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Lose Weight With New Wonder Slimming FDA approved Prescription Drug

There is a new wonder slimming FDA approved drug which can actually works. Not only that - it even lets you eat normally, all while you are slimming. This wonder slimming drug is XENICAL. Xenical allows about 30% of the fat eaten in a meal // to pass through the gut undigested. Your body cannot convert these excess calories to fatty tissue or use them as a source of energy. This will...

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

Prozac and drugs like it could be making healthy people with no history of mental illness feel suicidal. Prozac is prescribed to more than 38 million people world-wide, and has been one of the pharmaceutical industries biggest success stories of recent years. Prozac and Lustral belong to a group of drugs known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors). This class of drugs of whic...

Butterbur does wonders

A team of Swiss researchers found that butterbur extract is an effective antihistamine without any side effects. Mr John de Carpentier said,presumably it contains an active biochemical agent,// otherwise it would not work - and therefore it is possible that this might react with other medications. It was used in treating hayfever The researchers gave 154 hayfever patients either butte...

Have You Ever Wondered How We Perceive Different Sounds?

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the genetic pathway involved in the development of hearing. Research has been focused on how sensory hair cells in the ear –– the cells largely responsible for hearing // –– develop unique shapes that enable the perception of sound. Situated in the hearing portion of the inner ear, the hair cells transform the mechanical vibrations that e...

Soy Not Such A Wonder For Health?

Latest research findings challenge the efficacy of soya in maintaining health. Although daily consumption of soy protein found in tofu and other soybean products may result in a small reduction in LDL. //In addition, isoflavones found in soy may reduce the frequency of hot flashes in post-menopausal women. However, the available studies on the health impacts of soy were limited in number...

Have You Ever Wondered Why Male And Female Voices Differ?

Certain things in life are just taken for granted. But it turns out to be highly fascinating or surprising when explanations to such things are projected. One such explanation is regarding the difference between a male and female voice.// An analysis of the brain scans of 12 male subjects and a parallel evaluation of male and female voices found startling differences in the way the brain...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

After receiving glowing tributes for its miraculous properties, Herceptin, the breast cancer wonder drug came down to earth as the most respected British medical journal questioned its effectiveness//. "The available evidence is insufficient to make reliable judgments. It is profoundly misleading to suggest, even rhetorically, that the published data may be indicative of a cure for br...

Wonder drug Dasatinib gives hopes to leukemia patients

The company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co at Boston told the press that the drug Dasatinib has led to reduction in the number of patients with Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).// This drug is very effective in the decreasing the leukemia cells from the bone marrow than the previously used drug Gleevec. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is usually presented in three different stages –...

Meat firm 'won't go down without a fight'

The family-owned Small goods company at the centre of a deadly listeria outbreak in Adelaide, Australia, is selling stock to stay afloat and is poised to divest // its real estate holdings. Conroy's Small goods joint managing director Pat Conroy said the company had lost about $10,000 a day since its forced shutdown in mid-December, with total losses expected to reach $2million. <b...

Femara: The Wonder Drug to Prevent Relapse of Breast Cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved the drug Femara (letrozole) as drug for the treatment of patients suffering from breast cancer among post menopausal women//. Various studies have been done before the approval of the drug. The result of these studies was published in the December 29 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. It said that the Novartis dr...

Braces Work Wonders In Setting Crooked Teeth Right

An article in the January 2006 issue of AGD Impact, the newsmagazine of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), says that braces are the best way to correct crooked teeth. Orthodontics, the branch of dentistry,// which deals with crooked teeth is a great help in improving the "stability, function, and health of an individual’s teeth." “Orthodontics can make people feel better about them...

Daughter Turns Saviour: Ailing Mother Provided Wonder Drug Herceptin, To Fight Cancer

A woman with breast cancer found a savior in her daughter, who helped raise the life-saving sum of ￡47,000, so that the drug//, Herceptin could be made available for her to fight debilitating breast cancer. Shropshire Primary Care Trust had refused the cancer drug to Mrs. Morgan, of Whitchurch. Katie Morgan, her daughter and all of ten, wrote to Shropshire MP Owen Paterson, and expres...

Cancer wonder drug will not be a slip between the cup and the lip!

Therapeutic goods administration has approved the miracle drug-Herceptin after declaring it safe and effective for the treatment of early stage HER-2 Breast cancer. // The approval binds Roche, the drug manufacturer to ensure that sufficient warnings are available on the packaging along with timely updates regarding its performance. The drug is on its last lap of government approval a...

Save Budhia - The Indian Wonder Kid

Budhia Singh, the four and half year old kid from Orissa is winning many hearts and seems to be the darling child of the country//. The media is raving about his incredible stamina and predicting him to be a future sports star of India. Two days back Budhia ran a distance of 65 km, starting from the lion gate of the Jagannath temple in Puri to Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, in 7 hr...

‘Gourmand World Cookbook Award' won by British India

'Great Indian Feasts', the latest cookbook by Britain-based celebrity chef Mridula Baljekar, has won the 'Gourmand World Cookbook Award' in the 'Best Asian Cuisine Cookbook' category//. Baljekar, who runs the popular Spice Route restaurant in Windsor, near here, received the award at a star-studded ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, which was attended, among others, by the Malaysian royalty. <...

Wonder Drug For Weight Loss Launched In UK

An innovative new drug, which would help people lose weight, will be launched in the UK.This new wonder drug Acomplia is a new weight loss preparation that controls //the desire to over-eat and it has been reported that the British patients will be the first ones worldwide to have access to the medication. It has been explained that this drug acts by causing weight loss by blocking the...

Britain Gets Wonder Drug That Busts Fats

A new drug that busts fats as well as tackle health problems like diabetes and smoking has been introduced in Britain//. The drug has been estimated to reduce bodyweight by up to 10 per cent. The drug Rimonabant, also called as Acomplia, has been said to be the first drug that targets the natural body system which governs several factors controlling weight, appetite, metabolism and en...

New Cervical Cancer Vaccine Won’t Replace Pap Test

Over the past 30 years, the number of cervical cancer deaths in the United States has dropped by half to 4,000 deaths a year. The main reason for the decrease is the Pap// test, which screens for the disease. Now cervical cancer prevention has entered a new era, with the FDA’s recent approval of a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV). Scientists believe certain strains of this virus...

New wonder drug could treat blindness

Swiss drug maker Novartis has developed a drug that could treat blindness by combating the wet form of a condition called age-related// macular degeneration (AMD). AMD usually affects people above 60 years of age and the wet form progresses quickly and can cause blindness. The drug called Lucentis was tried on 716 patients in the US who received monthly injections of the drug...

Botox for That Pelvic Pain Which won't go Away

Many women suffer from chronic pelvic floor spasm and pain, which may now be relieved by Botox injections, a group of Australian researchers report.// The usual symptoms of this condition are heaviness, frequency or urgency in urination, painful intercourse and pelvic pain. Dr. Jason A. Abbott of the Royal Hospital For Women, Randwick conducted a 2 year study along with his team to stu...

A Wonder Drug From Milk Thistle

Milk thistle is a flowering herb and is known for its complementary therapy. Silymarin, is a mixture made of the herb's active components. //It is believed to contain a number of active constituents called flavolignans, which protect the liver against poisoning. Hence,its wide use in the treatment of liver conditions like Cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis,and also the gallbladder. <...

Straightening the Teeth Won't Guarantee Happiness

Straighter teeth in children may improve their smile but there is no guarantee of happiness and improved self-esteem – says a new study//. The study results were published in the British Journal of Health Psychology. Scientists in Britain in their 20-year long study looked at the impact of braces on more than 300 children in Wales showed that straightening their teeth had little posi...

Large Fluid Intake Won’t Help to Keep Cool for Marathon Runner

Gulping down several litres of water to keep oneself cool may not be a best option, as large fluid intake won’t make much difference, warns scientists for marathon runners//. With today's temperatures expected to reach 19 degrees, the average runner will potentially lose almost a litre of sweat every hour and reach a body temperature of over 39 degrees, two degrees above normal. The spo...

Adding Milk to Black Tea Wont Ruin Its Antioxidant Effects

A new study has found that adding a spot of milk to the black tea will not spoil the antioxidants effects of polyphenols present in it. Earlier studies have suggested that milk can ruin the beneficial properties polyphenols, found in black tea. However a team of researchers led by Janet Kyle at the University of Aberdeen, UK, carried out a study that debunks the earl...

Mandy Moore Won't Mind Slimming Down for a Film

Singer/actress Mandy Moore admits that she doesn't mind when she is asked to shed few kilos for a flick . The 23-year-old insisted that its part of her job and there is nothing to get offended by it, for it is not a 'personal thing'. "It's not a personal thing, it's something that I have to do for my job: shape up a little bit," US Weekly quoted Moore, as saying. <...

More Than Humour or Great Look It is the Kissing Skills That Work Wonders!

Most Brits dont believe that a good sense of humour or great look is whats really needed to make a relationship work, but their partners kissing skills . A poll by online dating agency Match.com reveals that one in three Brits have dumped a lover because they were a miserable kisser. Eight out of the ten people who answered the questionnaire given by the website said th...

Wonder Cow Produces Milk Despite Being a Virgin!

Believe it or not, Kapila, an impregnated cow of Sarnagat in Dabra Tehsil of Gwalior District has been lactating since the age of two without ever getting crossed with a stud bull or an artificial insemination. Its been ten years now. According to the cows owner Sardar Ajit Singh, Kapila started giving milk when it was barely two-years-old and that too without ever getting pregnant...

Taj Mahal, Symbol of Love - New Seven Wonders of the World

The Taj Mahal, a marvel in marble, and a symbol of love continues to enjoy its positions one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. The tomb of Mumtaj has charmed many throughout the last four centuries and is a world heritage UNESCO site. The new list of seven wonders function was celebrated on 7.7.07 at Lisbon. The announcement was made at a star-studded ceremony i...