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Alström Syndrome / Alström-Hallgren Syndrome

Alström Syndrome / Alström-Hallgren Syndrome

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Alström syndrome, a rare genetic disorder due to ALMS1 mutations, occurs in the first year of childhood. Symptoms vary and include, vision, hearing loss, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate - Drug Information

Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate - Drug Information

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Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate was approved by FDA recently to use as an oral suspension for treating adult patients with high blood potassium levels.

Encephalocele - Congenital Neural Tube Defect

Encephalocele - Congenital Neural Tube Defect

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Encephalocele is a birth defect where a sac like protrusion of brain and covering membranes occurs through the abnormal gap in between the skull bones due to failed neural tube closure during fetal development.

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Prime Minister Modi to Celebrate International Yoga Day in Uttarakhand

Prime Minister Modi to Celebrate International Yoga Day in Uttarakhand

Lifestyle News Jun 21 2018 10:31 AM

Indian Prime Minister Modi will be celebrating the International Yoga Day (June 21) in Uttarakhand.

Hidden Mechanism Behind Multiple Sclerosis Development Identified

Hidden Mechanism Behind Multiple Sclerosis Development Identified

Research News Jun 20 2018 11:55 PM

A new mechanism of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype DRB1 which is one of the causes of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified.

Cancer Treatment in Kids: Hypnotize Your Worries Away

Cancer Treatment in Kids: Hypnotize Your Worries Away

Cancer News Jun 20 2018 10:12 PM

Hypnosis can relieve kids from the fear of procedural anxiety, that is usually associated with childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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Parent-Child Psychotherapy for Early Childhood Depression

Parent-Child Psychotherapy for Early Childhood Depression

Health Watch Jun 20 2018 8:37 PM

Parent-child psychotherapy that focuses on the child's emotional development reduces depression among children. This highlights the importance of identifying and treating depression as early as developmentally possible.

International Day of Yoga

International Day of Yoga

Health Watch Jun 20 2018 7:37 PM

International day of yoga is celebrated on 21ST June every year to raise awareness about the benefits of yoga on the overall health and well-being.

Depression in Preschoolers Treated With a Novel Therapy

Depression in Preschoolers Treated With a Novel Therapy

Health in Focus Jun 20 2018 1:48 PM

Children under the age of six who were depressed were greatly benefited by an emotion-based psychotherapeutic therapy.

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New Drug Combination for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

New Drug Combination for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

New drug combination for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma using an already approved drug has been identified along with a new target for therapy.

DNA Synthesis Made Faster and Cheaper

DNA Synthesis Made Faster and Cheaper

New method can synthesize DNA sequences through creative use of enzymes that promises to be faster, cheaper, and more accurate.

Depression in Preschoolers Treated with a Novel Therapy

Depression in Preschoolers Treated with a Novel Therapy

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for disruptive behavioral disorders can be adapted and used as an effective treatment option for early childhood depression.

Levodopa & Carbidopa: Drug to Treat Parkinson's Disease and Related Movement Disorders

Levodopa & Carbidopa: Drug to Treat Parkinson's Disease and Related Movement Disorders

Levodopa/carbidopa is used for treating parkinson's disease symptoms such as stiffness, tremors, and movement restriction. It is also used for post-encephalitic parkinsonism and parkinsonism caused by carbonmonoxide or manganese poisoning.

Azithromycin: Antibacterial Drug for Pneumonia, Typhoid and Other Bacterial Infections

Azithromycin: Antibacterial Drug for Pneumonia, Typhoid and Other Bacterial Infections

Azithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic used to treat several bacterial infections involving respiratory tract, skin, urinary tract and ear. It is also used to treat lyme disease, typhoid fever, traveler's diarrhea, and gonorrhea

Isotretinoin (Accutane): Drug to Treat Acne Vulgaris and Severe Nodular or Cystic Acne

Isotretinoin (Accutane): Drug to Treat Acne Vulgaris and Severe Nodular or Cystic Acne

Isotretinoin is a retinoid and a prescription only medicine (POM) related to vitamin A and its isomer tretinoin is also used to treat acne vulgaris and severe recalcitrant nodular acne resulting in deep or painful cysts and nodules.

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