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Prolonged use of painkillers could raise heart attack risk
Zee News In the study, the researchers analysed 639 random drug trials and assembled information on more than 350,000 patients, and found that for every 1,000 arthritis sufferers, the rate of people who suffered a “major vascular event” like heart attack … Painkiller taken for arthritis put your heart at riskDaily News & Analysis |
Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial of Cancer Drug in NHL Due to Futility – Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine
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Pfizer Halts Phase III Trial of Cancer Drug in NHL Due to Futility
Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine The drug was administered once a month in combination with Roche’s Rituxan (rituximab) and compared with either Teva’s Treanda (bendamustine) plus rituximab , or Eli Lilly’s Gemzar (gemcitabine) plus rituximab. An independent data monitoring committee … |
Apollo sets up liver transplant centre in Bangalore – India.Com Health
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Apollo sets up liver transplant centre in Bangalore
India.Com Health Leading super-speciality hospital group Apollo unveiled its centre for liver disease and transplantation here to provide advanced liver care. ‘Besides treatment in our city hospital, the service will be made available through multi-disciplinary liver … |
Pasadena mom uses Craigslist to seek a kidney for her daughter – Pasadena Star-News
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Pasadena mom uses Craigslist to seek a kidney for her daughter
Pasadena Star-News Although the ad says the donor would not profit from giving up an organ, Franks still gets about four or five sale offers daily from countries such as Russia, Egypt or India, she said. “I wants to donate my kidney bcs i need money to pay all my debts … |
Is the nicotine high worth its price? – The New Indian Express
Irish IndependentIs the nicotine high worth its price?The New Indian ExpressSimilarly why not look at the lakhs of heart diseases, lung disorders or several such diseases caused by tobacco and develop the same preventive outlook. Rather than … Most f…
Researcher Explores Native American Herbal Remedies – Voice of America
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Researcher Explores Native American Herbal Remedies
Voice of America They are learning how Native Americans used the local vegetation in their healing, including plants like Yerba Santa, adopted by early Spanish settlers for lung problems. The hike is led by … “Of course, in India, they have Ayurvedic medicine. In … |
Vijay Amritraj gets Rotary NRI award – Times of India
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Vijay Amritraj gets Rotary NRI award
Times of India Speaking about his early days he said, “I started playing tennis as the doctor had advised me to take up an outdoor sport to increase my lung capacity. My decision to make a career out of tennis shocked many who were convinced that one couldn’t make a … |
Black Sabbath work around chemo – The West Australian
Black Sabbath work around chemoThe West AustralianThe guitar great was diagnosed with lymphoma last year, and he faces the prospect of taking chemo drug Rituximab for the foreseeable future. The medication is one of the four ingredients that make up th…
Kidney Cancer Patients, Physicians Unaware of Optimal Treatment – Renal Business Today
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Kidney Cancer Patients, Physicians Unaware of Optimal Treatment
Renal Business Today Radical nephrectomy—the operation which removes the entire kidney and its surrounding tissue—has been shown to increase the risk of developing chronic kidney disease and associated cardiovascular complications when used to treat small renal tumors. |
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and Treatment – LiveScience.com
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and TreatmentLiveScience.comSteroids: Prescription corticosteroids such as prednisone and methylprednisolone (Medrol) help control inflammation and slow joint damage by inhibiting the immune system. DMARDs: Disease-modify…