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New Drug for Bronchial Asthma

...ody now for bronchial asthma. This is particularly useful in bronchial asthma where an attack can be brought by a number of noxious and non-noxious stimuli. This has also been proven to induce symptomatic relief.How does that apply to the Indian context? Well, first we can try by ridding ourselves of pollut...

Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

...te illness, it is hoped that it will eventually be useful in prevention as well. Time to keep the fingers crosse!...

“Brain fingerprinting”- The new lie detectr

...ase. The new method employs brain waves, which are useful in detecting whether the person subjected to the test, remembers finer details of the crime. Even if the person willingly suppresses the necessary information, the brain wave is sure to trap him, according to the experts, who are very excited about t...

And now live birth on the internet.com?

...ng in a hospital cot. This facility will be very useful if the baby is premature and is in the intensive neonatal unit, where visitors are not allowed. This way the parents can see their loved ones live and still keep the kid within the safe precincts of the intensive care unit. Also the local custom of h...

African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

...lt to latch on to the protease, which is an enzyme useful in the replication of the virus inside the body. If the drug attaches itself to the protease, then it is easier for the drug to deactivate the virus. This is difficult in two African strains called A and C subtypes of HIV, the researchers say. Dr. ...

Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

...mixed with drinks, which scientists claim could be useful in over coming the addiction. Researchers at Duke University have tested and patented this nicotine drink and are now looking for a pharmaceutical company to help conduct larger clinical trials. You can put this stuff in your coffee, your peach Sna...

Virus Combats Brain Tumour

...ble virus to kill the brain tumor cells might be a useful treatment in the future. So the next step in this venture is to uphold trust before injecting into the nonhuman primates such as monkeys to make sure that it is safe before using them in humans. And even though nearly everyone is immune to reovirus,...

Meditation relieves stress

A meditation programme has proved useful in helping people deal with stress. There has been quite a bit of research showing that meditation helps people improve both their physical and mental ill health. Researchers at West Virginia University in the US have been looking at how a medit...

Emotional trigger to smoke

... believe that anger and stress-management would be useful components of smoking cessation programmes....

What we can learn from dogs?

...o uniquely human diseases. Dogs are particularly useful to study because they share our environment, and they have a similar age and body size range to humans (in relative, not absolute, terms). Vets have begun measuring blood pressure more routinely among dogs now (just as your physician should keep your...

Gel prevents pregnancy

...e hopeful that in the long term the gel could be a useful addition to the range of contraception currently on offer.Dr Wiesberg says "Its major advantage is that it gives women another option, and the more sage effective methods, the more likely women are to find a method that suits them at a stage in their...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...ostate specific antigen) test and can be used as a useful diagnostic tool....

Renal problem alleviated

...e studies are needed to determine if this could be useful in humans,” he said. The researchers are hopeful that antioxidants might be used in the future to treat, or even to prevent, cognitive dysfunction. An estimated 100,000 people in the UK suffer from some form of kidney disease, excluding cystitis and...

Detecting brain aneurysms

...urysm was small - five millimetres or less. It's a useful step forwards for those at risk of brain bleeding from malformed blood vessels....

The patient's voice

...nd cervix. The site will also have lots of other useful and up-to-date information, as well as links to other relevant sites, including patient support groups. It's planned to include all the common serious diseases in DIPEx in due course, as well as gathering patients' experiences in other cultures and c...

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

...c effects of the drugs. Therefore, the data may be useful as a reference for future analyses of adverse effects of different treatment regimens. // Dr Jacques Fellay from the University Hospital of Lausanne, and colleagues from the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, identified 1,160 HIV-positive patients receiving a...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...her source - were a suicide risk. This is a very useful study. It identifies the factors that doctors and patients need to concentrate on if they wish to avoid the tragedy of suicide arising out of panic disorder....

Radiotherapy helps in colon cancer

...om cancer. The study suggests that radiotherapy is useful in improving the outcome in colon cancer, and timing is an important factor....

Poisonous Parkinson's molecule discovered

...'s. And blocking its action could turn out to be a useful new form of therapy....

Caffeine keeps soldiers sharp

...enhancing physical endurance and may be especially useful in returning some of the physical endurance lost at high altitude. "We think this is going to be extremely important in this ongoing effort to combat terrorism," Lt. Col. Donald Archibald, deputy director of military operational medicine at Ft. Detri...

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