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Diabetic testing gets easier

Of all the problems associated with diabetes, the most painful and bothering one is the trauma of going through the daily blood tests. The worst part according to many diabetics is the finger stick. There are unfortunate patients who use the stick up to six times a day for more than ten to twenty years or so. The main obstacle of these tests is the pain and discomfort associated with them...

Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of ‘Huntingtons’ Disase

Huntingtons disease is an inherited disease of the nervous system due to the progressive gradual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which i...

Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of Huntingtins’ Disese

Huntingtons disease is an inherited disease of the nervous system due to the progressive gradual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which i...

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

Drug abuse,has been at its best of raise over the past decade or two and with the increased incidence of consumption of drugs in teens.Researchers at a conference sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse said that the drug known as ecstasy has a negative impact on blood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTASY is the name in vogue for the c...

Foot and mouth disease sets foot in China

After the much talked about bird flu in Asia there comes news from China about the foot and mouth disease. The Ministry of Agriculture of China has given the info that an outbreak of Asia// Type One foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in Changqing District of Jinan City, capital of east China's Shandong Province, has occurred. The incidence was reported when some cattle on the farm began...

High Protein Sans Low Carb Diets Not Advisable For Pregnant Women

Pregnant women, whose protein intake is high, including meat, leaving behind the low carbohydrate diets are more prone to develop stress, according to a study.// Researchers led by Rebecca Reynolds at the Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton studied a group of 86 children born in 1967-8 to mothers who were told to eat a pound of red meat a day to avoid pregnancy complications. <...

Ranbaxy gets US FDA approval for Lisinopril

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc (RPI) has received a tentative approval from the US FDA for Lisinopril tablets. Lisinopril is recommended for hypertension, either alone for initial therapy or with other classes of anti-hypertenive agents. It is also used as adjunctive therapy in the management of heart failure and patients who do not respond to diuretics. // However it expects to launch...

Woman gets cancer from transplanted kidney

For a person with failing kidneys, receiving a transplanted kidney can be a lifesaver. But in rare cases, the transplanted organ may pass on cancer to the recipient. Wisconsin researchers report that a transplant recipient whose donor had previously had lung cancer developed cancer herself several years after her transplant. // The woman has made a full recovery, but her case unders...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

High protein diets have no proven effectiveness in long-term weight reduction and post potential health threats for those who adhere to them for more than a short time, accordinhg to an advisory from the American Heart Associantion’s Nutrition Committee in Circulation published in: Journal of the American Heart Association. Some of the diets increase fat intake and reduce nutritionally...

Scios Inc. targets drug giants in arthritis war

Scios Inc. , a small California biotechnology company, is racing giant rivals to bring a pill to market that would displace injectable anti-inflammatory drugs and set a new standard in arthritis treatment. Scios' ambitions are much larger than its market capitalization of a little more than $1 billion. That's because the first company to commercialize an oral version of today's dominant i...

Gleevec gets hopeful results

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug, Gleevec, for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia, a form of cancer that affects about 4,500 people in the USA each year. A study supports Gleevec's image as a potential cure for this kind of cancer, which, although cases are rare, can be deadly. // A new study adds to the evidence suggesting that a heavily publicized drug tr...

Plavix Gets FDA Okay for New Indication

The antiplatelet medication Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) received US Food and Drug Administration approval for use in acute coronary syndrome. People with acute coronary syndrome are at high risk for heart attack, typically because they have unstable angina, or heart disease-related chest pain. About 1.1 to 1.4 million Americans experience acute coronary syndrome each year.// Plavix...

Lung cancer gets better with new radiotherapy rule

Lung cancer can be effectively controlled with a higher dose of radiotherapy, with weekends off to recover. Standard treatment for lung cancer involves a daily dose of radiotherapy five days a week, for six weeks.// But better results have been found from a more intensive programme known as CHART which uses three doses a day for 12 days. Now researchers at the Mount Vernon Hospital, Midd...

Pain relieved by ionized bracelets

Ionized bracelets appear to be no better than a placebo when it comes to the relief of aches and pains. According to a new study by doctors at the Mayo Clinic, the majority of people with muscle or joint pain are hopeful that the problem could be relieved// by ionized bracelets. So the researchers divided the participants into two groups - one of which was given an ionized bracelet, while...

Skin cancer's secrets unveiled

Research conducted at Melbourne on skin cancer could save thousands of lives. Doctors found that nodular melanomas accounted for less than 15 per cent of melanoma cancers but caused up to 70 per cent of the deadliest type, called deep melanomas. The research shows the pimple-like melanoma is the most dangerous. However these are often missed at the start. A severe sunburn can cause a nodu...

Tech Wizards turn to build Anti-SARS gadgets.

As economys plummets, and the world's economic marketstruggles to survive. Some of Beijings greatest mindsof the Chinese technology sector have created a newtrend in products. The new set of devices, christenedas Anti-SARS devices and gadgets. The gadgets are aweapon to fight the epidemic that is crippliong ourworld. Many such creation were unveiled at the Beijingtrade fair recently...

Downside of Diets in Children

A new study finds dieting is not the answer when it comes to children losing weight. The study finds dieting is not only ineffective at weight loss but may actually promote weight gain.// Obesity is a serious public health problem for both children and adults in the United States. During the past two decades, the prevalence of overweight adolescents in the United States has increased b...

Prevention of Rickets

For years, doctors thought of rickets as a disease of the past. New research shows it should still be considered a problem and prevention should start before birth and researchers suggest pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplementation.// Rickets is a childhood disorder involving softening and weakening of the bones, primarily caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate....

Some pets found to be SARS carriers

The origin of the virus that killed 774 people remains unknown. Scientists believe people may have gotten the virus from animals that were infected by another source.// "You might want to quarantine the pets as well as the people," suggested Dr. Robert Shope, an expert on emerging diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. "If it's been shown that the virus can tra...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

Researchers take a step forward in their search for a cure for diabetes. A new study done in mice shows cells from the spleen appear to develop into insulin //producing pancreatic islet cells. This could lead to a broad application for patients with diabetes.The latest research is a follow up to the 2001 report of a treatment that cures advanced type 1 diabetes in mice. The new research f...

Stroke Patients May Benefit By Wearing Cooling Helmets

Strokes can be caused by blood clots in blood vessels of the brain. At a recent meeting of 29th International Stroke Conference of the American Heart Association’s two studies were presented using //Cooling Helmets in patients who had developed stroke. Interestingly both study show that cooling of the brain reduces the damage caused by stroke. Vinay Nadkarni, M.D., from the American...

Helmets Effective In Protecting Your Head

According to findings from a recent study neurosurgeons say they are now convinced that helmets reduce rather than cause injuries.// Studies in the past have suggested wearing helmets during a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle accident may actually increase the risk of skull base and cervical-spine (or neck) injuries secondary to the swelling of the head. These findings prompted researc...

Helmets Effective In Protecting Your Head

According to findings from a recent study neurosurgeons say they are now convinced that helmets reduce rather than cause injuries.// Studies in the past have suggested wearing helmets during a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle accident may actually increase the risk of skull base and cervical-spine (or neck) injuries secondary to the swelling of the head. These findings prompted researc...

Solutions Being Sought For Prevention Of Rickets

For years, doctors thought of rickets as a disease of the past. New research shows it should still be considered a problem and prevention should // start before birth and researchers suggest pregnant women should be given vitamin D supplementation. Rickets is a childhood disorder involving softening and weakening of the bones, primarily caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate...

Swallowing Magnets Found To Be Dangerous for Kids

Swallowing foreign objects is a common occurrence among children between 6 months and 3 years old. About 80 percent of objects // that reach the stomach will pass through the gastrointestinal tract on their own. However, up to 20 percent will need to be surgically removed. Children who swallow more than one magnet need immediate medical attention. Researchers say if magnets are allowed t...

Fortified iron in diets may increase the risk of cancer

To avoid iron deficiency in people, lot of dietary ingredients these days contain fortified iron in the ingredient. // A new study done by researchers of Medical University of South Carolina, US, had found that in a state of transferrin saturation of 60% or more, intake of food fortified with iron might increase the risk of cancer in people. Transferrin saturation or iron overload is...

Scientists reveal the secrets of sarcasm

In a research findings reported in the journal Neuropsychology// researchers have explained how the brain works at being able to understand sarcasm. The study made by scientists from Israel, had experimented with the ability to understand sarcasm by giving their study participants stories dealing with sarcasm and normal dialogues. The study participation consisted of 25 participants wi...

New dosage of medicine gets more results in neuroblastoma

In the second phase of study that is trying new approaches to the neuroblastoma patients, researchers// say that improved dosage of the drug topotecancan be more effective in children than the common procedure. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, US, feel that the cancer drug topotecancan must be fine tuned to suit each child patient of neuroblastoma as not all doses a...

Lamivudine Manufactured By Ranbaxy gets the nod from the US FDA

Ranbaxy Laboratories (RL) has received its first tentative approval from the US Food and drug administration ( FDA ) to manufacture // and market lamivudine tablets that can be used in combination with other anti - retroviral agents (ARVs) to treat patients with HIV infection. The approval has come after a number of quality checks and inspections by some of the most stringent agencies...

Research identifies trigger that sets of Huntingtons disease

Researchers have discovered the key molecule that gets over activated by the protein of the Huntingtons disease// and sets way for the condition to be expressed. Huntingtons disease is a genetic disorder that slowly destroys the ability of the person to think or move by himself. Early symptoms of the disease may be depression, mood swings, forgetfulness, and inability to concentrate or r...

Clarithromycin tablets to be launched in India soon

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has recently launched its approved generic formulation of clarithromycin// immediate release tablets in the US, according to a press release. Ranbaxy has been given the green signal to manufacture and market Clarithromycin tablets—250 mg and 500 mg under the Ranbaxy label. Clarithromycin tablets are indicated for the treatment of mild to moderate infections ca...

Scientist discover secrets of ageing

Scientists have found that a cluster of genetic mutations accelerate the series of cell// deaths that lead to ageing. According to the researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, growing old happens when the genetic mutations in the DNA of the mitochondria triggers cell deaths that may lead to hearing loss, loss of vision, hair fall, weight loss, weakening of the bone structu...

Knowledge Of Infertility Gets New Inputs

Women who may lack a gene called estrogen receptor beta and not react to medications that can cure infertility.// In a research funded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences reported that the gene called estrogen receptor beta plays an important role in moving the egg outside the ovary to be fertilized. If women are lacking in this particular gene, which is found otherw...

Intense Fight Against Polio In India Gets Results

Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of India, registers its win against polio as the number of cases //reported this year is only 12 as against the 1242 reported in the year 2002. UNICEF, and an army of health workers from the government, and voluntary organizations of the country are leading the war against polio in India. Of the 1918 cases of polio detected worldwide in 2002, around 1...

Schizophrenia Gets A New Diagnostic Tool

Researchers from University of New South Wales may be one of the first scientists to develop a tool for diagnosing schizophrenia and bipolar disease. Currently there is no single test that could exactly identify the disease.// The researchers who had their paper published in the latest issue of the journal Psychiatry Research said that this may make the diagnosis of these disease muc...

Platelets May Be The Source Of Gene Regulations

Researchers from University of Utah School of Medicine had reported that a key process in gene regulation could occur in human platelets. These are unique cells that are unusual because they don’t have a nucleus // (anucleate). Scientists long have thought the transformation of pre-mRNA into mature mRNA—called splicing—happens only in a cell’s nucleus. But using stem cells from human...

Record Growth Of Soya-Based Dairy Alternatives Over The Past Year In European Markets

A recent survey by Prosoy shows that Soy milks, yoghurts and desserts grew by 22 per cent in 2004 and that people have become even more health-conscious and more aware of food intolerance and allergies. // Researchers say that based on the current trend, sales are further expected to grow in the next three years. The study coordinators stated that they have tracked well over 130 new pr...

PUFA Good For Heart: Gets The Scientific Seal

It is now official through the scientific circles that soft trans fat-free margarines in terms of foods can help reduce the risk of heart disease. The study is one of the many aimed at the problem // . The researchers found that reduced risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) was more closely associated with an increased consumption of polyunsaturated fats (e.g., soft, trans fat-free marga...

Medical Gadgets To Monitor Drug Delivery

Innovative technology such as electronic wristbands is developed to deliver better systems that provides patient safety and reduces Human errors. Wristbands are developed which provides information about the patient’s history and // treatment requirements are being used in hospitals now to prescribe, dispense and administer the correct dosage of drug. The wrist bands contain electroni...

Magnets May Not Relieve Pain

Current study has shown that use of magnetic insoles in shoes do not relieve the foot pain. Reporting in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the researchers from Mayo Clinic felt that static magnets may not be // effective in relieving pains. Searchers for the study had said adults with foot pain are likely to initiate self-treatment with magnets based on personal recommend...