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Consumption of Soy May Reduce Risk of Fracture in Postmenopausal Women

...ed from regular intake of soy protein. This report came out in the September issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Women experience accelerated bone loss // at a rate of three to five percent per year for about five to seven years after menopause, putting them at a high risk for bone fractu...

Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research

...that a DNA sample could be linked to the person it came from and ever since its introduction, the technique called as DNA fingerprinting has been used in solving criminal cases, settlement of paternity issues and identification of dead bodies of soldiers. Southern, in the mid 1970s, devised a now-standa...

Early treatment of stuttering can help children

...e condition. The research report on the said topic came out in the latest // edition of BMJ. About 5% of children begin to stutter, usually in the third and fourth years of life. The consensus is that early intervention in the preschool years is necessary, but evidence to support this is currently lackin...

Dr Reddy’s Strikes Deal With Rheoscience For Type 2 Diabetes Dru

...al company," he said. The deal with Rheoscience came a day after Dr Reddy's announced the formation of India's first integrated drug development company - Perlecan Pharma Private Limited - with equity capital commitment of $52.5 million from India's leading venture capital investors, Citigroup Venture ...

PM announces a new health care order for India

... effectiveness// of the healthcare system in India came to focus after the Tsunami took place in Chennai. This calamity rocked the City leaving thousands homeless, many orphaned and a rising risk of water born diseases. The Chennai government worked quickly and effectively with the people providing immedi...

Clowns farewell in operating room, easing anxiety in children

...on of anaesthesia, were viewed as annoying when it came to doctors and nurses. A questionnaire was distributed regarding the presence of clowns inside the operating theatre, the results of which revealed that clowns were indeed a benefit to the child. However, the majority of staff had opposing opinions...

FDA Mislead On Asthma Drug By GlaxoSmithKline

... Administration two years ago when the // medicine came up for a review. This became evident last November when The FDA identified Serevent as a drug that needed additional warnings. The Public Citizen Group has registered a case regarding the issue. The company is said to have manipulated from the so-c...

Microscopic Nanobombs Blow Apart Breast Cancer Cells

... other researchers saw these nano explosions, they came up with the idea of using them against cancer cells. "The nanobomb is very selective, very localized and minimally invasive," Panchapakesan said. "It might cause what I would call nanopain, like a pin prick." He is of the opinion that this therapy ...

Daily Gargling May Prevent Common Colds

...ght an upper respiratory tract infection whichever came first. They were asked to keep up with normal hand-washing and to avoid cold remedies during that time. A total of 130 subjects contracted a cold, sore throat, sinus infection or a form of bronchitis. There was no significant difference in the rate ...

Consumers Worried About Trans-Fats The Most

...nd convenience are the number-one priority when it came to what to eat, unless they had medical conditions. A similar survey conducted in Canada found 34 percent of the surveyed viewed trans-fat as their primary concern. Trans-fats have been widely publicized in Canada. The Canadian government is consid...

Three Sisters Have One Baby and Make History

...ly wished for a baby from her husband. Her sisters came to her rescue and decided to help and the rest of the history was created by the modern methods of science. The son named Charlie weighing 3.8 Kgs was born to give joy to the three. This unique event was covered on BBC in a programme called 'One L...

Acute Shortage Of Neurosurgeons In India: One Surgeon For Every 1 Million!

... in paediatric neurosurgery in India. The demand came to light during a four-day continuing medical education programme for paediatric neurosurgeons organized by the International Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery CME Course. Over 100 neurosurgeons are attending the programme with six specialists fro...

ADB Report Warns of Bird-Flu Catastrophe

...rld economy as much as $800 billion. The reports came as governments stepped up cooperation to prepare a global response to the risk that the bird flu virus that has swept through Asia and entered Europe could mutate into a form transmissible between people and produce a pandemic that could kill million...

A Boon For Gastritis Patients In The Form Of Broccoli

...i sprouts for two months, H. pylori and pepsinogen came back to pre-trial levels in the subjects. "The data suggest strongly that a diet rich in sulforaphane glucosinolate may help protect against gastric cancer, presumably by activating gastric mucosal anti-oxidant enzymes that can protect the cells from...

Cancer Can Recur Any Time, Experts Caution

...d cases of cancer. He said that commonly, patients came very late to their doctor after the worst symptoms presented themselves. This was especially true of stomach cancer. Delay in cases of cancer can be fatal, he warned. As far as the cancers in childhood were concerned, Dr Gupta said that parents need ...

John Hopkins CGHH program provides Global Health education

...ysicians worldwide. The idea of this online course came to them after they saw that their John Hopkins website with information on AIDS had more than 2 million hits and urgent queries from 82 countries which made them feel that there is a great gap in sharing of knowledge. Now their new online courses on ...

Indian Psychiatrist in UK Accused of plagiarism

...gramme "All In The Mind". The alleged plagiarism came to light when Thomas Blass, professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, happened to read Persaud's article. The piece, entitled "Why The Media Refuses To Obey", was about the social psychologist Stanley Milgram, famous for his 1963 "obed...

Herceptin Not A ‘Wonder’ Drug, Says The Lanct

...operties, Herceptin, the breast cancer wonder drug came down to earth as the most respected British medical journal questioned its effectiveness//. "The available evidence is insufficient to make reliable judgments. It is profoundly misleading to suggest, even rhetorically, that the published data may b...

Medical Breakthrough - Kidney Transplant Recipient Survives Without Drugs

... Koh, both the transplanted bone marrow and kidney came from his younger brother, which cured his pre-leukemia illness first and then took him back to a normal life. When he received a kidney from his brother the following year after the marrow transplant, his body could tolerate it better even with fewer...

Polio Fears Raised In Canada

...esota and that visit was repaid when the Americans came down for a wedding. The Minnesota settlement is battling with a mini-outbreak of vaccine related polio and Canadian health officials are concerned that it might have found a way into the country through the Amish. David Jensen, a spokesman for the On...

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