Over-use of antibiotics in fish-for-food industry encourages bacterial resistance and disease
The heavy use of antibiotics in the rearing of fish could be detrimental to the health of the fish, but also that of animals and humans, a recent report says. This practice encourages bacterial resistance and could lead to the evolution of resistant strains of bacteria in animals and humans as well as the fish themselves. A more judicious approach to the use of prophylactic (preventative) antibio...UCLA AIDS Institute researchers find a peptide that encourages HIV infection
UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have discovered that when a crucial portion of a peptide structure in monkeys that defends against viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders is reversed, the peptide actually encourages infection with HIV. The findings, published in the April issue of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, could pave the way for the use of such peptides in gene therapy usi...Internet Encourages Self-Destructive Behaviour Among Teens
A new study conducted regarding use of the internet by young people has highlighted that spending hours on internet chat rooms can induce self-destructive behaviour.// The findings of the study have several valuable implications on the health of the younger generation, where 75- 90% of teenagers in the US access the World Wide Web to exchange e-mails, instant messages, visit chat rooms an...Department of Health Encourages Women To Deliver Babies At Home
The UK Department of Health will encourage women to give birth to their babies at home if they feel comfortable with that option. //It said that it wanted to dispel myths that a hospital was the best place to bring a baby into the world. Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has already taken the first step by asking for a commission to probe how births can be made comfortable at home. 'We...UN Communiqué encourages programs to cut down HIV/AIDS infection rate
To control the dangerous rise in HIV/AIDS, owing to the indiscriminate use of injection drugs, The United Nations/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation// communiqué has put forward a recommendation to encourage programs that include methadone replacement, needle exchange and safer injections, with a view to bringing down the rates of the disease. Taking cues from the report, countries in...Grant Encourages Drug Testing Sans Animals
In order to restrict the use animals for the purpose of drug testing which is currently in vogue//, new techniques are being developed by researchers at the University of Manchester, well supported with a whopping 130,000£ as a financial grant. Gauging the carcinogenic effects of new drugs are often fruitless using current parameters which further necessitates the use of live animals t...FDA Decision Encourages Lamictal Generics
As the FDA cannot approve an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for a listed drug that has been withdrawn due to reasons of safety or efficacy// , the agency had to determine the reasons for the withdrawal before approving any generic version. The investigation found no evidence of safety or efficacy issues, and the FDA has announced that it can approve ANDAs provided all other le...