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The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...nd 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 well that...

Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003

...beds to 8000 from the present capacity are already underway and will be completed by 2002. Reddy said Apollo Hospitals had also firmed up plans to enter health insurance and had initiated talks with some insurance companies to function as a third party administrator. He also added that the revenue this year ...

Double impact vaccine

...f tumor progression in mice. A pilot study is now underway at Mayo clinic to test the use of live measles vaccine virus in patients diagnosed with lymphoma. The two main types of Lymphoma include Hodgkin's disease and non Hodgkin's lymphoma, each having its own spread, growth and response to treatment. Chem...

Alzheimer cure

...being delivered to the basal forebrain, is already underway - to show whether the treatment is safe. If the mice results are anything to go by, the clinical trial could be a winner - and thus a cure for Alzheimer's disease....

Decrease in testosterone levels lead to Alzheimer's

... to begin,” he said. A 8-year study is currently underway to investigate whether hormone replacement therapy can prevent the disease, with five-year interim results due in 2002. “If hormones are proven to be effective in this trial, then prevention of Alzheimer’s disease may become an indication for hormone...

Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique

... groups of women. Further developments currently underway may allow the collection of cells from abnormal areas using the endoscope, avoiding the need for biopsy altogether. Although general anaesthetic has been used so far, it is also likely that the procedure may soon be possible with local anaesthetic. P...

Smallpox as Biological Weapons?

... smallpox vaccine on hand. Experiments are getting underway to see whether it can be diluted so it could be administered to more people, and still be effective. // “Anthrax is not easily transferred, so to develop it as weapon is difficult, and in most cases it responds quite well to antibiotics,” Matthews...

Detection of Cancer

...1 have provided promising results, and studies are underway to develop C-Test2, he said....

Hormone replacement therapy helps women

...estyle. But other studies of HRT and cognition are underway and should help clarify the situation, say the researchers....

An effective drug for lung cancer

...ts with this disease. A multinational trial is now underway to study this treatment further....

Combating insomnia with warm feet

Research underway at University of Illinois at Chicago could possibly help people with insomnia sleep better. Joan Shaver, Ph.D., R.N., Dean of the College of Nursing at UIC, //and Barbara Berger, Clinical Assistant Professor, are heading the research, which is using ...

Combination regime may work against prostate cancer

...dy. Further study of the combination treatment is underway in a phase III trail....

Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes

...h current use. Two or three studies are currently underway to see if antibiotics can prevent problems like stroke in heart attack patients, Dr. Brassard noted. If these go well, perhaps the stroke-preventing ability of antibiotics will be tested in people without any heart or blood vessel problems. Ultimatel...

Even mid-life diet change can extend life

... she said. "There are diet restriction studies now underway with monkeys and all the indications appear the same [as with mice, rats and fruit flies]." James R. Carey, a University of California, Davis, researcher who studies the biology of aging, said the Partridge study is "important to the field," but d...

The Use Of Viagra for Babies Questioned

...of Viagra are not known. However there are studies underway to look at its long-term effect on babies and how safe and effective it is compared with other therapies....

Prediction Of Disease In The Future Questioned

...iabetes is effective. Several large trials are now underway in which individuals with two or more diabetes-associated autoantibodies receive immune-modulating therapy. Researchers conclude saying that even if disease cannot be prevented, perhaps life-threatening but treatable conditions could be avoided, suc...

Lemons Could Give Relief For Patients Suffering From Asthma

...e research in both animals and humans is currently underway to look at citrus oils and their use in treating asthma....

Link between Faith, Health and Healing

...physical and emotional health". "The shift that is underway is historic," said Anderson from his Cancer Recovery Foundation of America offices in Harrisburg. In order to drill this new concept and concretise it Anderson has revised hi classic “The Cancer Conqueror” to address this phenomenal health-faith cha...

More News That Circumcision Could Reduce risk of HIV infection

...n a statement. Two further studies are currently underway in Uganda and Kenya that is likely to provide more information and resolve this question. "It is a very sensitive issue, and not just biologically," said UNAids chief scientific adviser Catherine Hankins. She is worried that people should not aban...

“Alcohol” To “Cancer”: I Hereby Invite You To Join Me At The Earlest

Research is underway to explore the link between alcohol and certain type of cancers, which will perhaps help understand genetic factors //that influence DNA repair pathways. The study examined the reaction of acetaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen (a substance that can i...

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