Washington, Mar 20 : Low doses of blood pressure medications have been found effective in treating hypertension, say researchers.

Scientists at The University of Western Ontario have revealed that a simplified and more effective method of treating hypertension is using low doses of single pill combinations, rather than multiple pills.

Washington, March 20 : Two Syracuse University researchers in New York have created a new surface material that can resist the growth of biolfilm, a sticky build-up of bacteria, and thus may lead to better medical implants.

Washington, March 20 : Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have announced the creation of transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model.

Washington, March 20 : A group of U. S. scientists have created ultra-detailed 3-D images of the eyes of more than 2,000 people from different ethnic groups, 400 of whom have age-related macular degeneration (AMD), hoping that they will pave the way for new diagnostic software that will help get a better look at the abnormalities that cause this condition, and prove useful for developing new treatments.

Indian Wells, California  - Andy Murray had his difficult moments before managing to snuff the candles on the 30th birthday celebrations of opponent Ivan Ljubicic 7-5,
7-6 (8-6) in the quarter- finals of the Indian Wells Masters on Thursday.

Washington  - The top EU and US trade officials Thursday vowed to fight protectionist trends and maintain robust trade to support global economic recovery.

The commitments were made in a joint statement from newly minted US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton. They also pledged to push for an "ambitious" outcome on the stalled Doha world trade talks.