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...
Doctors prescribe diabetes treatment medications 15 times more than obesity drugs: Study supriya kashyap kashyap1 Sept 2016 3:43 PM ISTObesity is a well-established major risk factor for developing diabetes, with almost 90% of people living with type 2 diabetes having obesity or...
Early ultrasounds linked to autism severity: Study supriya kashyap kashyap4 Sept 2016 9:45 AM ISTNew York : Exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy is linked to increased autism severity, say researchers.The greatest...
Children should eat less than 25 grams of added sugars daily : AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap7 Sept 2016 9:08 AM ISTStatement Highlights In new recommendations from the American Heart Association designed to keep kids healthy, experts recommend children consume...
FDA warns against mixing opioids, benzodiazepines Meghna Singhania16 Sept 2016 12:55 PM ISTAfter an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is requiring class-wide changes...
Zika no threat to plasma derived drugs, says EU regulator supriya kashyap kashyap25 Sept 2016 11:03 AM ISTLondon : Patients who take medicines derived from blood plasma or urine are not at increased risk of catching Zika, even if the body fluids come from...
Combo therapy against ovarian, breast cancer can overcome drug resistance supriya kashyap kashyap27 Sept 2016 1:13 PM ISTKolkata : Bolstering the know how behind targeted cancer treatment, Indian scientists have offered a new rationale for combination drug therapy for...
