Archive for March, 2008

Diabetes drug also reduces risk of heart attacks, say researchers

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Comments Actos prevents the build-up of plaque in the arteries thus lowering the risk of heart attacks A new glucose-lowering drug used in diabetics also cuts the build-up of plaque in the arteries, say ... via Daily Mail

Teva To Buy Bentley

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has entered an agreement to buy Bentley Pharmaceuticals . via Contract Pharma Breaking News

Liver cirrhosis reversed

Monday, March 31st, 2008

"We were able to completely eradicate the fibrosis by injecting this agent ... we cured them of the cirrhosis"

Scientists in Japan have designed artificial molecules that when used with rats successfully reversed liver cirrhosis, a serious chronic disease in humans that until now can only be cured by transplants. via News24.com

New Gene Link to Type 2 Diabetes

Monday, March 31st, 2008

"None of the genes was previously on the radar screen"

US and European scientists have found six more genes that make people likelier to develop type 2 diabetes. via New York Post

iPods do not affect pacemaker function: Study

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

"Many of our pacemaker patients have iPods and other digital music players, and we've never seen any problem. But kids and parents bring up this concern all the time, prompting us to do our own study"

Washington, March 30: Disapproving a recent suggestion that errant electronic noise from iPods may cause implantable cardiac pacemakers to malfunction, cardiac electrophysiologists at Children's Hospital Boston ... via Daily India


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