Cipla's new strawberry-flavored medicine can save kids from AIDS

In a bid to save thousands of children from HIV AIDS, Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla has introduced a revolutionary new drug called Quadrimune.

The medicine, developed in partnership with not-for-profit Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), carries the flavor of strawberries and can be consumed easily by toddlers and babies.

Plus, it is relatively inexpensive as well.

Here's all about it.
Problem with HIV medication for kids

While we already have medicinal treatments for babies living with HIV, all those methods revolve around old, bitter-tasting pills or syrups with as much as 40% alcohol content.

Also, all the current medicines require refrigeration, which is often a problem in regions like Africa, where warm temperatures and electricity are common issues. In fact, people tend to bury medicines in the sand for cooling.
Data
1.8 million children living with HIV, 300 die every day

Going by the numbers, nearly 1.8 million children are estimated to be living with HIV (90% being in sub-Saharan Africa) and merely 54% of them get treated properly. This means nearly 300 children die from AIDS every day.

Solution
Now, Cipla has a pleasant-tasting solution

After years of struggle with these problems, Cipla has finally developed the answer - Quadrimune.

The drug comes in the form of a capsule, but its strawberry-flavored granules, which are nearly as big as sugar grains, can be easily swallowed by infants and kids.

Parents can make it even more palatable by mixing it with milk or baby cereal.

Advantage
Also, it doesn't require refrigeration

Quadrimune has been designed with a combination of four heat-stable antiretrovirals (ARVs), which means there's no need for refrigeration for the drug.

"The new Quadrimune is pleasant-tasting, heat-stable, and easy-to-use," Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director of DNDi said. "We will finally have a treatment designed specifically for infants and young children, who are at the highest risk of dying if they do not receive treatment."

Once approved, it would save thousands of kids

Quadrimune is being reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and should receive approval by next year.

Once that is done, the drug will cost less than $1/day for a child between 10-14kg and 50 cents/day for younger toddlers.

This would hopefully make the treatment of HIV accessible to more people and save tens of thousands of children worldwide.

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Here's How Diet Foods May Make You Gain Weight

Are you on a strict diet but still can’t seem to achieve any weight loss? Believe it or not, weight loss is a complex process. In most cases it is never achievable if the fine balance between calories consumed and burned is not realised. Another factor severely affecting your weight loss journey is the kind of food that you include in your diet. If you don’t have a set routine of your meal times, or don’t meet your regular nutritional requirements, all your efforts will eventually go down the drain.

Unfortunately, the reality of diet foods seems pretty grim. It has been a hot topic of debate among health experts and fitness enthusiasts for a long time now. If you happen to seek professional help with respect to your diet plan, in most cases you will be asked to steer clear of diet products. One of the biggest problems with diet foods is empty calories. While you munch on low-fat cookies or the wholegrain variant of a regular snack, you simply don’t realise that you are consuming hidden sugar in disguise. Then there are artificial flavourings, sweetening agents and a whole lot of things added to make a supposed ‘diet’ product more enjoyable, palatable and ‘delicious’. Diet food consumption can therefore put you in a vicious cycle of regaining all the weight that you once lost.

 Diet foods can be low in fat, but many of these are often laden with sugar. Experts from the University of Georgia experimented with mice module to analyse the effect of a diet high in sugar and low in fat. It was found that these mice had an increased body fat mass as compared to rats who were on a balanced diet.

"Most so-called diet products containing low or no fat have an increased amount of sugar and are camouflaged under fancy names, giving the impression that they are healthy, but the reality is that those foods may damage the liver and lead to obesity as well," said principal investigator Krzysztof Czaja, reported by PTI.

According to Shilpa Arora ND, a renowned Health Practitioner, Nutritionist and certified Macrobiotic Health Coach, "Diet foods don't necessarily lead to weight gain. One should do thorough research and read labels to know what is added in a product. Items high in sugar are always harmful to health. Sugar should always be taken from a natural source, like fruits. A balanced diet is always recommended to lead a healthy life".

 Diet colas and energy drinks, for example, are loaded with sugar and provide empty calories. Experts found that the calorie consumption of the rats on a high-sugar, low-fat diet was almost equal to the ones who were on a normal diet. The former group was consuming empty calories that generated body fat at double the rate as compared to the other group of rats. Both the low-fat, high-sugar and high-fat, high-sugar groups displayed an increase in liver fat and significant increases in body weight and body fat when compared to the balanced diet group. Liver fat accumulation was significant in the high-sugar, low-fat group.

The study was published in the journal Physiology & Behavior and concluded that unbalanced diets harm the gut microbiome and its bacterial diversity. Low-fat, high-sugar diets may often encourage gut bacteria linked to liver damage.

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