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Scientists say the best way to combat garlic’s lingering odour is to have a glass of milk. Drinking milk was found to reduce garlic breath when even brushing your teeth doesn’t work. In tests with raw and cooked cloves, milk was shown to “significantly reduce” concentrations of the chemicals that give garlic its long-lasting smell, [...]

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Pharmaceutical Data Mining: Approaches and Applications for Drug Discovery

Leading experts illustrate how sophisticated computational data mining techniques can impact contemporary drug discovery and development In the era of post-genomic drug development, extracting and applying knowledge from chemical, biological, and clinical data is one of the greatest challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical Data Mining brings together contributions from leading academic and industrial scientists, [...]

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The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine, 6th Edition

The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine is a standard reference for all those working in pharmaceutical medicine and the recognised text for the UK Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Diploma. This is a comprehensive volume covering the processes by which medicines are developed, tested and approved. Regulations for drug development in the UK, EU, USA, Australia and [...]

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Hypertension Drug Tekamlo (Aliskiren And Amlodipine) Approved By FDA

Novartis’ single pill combination of aliskiren and amlopidine – Tekamlo – has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of hypertension. Data revealed that Tekamlo significantly reduced blood pressure compared to amlodipine or aliskiren (Tekturna) alone. The medication has been approved in tablet form. Read full article at medical news [...]

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New Centre Will Develop New Drugs For Diseases

New treatments for some of our most common diseases and conditions could be on the horizon with the launch of a new drug discovery venture in Aberdeen. The University of Aberdeen will next month officially open its new Kosterlitz Centre for Therapeutics which will take the findings of researchers and clinicians and support their development [...]

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Gene Responsible For Men’s Heart Attack, Found!

SCIENTISTS have found a genetic explanation for why men are more likely than women to suffer heart attacks and strokes. Significant genetic variations called l-haplogroup make them 55 per cent more likely to develop coronary disease Researchers said it was too early to tell whether the gene has a greater effect on the health of [...]

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Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Tablets, Vol. 2 (Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms-Tablets) 2nd Edition

This textbook mainly focuses on the rational design, and formulation of a tablet and includes chapters with practical illustrations and formulation examples. Features: discusses how to design a drug system that maximizes the therapeutic potential of the drug substance and facilitates its access to patients describes a systematic approach to the design, formulation and optimization [...]

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Vegetarian diet can help keep toxins away

Sticking to vegetables for five days a week can significantly reduce the body’s amount of antibiotics and phthalates – a common chemical added to plastics – says a new research. To come up with the conclusion, researchers in Korea quizzed participants to stay at a Buddhist temple for five days, during which time they ate [...]

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Early exposure to porn increases STDs risk

Pornography online is one of the worst evils of Internet today, and the easy access to explicit material online could raise the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases later in life, according to a new study. ”Children are becoming exposed to sex at an earlier age,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Dr Patricia Weerakoon, co-ordinator [...]

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Smart Pill, texts you about next dose. Interesting!

A ‘smart’ pill that texts your cellphone when your next dose is due is undergoing tests in Britain. The chips in the pills alert a patch attached to the patient’s shoulder when swallowed. It also texts the patient if he or she forgets to take medication. The system, known as Raisin, also monitors heart rate, [...]

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