…possible. Doctors may lower the simvastatin dose as the side effects were less common when patients were on a 20 mg dose, or switch them to another statin. Despite advocates saying that everyone over 50 should be statins, the side effects are well-documented. Some taking the drugs suffer mild side-effects such as insomnia and stomach upsets, but others complain of agonizing muscle pain and there…
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pproved, your doctor can prescribe it after determining that your tumor has this mutation. In clinical trials with Zelboraf, patients’ tumors stopped growing for several months and patients were 63% less likely to die during the trial, as compared to those receiving chemotherapy. Be sure to find out if Zelboraf is right for you before you order. Zelboraf is being approved with a first-of-a-…
…he longer antipsychotic drugs are taken, the more chronic the side effects become. The nature of mental illness means patients are often prescribed medication for the rest of their lives. Daniel Levy, 54, has bipolar disorder and has been taking antipsychotic drugs for nearly 30 years. During that time he has been sectioned and has also attempted suicide. “The drug chlorpromazine made me tre…
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entrepreneur,” says Richard Reed. “An entrepreneur accepts that the world is the way that it is and goes about changing it rather than waiting for someone to make it easy for them.” 6. Start small, start young “At the age of four my mum found me trying to sell jam jars with rose petals in as perfume for 2p to my neighbors. Aged seven I was going round cleaning their window…
ything could happen. I feel the mayor should do something about that. The children should be our first priority, no matter what else is going on in the city.” Zak, a former Cleveland police officer of 30 years, believes the community is feeling the effects of the city’s cuts in the police force. “The first thing a city should do is protect its citizens,” he said. Although police cannot be on the s…
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“Bicholim Conflict” was voted a “good article” – a Wikipedia badge of honor – and sat happily on the online encyclopedia for more than half a decade. But editors have lately discovered a small issue with the site’s meticulously written 4,500 word article detailing the 17th century Bicholim Conflict. It was entirely made up. After five years of featuring the piece, which tells th…
(fps) shots since 1927. It means each second of picture contains 24 still images that create the illusion of movement when put in sequence. American film director Doug Trumbull invented and promoted a 60 frame per second process called ShowScan 30 years ago but it was not widely used. The new technology means every second of shot will contain 48 still images – and The Hobbit is the first maj…
…ones said he no longer wanted to take part. Angus T. Jones explained that the show’s raunchy humor conflicted with his recent bible studies. Angus T. Jones, who has been in the show since he was 10, said viewers should question the impact such programmes had on them. The clip was posted by the Forerunner Christian Church in California, where Angus Jones, who reportedly makes $350,000 an epis…
Nov 27 2012 | Posted in
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Solar Impulse, a solar-powered plane, has landed in Rabat, Morocco, after flying from Spain, completing the second leg of its pioneering journey. Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse in Rabat, 19 hours after taking off from Madrid. The plane – the size of a jumbo jet – was powered by 12,000 solar cells turning four electrical motors. The 2,500 km-trip (1,550 miles), begun i…
…sts are needed to determine if the treatment would be safe and effective in humans. Prof. Matthew Walker, from the Institute of Neurology, University College London, said: “Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide and approximately a third of these people have epilepsy that is not adequately controlled by our present treatments. “This discovery offers a whole new approach to…
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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r. It could offer a cost-effective treatment for the NHS, and offer men with early prostate cancer an opportunity to treat their disease, but with very few side-effects.” A patient on the trial, 72-year-old Robert Page, from Croydon, says his treatment, two years ago, was a great success. “The outcome was very good,” he said. “I was very pleased with the treatment and very…
Golden Globe 2013, full list of nominations: The 70th annual Golden Globes ceremony, hosted by comediennes Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, will take place on January 13th, and will be broadcasted live on NBC. FOR MOVIES: Best Motion Picture – Drama Argo Lincoln Life of Pi Django Unchained Zero Dark Thirty Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Miserables M…
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e. “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life.” Statistics released to coincide with the announcement revealed there were now 600 million users accessing the site via a mobile device – up 48 million from 552 million in June this year. Since its early beginnings at Harvard University, Facebook users have befriended eac…
…wn as the Drink. A group of top international rowers were given it shortly before they rowed on fixed machines in a lab. After half an hour of hard rowing, those getting the Drink had rowed on average 50 m further in the same time than when they had a dummy drink. This was an improvement of 0.5%. It can be the difference between silver and gold. Dr. Scott Drawer, head of research at UK Sport, who…
Nov 27 2012 | Posted in
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Super High-Vision 8K, a new high-resolution television format, has been approved by the UN’s communication standards setting agency. Broadcasts in 8K will offer a resolution of 7,680 by 4,320 pixels – roughly the equivalent of a 32 megapixel photo. That is 16 times as sharp as current HD TVs offering about 2MP resolutions. Japanese broadcaster NHK showed off the technology in London d…
Have you ever wondered why your Big Mac never looks like the one advertised on the menu? McDonald’s has created a short video to show customers how they prepare their tasty meals for an advertising photo shoot. The fascinating footage starts by introducing Canadian director of marketing Hope Bagozzi who holds up a tablet with a question from one customer Isabel M. Isabel asks: “Why does your food…
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…a into one profile makes search results more relevant and allows a user to cross-navigate between different services more easily. It says the main purpose of the new policy is to combine the more than 70 different rules for Google’s wide-ranging services into one that is simpler and more readable. The policy change has horrified privacy advocates and bloggers – tech site ZDNet said that Goog…
…me photos, he is reading Friday’s copy of the Communist Party newspaper Granma. Fidel Castro led Cuba after the revolution in 1959, first as prime minister (1959-1976) and later as president. In 2006, surgery took Fidel Castro out of public view. His brother Raul became acting president. In February 2008, Fidel Castro officially handed over power to Raul who has been leading the country sinc…
Oct 22 2012 | Posted in
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Whitney Houston’s premature death at 48 in Beverly Hilton Hotel triggered a slew of media speculation and rumors about her alleged drug use and troubled personal relationships. Now, a Vanity Fair article has shed new light on Whitney Houston’s personal life and last days in Los Angeles, three months after she was found drowned in a hotel bathtub. One of the more bizarre anecdotes is recount…
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…ing it was misleading and exaggerated the effects of the mascara. This is not the first ad to be barred by the ASA, who act as the UK’s independent regulator of all media. ASA banned two Channel 4 ads for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding earlier this month for being offensive, and have previously banned ads by Virgin media, Homebase and Lancome skin care. Christian Dior mascara ad starring Natalie…
Oct 24 2012 | Posted in
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Read More » …ss, including Xenical or Alli, have unpleasant side effects such as diarrhoea, wind and even incontinence. OAP-189 could bring Pfizer the financial success it enjoyed with Viagra, which it launched in 1998. The time between successful trials and drugs being available in shops can be last little as three years. Scientists at Imperial College found that patients who had stomach bypass operations pro…
…debris. A study of eastern Steller sea lions, which are threatened by extinction, was carried out between 2000 and 2007 along the coast of Alaska and northern British Columbia. The study revealed that 386 animals had picked up debris. Plastic packing bands – used to secure boxes – and rubber bands were found to be the most common items which ended up around the necks of the animals. Me…
…ike Wyllie, one of the team of scientists that discovered and developed Viagra for pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, said that for some men who have had surgery, the little blue pills can work in as few as 10% of cases. With sales of Viagra and similar pills reaching almost $4 billion year worldwide, there are billions to be made. Dr. Mike Wyllie said that a drug based on oxytocin could have “blockbust…
Canadian researchers, who examined the impact of the medications on the whole body, say common anti-depressants could be doing patients more harm than good. Researchers at McMaster University examined previous patient studies into the effects of anti-depressants and determined that the benefits of most anti-depressants compare poorly to the risks, which include premature death in elderly patients…
…plant of gene-modified stem cells.” The researchers said the three patients had all lived longer than the average survival time of 12 months for the cancer. They said one patient was still alive 34 months after treatment. …
