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Cancers of Colon & Rectum linked to Cigarette Smoking

The risks of smoking are well known. Besides causing 160,000 deaths annually from lung, mouth, bladder and other cancers, smoking also increases the risk of death from cancer of the colon or rectum, according to results of a large new study from the American Cancer Society. ...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...he cath lab,". He added that not all heart attacks are the same, Patients who have heart attacks that pro... tracing called "non-Q-wave myocardial infarction" are treated either with procedures such as balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery or are managed with med...

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

...and social ramifications of these hapless children are beyond words. One stumbling handicap in the surgi...n spearheaded this research. The results they say are encouraging. While serum glucose levels remained stable in all patients throughout the procedure, mo...

Patients With Filariasis More Prone To HIV Infection

...rld countries and in regions where HIV and Filaria are both rampan....

Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects

... researchers at National Institute of Health (NIH) are to be believed. According to Dr. Joannieshen MD, MPH, research associate at NIH, electro-acupuncture was more effective in controlling vomiting than just medication.Ian Cyrus, Director of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the center for integrat...

International community warns India on HIV situation

....P.Takhur, the experts said if corrective measures are not taken India might become another Africa in ten... am very certain. I think with the efforts that we are now making the progress of the disease will be checked.” According to U.N. agencies, India has the ...

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

...ws is out that Spirulina may be the wonder drug we are all looking out for. According to Journal of Medic...ional studies with individuals consuming spirulina are needed to determine whether these dramatic effects extend beyond the laboratory." With such wonderfu...

Startling Expose – Physicians Often Have No Regular Source Of Health Car

...physicians without a regular source of health care are less likely than others to receive important preventive services such as flu shots and cancer screenings’, Sounds scary but this report will surely make at least a few physicians to sit up and shed the accumulated rust. In this context it is to be bo...

Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?

...a possible role in alleviating heart disease. They are believed to do so by reducing the level of an amin...in supplements should not be encouraged until they are proven beneficial.” Food sources of folic acid are citrus fruits, tomatoes, vegetables, whole gra...

Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

In many unfortunate instances we see couples who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a b... HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries a 1 in 500 risk of tr...

What happens when Medications go wrong?

Have you ever wondered how the dosages of drugs are determined? How drugs are being tested? On whom are these tested and who tests them? What happens if the dosages are unwitting...

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...any nurses and doctors and allied health personnel are politely (at times rudely) asked to stay away from...act that very reputable professional organizations are concerned about science and the integrity of their positions takes away the notion that this is just...

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...iends and well-wishers without realizing that they are helping the rumour mill working overtime! The rumours are fanned out through all means of communication and beyond a point fiction is taken for fact. People a...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...er from the usual symptoms of the disease but they are unfortunate in more ways than one. It is common knowledge that asthmatics are warned to stay away from aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. What happens when ...

Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation

...just the reverse in the United States where people are taking note of Ayurveda in a big way. The study wa... the existing therapy. While in India a few people are busy rubbishing our glorious past the West is paying glorious tributes to our culture. What an irony...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...evere stokes, head injuries or cerebral hemorrhage are all confined to a situation where they live techni...ssist the grieving process," Bonner said. "These are not people with brain damage, these are people with total brain death. It is completely different to...

Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!

...e density. They say the anti-oxidants found in tea are 100 times more powerful than vitamin C and 25 time...ing to non-alcoholic beverages and suddenly people are more health conscious than ever before. But unless and until it is proved to be really magical the s...

Mortality increased in Sporting enthusiasts!

...hus the factors that contribute to atherosclerosis are not the only risk factors to be managed but also a...o required and needs monitoring. So next time you are watching your favourite game “Keep your Cool!” ...

Roller coasters – cause “Chronic Headache?

... that the highly popular roller coaster rides that are invading all our amusement parks may not be safe after all! A kind of posttraumatic migraine might be induced on account the seemingly safe rides. In a specific incident that was studied by researchers, following one such ride a young lady presented...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...e is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using t...ll phone usage could cause brain tumours. Analysts are quick to point out that though there is no evidence as yet linking cell phone radiation to brain tum...

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