Washington, Mar 19 : Two of the most commonly prescribed anti-seizure medications may increase the risk of cardiovascular problems, such as high cholesterol levels and C-reactive protein, according to a study.
The discovery of this repercussion in the treatment of epilepsy may help doctors offer better care of patients with seizures by prescribing different anti-seizure medications that do not harm cardiovascular health.
Washington, March 19 : Scientists at The University of Nottingham have found that a biological pathway plays a role in the development of a type of brain tumour that predominantly occurs in children, and presently has a very poor prognosis.
Working on behalf of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG), the researchers have found that the WNT biological pathway is "activated" in over one-third of the cases of central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours (CNS PNET).
Washington, Mar 19: Scientists from University of Michigan School of Kinesiology have identified a potential therapeutic target for controlling high blood sugar levels.
The researchers have come across certain proteins that could lead to new drug therapies.
Understanding these proteins may also help in devising more effective exercise to prevent Type 2 diabetes, and such other health problems as are associated with having high blood sugar.
Washington, Mar 19: A drug used to treat patients with glaucoma, a condition that raises the pressure inside the eye and can cause blindness, is now being marketed to make eyelashes longer, darker and thicker.
US pharmaceutical firm Allergan, which also markets popular wrinkle treatment Botox, is the company behind the drug, Latisse.
It uses the same formula as glaucoma drug Lumigan after scientists noticed the anti-blindness treatment boosted lashes.
"This is a new innovation for lashes. Latisse fulfills a significant and previously unmet aesthetic need in the marketplace," Discovery News quoted Frederick Beddingfield, Chief Medical Officer for Allergan, as saying.
Washington, Mar 19: Depression is often associated with negative thoughts and emotions, but a new study has suggested that the real trouble with depressed people is the failure to appreciate positive experiences.
Researchers at Ohio State University found that depressed and non-depressed people were about equal in their ability to learn negative information that was presented to them.
However, depressed people weren’t nearly as successful at learning positive information, as were their non-depressed counterparts.
Washington, Mar 19 : Two of the most commonly prescribed anti-seizure medications may increase the risk of cardiovascular problems, such as high cholesterol levels and C-reactive protein, according to a study.
Washington, March 19 : Scientists at The University of Nottingham have found that a biological pathway plays a role in the development of a type of brain tumour that predominantly occurs in children, and presently has a very poor prognosis.
Washington, Mar 19: Scientists from University of Michigan School of Kinesiology have identified a potential therapeutic target for controlling high blood sugar levels.
Washington, Mar 19: Depression is often associated with negative thoughts and emotions, but a new study has suggested that the real trouble with depressed people is the failure to appreciate positive experiences.
Washington, Mar 19: An Australian 
