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Biotechnology on the lead

...alth expert Dr Margaret Hamburg said lethal agents such as botulism, anthrax and bubonic plague could be p...ring, freak epidemics. Colonel Edward Eitzen said such outbreaks were considered more likely because of increased international travel and global trade. "I...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

... the ability of women to detect distinctive smells such as musk - while taking and not taking the Pill. ... "Our data seem to show that iatrogenic steroids - such as those contained in oral contraceptives - may affect changes in smell sensitivity. "Biologically, ...

Snoring could be a warning

... started snoring before any hint of pre-eclampsia, such as blurred vision, appeared.// High blood pressure can be dangerous A second study by the University of Sydney produced similar findings. Dr Natalie Edwards and her colleagues at the University of Sydney looked at 32 women with severe pre-eclampsia...

Vitamins reduce pre-eclampsia

...hat they did not know why the vitamins should have such a pronounced effect, they suggested that, as powerful antioxidants, they may be mopping up free radicals which can damage the body and cause high blood pressure. Professor Lucilla Poston, who co-ordinated the study, said: "We hope it may lead to an...

Look out for gout

...nd some people find an attack follows eating foods such as anchovies, sardines or liver. Typically gout affects the big toe joint which becomes hot, red, swollen and very painful. // But gout affects other joints too and if it is not treated it will leads to permanent joint damage. There are effective me...

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

...dvertisement often use vague qualitative messages, such as "Try it, it works," or "Take the drug and be there for your future," he said. Dr. Woloshin and colleagues did a content analysis of 67 direct-to consumer prescription drug advertisements that collectively appeared 211 times in 10 consumer magazi...

Is Smallpox Threat Real ?

...can to "keep the citizens of our nation safe" from such an attack, the head of the National Institutes of Health said Friday. Health officials are working to stockpile vaccines and prepare local officials for a potential attack....

Stem cell transplantation of eye

...s, in all 33 patients who suffered from conditions such as chemical burns, allergic reactions to drug and ...rates the ocular surface of the cornea. Conditions such as chemical burns, damages the limbus resulting in limbal stem cell deficiency characterised by corn...

Hormone treatment helps obese people slim down

...body's ability to produce leptin. Individuals with such problems might be predisposed to become obese and might benefit from leptin therapy....

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

...ed that antibiotic and anti-infective medications, such as Cipro, doxycycline, and penicillin, be used to treat those believed to have been exposed to anthrax spores.// Many antibiotics are known to interfere with the efficacy of oral contraceptives in preventing pregnancy. In clinical studies, antibiot...

Over-The-Counter Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's

...cultured cells. However, the better-known NSAIDs, such as aspirin, Celebrex and Vioxx, had no such effect....

Exercises reduce risks of cancers

...l recognised as protective against other illnesses such as heart disease....

Toddlers stressed out

... five-year olds could lead to symptoms of anxiety, such as tantrums and bed-wetting, rather than achieve a...he said, but would be encouraged with basic skills such as speaking, say the experts....

More about HIV

...earch, can increase severity of infectious viruses such as mononucleosis and can activate dormant viruses such as genital herpes, cold sores, and HIV. Studies have shown, for example, that chronic depression and...

Early Clue to Down Syndrome

...ith other important risk factors for the disorder, such as a mother's advancing age, the test is even more accurate at catching affected fetuses. Dr. Kypros Nicolaides, a fetal medicine specialist at King's College, in London, says no other tests available to doctors approach the face picture's ability ...

New Way To Treat Lupus

... immune function. And the drugs carry side effects such as nausea, hair loss and an increased risk of infection and cancer. Suppressing only interferon-alpha could potentially provide a more targeted treatment. The findings suggest that a drug that would act against immune system protein called interferon...

Bronchitis in the young

...ase were also more likely to suffer complications, such as obstruction in the lungs. The researchers stressed, however, that smoking was not the only risk factor for chronic bronchitis. Some 19% of sufferers did not smoke at all. Other likely risk factors include poverty, and exposure to respiratory irri...

New light on Cardiology

...ion or development of LVH. Cardiovascular outcomes such as MI, stroke and heart failure were also evaluated. Among 92.9 per cent of the patients, ramipril either prevented or caused gradual regression of LVH, independent of its effect on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also ...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

...could get them to convert into neurons. Normally such stem cells form muscle, bone, cartilage and fat. The researchers say they were very surprised to find the cells could be persuaded to turn into neurons//, it flies in the face of much of what we know about development of tissues and organs. However...

FDA Approves New HIV Drug, Viread

...on with other antiretroviral agents. Like Viread, such drugs work by blocking the process needed for HIV replication in the body. But Viread is the first nucleotide analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor to be approved for treatment of HIV in the US. As a result//, it may offer a treatment option for p...

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