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Hike in drug licence fee could hit several SSI units in TN

...teep hike in the licensing fees has come at a time when the industry in the state is reeling under tight market conditions with many companies on the brink of closure. // The drug manufacturing licence fee in the state has been raised from Rs. 1500 to Rs. 5000 per product. The new rate for product insp...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...sful, maintenance of weight loss occurs most often when people follow a nutritionally sound diet and incre...ted with low blood levels of insulin and resulting when the body is deprived of dietary carbohydrates. Sustained ketosis also causes a loss of appetite, whi...

No vaccination - diabetes link

...ion but a fresh look had not been taken since 1990 when some newer vaccines came into use. The cause of juvenile diabetes is not known but genetic and environmental factors are believed to be involved....

Cut down on fries

...ear. Drinking lots of tea or coffee - particularly when piping hot - also seems to increase risk, perhaps because of the burning effect of the liquid as it passes down the food pipe.// Concentrating on the most common form of oesophageal cancer, called squamous cell carcinoma, the researchers questioned...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...low previous studies showing zinc can boost growth when given// to breast-fed infants, and can help make babies bigger and healthier if taken by pregnant women. Zinc deficiencies can impair the body's ability to fight disease, and previous research has also shown that preschoolers given zinc supplements h...

Early delivery can prevent cancer

...cientists have found out why women who have a baby when they are relatively young have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. They have identified a substance produced naturally in the body that protects against the disease. Hormones released during pregnancy trigger the changes in the breast tissue of...

Lecithin lowers cholesterol absorption in body

...en though a good amount of cholesterol is consumed when an egg is eaten, much of it becomes “Unavailable for absorption” in the presence of the phospholipid, Koo said.“This may be a reason why many studies found no association between egg intake and cholesterol,” he said. The phospholipid or lecithin, fou...

IVF technique May Increase The Risk Of Birth Defects

... more serious genetic faults that can be passed on when spermatozoa are injected directly into the egg. // Dr Andre Van Steirteghem of the Free University in Brussels, who originally developed ICSI, has recently found that in ICSI pregnancies there are three times as many sex chromosome abnormalities, i...

Alcohol within the body

...to the other. "This means there are static periods when ethanol alcohol is overproduced." The research is published in the journal Gastroenterology....

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

... with heart disease. Ischemic strokes, which occur when a clot or narrowed artery cuts off the brain's blood supply, account for about 80% of all strokes. The other 20% are due to broken blood vessels in the brain. People can lower their triglyceride level by making lifestyle changes such as eating a lo...

Garlic Supplements Impede HIV Therapy

...d garlic supplements can cause harmful side effect when combined with a type of medication used to treat AIDS. Garlic supplements reduced// blood levels of the saquinavir, one of a class of drugs called protease inhibitors that are effective at slowing the progression of HIV infection. In the presence of...

Alcoholism Drug Fails To Prevent Drinking Relapses

...the work that led to its FDA approval, showed that when combined with counseling naltrexone could help control alcoholism by reducing drinking days and increasing days without liquor. The drug was also shown to suppress cravings and prevent relapses. In fact, the latest study was intended to learn not whe...

Strokes increased during squatting

...in London showed how doctors started investigating when they realised they were seeing more stroke patient...veryone should change to using different positions when they go to the toilet. But they do suggest those with high blood pressure avoid squatting; and that ...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...f blood testing and insulin injections. It happens when cells in the body normally responsible for dealing... concentrations in diabetic mice fell dramatically when given MHCP. Clinical trials of this chemical are due to begin within a year, said lead scientist Ric...

Bar Codes For Prescribed Drugs

...tate matching, but would aid in recalling products when necessary. The Department of Veterans Affairs health system has already moved to purchase bar code scanning systems, but is being hampered because most products still lack the codes. Such a proposal could be technically challenging, but potentially t...

Salt reduction lowers blood pressure

...niversity suggest that DASH is especially powerful when combined with salt reduction. A group of 300 participants, with a range of blood pressures, took part in a trial where they received either the DASH diet or the regular American diet in conjunction with varying salt levels. Low salt and DASH produced...

Ibuprofen weakens aspirin's effect

...or people who take both medicines. In the study, when patients took a single dose of ibuprofen beforehand, aspirin lost 98 percent of its blood-thinning power. When aspirin was taken first, three daily doses of ibuprofen weakened aspirin of 90 percent of its benefit. The researchers believe that ibuprof...

Red Wine Helps Fight Heart disease

...hite wine or rose, and they seem to be less potent when they are present in grape juice. In the study, the cow cells were exposed to extracts from 23 red wines, four white wines, one rose and one type of red grape juice. Researchers found the decrease in endothelin-1 levels was related to the amount of ...

High Demand for a child vaccine

...lay the booster shot that children usually receive when they are a year old. Henceforth if we immunize your baby at 2, 4, and 6 months, that immunity will last certainly past a year. If we don't give the 12-month dose until 18 months or 24 months, the children are still well protected....

Risk Of Developing Arthritis

...veloping osteoarthritis, particularly in the knee, when they get older. The Arthritis Research Campaign says that sports injuries can lead unnecessarily to osteoarthritis, but a few simple measures could significantly reduce the risk of permanent damage. Chief executive of the organisation Fergus Logan ...

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