Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
TEARS tend to wash away most of the drugs that are administered as drops into the eyes. Now, scientists have developed an ilinproved way of delivering a drug to the eyes by making it tear-resistant, rendering it 4 times more likely to reach its target (New Scientist, Vol 14& No …
With quinine-based drugs, traditionally sought to treat malaria, failing to contain the disease anymore, scientists of the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (cimap), based in Lucknow, have now developed a new drug in their war against the disease. Certain strains of the malarial parasite have developed resistance to …
Big pharmaceutical companies in the US are rejoicing over a new Food and Drug Administration ruling that gives them an extension of 3 years on their drug patents. Consumer groups are not exactly delighted at the change because it could cost consumers billions of dollars, since companies that make cheaper …
Pakistan, in the grip of a drug abuse crisis for long, is seeking to take all possible steps to handle the menace ***. Consumption of heroin has increased dramatically over the years. With 3 million drug users today, Pakistan has the highest rate of drug abuse among the developing countries. …
Paluther, an anti-malarial drug developed by Chinese scientists in 1973, promises new hope to the millions suffering from the killer disease. On trial for the past 3 years in Tanzania and Kenya, the drug is expected to replace chloroquine and other anti-malarials in use in the 2 countries. Shrikant Bhatt, …
Edible vaccines made from plants? This seemingly unusual proposition is on the verge of becoming a reality. Preliminary studies in the US indicate that genetically altered potatoes, bananas, alfalfa sprouts and other foods could revolutionize medical care by providing cheap and plentiful sources of "edible" vaccines and other medicines to …
AS PEOPLE, particularly women, grow old, they shrink. The humped back is the result of osteoporosis - a potentially lethal disease in which the bone mass withers. But now, a new generation of drugs, bone "paste" and hormones may soon bring relief. Osteoporosis affects 200 million people worldwide. In its …
Natural musk from the musk deer is now being replaced by an artificial variety made by Chinese scientists working on this project since 1976. Musk is an ingredient in 295 Chinese medicines, with the industry using 4,000-5,000 kg every year. The musk deer is an endangered and protected species in …
THE mysteries surrounding the GaVf War Syndrome (Down To Earth, Vol 3, No 15) may finally be laid to rest. The Pentagon has confirmed that the symptoms associated with the syndrome, like birth defects, memory loss and joint pain, may have been caused by the precautionary medicines given to allied …
WASTE WONDERS: This had to happen: domestic and other wastes can go into making objects of daily use. A Canadian company, Low Energies Extrusion Technologies, uses flyash, clay, wire scrap and woodchips to make paving stones, tiles, chair legs and table tops. The company is running a thriving business using …
The US Food and Drug Agency recently approved Naltrexone -- a medicine to cure alcoholism. The effectiveness of the drug was studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University, USA. Naltrexone reduces alcohol-induced euphoria brought about by the body's endorphins and suppresses the craving to drink more. By mimicking …
THE US drug industry is in the grip of a "biotech fever". Drug giants are apparently scooping up shares in biotech companies. According to the latest reports, deals between pharmaceutical giants and biotech firms more than doubled in value over the past year. Affymax NV, the California-based biotech firm, for …
Upjohn Company of the UK, the manufacturer of the once popular sleeping pill Halcion, is trying hard to get a ban on its drug revoked. In a fresh move, the company is contemplating asking the Court of Appeal to refer its case to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. …
Multiple sclerosis has no cure in allopathy. How did you develop an interest and begin your ayurvedic research in this? My father was a vaidya -- the late Chandra Prakash -- who dealt with Rasayan Shastra in the field of ayurveda. In 1960 he successfully treated a patient suffering from …
Deepak Chopra, author of the American bestseller, Quantum Healing, uses the analogy of wave-particle duality in quantum physics to enunciate a theoretical basis of mind-body medicine. Light can behave like a wave A, or a particle B. In Newtonian physics, they are totally different, since waves are nonmaterial and particles …
Traditional Eastern philosophies view mind and body as different manifestations of the same life force. In the West, one of the earliest medical theories held that disease is a result of an imbalance of nonphysical humours. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, originator of the Hippocratic oath, taught that the body …
CAN the mind repair and revive a body in the terminal stages of entropy, flying in the face of just about every medical precedent? Peter Hettel was dying irrevocably of cancer of the sinus. He chose to take the road, so far, least taken: he chose to follow the almost …
SAFE REACTORS: A new model of safer reactors is coming up, announced Framatome of France and Siemens of Germany. The 2 nuclear power reactor suppliers have joined hands to desigrethe new and improved European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR) for export and home markets. They have floated a joint venture, Nuclear, …
The Drug Technical Advisory Board has been asked to ban some vital drugs by the Supreme Court. The order overcomes filed by the Drug Action Forum to remove irrational combinations from the market. Drugs like Baralgan and Eleetral, banned in other countries, art,@; easily available in India. BarWgan, used for …
THE cutting edge of politics can be scalpel sharp and vindictive, as Cuba continues to discover. The 3-decade-old us trade embargo against Havana has the country floundering in a debilitating mess, compounded by critical shortages of common medicines from antibiotics to sterilising detergents, as well as essential supplies for paediatric …
