Category archives: Medical News

Redefining Sexual Identity with Parkinson?s Disease : Individuals with Parkinson?s disease often experience sexual health issues that significantly impact their lives. A Michigan Medicine social worker offers help. Discussions about sexual health can be awkward, but for Daniela Wittmann, Ph.D., MSW, they go with the territory. As a social certified…

Scrap ‘quick-fix diets and tea-toxes’ this New Year If your New Year resolution is to lose some weight, avoid fad diets, because they don’t work and can be harmful, says doctor. Diet pills, “Tea-Toxes” and appetite suppressant products are no quick fix, says Prof Stephen Powis, NHS medical director. Products…

Despite lower price of generic imatinib, overall costs for chronic myeloid leukemia remain high ORLANDO ? The price of generic imatinib has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 2 years, according to a speaker at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. The decline comes after steep increases in…

The Decade In Global Health: New Drugs, Faster Trials, Social Media to Rescue Millions of lives were saved in the 2010s as new ways of tackling global health problems made their debut. But there is a problem with the decade’s greatest medical moments. Most medical advances originate in rich countries,…

Women?s Poor health condition in India: There?s lack of awareness about women?s health in India, mostly due to the taboos and superstitions associated with female genital hygiene and menstruation. Every 8 minutes, an Indian woman dies due to cervical cancer. Statistics state that this is the second-most common cancer among…

Another Record Year for Generic Drug Approvals {Taj Life Sciences}: [Generic Competition] For each of the last five years, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set generic drug approval records, but questions have lingered on whether these high approval numbers are translating into competition. FY 2019 figures show…

Identifying and Properly Treating Hepatitis C Are Keys to a Cure About 3% of the global population, or about 170 million people, are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to World Health Organization estimates. HCV causes liver inflammation and often results in the blood-borne infection hepatitis C. In…

For Better {Mental Health} Preserve Your Hearing [Taj Life Sciences] Hearing loss is the largest modifiable risk factor for developing dementia, exceeding that of smoking, high blood pressure, lack of exercise and social isolation. Every now and then I write a column as much to push myself to act as…

Adopting a healthy lifestyle helps reduce the risk of dementia People can reduce their risk of dementia by getting regular exercise, not smoking, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, controlling their weight, eating a healthy diet, and maintaining healthy blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, according to new guidelines issued…

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts In 2010, an unusual protest erupted over a still negotiated and secret free trade agreement between India and the European Union. Protesters were people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer. They saw a threat…