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Vitamin B12 can help in detecting cancers

...sing vitamin B12 that helps doctors locate hard to find tumors. During the processes a patient is injected with radioactive vitamin B12. After three hours a gamma camera takes pictures of the body. Dr. Collins treated a patient with breast cancer and he says that, "The cancer stands out as a bright spot i...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...son in question is actually dead. Families often find it difficult to accept that a relative who is still warm with no apparent injuries and breathing with the help of a ventilator can be brain dead, despite explanations from medical staff. However by witnessing tests to confirm that the patient is actu...

Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors

...ople over 18 and children over 16 years of age can find out if they were born from donated sperms or ova. And this new ruling will come into force only in the New Year and only after extensive debating by the decision makers. However the ruling is not retrospective- so old donors will not be identified. O...

New hope for cancer victims – will vaccine cure the deadly bug

...es are then used to stimulate the immune system to find and destroy any cancer cells that may be remaining, with the ultimate goal of extending life. Hollingsworth is a professor and head of the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) on Pancreatic Cancer at the University of Nebraska in Omaha....

Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.

...ked to evaluate their peers they were surprised to find that most of the aggressive ones, who had cut down on TV, were much more softer and more social than before. The reason the researchers attribute to this aggression is that children who spend more time on TV and video games may have very little tim...

Controversial Levis jean ad to be withdrawn

... 20 people die each day because they are unable to find a suitable match. A spokeswoman for Levis Strauss in San Francisco, said that the ad film was meant in good humour to show how attached some people are with their jeans. But respecting the popular opinion the ad is being shelved. So much so for a...

Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

...y in California and New York, used the Internet to find answers to questions nagging them. Some were personal queries and some were based on the academic projects that they were involved with.Topics most frequently researched include sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), diet, exercise, sexual behaviors, ...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

...acticiens du Quebec. The idea of the study was to find out if women were safe if they used the emergency ... 72-hour period. The researchers were surprised to find out that in almost 90% of the cases the morning after pill was as effective up to five days after ha...

India takes on foot-and-mouth disease by vaccinating animals

...heir value in the meat market dips. Hence farmers find it cheaper to slaughter the infected animals rather than goin for a vaccination programme." India has a policy of not destroying infected cattle and hence has chosen the vaccination option. The vaccine is a liquid preparation which can be monovalent...

Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain

... coping with chronic illness or chronic pain might find it difficult to maintain a positive outlook or feel connected to God or the beauty of life. The results of this study suggest otherwise." In the study, 35 people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis were asked to keep daily diaries of their moods, re...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

...n that of normal people. These and related reports find a place in the latest issue of the journal, “Psychosomatic Medicine”. Psychological factors could have direct and indirect effects on the rate of wound healing, according to the researchers. Depression and other psychological problems have been show...

Hundred million dollar gift for malaria institute

... put the university at the forefront of efforts to find an effective vaccine and new treatments for the mosquito-borne disease, one of the leading killers in developing nations.Malaria kills atleast one million people and at least 500 million get infected every year. Apart from AIDS/HIV and Tuberculosis, ...

African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

...ill be powerless against the virus but these drugs find it difficult to latch on to the protease, which is..., were all designed to treat HIV-B. These findings find a place in a report in the May 22nd issue of the journal - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

...more than 20% of the patients said they used it to find cancer relative information. In the related study, investigators found that patients are not the only ones ousing the Internet. In many cases, their companions are also performing Web searches to obtain cancer-related information. Dr. Sofia Yakren...

Asthma! A new warning for heart disease

...matory disease as well, it would be interesting to find if asthma patients had an increased risk of heart ...matory disease as well, it would be interesting to find if asthma patients had an increased risk of heart disease. The reason to study nonsmokers is to rul...

New antiperspirant in action - Botox does the difference

...er relief for such condition. Most sufferers "can find relief with prescription antiperspirants, special medicated powders, and other topical treatments," says Jim Baral, MD, who is a dermatologist at the American Dermatology Center in New York City and an assistant professor at the Mount Sinai School of...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...arget is correctly chosen. The challenge now is to find these targets." Courtesy: Novartis Oncology...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...arget is correctly chosen. The challenge now is to find these targets." Courtesy: Novartis Oncology...

For better mood and energy!! Work-up in short span

... stationary bicycle for longer periods and did not find any benefits as far as mood is concerned. Cheryl J. Hansen and colleagues from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona suggested to experience positive fitness and health benefits and that normal adults should participate in a total of 30 ...

Starch fights cancer

...o not chew them too much. They are still trying to find out more about resistant starch - which, in the past, has proved hard to study because it is difficult to measure it. Meanwhile, the healthy message is - keep on eating fibre, but start considering starch as well. Source : CSIRO Annual Food Ind...

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