was currently prescribed in spite of evidence that St John's Wort can reduce effectiveness of the pill. Overall 13 treatments were suggested, with multivitamins being the most popular. Staff also made a number...

Super Chow, Laced With Semi-Synthetic Vitamin E, Inhibited Spread of Cancer

... cancer in mice//, suggesting that the compound in pill form could be used to treat human metastatic cancer, according to a report in the October 1 issue of the journal Cancer Research. The study, by investigators at the University of Arizona, is the first to show that the synthetic compound has potent a...

GSK Seeks Permission to Market Breast Cancer Pill Tykerb

... regulators to begin selling its new breast cancer pill Tykerb//. This follows a similar move in the US l... drug Herceptin. While Tykerb is taken daily in a pill form, Herceptin is given as injections every month. Clinical trials showed a longer time to disease...

Ulcer Drug Could Save Lives of Women in Developing Countries

...world, misoprostol costs as little as 14 cents per pill and does not require refrigeration or special training to administer. The drug stops bleeding in the uterus by causing it to contract. In developed countries, where the majority of births occur in hospitals and emergency care is available, deaths f...

Cipla launches 3-in-1 AIDS drug in India

... is very patient friendly, as it requires just one pill a day and freedom from the severe side effect of many other anti HIV drugs.” The innovative treatment kits and the 3-in-1 pills introduced by Cipla will promote adherence and ease of use.Viraday is the most remarkable accomplishment of Cipla. Cip...

Some Antidepressants may Cause Aggression in Adolescents

...es gave injections of the drug fluoxetine (sold in pill form as Prozac) to pubescent and mature hamsters. They injected either a low dose (10 milligrams per kilo of body weight) or a high dose (20 milligrams per kilo body weight), while other hamsters received a placebo. The researchers then introduce...

Synthetic Chemicals May Trigger Breast Cancer

...ich is an important component of the contraceptive pill and HRT, has been known to trigger breast cancer. Uncannily, the manufactured chemicals portray structures very similar to estrogen, and scientists feel strongly about these chemicals being the culprit behind the rise in breast cancer cases. The ‘c...

Researchers Seek to Unlock Broccoli's Cancer Fighting Secret

...into a cancer prevention treatment that comes in a pill or liquid form could enhance the concept of stopping cancers before they start. For Cross, there is also a personal pull to developing anti-cancer compounds. “The real irony is that I can’t stand broccoli,” she says. Source-NewswiseBR>SRM...

Latest Weight-Loss Pill Offers Modest Results, Blocks 'Munchies'

... in Brazil. "Compared with placebo, a 20-milligram pill produced a 4.9 kilogram greater reduction in body weight in trials with one-year results." This translates to weight loss of a little under 11 pounds. The review looked at four randomized controlled trials comparing rimonabant at two dosages and ...

Battle against Gum Disease Acquires new Weapon

US scientists have developed a new plastic pill which has been found to fight plaque and gum disease.// This tiny pill has been found to relieve pain and swelling just by its position between the threatened tooth and th...

Folic Acid Supplements Could Help Conception

...e a pill, the researchers said. Women who took a pill on three to five days a week had a 30 percent cut in risk, while those taking pills for two days or less were no better off than women not taking supplements. The analysis showed folic acid was one of the most important reasons for the reduction in...

Older Mothers Pass on Infertility Risk to their Daughters

... heart disease in women who take the contraceptive pill for long periods in later life. NLA...

Male Contraceptive Drug - Non Hormonal Alternative

...m has made the formulation of a male birth control pill diffcult. Final clinical trials are being done on a hormonal male pill , based on progesterone - a female hormone that inhibits the formation of sperm - and testosterone,...

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(Date:12/3/2009)Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of th
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