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US admits multiple molecular formulations effective in cardiovascular diseases

Posted By IANS, May 30, 2019 at 08:33am

Recently, the chairman of the mega exhibition of the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India said that the US and other advanced countries which initially opposed benefits of multiple molecular formulations for cardiovascular and diabetic treatment, have now started realizing and accepting them.
Scientists have found a new possibility to cure leukemia

Posted By Agencies, November 23, 2017 at 10:21am

The development comes after the US Food and Drug Administration last year approved a cell-based gene therapy.
Kids exposed to 9/11 'dust' showing signs of heart disease risk

Posted By Agencies, September 13, 2017 at 11:52am

Children with higher blood levels of the chemicals known to be in the dust had elevated levels of artery-hardening fats in their blood.
US teen dies from too much caffeine

Posted By Agencies, May 16, 2017 at 06:24pm

Too much caffeine caused the death of a 16-year-old high school student.
Possible causes of premature births revealed

Posted By Agencies, November 10, 2016 at 05:59pm

Abnormal calcium deposits in the membranes surrounding the developing foetus is a potential culprit in premature birth.
US begins testing of inactivated Zika vaccine

Posted By Agencies, November 08, 2016 at 11:05am

A total of 75 healthy adults will be recruited to participate in the trial.
US most expensive place to give birth: study

Posted By Agencies, September 16, 2016 at 11:17am

The US is the most expensive place in the world for women to give birth.
Americans more concerened about cancer than Zika or HIV

Posted By Agencies, September 14, 2016 at 05:58pm

While Zika remains a hot topic in the news, a new survey has revealed that it is cancer that concerns most Americans.
US health officials perplexed by 'unique' Zika case

Posted By Agencies, September 14, 2016 at 05:43pm

On a month-long probe into a unique Zika case in Utah,US health officials say they're are still unable to identify how the person was infected.
72 percent rise in number of incurable metastatic prostate cancer cases in US

Posted By Agencies, July 19, 2016 at 05:06pm

The number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer in the US climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to 2013, reports a new study.
Bacteria carrying MCR-1 'Superbug' gene detected in second US patient

Posted By Agencies, July 12, 2016 at 09:40am

Bacteria carrying the MCR-1 superbug gene was found in a second US patient, researchers said on Monday.
Lack of workplace packages makes parents in US not as happy as those without kids

Posted By Agencies, June 27, 2016 at 03:22pm

Americans are not generally unhappy people but parents in the US generally are not as happy as those without children, new research suggests. The reason is the relative lack of workplace packages.'
US to commercially use bacterium to curb Zika spread, may become the first country to do so

Posted By Agencies, May 25, 2016 at 10:43am

The US may soon become the first nation to approve the commercial use of a common bacterium to fight the spread of diseases such as the Zika virus. The strategy would involve infecting mosquitoes with the bacteria and releasing the males into the environment.
Study says Zika has been present in Americas since 2014

Posted By Agencies, April 28, 2016 at 12:06pm

The Zika virus was present in Haiti several months before the first Zika cases were identified in Brazil in March last year, new research has found. We know that the virus was present in Haiti in December of 2014, said one of the researchers Glenn Morris, professor of medicine at the University of Florida in the US.
Study says US more likely to face a major risk of Zika virus outbreak in summer

Posted By Agencies, March 17, 2016 at 12:36pm

The conditions in a number of US cities will become favourable for a possible Zika virus outbreak during the peak summer months, warns new research.
Americans only use homeopathy to treat non-serious conditions

Posted By Agencies, February 19, 2016 at 03:26pm

Homeopathic medicines are primarily used by a small segment of the US population for common, self-limited non-serious conditions such as the common cold or back pain, a new survey has found.
US supreme court legalises same-sex marriages across the United States

Posted By Pavitra Sampath, June 27, 2015 at 12:55am
Battle against cancer: RIP Beau Biden

Posted By Agencies, May 31, 2015 at 04:41pm

A young life loses battle against cancer
6-day-old premature baby has youngest heart transplant

Posted By Agencies, February 13, 2015 at 12:54pm
US military personnel deployed for anti-Ebola mission in West Africa to return home

Posted By Agencies, February 11, 2015 at 01:09pm