Babies Know When You're Faking


According to a research study recently published in Infancy, psychology researchers Sabrina Chiarella and Diane Poulin-Dubois demonstrate that infants can detect whether a person's emotions are justifiable given a particular context. The study named The Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies show that babies understand how the meaning of an experience is directly linked to the expressions that follow.

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Rantac (Ranitidine)Usage,Side Effects and Dosage


Manufacturer of Rantac Tablet

 Rantac Tablet is manufactured by J.B.Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (JBCPL) established in 1976.JBCPL is one of India’s fastest growing pharmaceutical companies and exports drugs to over 30 countries across the world .JBCPL has its headquarters in India’s financial capital, Mumbai.

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Wockhardt recalled 5 drugs in UK after regulatory strictures


Indian Drug maker Wockhardt on 17th October recalled five over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in the UK following the withdrawal of good manufacturing practices (GMP) certificate for its Chikalthana, Aurangabad, unit last week. After this, the UKMHRA directed pharmacies, dispensing clinics and wholesalers to return five different prescription-only medicines manufactured by the pharmaceutical company.

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Methotrexate Usage, Side Effects and Dosage

Methotrexate is an antimetabolite and antifolate generic drug inhibits folic acid reductase, causing inhibition of DNA synthesis and of cellular replication. 

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Smoking Makes You Look Older


A public health agency in Finland has come with an interesting approach to shock teens into not smoking. The Tobacco Body website features an interactive image of a man and a woman. Users can zoom in and out of their body parts to observe the effects smoking has on a male and female body.

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Glucophage Tablet (Metformin) Side Effects and Dosage


Manufacturer of Glucophage  Tablet
Glucophage tablet is manufactured by Bristol -myers squibb.It is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989.Company awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation award and Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.

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Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Type 2 Diabetes  ?

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder where the body fails to utilize the ingested glucose properly. This could be due to lack of the hormone insulin or because the insulin that is available is not working effectively. Type 2 Diabetes is the most common type of diabetes which covers almost 90% of the total cases around the world. Obesity is thought to be the primary cause of type 2 diabetes. It is also known in other names like adult-onset diabetes or Diabetes mellitus type 2. It is basically a metabolic disorder caused by high blood glucose and relatively low insulin.

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Sinemet Tablet (Levodopa -Cardidopa) Side Effects and Dosage

Manufacturer of Sinemet Tablet

Sinemet tablet is manufactured by  MERCK. It is an American pharmaceutical company and  one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company was established in 1891 by George Merck . It is currently one of the world's seven largest pharmaceutical companies by market capitalization and revenue. Merck also publishes  The Merck Manuals (reference book), Merck Manual Of Diagnosis And Therapy (world's best-selling medical textbook), and The Merck Index ( a compendium of chemical compounds). In 2012 the company received the "Facility of the Year"-Category Winner for Facility Integration Award for the Vaccine Bulk Manufacturing Facility (VBF) Program of Projects.

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Good News for Diabetes Patients - Insulin Pill on the make


An insulin pill, long desired by diabetes patients but abandoned as not physically viable, could be available by the end of this decade as an Israeli pharmaceutical  company named Oramed Pharmaceuticals races along a Danish pharmaceutical giant, Novo Nordisk  to be first with what could be a multibillion-dollar product.

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AKT-4 Tablets kit Side Effects and Dosage

Manufacturer of  AKT-4 Tablets kit

AKT-4 kit is manufactured by Lupin Laboratories Ltd ,India. Lupin Limited  was founded in 1968 by Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta . Lupin Limited is the 2nd largest Indian pharma company by market capitalization .And it is the  14th largest generic pharmaceutical company globally . On the basis of International standards, these facilities are approved by international regulatory agencies including the US FDA, UK MHRA, Japan’s MHLW, TGA Australia, WHO, and the MCC South Africa.

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Emeset 8 mg (Ondansetron HCL) Side Effects and Dosage


Manufacturer of Emeset 8mg Tablet

Emeset 8 mg Tablet is manufactured by Cipla Ltd.Cipla Limited is a pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai, India. Founded by nationalist Indian scientist Khwaja Abdul Hamied as The Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories in 1935. Cipla India's second largest drug firm.Cipla received the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award in 2012.

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Taxim 1gm injection (cefotaxim 1gm) Dosage and Side Effects

Manufacturer of Taxim 1gm (cefotaxim 1gm ) 
Cefotaxime 1gm is manufactured by Alkem Laboratories Ltd in Lower Parel, Mumbai is a leading pharmaceutical company and has been providing the best healthcare products and services to the India and also various parts of the world. 

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Zoloft 100mg Dosage and Side Effects

Manufacturer of Sertraline 100mg (Zoloft 100mg)
Sertraline 100mg Tablet is introduced to the market by Pfizer in 1991.Pfizer was founded by cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart in New York  in 1849 as a manufacturer of fine chemicals.Pfizer is an US multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York, and with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, America. It is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies by revenues.

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Amoxycillin 500mg (MOX 500mg) Dosage and Side Effects

Manufacturer of Amoxycillin 500mg (MOX 500mg)

Amoxycillin 500mg Tablet is manufactured by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company formed in 1961. Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo acquired a controlling share in 2008. Ranbaxy exports its products to around 150 countries all around the world with ground operations in 43 and manufacturing facilities in eight countries. In 2011, Ranbaxy Global Consumer Health Care received the OTC Company of the year award.

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