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Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

... Dutch recommendations is that active killing as a therapeutic option is seen as a “slippery slope” towards its w...ble. The availability of active euthanasia as a therapeutic option would undermine this progress and be a step backwards, she says. However, we must look at ...

Legalization of Therapeutic Abortion in UAE on the Cards

... the government is working to draft a law allowing therapeutic abortions, as part of the country's prevention// programme of genetic disorders. "We are studying it from two ways: on the mother or child's health. But the choice to have the abortion will be under the umbrella of religion. Whatever we decide has ...

Anti-inflammatory Drug Fails to Improve COPD Symptoms

...arch, the failure of the infliximab to provide any therapeutic benefit in COPD patients was unexpected because the drug has proven effective in treating other inflammatory diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. COPD is the fourth-leading cause of death of men and women in the United ...

Green Tea Compound may Be a Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

... suggests that a compound in green tea may provide therapeutic benefits to people with rheumatoid arthritis.// ...tically from the EGCG found in green tea may be of therapeutic value by inhibiting the joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis. Previously, Ahmed and other re...

Satraplatin Benefits Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients

...cure, and so this is creating a need for effective therapeutic options for these patients once they have progressed. The trial is evaluating Satraplatin plus prednisone versus placebo plus prednisone in 950 patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) who have failed prior chemotherapy. All analys...

Antioxidants May Aid Chemotherapy Patients

...ce that antioxidant supplements interfere with the therapeutic effects of chemotherapy agents, according to a recent systematic //review of the use of antioxidants during chemotherapy. In fact, they may help increase survival rates, tumor response, and the patient’s ability to tolerate treatment. This conclusion...

Exhaustive Study to Expand the Efficacy of Drug L-dopa for Parkinson's

...ting trial because it is exploring a drug in a new therapeutic category. L-dopa is still the gold standard and we haven't come up with a better dopamine as yet."...

Alcoholics by All Means Should Avoid Stress During Early Abstinence

...hysical activity has been found to be an important therapeutic tool for early alcohol-withdrawing patients, it sh... for a better programming of physical exercise and therapeutic follow up. Furthermore, readers should be aware of the increased vulnerability of alcohol-dependent ...

Vaccine for Pancreatic Cancer Halts Progression of Disease in Some Patients

A dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer developed has succes...progression of cancer." The Pitt team created a therapeutic vaccine for pancreatic cancer made up of a synthetic version of MUC1 – a tumor-associated protein th...

Marijuana Helps to Combat Lung Cancer

...ork needs to be done, "the results suggest THC has therapeutic potential," Preet was quoted as saying. The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Source-IANS/B...

Marijuana Beneficial in Fighting Lung Tumors, Study

...ted on mice, suggesting that THC could be having a therapeutic effect. During the study, the researchers observed that THC was able to curb the growth and spread of cells in lung tumors. Researchers injected THC into mice which had received implants of human lung cancer cells. Tumors reduced in size by 50%, co...

Deficiency in Vitamin D Increases the Risk of Cancer

...ials on the value of vitamin D as a preventive and therapeutic cancer agent, suggest that vitamin D deficiency ma...ch speaks to the value of vitamin D as a potential therapeutic agent in multiple types of cancer. Recent RPCI research explored the mechanisms of vitamin D in the ...

UCSF Brain Tumor Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results

...tutions, noted, “This is an encouraging study of a therapeutic cancer vaccine that targets multiple tumor antigens, supported by rigorous immuno-monitoring. A larger phase 2 trial is certainly warranted to evaluate efficacy.” Brem is a developer of the first approved local therapy for glioma. The UCSF clinical...

Clinical Studies Evaluate Potential Treatments for Mouth Ulcers

...uate its usefulness and safety compared with other therapeutic modalities." Source-Eurekalert/...

Magic of Motherhood Through Egg Donation

...tem cell lines. This method is mainly employed in therapeutic stem cell research to find cures for innumerable diseases. The young and the nubile are in demand as egg donors. The most sought-after donors are the ones between the ages of 21-30 years. Those with above-average height, good looks and talent are i...

CT Imaging With Novel Contrast Agent May Predict Heart Attack in Waiting

... targeting of macrophages to specifically dispense therapeutic agents to disease tissue.” Source-Newsise SRM...

Drugs for Parkinson’s May Be Useful for Stroke-related Disabilit

...mprove patient treatment by allowing us to develop therapeutic approaches targeted to specific brain circuits and neurochemical systems." Many problems after a right-brain stroke fall under the broad heading of neglect: inability to detect a stimulus or do something about it. Neglect is highly disabling since...

A Newly Identified Immunosuppressive Protein in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...in FLS warrant further investigation as a possible therapeutic approach in RA." Even in this era of TNF-alpha inhibitors and other powerful drugs, there are constantly new aspects of biology being found that offer different forms of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. Source-Eurekalert<BRMED/B...

United Biotech Launches New Oncology Division

...ed strategies for its continuous growth across all therapeutic segments that it is currently in operation,” said Mr R K Dewan, Vice President Marketing, United Biotech. Source: BioSpectrum SRMB...

New Standards Could Cut Number of Malnourished Children on Feeding Programs

...ermine a child’s eligibility for admission on to a therapeutic feeding program although the z score method is als...is means that fewer children would be eligible for therapeutic feeding programs and those already on programs would be discharged sooner than at present. A simi...

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