New wonder pill ‘could reduce weight by 25pct in a week’
London, July 14 (ANI): Scientists in the U.S. have created an anti-obesity pill that could dramatically reduce weight in a week.
Tests on mice have shown that the drug could decrease body weight by a quarter and their fat content by 42 per cent after seven days.
After a month, the weight of the mice had [...]
Parkinson’s medications may help treat extreme drug-resistant TB
Washington, July 3 (ANI): Two drugs that are commonly used to treat Parkinson’s disease have been found to be effective in treating extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
They have discovered that the two commercially available drugs, entacapone and tolcapone, have the potential to treat multi-drug resistant and extensively drug [...]
Purple sweet potato may help fight cancer
Washington, June 30 (ANI): A purple sweet potato developed by Kansas State University researchers has been found to have increased amount of anti-cancer components.
K-State’s Soyoung Lim, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan has revealed that purple sweet potatoes have high contents of anthocyanin, which is a pigment that presents the purple colour in the vegetable.
The [...]



