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El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

About 11 months after the start of an El Ni?o event in the equatorial Pacific, hospitals thousands of miles away in Bangladesh can expect a surge of cholera cases, according to the first mathematical model to link climatic cycles with subsequent cholera outbreaks. Details of the climate-disease model are reported in the latest issue of the journal Science by ecologists at C...

Novel "CYCLOSPORINE CAPSULE FORMULATION" to be launched

Cyclosporine has revolutionised the transplantation scene in the last 20 years by helping with immunosuppresion. Novartis have so far had the patent for the drug and enjoyed the profits. The cost of the medicine is prohibitively expensive.However in the past few years other pharma companies have been allowed to manufacture the drug giving Novartis a competetion. The current tablet size ar...

Anthrax drug doxycycline could stunt fetal growth

The government warned doctors that doxycycline -- an antibiotic being prescribed to people who may have been exposed to anthrax -- can stunt fetal growth when taken by pregnant women. Instead, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged doctors to prescribe Cipro to pregnant women. The recommendation comes as health officials worry that Cipro is being overprescribed in the genera...

Cyclosporin A Treats Leukemia Complications

Some leukemia patients with common complications of their disease may have a new way to overcome them. New research finds that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients with anemia or thrombocytopenia can be treated effectively with the drug, cyclosporin A. Anemia is a decrease in red cells in the blood and thrombocytopenia is when the number of platelets in reduced. The latter is the m...

Sex life enhanced by cycling

According to a new study, cycling has shown a beneficial effect in treating sexual dysfunction among men with chronic heart failure, Heart failure may produce sexual dysfunction in men because blood flow is restricted, in other words they may find it hard to get an erection. The problem is that many of these men cannot take the anti-impotence drug sildenafil because it interacts with medi...

Regular exercise linked to extended menstrual cycles

According to a new study, moderate exercise may extend the time a woman has between her menstrual periods. The research supports one theory on why regular physical activity has been linked to a lower breast cancer risk. //Some evidence suggests that hormonal changes brought on by exercise may help lower the chances of breast cancer developing. However, the authors of the new study poin...

Massage therapy regulates sleep cycle of newborns

A new study involving twenty mothers and their full-term infants, revealed that massage therapy helps newborns develop a more regular sleep cycle. Dr. Sari Goldstein from Tel Aviv University says that massage therapy by mothers in the perinatal // period helps infants coordinate their circadian systems with environmental cues. Circadian rhythm is a biological clock that helps humans an...

Sleep cycles may be related to metabolism

US scientists have found out that mice with a mutation of a gene that controls the circadian clock tend to eat more and gain weight.// The circadian clock is a cellular mechanism that sets various rhythmic activities inside the organisms. It is this clock that sets the rhythm of sleep and wake patterns in all animals. In earlier studies, scientists had been able to find ou...

Asthma and Panic- a vicious cycle

A 20-year prospective study published in Amercian Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine// has explored the relation between asthma and panic attack in young adults. Around 590 young adults were followed between ages 19 and 40 and information was obtained using semistructured diagnostic interviews. These interview scheduldes were conducted by trained professionals. At each inte...

High-Dosage of Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide may cause AML

Adjuvant chemotherapy with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide for early breast cancer// patients increased the risk of Acute myeloid leukemia or Myelodysplastic syndrome. Recent study published in Journal of clinical oncology reports that early breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy with higher than standard cumulative doses of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide have an increased ris...

Metabolism cycle of Kala-Azar parasite revealed

Researchers have found that Leishmania parasite utilizes mannose for their metabolism// and growth different from human metabolism which requires glucose. Associate Professor Malcolm McConville and his research team from Bio21 Institute at the University of Melbourne have found a break thorough to control the spread of the parasite Leishmania in the blood. Leishmania is found to utili...

Watch Out! Pollution hazard from E-waste recycling in India & China

Recycling of e-waste has resulted in the release of toxic chemicals, including heavy metals, in the surrounding areas of recycling yards yielding reason for concern in India and China. // What is all the more alarming is that toxic chemicals are released during each stage of the recycling process into the workplace and in many cases into the surrounding environment. Concentrat...

Will bicycling affect your sexual health?

A limited number of studies have been conducted to explore the relationship between bicycle riding and sexual health. Previous research findings emphasized whether or not a causal relationship existed between bicycle riding on a saddle (cause) and erectile dysfunction (disease). // However, it is now necessary to shift the focus on intervention according to Dr. Schrader, an expert in the...

Tigecycline – New Generation Tetracycline With Broad Spectrum Antibacterial Activit

Richard Wenzel and his colleagues from United Kingdom have found a new antibiotic tigecycline which belongs to the family of new generation of Tetracycline known as Glycycline. // Due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics there is an increased incidence of antibiotic resistance shown by many organisms. Staphylococcus aureus is a gram positive bacteria, which is a major cause of concern...

MRI Shows Emotional Changes During Menstrual Cycle

Brain scans have recently revealed that mental processes can change across the menstrual cycle. // The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has been implicated in the representation of emotional stimuli, assignment of emotional valence/salience to stimuli, stimulus-reinforcement association learning, motivation, and socio-emotional control. In the study, which appears in the online early...

TI Cycles Introduces Foldman

A folding bike has been introduced by TI Cycles India to make cycling more popular and encourage it as a healthy exercise. This bike can be split into two, and re-fixed after being transported to some other place.// Assembling the cycle can be done in a matter of minutes. Two BSA models of the folding cycle have been introduced by the Chennai based organization. Claimed to be the firs...

Motorcycles Cause Greater Pollution

Passenger cars cause less pollution than motorcycles, according to the results of a recent study. The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research’s Martin Weilenmann and Ana-Marija Vasic conducted // the study which revealed that the hydrocarbons emission of motorcycles 16 times higher than that of cars, and in the case of carbon monoxide, it was found to be three times...

Medications Detected In Recycled Water In Los Angeles

The water officials detected prescription drugs in the filtered and recycled wastewater at Los Angeles aquifer. This has raised doubts about the dangerous effects this water might have in the future. // Though the amounts were minimal drugs such as antibiotics, antipsychotics, birth-control hormones, Viagra and Valium have been detected. The reason that such drugs end up in the wastewater...

Can Enforcing Bicycle Helmet Laws Avoid Head Injuries?

Many doctors believe that enforced bicycle helmet laws improve health, but others who argue the other way set this view aside.// Several studies suggest that cyclists who choose to wear helmets have fewer head injuries than non-wearers. But Dorothy Robinson, Senior Statistician at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, argues that there is no clear evidence that bi...

Cyclone Glenda brings Threat of Fatal Mosquito–borne Diseas

Tropical cyclone Glenda has increased the spread of the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, Murray Valley encephalitis// (MVE), in Western Australian regions, Kimberley and Pilbara. The continuing wet season in Kimberley has spread the virus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE). The cyclone Glenda along with the more recent cyclone Hubert has extended mosquito breeding gro...

Bicycle-Powered Portable Water Filter System For Disaster Zones

Researchers have developed a portable water filtration system, powered by bicycle that can be used in disaster zones//. The Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) institute of environmental science and engineering unveiled the unit, consisting of a bicycle coupled with a mechanical pump and a membrane module to filter the water. Believed to be the world's first, NTU exper...

Inhaled Cyclosporine Results In Rejection Free Survival among Lung Transplant Patients

Patients who undergo lung transplants suffer from rejection of the organ. Hence according to a study researchers have found that inhaled anti-rejection drug, cyclosporine significantly reduces// rejection and results in better lung function. The study results were presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. The findings come from the same study that previously fou...

Ranbaxy Gets USFDA Approval For Doxycycline Tablets

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has received approval from USFDA for manufacturing and marketing Doxycycline Tablets in the US market.// The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it got the approval for marketing the antibiotic in strengths of 50mg, 75mg and 100mg. Doxycycline is indicated for a variety of infections caused by susceptible strains or micro-organisms inclu...

Recycling Boxes Are Too Heavy And Could Cause Injuries

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says that recycling boxes are unreasonably heavy and could injure anyone trying to lift them. In a new report, the HSE// said that any such injuries could trigger potential lawsuits. The containers, which are used by countless households in the country, could become too heavy when filled with a mixture of glass and paper. These boxes also exceed t...

Treating Tetracycline Stains Made More Affordable With New Treatment

People with stains avoid smiling in public to avoid embarrassment. Stains caused by tetracycline can be very unsightly, but treating these stains will soon become more affordable with a new-cost effective treatment. // Many people with stains avoided treatment as the treatment options for treating the stains like veneering, crowns and bonding were too costly and not affordable....

Doxycycline to treat Elephantiasis

Elephantiasis can be treated with a low-priced antibiotic, according to scientists.It causes severe swelling in the limbs or scrotum. // A team of scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine found that doxycycline gave some relief to patients in the advanced stages of the disease. In addition, the antibiotic killed the causative worms. Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) af...

Evolution of Plant Life Cycle

The transition of land plants from water plants and their diversification into the array of vegetation such as simple mosses and liverworts// to towering redwoods has always been an intriguing mystery to scientists. A research team led by University of Michigan evolutionary biologist Yin-Long Qiu has new findings that help resolve long-debated questions about the origin and evolution of...

Cyclists to Ride for a Cause: To Create Awareness on AIDS

More than 2,500 people from six countries and 45 states, ranging in ages from 18 to 78, will participate in this year's AIDS/LifeCycle, a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles , beginning June 3, that raises millions of dollars for AIDS services and heightens HIV/AIDS awareness. Now in its sixth year, the event benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the...

Longer Anthracycline Therapy Reduces Heart Failure in Adult Cancer Patients

Stretching out a dose of chemotherapy over six or more hours may reduce the risk of heart problems caused by certain commonly used cancer drugs, according to a new// review of recent research. Anthracycline drugs like daunorubicin and doxorubicin are used to treat many types of solid tumors and blood cancers such as leukemias in adults and children. Anthracycline therapy...

Competitive women cyclists experience reduced genital sensation

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine and The Albert Einstein //College of Medicine report that women who are into regular bicycling experienced reduced genital sensation and were more likely to complain of pain in the genitals. The researchers undertook a comparative study between 48 women competitive cyclists and...

Having OCP’s All Year Round to Eliminate Menstrual Cycles Not Unsafe: Says Stud

Researchers have shown that oral contraceptives taken on a long term basis to do away with menstrual cycle is safe to use.They claim that it is both safe and effective.The study// was published in the journal” Contraception”.There are low dose OCP’s in the market that help to reduce the number of menstrual periods to four in a year. This study is the first one to contend that it is safe t...

NIMH Studies Woman’s Hormonal Cycl

Fluctuations in sex hormone levels during women’s menstrual cycles affect the responsiveness of their brains’ reward circuitry, an imaging study at the National Institute of// Mental Health (NIMH), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has revealed. While women were winning rewards, their circuitry was more active if they were in a menstrual phase preceding ovulation...

Menstrual Cycle Linked To Bone Injuries

A recent finding reveals that menstrual cycle has an effect on weakening of muscles and ligaments in women’s body. This was disclosed// by osteopath Dr Stephen Sandler. According to Dr. Sandler, the levels of hormones oestrogen and relaxin play a vital role in joint flexibility in women. When the level of oestrogen decreases during the middle of a normal 28 day menstrual cycle, it stren...

Tropical Cyclones Play Important Role in Climate-control

Purdue University researchers have found evidence that tropical cyclones and hurricanes play an important role in the ocean circulation patterns that transport heat and maintain the climate of North America and Europe. According to Matthew Huber, Purdue University professor of earth and atmospheric sciences who led the research group, the findings support a 2001 theory by MIT profe...

Researchers Find Ways to Recycle Old Tyres into New

Tyres are made up vulcanised rubber rubber combined with sulphur to improve its overall strength and durability. But as vulcanised rubber does not melt, it is difficult to reform and reuse old tyres. The only way to deal with them is dump them in a landfill, a process that releases heavy metals and other pollutants and risks starting dirty, long-burning fires. Now, David Isaac and...

Giant Microwave That Recycles Plastic Back into Diesel, Gas

A US company is taking recycling to another level turning back plastics into the oil they were made from, and gas. Global Resource Corporation (GRC) claims the process requires only a finely tuned microwave that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials, and a mix of materials made from oil to reduce the product back to...

LifeCycle Pharma to Initiate Phase II Clinical Trial of LCP-Tacro for Organ Transplantation

LifeCycle Pharma will initiate a Phase II clinical trial of LCP-Tacro for the prevention of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients following the update of its initial Investigational New Drug Application (IND) in the United States (U.S.) LifeCycle Pharma has also reached protocol agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its first Phase II trial in kidney...

LifeCycle Pharma Forms Scientific Advisory Board in Solid Organ Transplantation

LifeCycle Pharma has established a Scientific Advisory Board for its transplantation programs. In addition, LifeCycle Pharma announces the expansion of its United States (U.S.) clinical development department with the addition of Drs. Rob Gordon and Larry Chodoff LifeCycle Pharma A/S OMX:LCP) today announced the formation of an international Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of experts in...

Imphal Hosts Cycle Rally to Spread Drug Abuse Awareness

Hundreds of cyclists and volunteers are participating in a six-day long rally here to create awareness on drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. Adorning characteristic yellow colour T-shirts, participants are cycling down the streets of Imphal to send across the message on dangers of consuming drugs. Over 350 cyclists and 200 volunteers are participating in the rall...

IMA Accuses US Companies for Selling Recycled Prosthesis in India

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has accused US multi-national companies of selling recycled prosthesis in India at cheaper prices . "It is shocking but true that US companies are selling recycled prosthesis in India," IMA president Ajay Kumar said here. Kumar alleged that US companies are selling knee and hip prosthesis at $4,000 each in India but in US it is sold...