Generic Viagra Sale in US: Pfizer Reaches Settlement With Teva

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 24 Dec 2013

A patent litigation against Teva Pharmaceuticals over the sale of a generic version of blockbuster drug Viagra in the United States, which treats erectile dysfunction, was settled...Read More

US Scientists Say Most Men With Erectile Dysfunction Remain Untreated

Posted in AIDS - Initial Theories and Disease Progression Support group on Tue, 24 Dec 2013

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is highly prevalent, but most patients receive no treatment, observes a new US study, presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress. Undertreatment of ED continues to be common, ...

Stem Cells Coaxed To Create Kidney Tubular Cells: Researchers

Posted in Others Support group on Mon, 23 Dec 2013

Stem cells were successfully coaxed to become kidney tubular cells by researchers. This is a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine, rather than dialysis...Read More

Research Shows Aspirin Could Help Cure Deadly Diseases

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Dec 2013

Aspirin could be a cheap and simple way to prevent dementia and cancer, research has demonstrated. Scientists said that preliminary tests have proven that the common pill...Read More

Antihypertensive Medications Associated With Gout

Posted in Gout Support group on Sat, 21 Dec 2013

Bloodpressure-lowering medications like calcium channel blockers and losartan mayprotect against gout in people with hypertension, according to a recent study. ...Read More

Quality of Life is Good for Living Donors Following Liver Transplantation

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 20 Dec 2013

The health-related quality of life for donors following living donor liver transplantation was better than the norm for the general Japanese population, according to a new study by Japanese researcher...

Research On Lemurs Reveals Infants Born To Older Mothers Less Likely to Get Hurt

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 20 Dec 2013

Infants born to older mothers are less likely to get hurt than those born to younger mothers, reveals a long-term study of aggression in lemurs. Read More

Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure Fosters Excellent Survival Rates

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 20 Dec 2013

Nearly three out of four Japanese patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation following acute liver failure managed to live for more than ten years after the surgery. ...Read More

Aging Hepatitis C Patients Demands for Liver Transplantation

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 18 Dec 2013

The greatest demand for liver transplantation due to hepatitis C (HCV)-related liver disease occurs among Americans born between 1941 and 1960, reveals new research. ...Read More

Chances Of Relapse Reduced By Alcoholism Treatment Before, After Liver Transplantation

Posted in Alcohol abuse / Alcohol dependence / Alcoholism Support group on Wed, 18 Dec 2013

Liver transplant recipients who receive substance abuse treatment before and after transplantation have much lower alcohol relapse rates than those untreated or only treated prior to transplantation, ...