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 …
though the factors responsible for a woman's risk of breast cancer have been known to the doctors for years, there was little they could possibly do except issue warnings and suggest preventive measures to cut down the chances of aggravating the disease. However, there has been little consensus on what …
Molecules that mimic DNA could be turned into a new family of antibiotics, say Danish scientists. The molecules are based on peptide nucleic acid (PNA). In PNA, nucleotide bases like those in DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are attached to a backbone of linked amino acids. Researchers at the University …
Burma may have the world's highest rate of HIV infection and AIDS contracted from dirty needles, say medical experts. The government has reported registering only 60,000 drug addicts, with as few as 17,000 infected with AIDS. Foreign medical experts put the total number of addicts closer to 5,00,000 and estimate …
multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (mdr-tb) may threaten India's health security, according to a study of the World Health Organisation (who). The problem already exists in Russia, Latvia, Argentina and the Ivory Coast. It is feared that this will make India unable to meet the who deadline of 2000 ad for the …
modern drugs are a boon to some and a bane to others. About 100,000 people may be dying every year in the us as a result of unintended side effects of therapeutic drugs. According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, side-effects from drugs is the …
People who drink coffee only for its caffeine content will soon have a new alternative: a novel narcolepsy drug called provigil which can keep non-narcoleptics awake as well. Narcolepsy is a disorder that strikes about one in every 5000 people, causing sudden sleep attacks lasting from few seconds to more …
Aspirin helps protect our hearts. True. Small, regular doses of aspirin can actually reduce risks of heart attacks. This is usually attributed to the pill's effect on the blood cells called platelets, which are involved in blood clotting (heart attacks are commonly caused by blood clots). However, aspirin may also …
A chemical compound responsible for creating nicotine addiction among smokers has recently been identified. Like many other drugs, the addictive elements of nicotine are linked with its capacity to release the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain. Some of the brain's receptors have a high affinity for nicotine, resulting in an …
social and economic upheaval in Russia, along with the influx of heroin and other illegal drugs, have led to a rapid increase in the number of drug addicts. This rise is shadowed by a steep increase in the incidence of hiv
scientists in California have developed an anti-cancer drug. Researcher Harinder Grewal of the Arizona Cancer Center in Tuscan, usa , said that the new drug has so far been effective in treating cancers of the mouth and throat. He believes that it will work against liver cancer and recurring breast …
till today, science has not been able to develop a powerful analgesic or painkiller that is universally accepted. The most common painkiller used to treat unrelenting pain, like that caused by serious injury or in many cases of cancer is morphine. This drug, the virtual "king' of all analgesics, is …
Heroin addicts may soon be treated with a polymer implant instead of taking a daily dose of the heroin substitute, methadone. Researchers at John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, have developed a button-sized implant that releases a steady stream of hydromorphone for up to three months. Hydromorphone, like …
Vitamin B2 can ward off migraines, says a recent European study team. Researchers at the General Hospital of Luxembourg, Belgium, split 55 migraine patients into two groups. One took 400 milligrams of Vitamin B2 every day for four months, the other, a placebo. At the end of the trial, 59 …
The Drug Controller of India, on March 16, has written to the Supreme Court that the use of Quinachrine, a drug used for female sterilisation, should be banned in India. The decision came following a joint writ petition filed by the All India Democratic Women's Association faculty members of the …
the drug proscar has been shown to reduce the need for surgery to treat enlarged prostrate glands. In a new study, the men who took the drug required prostrate-reduction surgery only half as often as did those on dummy pills. Proscar, known generically as finasteride, is already one of the …
a chance discovery that a stingy little invertebrate is not always what is seems will soon help in the development of a promising new anticancer drug. Researchers in California have discovered why some populations of Bugula neritina ( B neritina ), a marine fouling organism, produce the drug but others …
Many people can either ignore pain or may not notice at all. But men and women use different mechanisms for this purpose. Researchers have detected a gene for female-only system that helps reduce pain in mice. The discovery of Jeffrey Mogil and his colleagues at the Oregon Health Sciences University, …
to combat the spurious medicines that have flooded the tribal belts of south Bihar, the health department has planned to launch a massive hunt for the manufacturers responsible for marketing these drugs. In the past six months, the department seized several illegal and unlicensed drug manufacturing units and recovered a …
Surendra Rohtagi, a Kanpur-based medical expert, is on the verge of a breakthrough for a treatment for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The fight against the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has received a shot in the arm, thanks to this Indian doctor. Rohtagi was recently granted a patent for …
