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New hope on the Horizon for People Wishing to Quit Smoking

Smoking is one of the most difficult addiction to give up. In an exciting research done at the Universit...treat skin disorders) may help addicts who wish to give up smoking. Nicotine replacement, in the form of a patch or gum, to keep the level of nicotine in...

Blood Cells Capable of Regenerating Liver

... have the power, under the right circumstances, to give rise not only to the various kinds of blood cells ...ver cells), and re-inject then into the patient to give them enough functioning liver mass to get them through the acute process," Theise said....

Potential New Cancer Gene Identified

...ancy, shedding new light on the abnormalities that give rise to the aggressive childhood cancer, Burkitt's lymphoma - as well as lymphoma, leukemia, prostate, ovarian, lung, and breast cancer. Characterized by rapidly growing abdominal tumors, Burkitt's lymphoma is one of the three major types of pediat...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

A simple blood test can give clue if the heart attack patients should get an immediate procedures to open clogged vessels and restore blood flow to their hearts. Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, Dr. Deepak Bhatt analyzed medical records of more than 12,000 heart disease patients...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...ppens if a situation arises if it is imperative to give aspirin to an asthmatic? These questions are answered by a study conducted by two doctors of Indian origin Dr. Suresh Babu, MD, DNB; and Dr. Sundeep S. Salvi, MD, DNB, PhD , From the Department of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, University o...

Brain death – How to cope with it

... decision for the relatives of these victims is to give consent to the medical staff attending on these brain dead patients to stop life support- thereby accepting the fact that the person in question is actually dead. Families often find it difficult to accept that a relative who is still warm with no ...

Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children

...stivals where unfortunately the victims themselves give history of lighting fireworks and inhaling a lot of smoke in the process. The death rate is appalling during these festive times going up nearly thrice in some belts. Breathlessness was the common feature in all cases. Some presented with status ...

Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

...ce dead cells in the brain. One or two cords will give enough stem cells to treat a stroke victim and the cells can be frozen and used whenever needed. Sanberg says the study was conducted on 60 rats and 80% of them responded well to this treatment. He also says the treatment works better if it is start...

Lure of the home turf brings back NRI doctors

...t to do this. Dr Joshi, also driven by the need to give back to the country and to give histwo children a firsthand feel of their roots, says salaries here becomingcloser if not identical ...

The brain loves a surprise

...d, is important to survival. So the next time you give someone a pleasant surprise, rest assured their brains would love you!!!...

Breast Feeding prevents obesity later on in life

...more positive effects on fat storage. This might give us an insight as to how we can fight obesity in life. So if you want your kids to stay slim when they grow up, make it a point to breast-feed them without fail. Remember, breast-feeding fights obesty....

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

... postmenopausal women, including a 62 year old, to give birth. The two declared their plans at a conference at the Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.Their announcement echoes that of Richard Seed, a physicist who made a similar declaration in January 1998, sparking ethical and legal debate (BMJ 19...

New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery

... Maryland devised a method which allows doctors to give patients and their families more accurate information about their chances of recovery. This new method is based on brain scanning using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a stroke assessment test and the number of hours between the onset of the strok...

Alcohol shrinks brain

...brain damage is partly reversible. Individuals who give up the bottle can recover brain volume and boost blood flow. The researchers estimate that aging accounts for about 30% of brain shrinkage and heavy alcohol consumption for about 10%....

Risk of Cancer can be reduced to 40% with a High Fiber Diet

...eve optimum health and avoid cancer. These studies give us a truthful picture of the relationship between cancer and diet....

Increase in tobacco deaths

...of men in China will die from smoking, unless they give up now.A survey of deaths occurring in Hong Kong in 1998 may foreshadow what is likely to happen on the mainland in the future. Doctors at the University of Beijing find that tobacco was the cause of 33% of all male deaths and 5% of female deaths in...

Silicon eye implants

...entosa,said that implanting three more people will give them a large data. He would be doing the implant of these micro chips in one woman and two men suffering from retinitis pigmentosa .The whole procedure would be about 2-1/2-hour and will take place in Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois,...

A height problem

...to prove slightly taller. Children's heights often give a clue to any underlying health problem they may have. If a child is too short, it may be due to serious underlying disease, malnutrition or even abuse, so it is important that doctors correctly identify the cause. The researchers noted: "We sugges...

Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat

...ot work when you really need it. Sometimes doctors give prescriptions more to please the patient than out of medical need....

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

...ts. Doctors need to make sure that the people they give these pills to are going to benefit, and that taking the risk is worthwhile - I don't think that always happens." says Dr Healy. Dr Healy has written to the Medicines Control Agency, which licences medicines in the UK, expressing concern about SSRIs....

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