Shorter Radiation Schedules Found To Be More Effective For Patients With Breast Cancer
...erapy, with an incorporated boost. An incorporated boost is a higher dose of radiation that is given to the...nal tumor where the lumpectomy was performed. This boost usually prolongs radiation for one to two weeks. However, in this study, researchers gave the boost ...The Use Of Implants After Breast Cancer Questioned
...s.// Researchers speculate that the implants may boost the morale and self-esteem of the patient, which could improve their survival. Some studies have suggested that breast implants could stimulate the immune system and reduce blood flow to the breast, thereby impairing cell and tumor growth. Previous ...New turn in stem cell research
Scientists have developed a new way to boost stem cell research that will help in numerous therapies using stem cell.// The recent development is a new way of growing human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to play an important role in regen...Milk Not So Good In Building Bones
...und that 27 did not support drinking more milk to boost calcium.Currently, available evidence does not support nutrition guidelines focused specifically on increasing milk or other dairy product intake for promoting child and adolescent bone mineralization. It was concluded that exercise may be more impo...Hair cells can generate more stem cells than scalp
...oversies. Hence this new source of stem cells will boost not only the study of the stem cells and their therapeutic uses, but may create a new treatment to cure baldness. Reference: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/...New breed of mice to live longer
...etic mutations, drugs may need to be used that can boost the production of high levels of catalase in the mitochondria of human cells. .......f Surrey, UK, had developed a new// drug that will boost mental alertness without any over stimulations. The new drug is made of a compound called CX717, and it is a member of a new class of drugs called ampakines. This drug had showed effectiveness in increasing memeory, alertness, increasing the reactio...Stem Cell Solution for Infertility
...r research in this field is likely to give further boost to the field of infertility....Producing Vaccines from genetically modified crops
... its initial five years of funding will eventually boost the global supply of treatments. Current methods used include genetic modification of human cells and microorganisms such as bacteria. These techniques are labour intensive, expensive and often only produce relatively small amounts of pharmaceutica...New Combination Therapy Option for HIV Patients
...aking 200 mg of ritonavir twice daily was shown to boost the level of Aptivus, and lowered the amount of virus in the blood compared to the currently available anti-HIV medicines. However like all drugs it is also known to cause serious liver problems especially in patients with liver disease. Some of the ...Understanding Chronic Infections May Help in Developing Therapeutic Vaccines
... therapeutic vaccination, or a cytokine that might boost the proliferation or survival of responding cells. While Wherry's primary interest is in chronic infection, he notes that research in this area should inform the design of better therapeutic cancer vaccines as well because many of the deficiencies in...Vitamin E May Not Reduce Risk Of Death Due To Heart Disease In Women
...e industry point of view this study will provide a boost as the study does not report any adverse effects from the Vitamin E intake during the 10-year study. <br...Tackling Prostate Cancer With A New Dietary Supplement
...en had lower levels of male sex hormones, known to boost prostate cancer growth, and, in 21 patients, the supplement stopped the rise in PSA. Although the study results indicate positive findings researchers say the effect on PSA levels does not necessarily mean that tumours would stop growing. Thus rese...Researchers Identify Key Gene That May Help Brain Treatment
... controls specialized brain cells// is expected to boost understanding of neurological disorders and lead to better treatment of conditions ranging from schizophrenia to multiple sclerosis, researchers said Wednesday. The National University of Singapore (NUS) study has unveiled a new gene that speeds up...Yet Another Use For Cocoa Flavonols
...s a possible benefit on brain health, as flavonols boost blood flow to certain regions of the brain. Researchers who presented their latest findings on cocoa flavonols have made it very clear that the research has little to do with chocolate as they feel that people should not get the wrong message that ...Hyderabad To Have Asia’s First Catheter Making Uni
...e later told IANS that the facility would be a big boost to development of medical devices in a country, which presently produces only IV sets. "From the lowest level we are jumping to the sixth level," he said. Krishna Reddy hoped the facility would cut the prices of catheters by 50 to 70 percent. India ......ent also called on governments around the world to boost their public health systems and monitoring networks in preparation for a possible new outbreak. Health officials have expressed fears that SARS may make a comeback, possibly in an ever more powerful form, with the return of the northern hemisphere w...Zinc Effective In Helping Kids Recover From Pneumonia
Zinc has been found to boost the immune system and help fight off diarrhea and pneumonia, researchers tested supplements to determine their effect on children already in the hospital with severe pneumonia// and they say that a simple zinc supplement can help children with sever...Digoxin Pill To Fight Against Both Heart Diseases And Cancer
...itching the sugars in digitalis it was possible to boost the ability of the drug to target cancer cells and kill them. By using this technique of neoglycorandomisation it is possible to develop drugs for other disease. It is possible to manipulate the drug for treatment of different diseases. Dr. Hazel N......aby. Researchers say by their study they intend to boost the cause for fortification. The recent study was based on blood samples taken from 998 expectant mothers. Researchers recorded the amount of folate in their red blood cells - the cells can show activity over the previous three months and can gathe...