taken 1 5

Tag: "taken" at medical news

Loss of weight

... the cause of the deaths.Millions of patients have taken the drug since it was launched in 1997....

Problematic Use of smallpox vaccine

...on of mass destruction. All the factors should be taken into account, including the benefits of a mass immunization campaign, eliminating the threat of smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon, and the disadvantages, which include the vaccine's side effects. Scientists are working to develop newer and safer vacc...

Chromosomes to predict oral cancer

...carcinoma, according to study.// 123 patients were taken up for research for an average of 8.5 years, found that oral leukoplakia with the normal number of chromosomes — 46 — were unlikely to develop into cancer. Of the 103 patients with leukoplakia with normal DNA content, only three developed cancer. Ho...

Hyperactivity Drug Can Be Added to Food

...eficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be safely taken in powder form without compromising any of its ben... Metadate, a once-daily treatment for ADHD, may be taken by sprinkling the contents of the capsule onto food.// And because the drug provides a day's worth o...

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

..., fluid retention and protein in the urine. If not taken care of, it can lead to eclampsia- with potentially fatal seizures, liver or kidney failure. Both mother and baby are at risk. Wolf, and his colleagues looked at data from a study of more than 5,000 women who had various tests during pregnan...

Arthritis Drug May Cause Liver Damage

...said Arava was ``an important therapeutic option'' taken by 200,000 people. The American College of Rheumatology last summer warned doctors to take special care in prescribing Arava, by repeatedly testing patients' livers for signs of harm. Unlike other drugs that can clear the body shortly after patients...

Pig cloning for organs

Researchers say they've taken a major step toward cloning pigs whose hearts, lungs and kidneys could be safely transplanted into humans. Such organs would save the lives of thousands of critically ill people who cannot get transplants because of the shortage of human organs.// U...

Epilepsy Drugs Can Enhance Risk of Birth Defects

...hile in the womb. He adds, however, that the drugs taken by the mothers in this study belong to the older generation of AEDs, and that that some small studies have suggested the newer generation of AEDs may be safer....

Vitamins suppress artery injury after transplant

...0 milligrams of vitamin C and 400 IU of vitamin E, taken twice daily. The researchers looked at a measure of artery health called the average intimal index, which is assessed by a form of ultrasound scanning. It shows the amount of plaque deposited in the artery as a fraction of the total artery wall area....

A question on study of Adult Stem Cell

...new findings challenge the notion adult stem cells taken from one tissue can directly produce cell types of other tissues and organs.// It may be that this capability, revealed in recent research, may arise from a process of fusion that combines two cells into one, and not from one cell changing into anoth...

One IV treatment a year rather than a pill a day

...e preliminary results. However, the pills must be taken sitting or standing straight up, before eating, and the patient has to stay upright for 30 minutes without eating or drinking. Side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, heartburn and irritation of the esophagus. And research has shown that such pa...

Shelved bowel-syndrome drug still in demand

...after the drug's debut. About 300,000 patients had taken it, according to Glaxo. In June 2000, the FDA began receiving reports of Lotronex users suffering severe constipation and ischemic colitis, or inflammation of the large bowel, caused by reduced blood flow. By year's end, the FDA had learned of 141 s...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...ace, education and socio-economic status were also taken into account. Many studies have shown low birth weight babies (those born weighing less than 2500 grams) have lower IQ test scores at school age - and the smaller the babies at birth, the larger the IQ deficit. The new study showed t...

Acute Measles Supresses HIV Replication

...dren’s HIV levels were measured from blood samples taken when they were admitted to the hospital for measles treatment. More samples were taken when the children were discharged from the hospital, and again 2 month later. They were compared wit...

No explanation on schizophrenia gene

...aise questions about the approach that needs to be taken in research. Schizophrenia is known to involve genetic factors, since people who have relatives with the condition are more likely to have it, with 40 to 60 per cent concordance between identical twins. "This tells us there's something genetic but t...

Cancer patients pursue smoking inspite of risks

...ct they may have on the disease itself needs to be taken account of and the patient offered any support required in changing their lifestyle....

Identifying bacteria made amiable

...d at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has taken advantage of two new technologies// that have emerged in the area of DNA sequencing recently - DNA chip technology and comparative gene sequence databases. The Queensland team saw an opportunity. "All this comparative sequence data emerging at the s...

Acoustic neuroma in older patients to be treated

According to a research, patient's age has to be taken into consideration before deciding to operate on acoustic neuroma. Acoustic neuroma (sometimes known as acoustic swannoma) is a benign tumour affecting the eighth cranial nerve and leading to a sudden loss of hearing and problems with balance.// Stan...

Grapes, Melons Implicated in Outbreaks

...train of S. senftenberg was the same among samples taken from people infected in California, Colorado and New Mexico. Cronquist suggested the bacteria may have infected the fruit during harvesting or in storage before it was distributed. In another case reported at the meeting, epidemiologists in Californ...

FDA panel refuses anti-viral cold remedy

...ay. One concern is that pleconaril tablets must be taken within 24 hours of the first symptoms, making the drug's real-life usefulness questionable. Because colds are not serious illnesses, it's unlikely that patients would see a doctor within a day of the first symptoms. The drug's developer, ViroPharma...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10