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New Way to "See" Genes, Evaluate Effectiveness of Gene Therapies Discovered

... tracking system consists of "reporter" genes that can be attached to any gene therapy and used to monitor the therapy's behavior. After the reporter genes and gene therapy are paired and infused into a patient, the patient receives an injection of a special radioactive molecule. The reporter genes produ...

Cinnamon May Help Diabetics

... a regular treatment for type 2 diabetes, patients can try adding 1/4-1 teaspoon of cinnamon to their food. The worst that will happen is it won't do any good and the best is that it will help dramatically. Clinical trials using a cinnamon extract on humans are due to begin in 6 months....

Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

...s in the red blood cell membrane, through which it can absorb nutrients. In fact, each infected red blood cell have a thousand or more such channels, which are not present on normal, uninfected red blood cells. For malaria, it is not clear whether the parasite creates the channels by changing a protein ...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...c, hospitals thousands of miles away in Bangladesh can expect a surge of cholera cases, according to the ...he link. Data on cholera incidence, which normally can rise and fall twice each year with local influences such as monsoons and seasonal temperature change...

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

Researchers have found a simple pulmonary test can predict overall long-term survival rates in both men and women. Their findings are presented in the September issue of Chest. Researchers studied survival rates based on a lung function test, called forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1).The...

Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey

...all claims made out by such sites. The information can be accessed on http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/categories.htm Statutary Warning: You may get an heart Attack if herbal remedies are dear to you!!...

More Accurate "PROSTATE CANCER" Test can save Unnecessary Biopsies

Prostate cancer can effect men over the age of 40 years and is the sec...his condition and now men over the age of 40 years can be screened regularly to detect the cancer. One of the most promising "tumour markers" in medicine ...

Consensus on "Combination Therapy" for Breast Cancer

...ectomy and have four or more cancerous lymph nodes can best benefit from post-surgical radiation. At this point the panel says there is not enough evidence that women with three or fewer cancerous lymph nodes benefit from radiation. Patricia Eifel of Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, said to one of th...

PCR emerging as a promising technique for Diagnosing Urinary Tuberculosis

...y Congress in India. Presence of even one bacteria can be detected by the PCR technique, he said, elaborating on the advances in genitourinary tuberculosis. However, in spite of newer methods of investigations like ultrasound and CT scan, intravenous urogram continues to be the key investigation metho...

Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

... Kaposi’s sarcoma causes purple skin blotches and can also attack the internal organs. The virus rarely causes sickness among people with normal disease defenses but attacks those with weakened immune system as in AIDS. The virus known as herpes virus 8 was discovered six years ago. Almost 30% to 50% ...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

A simple blood test can give clue if the heart attack patients should get an immediate procedures to open clogged vessels and restore blood flow to their hearts. Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, Dr. Deepak Bhatt analyzed medical records of more than 12,000 heart disease pat...

Life Saving Cancer Drugs – From Chicken! Possible Says 'Dolly’ Creatos

In what can be a watershed in cancer research, Scottish scient...human therapeutic proteins in chicken eggs – which can be used as drugs to treat serious diseases. Professor Grahame Bulfield, Director of Roslin Institut...

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

...itoring of electrolytes and PH, general anesthesia can be administered to children on a ketogenic diet. A diet with high fat and low carbohydrates and proteins, causing ketosis is called a ketogenic diet . With very few reports published on the issue, Dr. Ignacio Valencia and his team at the Children...

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

... against intracellular pathogens and parasites and can potentially increase the expression of agents that stimulate inflammation, which also helps to protect the body against infectious and potentially harmful micro-organisms. Additional studies with individuals consuming spirulina are needed to determin...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...s - 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 of American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, on Saturday Evening. The researchers added up to 30% patients have no traces of the diseas...

Ebola Virus - 'Outbreak' Claims More Lives In Uganda.

...vomiting and extensive internal bleeding. Doctors can do little except provide supportive rehydration therapy...

Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

...uering the HIV with such breakthroughs at least we can prevent the virus from spreading and thereby score at least a small victory against i....

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

... future. But in such ethical issues as these, One can hardly delineate clearly the right and the wrong. But for the moment the ball is now in the Judges court!!!!...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...pirin, the researchers say aspirin desensitization can be tried. This involves the use of leukotrienes (L...ke. With this finding asthmatics and their doctors can rest easy if a situation arises that demands treatment with aspirin. So shall we say aspirin is no l...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...juries and breathing with the help of a ventilator can be brain dead, despite explanations from medical s...ent is actually brain dead, the family and friends can be convinced about the futility of prolonging the life support, say doctors. Two-thirds of consulta...

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