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Misleading anti-malarial drug

... malaria drug are being questioned by experts, who say the statements are misleading and should be withdrawn. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline markets the anti-malarial drug Malarone (atovaquone and proguanil) as being 97 per cent effective at preventing the aggressive falciparum strain of malaria, but the D...

Diabetes on the rise

... threatening India, which is ill-equipped to cope, say experts. The amount of type II, or adult-onset dia... health in India as smoking and HIV. Other experts say that more efficient food production says that many Indians are at present better nourished than at a...

Iron is a two sided sword

...o much iron might be as bad for you as too little, say researchers at Ohio State University. They exposed human intestinal cells, in test tubes, to iron concentrations resembling those in food supplements. It is a reasonable model of what goes on in the body, for these cells take up iron from food and tr...

Gas Masks Don't Always Fit an Emergency

... a deep breath and brace yourself for what experts say about them -- most of it is not good. One could never know where the exposure is; you'd have to wear the mask at all times. //Even if you could stand to do that, the risks to your health would probably be higher than the likelihood that wearing the m...

Photographs for Diagnosis

...ecision people at high risk of suffering a stroke, say US researchers. They say their technique is cheap enough to be used by opticians and GPs to mass-screen patients.Strokes are ...

Pregnant smokers could harm their child

...t. The researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say the link may be caused by damage done to the foetus by tobacco smoke while in the womb. Earlier studies have shown that children exposed to smoke before birth suffer development problems, including attention deficit disorders. Dr Marie Cornelius, w...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...sive to the very smells which attract them to men, say researchers. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, measured the ability of women to detect distinctive smells such as musk - while taking and not taking the Pill. They found that women who were not taking the Pill experienced rise...

Vitamins reduce pre-eclampsia

Researchers say that pregnant women at risk of the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia appear to benefit from doses of vitamins C and E. The study, published in the Lancet, found that taking the supplements halved the chance of developing pre-eclampsia. The co...

The phenomenon of sexual attraction

...may be more truth to this than meets the eye. They say female chemical messengers known as pheromones may help dupe men into thinking plain women are more attractive and beautiful women are less attractive than they actually are.// Pheromones - the colourless, odourless chemical signals given off by th...

Cement injections linked to osteoporosis

...for weakened vertebrae before they actually break, say the researchers....

Anti-Cancer Drug Restores Normal Cell Growth

...f lymphoma, according to a new report. Researchers say the drug probably acts on many types of cancer cells, so it may be useful for treating other types of cancer. Dr. Antonio Fojo of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues tested the drug, depsipeptide//, in patients with T-...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

...nt antibiotic. But if the supply dwindles, doctors say other cheaper and widely available medications can...on treatment for anthrax. Pharmaceutical companies say they're ready to ramp up production of anti-anthrax drugs if needed....

New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease

...nful symptoms was small. Nevertheless, researchers say a new option in the treatment of sickle cell disease can reduce the duration of painful of symptoms associated with the disease....

Asthma linked to obesity

...f Public Health Sciences at King's College, London say the link between obesity and asthma is recent....

Dampness related to asthma

...dy and damp walls could double the risk of asthma, say researchers. A study of over 20,000 Finnish students found that living in damp homes not only increased the risk of asthma, but left residents with a greater chance of repeated colds and skin allergies. People living in damp houses were found to need...

Exercises reduce risks of cancers

... to decrease the chances of getting bowel cancer, say scientists. Swedish experts have gathered up all the evidence on the issue, and say that it points more firmly than ever to this conclusion. The research, carried out by the Cancer Re...

Toddlers stressed out

...produce stressed-out toddlers than high achievers, say nursery experts. This setting of targets for three... be encouraged with basic skills such as speaking, say the experts....

Early Clue to Down Syndrome

...e nose on the baby's face. // British scientists say failure to detect a nose bone on ultrasound tests performed at 11 to 14 weeks of gestation is an almost sure sign that the fetus suffers from Down syndrome, a grave genetic disease that prompts many parents to terminate pregnancies. Combined with oth...

New Way To Treat Lupus

...goes awry in the disease//--a discovery scientists say could lead to better, more targeted treatments for lupus in the next few years. The new study suggests how this misguided immune system attack unfolds. Drugs that suppress the immune system are already part of lupus treatment, but these treatments ...

Beer does good

Scientists say one drink of beer a day will help people's sight by preventing cataracts. Beer, particularly ales and stouts, contain high levels of antioxidant chemicals, believed to cut the risk of heart disease. Scientists in Canada carried out tests on rat lense...

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