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Sun Pharma to launch chiral version of omeprazole soon

...divulged. In this particular segment, there are three other players, namely Zydus Cadila, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Ranbaxy Laboratories. Astra Zeneca, the worldwide patent holder of the molecule omeprazole, has an isomer version that goes by the brand name ‘Nexium’ which it launched in March 2001 in...

Reduced POD linked to fatal asthma attacks

...The patients were asked to regular follow-up every three months for up to 2 years and were required to comply with recording daily peak flow measurements and treatments on a diary card for the first month. Researchers found that patients with low POD were more likely to suffer from fatal and near-fatal a...

Alcohol decreases risk of dementia

...dy know that moderate alcohol consumption - one to three drinks a day - reduces cardiovascular risk. Since blood vessel disease also affects the brain, might alcohol also protect against dementia. According to this study, the report on alcohol is part of the long-running Rotterdam Study, which is followi...

AAI Pharma Files Lawsuit Against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

...d time that DRL has suffered a setback in the past three weeks as recently Novartis withdrew from developing its licensed anti-diabetes molecule to Novo Nordisk that had been sub-licensed to Novartis....

New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

... letting researchers there compare risks among all three kinds of pills. In previous research, the scientists found women taking the third-generation pills were more likely to develop these clots than those on the second-generation ones. Although usually harmless, deep venous clots can migrate to the lu...

Plague creates panic in India

...ld rat. The highly contagious disease later killed three of his relatives. Twelve more infected people from the same village were being treated at nearby hospitals. Thakur said about 8000 people in the affected area had been given preventive antibiotics. Most villages and transport vehicles had been fumi...

NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad

...ns twice a year and a person would be allowed only three chances to clear it, they said. “We are writing to all the embassies in the country, External Affairs Ministry, state governements, and our embassies in other countries regarding the changes,” the sources said. The India Medical Council Act was amend...

Senior drug card saves little

...pular name-brand drugs. // On average, seniors in three large cities -- Washington, Chicago and Seattle -- see savings of 8.2 percent on 12 name-brand drugs bought with drug discount cards compared with buying retail. The savings were more significant -- close to twice as much -- in a rural area in Georgi...

Anthrax vaccine produced

...tnagar. It is made up of harmless mutant forms of three key proteins that together make the toxin that does the damage to humans infected with anthrax. The protective antigen, lethal factor and edema factor. Individually, the proteins are non-toxic, but in combination they can be deadly. The vital protein...

Bruxism linked to anxiety disorder

...as his or her bed partner. The study,was done in three European countries, aimed to collect information on the prevalence of sleep bruxism in the general population, the risk factors associated with the disorder, and its links to other health-related and sleep-related issues. Participants were interviewe...

Creams may not reverse aging

...peed up the aging process. Burke says "There are three antioxidants that have been proven to decrease the effect of the sun on the skin and actually prevent further damage: selenium, vitamin E, and vitamin C." But the problem with applying antioxidants to the skin to fight aging is that they aren't very ...

Beta-Carotene May Aid Diabetics

...iabetics and age-sex-matched control subjects. For three weeks patients received a supplement of dunaliella bardawil-derived beta-carotene 60 mg once daily. The oxidation of low-density lipoprotein was analysed. Researchers also measured LDL lipid composition and the low-density lipoprotein associated vi...

Depression hurts the heart

...nd that people with major depression were at least three times as likelyto die of heart disease as were patients who weren't depressed.Even subjects with mild depression experienced a fatality rate that was 50 percent higher than normal. Brenda isn't sure exactly what the connection is, but since depres...

AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

People with AIDS often take three or more medicines, including a category of drugs called protease inhibitors that are a key ingredient of the pill combinations.// New research raises the possibility that life saving AIDS drugs may also increase the risk of heart trouble, though expe...

Heavy Drinking Raises Risk of Liver Cancer

...0 and 50 grams of alcohol daily, the equivalent of three to four glasses of wine, was associated with a moderate risk. "Drinking up to 30 grams per day is probably not dangerous for the liver of a healthy individual," Donato noted, "and may (even) be beneficial to his or her cardiovascular system." Becau...

Importance of Fatty food In Hypercholestrolemia

... people who ate the high fat meal stiffened within three to six hours, losing 20 percent of their ability to accomodate the blood travelling through them. Though Nestel thinks the effect lasted only a few hours, he believes that regularly eating high-fat meals could lead to permanent changes and raise the ...

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...s.During the acupuncture treatments, which involve three needles placed on the ear and one on the index finger, patients also get sugar-free candy to help stimulate salivation. According to the researchers, "frothy salivation" usually gets started within 15 to 20 minutes....

Parasite infections linked to organ transplants

...m their new organs in the United States.Two of the three women died, but only one recovered after antibiotic treatment.// A second study also released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turned up 26 bacterial infections traced to tissue grafts that had come from cadavers in the United States...

Nausea Linked To Anxiety And Depression

...ose who reported symptoms of nausea were more than three times as likely to also have an anxiety disorder, and nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer from depression...

Chew to improve memory

...g the 25-minute test, the two chewing groups spent three minutes working their real or imaginary gum around...heart rate of the real chewers after the tests was three beats per minute faster than the non-chewers, and 1.5 beats per minute faster than the "sham" chewer...

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