Prescription Drug Patches Gaining Ground, Tackling New Therapies
Created as an alternate route of drug administration to improve patient compliance and reduce drug side effects, prescription skin patches are rapidly becoming an important healthcare product category. While quietly gaining market share for the treatment of chronic conditions such as angina, hypertension and HRT, the technology is set to make further inroads as transdermal patches for a host of n...Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease
It's hard to improve on milk, but animal scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that milk produced by transgenic goats, which carry the gene for an antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk, altered the intestinal bacteria in young goats and pigs that were fed the milk. The researchers hope these findings will one day lead to milk that protects infants and chi...Gene discovery opens door to tackling disease
Western Australian researchers have discovered a new gene that could lead to breakthroughs in breast and prostate cancer, as well as diabetes. The gene, called SLIRP, was discovered by a team at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research's (WAIMR) Laboratory for Cancer Medicine, led by Professor Peter Leedman, in collaboration with Professor Bert O'Malley's team at Baylor Colleg...Tackling Prostate Cancer With A New Dietary Supplement
Prostate cancer is one of the biggest cancer killers in industrial countries and affects //more than 500,000 men worldwide every year. This number is expected to increase with the ageing population, prompting increasing focus on prevention. Researchers now say that a daily supplement containing plant oestrogens and antioxidants like selenium and carotenoids may slow the rise in PSA levels, a mark...Ways Of Tackling Antibiotic Resistance
A recent broadcast by BBC , looked into antibiotic resistance in the food chain. The report was based on the findings of the agencies laboratory which carried out the testing for levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria found in chicken. // Using these results the programme asserted various links between the use of antibiotics in farming, levels of resistant bacteria found in the chic...Tackling of Cannabis Addiction
Health Department of New South Wales has conducted a study which revealed that cannabis addiction can have a serious impact on the user's physical health// . It is one of the most dangerous types of mental health conditions. Cannabis abuse can lead to cardiovascular, respiratory and immune system problems. It can decrease short-term memory and also slow brain development at a...Heart Disease Can Be Avoided By Tackling The Cholesterol Early
People need to tackle cholesterol early to lower the risks of a heart attack, according to US scientists who say the foundations// for heart disease are laid down early in life. Helen Hobbs at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and her colleagues examined nearly 13,000 people enrolled in a comprehensive study of heart disease in Mississippi, Minnesota, North...