Risk for Schizophrenia May Start Within One Week After Birth: Study Prerna garg28 July 2015 10:55 AM ISTNew study finds that functions of DISC – 1 gene during first week of brain development affect a person’s likelihood to develop schizophrenia later on....
USFDA approves Daklinza (daclatasvir) for chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 infections Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 7:27 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Daklinza (daclatasvir) for use with sofosbuvir to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3...
Alzheimer's-Related Degeneration Starts Much Before Symptoms: Study Prerna garg27 July 2015 6:34 PM ISTNew study conducted at Indiana University proved that genetic polymorphisms promote plaque deposition in the brain much before symptoms of cognitive...
New Blood Biomarker to Catch Binge Drinking Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 2:59 PM ISTBinge drinking to be revealed with blood biomarker- Phosphatidylethanol (PEth)The students who participated in the research led to this medical...
Underweight at birth, followed by an unhealthy adult lifestyle is diabetes risk Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 2:47 PM ISTHarvard Chan School Professor Qi, has made this observation that low weight at birth due to lack of nutrition during pregnancy, in turn, followed by...
TEVA pharmaceuticals to buy ALLERGAN Pharma Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 12:37 PM ISTPost its earlier failed attempt to acquire Mylan, Teva Pharmaceuticals is now in talks to buy Allergan at a cost of $45 million, to gather a bigger...
80 percent of head&neck cancer in India caused by Tobacco Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 12:29 PM IST80 per cent of head&neck cancer cases in India are preventable by avoiding use of tobacco and smoking, say doctors A healthy lifestyle is not just...
Norway bans e-cigarettes advertising Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 12:10 PM ISTCiting health reasons and a cause of stimulating smoking, Norway has banned the advertising of e-cigarettes on the vendor’s website Citing less...
J&K to expand state health services; Appoint 400 doctors Meghna A Singhania27 July 2015 11:55 AM ISTJ&K to appoint 400 doctors and 4000 para-medic staff to beef up the state healthcare offerings, coinciding with the announcement of a new medical...
Cipla to pay Rs 166 crore for majority stake in Ugandan Quality Chemicals Meghna A Singhania26 July 2015 6:11 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 24 : Drug major Cipla has re-negotiated payment terms for acquiring majority stake in Uganda's Quality Chemicals and now decided to pay...
EU bans 700 generic drugs, accuses GVK for manipulation of trials Meghna A Singhania26 July 2015 6:07 PM ISTBERLIN: The European Union has banned the marketing of around 700 generic medicines for alleged manipulation of clinical trials conducted by India's...
India's AIDS programme under deep funding crisis Meghna A Singhania26 July 2015 5:58 PM ISTNEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India's fight against AIDS is being jeopardized by a cut in social spending by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, with...
