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Cancer Doctors Okays Controversial Prostate Therapy

...was that data on brachytherapy for prostate cancer still needed to mature before doctors were willing to consider it in the guidelines....

Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem

...re epilepsy drugs, about half of the patients were still having seizures or other symptoms. Some had relatively unusual symptoms for epileptics--such as blacking out in the absence of convulsions.The most common alternate diagnosis was vasovagal syncope, or fainting spells, which can be caused by extremely...

Antibiotics Helps Autism

...of cells in the nervous system). However there are still many questions to be answered about this complex condtion....

Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs

...he mice were able to eat more than normal mice but still weigh less. "Extra UCP3 increases metabolic rate. The effect it has is to increase fat combustion, so the animals are burning more fat," Dr John Clapham, of SmithKline Beecham, said."They eat more because they have a higher metabolic rate but it is...

A Porcine Dolly

...ed animals can be. Needles to say that the jury is still out on using pigs as a granary for much need organs for transplant....

Long-Term Survival can be Predicted by a Simple Lung Test

...data to determine whether or not participants were still living and if not, they examined medical records to determine the cause of death. During the follow-up period, nearly 55 percent of the men and more than 43 percent of the women in the study died. Researchers found cardiovascular disease was the p...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...ukemia was one of the deadliest killers around and still continues to be one. But there's good news. Multinational pharmaceutical giant Novartis - has announced that a new drug called 'Glivec ' can be used as a 'first line therapy' is the treatment of CMC. This was announced by researchers at a meeting ...

Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

...tracting the dreaded virus. However the project is still being fine-tuned to make it fool proof. It is suggested that sperm washing should only be carried out in dedicated units using a multidisciplinary approach to ensure that couples receive adequate preconception counseling, detailed sexual health and f...

What happens when Medications go wrong?

...ns if the dosages are unwittingly missed? Or worse still if harmful drugs are tested on unwitting patients what happens? Who answers these questions? In a shocking revelation, a study in the U.S.A. has revealed that in many instances about a third of medication errors that result in a patient being harmed...

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...ones and their role in causing cancer, research is still underway and nothing conclusive has been established so far. It is hoped that inspite of all people being interested in their life, common sense prevails and people learn to distinguish between fact and fiction. The bottom line as they say is alls ...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...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 actually brain dead, the family and friends can be convi...

Roller coasters – cause “Chronic Headache?

...t on medications to relieve the episode and has to still continue medications to prevent recurrence. Now, that might be a drop in the ocean , but a very important one! Watch out for those heavy rides!...

When Celebrities Die

...ys agonizing to see our favourite stars die. Worse still when the celebrity dies an unnatural death. The death of Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa and MGR- to mention a few are all etched in the memory of the nation and its millions. The sorrow multiplies if the death is violent a...

Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens

... national debate. Though the situation in India is still different in more ways than one, being promiscuous has become a fad amongst the teen folk. Can it be summed up as the teens at cross roads? Earlier the common refrain was – “ to be or not to be that is the question”. Now it is – “ to abstain or not t...

And now live birth on the internet.com?

... video feed. Imagine being busy at your office and still being able to see your kid at the hospital bed at ... way the parents can see their loved ones live and still keep the kid within the safe precincts of the intensive care unit. Also the local custom of home con...

Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...of quake victims. Doctors and other volunteers are still arriving at Gujarat to help ease the pain of the v.... Meanwhile people from all over the country are still pooling money, clothes, footwear, bedding, provisions and medicines to the victims of the quake. It ...

Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

... How these cells rewire the damaged brain cells is still unclear but this breakthrough is sure to change the treatment of stroke victims in a big way....

Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap

...g world, where treatment for many AIDS patients is still only a dream. But for the hapless HIV positive vi...is news will surely bring some cheer that there is still some chance left. There still is some light at the end of the tunnel....

Frozen Canadian baby stages miraculous recovery

...o place the baby in a heart lung machine. Miracles still do occur!!!!...

Cancer drugs in development nearly doubled since 1995

...e, cancer deaths are on the decline. But cancer is still the secondleading cause of American deaths by disease....

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