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Man against HIV – new vaccine ready for human trials

...ine to date. And more importantly it has had a 71% success rate when tested on monkeys. This vaccine is now ready for human testing and this may be the brightest hope for mankind against the destructive HIV. Dr.Barbara Ensoli, Head of the Department of Virology at Italy’s National Health Institute and Dr.Ro...

Glaxo launches pills to help smokers quit in 7-12 weeks

... of Zyban", he said. The product, with a reported success rate of 30 per cent, has a couple of side-effects, mainly dry mouth and insomnia. "While dry mouth can be avoided by increasing fluid intake, insomnia can be reduced by taking the drug slightly earlier in the day", said Dr. Chandrashekhar....

Obesity raises IVF miscarriage risk

...turally, and studies have shown that their overall success rates for IVF do not match those of those with a normal body mass. The latest research, from Professor Robert Norman's team at the Reproductive Medicine Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, analysed the way obesity affected the pregnanc...

Arthroscopy for Ankles

...arthritis. Stienstra says arthroscopy improves the success of ankle fusion surgery compared to traditional surgery. New technologies such as electrothermal and laser probes have expanded the ability of arthroscopy to remove bone chips and repair tissue damage in the ankle. Sparing patients from surgical in...

Drinking arsenic water leads to cancer

..., a low-lying area, has been the victim of its own success in providing clean drinking water to nearly all of its 130 million people. More than 3 million wells have been sunk across the country.At least 27 percent of those wells, which draw underground water from less than 200 meters (650 feet) below ground,...

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

... been one of the pharmaceutical industries biggest success stories of recent years. Prozac and Lustral belong to a group of drugs known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). This class of drugs of which Prozac is the best known were hailed as "wonder drugs" when they first hit the market in the...

Women find difficulty in calling it 'Quits'

...lated diseases than do men, they tend to have less success than men in quitting smoking. Dr. Kenneth A. Perki... the studies he reviewed, women had less treatment success using nicotine gum or nicotine patches than did men. Women may suffer greater relative risks of sm...

Gene therapy restores sight

... at the University of Pennsylvania, reported their success in this month's Nature Genetics.Their experiment involved dogs with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a form of blindness, that also affects human infants and for which there is no treatment. The disease involves a defect in the genes responsible fo...

Genesis of SUPAC

...ditions compared to production level. The ultimate success of a product, to a great extent is determined by how easily and cost-effectively it can be commercialised....

Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment

...329 patients who received first-line treatment the success rate was 90.1 per cent and for the 11,773 patients receiving second-line treatment the success rate was 90.8 per cent. Although the success rate in both types of treatment was similar, there wa...

Detection of Cancer

...rly detection is a major factor in determining the success of cancer treatments," said Professor Pat. The C-test also has the advantage of being less invasive than other tests."The current test for prostate cancer is not very reliable and gives many false positives, while many women find a mammogram awkward...

Miscarriage linked to late embryos

...ion - the true start of pregnancy - influences its success or failure. Fertilised eggs can attach themselves to the lining of the womb anywhere from six to 12 days after ovulation, the researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences found.But most successful pregnancies implant eigh...

Gene Treatment for Heart Disease

...eries and improve blood flow to the heart. But the success of these treatments has created another problem. This latest treatment option is still in early testing, but relies on the use of genes to produce proteins called growth factors that stimulate the heart to grow new vessels. The treatment with the...

A new treatment for liver cancer

...and it is showing a 25 per cent success rate in either reducing tumour size or the number of tumours. Till date, it has many patients have undergone this treatment with advanced liver tumours, who cannot be treated by any other means. TheraSphere involves injecting millions of microscopi...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation safe for infants

...infant group, including one death. Dr Blaufox said success of RFCA was unrelated to a patient's weight or age or whether or not the patient had a heart defect. He said: "However, more experienced physicians are more likely to perform successful procedures in infants than those with less experience."...

Stem cell research

...eir differentiation," the researchers wrote. Their success in maintaining stem cell lines in culture for an extended period, isolating early-stage nerve cells and nurturing them into mature nerve cells, is an important demonstration that the speculative potential of stem cells can actually be harnessed in pr...

Artists prone to cubital tunnel syndrome

...e to performing artists result in a high degree of success and recovery. Some helpful steps to avoid injury include stretching before practices and recitals. Adequate rest periods are needed. The difference between normal discomfort and detrimental pain should be understood. And last but not the least is an ...

Heart Surgery Is Getting Safer for the Old

...ients we're operating on are, too," he noted. "The success of our health care system is that people are living longer, living better."...

Stent shows promise in keeping arteries open

...lowing smoothly after angioplasty shows surprising success in early testing. Doctors released the longest follow-up with the new technique - the drug-coated stent. //In testing on 50 patients over 3 years, they found it to be 100 percent effective. More than 2 million Americans undergo angioplasty annuall...

New treatment for muscle spasms

... (IVIg) designed to bolster the immune system. The success of the therapy supports the theory that SPS is caused by the immune system malfunctioning. When this chemical is in short supply in the brain and spinal cord, the muscles are more likely to be over-stimulated and go into spasm. The scientists, led ...

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