Health Risks of Smoking and Ways to Quit
Quitting smoking improves health in smokers of all ages, National Institute of Health (NIH) claims in its article about methods…
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Quitting smoking improves health in smokers of all ages, National Institute of Health (NIH) claims in its article about methods…
Dr Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at the University Hospital (UZ) Brussels, Belgium, said that this is the first study that reports an influence of air pollution on pulmonary vascular function and it represents major public health issue for people living in polluted urban areas where exercise could damage the lungs and potentially lead to decompensated heart failure.
New clinical trial results provide evidence that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can induce sustained remission of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system.
Novo Nordisk and University of Oxford have expanded their partnership on researching type 2 diabetes, and will open a new research centre in Oxford.
Everyone gets an itch once in a while. Usually it only lasts for a short time and is often caused by annoyances like a mosquito bite or scratchy fabric. However, if an itch lasts for more than six weeks, say dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, it is considered a chronic itch and is more likely to disrupt your life.
FDA found that certain teething tablets for children sometimes exceed the amount of belladonna – a toxic substance – and has asked the company that makes them to recall such medicine.
AstraZeneca’s Symbicort Inhalation Aerosol is going to be available for 6-12 years old children with asthma in the US
TxCell has moved into action to raise some money, as it wants to raise gross proceeds of about €11 million by issuing new shares with warrants attached.
Flu, or influenza, is a very contagious, acute, viral respiratory infection. Influenza viruses vary in a high degree. The extent…
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons, typically starting in the late fall and early winter and going away during the spring and summer. Depressive episodes linked to the summer can occur, but are much less common than winter episodes of SAD.