NASA links nanobacteria to kidney stones and other diseases
Nanobacteria (NB), a novel self-replicating, mineralizing agent, has been identified by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists as a potential culprit in kidney stone formation among astronauts. With the potential for future exploratory space missions to the moon and Mars, longer missions, and exposure to the elements of outer space, health is a major concern for astronaut...NASA study finds snow melt causes large ocean plant blooms
A NASA funded study has found a decline in winter and spring snow cover over Southwest Asia and the Himalayan mountain range is creating conditions for more widespread blooms of ocean plants in the Arabian Sea. The decrease in snow cover has led to greater differences in both temperature and pressure systems between the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea. The pressure differences gene...NASA probe could reveal comet life, scientists claim
Cardiff (UK) scientists are playing a major role in a NASA mission, which they believe could reveal living matter in the icy layers beneath the surface of a comet. NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft will make a historic encounter with Comet Tempel-1 on 4th July, when a metre-long projectile will crash into the comet and tunnel through its outer layers, producing a crater and a plume of gas and...NASA satellite data provides rapid analysis of Amazon deforestation
The Amazon, a vast tropical forest stretching across South America, is so large that if you were to take pictures of the region with optical photographs, it would take about ten years to...NASA's AURA satellite peers into Earth's ozone hole
NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years. This yea...Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.
Based on early studies in rats, researchers from the Stroke Lab and Alzheimer's Research Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that “a direct path from the nose to the brain” could breach the blood-brain barrier, which p...Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Directly to Brain
Delivering drugs via nasal spray might overcome a major obstacle to treating brain ailments such as strokes according to researchers.Based on early studies in rats, researchers from the Stroke Lab and Alzheimer's Research Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that “a direct path from the nose to the brain” could breach the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign subst...Nasal Spray Beats Antihistamine
Using a steroid nasal spray to quash allergy symptoms may work better than antihistamine pills. Researchers say that when used on an "as-needed'', rather than daily basis, the nasal spray fluticasone (Flonase) relieves// allergy symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing and congestion more effectively than the antihistamine loratadine (Claritin). Fluticasone is a corticosteroid preparatio...Nasal sprays used for other ailments!
Nasal sprays are being used for safe and effective delivery of drugs for a number of conditions. According to researchers// at the Mayo clinic say that familiarity should be present with the use of nasal sprays to treat allergies such as hay fever. A nasal spray is a good way of delivering a drug, because it gets into the bloodstream fast through mucous membranes in the nasal area. Th...Chronic Sinusitis May Be Related To Nasal Mucus
Researchers of Mayo Clinic have found the cause of chronic sinus infections is the direct// result of the nasal mucus getting infected and not the nasal and sinus tissue. The findings will be published in the August issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers fro the study report that the age old belief that chronic sinus infection strikes the diseased airway tissu...Trial Results with Intranasal Fentanyl Hold Promise for Treatment of Breakthrough Pain in Cancer
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-hyphenate: none">BUDAPEST, Hungary, June, 7, 2007--A pioneering nasal spraycould stop thousands of patients with cancer from sufferingunnecessary pain; it was reported today1 at the 10th Congress ofthe European Association for Palliative Care, Budapest, 7–9June. The study investigated whether this first in class novelformulation c...Roxro Pharma’s Novel Intranasal Pain Reliever Effective, Well Tolerated in Phase 3 Study
Patients Using ROX-888 Required Significantly Less Morphine AfterMajor Abdominal Surgery Company On Track To File NDA In 2008 MENLO PARK, CA (June 6, 2007) – ROXROPHARMA Inc. said today that ROX-888, its novel intranasalanalgesic, rapidly and effectively eased pain and was welltolerated by patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery ina Phase 3 clinical study....Javelin Pharmaceuticals Phase II Rylomine (Intranasal Morphine) Data Published in Pain Medicine
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - JavelinPharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: JAV), a leading developer of novelproducts for pain control, today announced that its Phase 2multi-dose study of Rylomine was published in Pain Medicine, theofficial journal of The American Academy of Pain Medicine. Thearticle, entitled, "Analgesic Efficacy and Safety ofMorphine-Chitosan Nasal Solution in P...