No Increase risk of neuropsychiatric side effects with smoking cessation drugs: LANCET Study supriya kashyap kashyap23 April 2016 4:15 PM IST The smoking cessation medications varenicline and bupropion do not appear to increase the incidence of serious neuro psychiatric side effects...
E-Cigarettes more beneficial than harmful: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap26 April 2016 12:44 PM ISTNew York : A team of international tobacco control experts has found that use of e cigarettes can reduce overall smoking as well as potentially...
New Drug Found Effective Against Aggressive Bladder Cancer supriya kashyap kashyap7 Jun 2016 3:21 PM ISTNew York : A new drug that harnesses the immune system to attack tumours has been found highly effective against advanced bladder cancer in an...
Serious bleeding risk with OTC antacid products containing aspirin- FDA supriya kashyap kashyap10 Jun 2016 8:08 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about the risk of serious bleeding when using nonprescription, also known as...
Artificial pancreas likely to be available by 2018 supriya kashyap kashyap1 July 2016 2:07 PM ISTThe artificial pancreas a device which monitors blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes and then automatically adjusts levels of insulin...
Inhalable Ibuprofen on the Horizon supriya kashyap kashyap3 July 2016 12:41 PM ISTIbuprofen : You can buy it at any drug store, and it will help with that stabbing headache or sprained ankle. One of the ways it does so is by...
India may soon get treatment for Hepatitis C supriya kashyap kashyap6 July 2016 9:44 PM ISTWashington : A latest breakthrough treatment for the deadly Hepatitis C virus could soon be available in India as 11 Indian firms have been given...
Leukemia drug may treat Parkinson's disease, dementia supriya kashyap kashyap14 July 2016 9:46 AM ISTWashington : A drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat leukemia has the potential to improve motor and cognitive functions of...
HIV pill could cut infections in gay, bisexual men by a third supriya kashyap kashyap16 July 2016 2:02 PM ISTThe rate of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men could drop by up to a third over the next decade if enough eligible men take a drug that...
New lipid lowering drugs help patients reduce LDL cholesterol supriya kashyap kashyap3 Aug 2016 12:49 PM ISTA recent analysis indicates that adding new therapies called anti-PCSK9 antibodies to other lipid-lowering treatments can help patients lower their...
Researchers find biomarker for sickle cell disease supriya kashyap kashyap11 Aug 2016 12:03 PM ISTNew York : An international team of researchers including one of Indian-origin, has found new biophysical markers that could help improve the...
FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood and blood components in the US supriya kashyap kashyap27 Aug 2016 12:22 PM ISTAs a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance recommending...
