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Scios Inc. targets drug giants in arthritis war

...s' drug has shown promise in early trials. But the size of the potential market makes it a prize that many big pharmaceuticals companies also covet. So far, Scios' prospects look good. The company's pill appears to inhibit an enzyme, known as the p38 kinase, which provokes inflammation. Scios' lead comes...

Campaign aims to simplify OTC drug labels

...She added that the new labels carry a larger print size to help consumers read the products. The use of bullets, spacing between lines and clearly marked sections are other changes aimed at improving the reading ability....

Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins

...s. Stephenson said a typical serving is "about the size of a fist." Some studies have suggested smokers are less likely to eat fruits and vegetables, implying a typical smoker might not eat two servings a week. Andrew Burdick, an epidemiologist from the University of New Mexico, told UPI there are severa...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...s. The authors say differences in IQ of this size are trivial and of no clinical importance to individual children.But since seven times as many children are born in the normal weight range compared to the low range, even small shifts in the distribution of birth weight within the normal range could...

New hope for eye cancer

...ght and within 16mm in diameter) ranging from the size of a small pea to a bean.Half of the patients(657) underwent radiation therapy while the other half(660) had their affected eye removed. Findings show that 82% of the former group and 81% of the latter group were living five yeras after initial...

Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

...ure, the material remembers its designed shape and size and shrinks to tighten the wound. Later, after the...ring and would then spring to a designed shape and size one it is warmed by the body, said Langer....

Small aneurysms best left untouched

...l Center suggests that surgeons should look at the size of the aneurysm before they operate. All surgery carries a risk which has to be balanced against the benefits of having the operation. If the aneurysm is unlikely ever to rupture, then it is not worthwhile taking the risk of surgery. According to t...

Photographs as a parameter

...ogram to measure and compare the ratio between the size of arterial blood vessels, taking blood to the eye, and venuolar blood vessels, taking it back to the heart....

New surgery in head and neck cancer

...ates for standard surgery and, in some, the tumour size was so large they could not close their mouths. After treatment, there was a considerable decrease in pain and discomfort. Radiofrequency ablation was able to control the cancer locally, with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue. So far res...

Breastfeeding may decrease Breast Cancer Risk

...er this year. Researchers now believe small family size and reduced breastfeeding may be an important fact...an overwhelming association between smaller family size and reduced breastfeeding and an increased incidence of breast cancer. On average, women with breast...

Vacuum device increase breasts

...pleted the study experienced an increase in breast size that was equal to one bra cup or more. The remaini...) size," Greco said. However, the increased breast size remains evident up to 15 months later, according to previous reports. Greco's study did not include ...

Injection supports Heart Devices

...one. The advantage over similar devices is smaller size and less noise. Researchers felt that the smaller size seems to have reduced the incidence of thromboembolism, or a blood clot that moves through the blood...

Gene testing kit specific for Doctors

...o 20 minutes. The device has been made small the size of a shoebox for ease of use in doctors' offices or drugstores. Initially, it's thought that it will be used to test for viral DNA, to see what kind of infection the patient has. But it could also be applied to prescribing. Some people have variants ...

Reasons why men die earlier

...s in mammalian species where females are larger in size than males, it is the females who are more susceptible to parasitic infections....

Latest device for cardiac revival under test

...est. These animals have hearts which are a similar size to the human heart, so act as a good model. The device is like an eight-inch wide seat belt and compresses more of the chest than is possible using the manual method. In this experiment, the belt was four times better at restoring the blood flow to t...

Energy intake directly related to portion size

...chers also studied whether the response to portion size differed depending on who determined the amount// ...sfaction levels after each meal found that portion size influences the development of hunger and being satisfied. The researchers added that when offered b...

Cardiac events better treated with intense cholesterol-lowering regime

...patients in the maximal treatment group. Also, the size and severity of perfusion abnormalities decreased in the maximal treatment group but increased in both the poor and moderate treatment groups. Changes in myocardial perfusion paralleled the intensity of treatment and predicted cardiac events....

Hypertensives could benefit regular alcohol consumption

... and that this relationship was independent of the size distribution of apo(a) isoforms....

More risks connected with live-donor liver transplants

...the transplant// recipient. Each lobe grows to the size of a full liver in about six weeks. The researchers found that there had been just one donor death for 449 such transplants that were done in the United States from 1997 through late 2000. However, they found that 14 per cent of donors had serious c...

A cup of coffee could hamper your diet

...ll help you cut the calories. Choose the smallest size cup, either eight or 12 ounces. This can save you up to 110 calories. Ask that your beverage be made with fat-free milk instead of whole milk. This saves you about 80 calories and up to eight grams of fat. Use a sugar substitute instead of real sugar...

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