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Medi News-march2017

1. Heartburn drugs up risk of diarrhea, inflammation of colon...
A study finds that gastric acid suppression drugs increase the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection which causes diarrhea and life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

2. Inhalable, dry-powder form of oxytocin to prevent PPH.
Every year, over 300,000 women in low and low-middle income countries die during pregnancy and childbirth. Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the single largest cause of these deaths.

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