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Focus on Paediatric TB

...on of TB infection in the community, detection and cure of adult tuberculosis will prevent the transmissio...berculosis cases are: To achieve and maintain a cure rate of 85% amongst new sputum positive cases and to detect and maintain a case detection rate of at...

Daily Steroids Helpful for Boys Down With Muscular Dystrophy

...lity to walk between ages nine and 11. There is no cure for the disorder. For the study, researchers reviewed records of 143 boys seen at the Ohio State University Muscular Dystrophy Clinic in Columbus. Of the group, 75 had been treated with corticosteroids for an average of eight years and the rest of ...

Stem Cells Endless Hope in Place of What Could Have Been a Hopeless End

...tists have explored the potential of stem cells to cure a sick heart. As per recent experiments on animals, it came to light, that special class of stem cells from human embryos, called hemangioblast cells are capable of repairing blood vessels. Enthused by this finding, American scientists have begun...

Now Kidney Stones can Be Healed With Low-cost Laser Technology

...kidney stones, Indrajit Roy wanted to get the best cure at an affordable cost. When a hospital in Kolkata ...y department of the hospital last year, has helped cure over 200 patients suffering from kidney stones at a very affordable cost. The Holmium laser machine ...

Treatment of Premature Babies, Opossums Could Help

...understand the tumour and hopefully come up with a cure in the long term,' Dr Belov said. Similarly, the genome sequence could help tackle chlamydia in koalas, which is often triggered by the stress of loss of habitat, she said. Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted infection among humans, cause...

Combined Molecular-targeted and Hormonal Therapies Offer Promise in Treating Ovarian Cancer

...archers to investigate novel treatments. While a cure is unlikely, the goals of treatment are to control tumor-related symptoms and to improve or maintain quality of life, says Dr. Fu. After surveying the latest research, combined molecular-targeted and hormonal therapy offers the greatest promise in ac...

'Cocaine' Turns 'Censored' and Remains 'energy Drink'

... illegal street drug and making claims to treat or cure disease. For the Redux states, among other things, one of the ingredients, Inositol, reduces cholesterol in the blood; it helps prevent hardening of the arteries, and may protect nerve fibers from excess glucose damage. Inositol has a natural calm...

Blocking Enzyme Can Treat Breast Cancer

...ry exciting for cancer patients. However, it won't cure cancer alone. It's another tool to tackle cancers....

US Professors Develop Fusion Protein to Fight Cancer

...ially encouraging, Pento said, because there is no cure for pancreatic cancer. 'It could be applicable to many types of cancer,' Pento said, 'but we've found that it's effective for those four types of cancer for sure.' Despite successful testing to this point, don't expect the treatment to be avail...

Yoga Should Not Be Patented: Ramdev

...and ayurveda are one of the most effective ways to cure this deadly disease." "We have carried out studies at our center by treating patients suffering from many kinds of cancer through yoga and ayurveda. A book is being brought out by Patanjali Yogapeet shortly as a documentary proof," he claimed. Ra...

Holy Grail Of Dermatologists On The Verge Of Discovery

The hoary saying that there is no cure for jealousy or baldness may be a thing of the past . Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have reported in the journal Nature, that it may indeed be possible to grow new hair follicles. The findings, which stemmed from a study examining ...

Ulcerative Colitis Disrupts Many Aspects of Daily Life: Survey

...ke many other chronic diseases, there's no medical cure for ulcerative colitis, but with better management of quality of life issues, improved patient communication and by getting patients on effective therapies, we can help patients live more normal, fulfilling and productive lives," concludes Dr. Rubin....

The Plight of Jharkhand's Mysterious deaf Village

...sulted local doctors but their treatment failed to cure me. I will have to suffer it till I die." Shakeel Ahmad, another resident, said: "I have three sons and two of them are hard of hearing. We are unable to understand why the people of this village face a hearing problem." "Even treatment makes no...

Ways to Stop Organ Damage When Blood Flow Is Cut Off

...mage due to the excess antibodies may be part of a cure for this affliction, Fleming said. "We'd like to find out why someone with an autoimmune disease has these antibodies to begin with," she said. Students who participate in research with Fleming include Susie Suozzo, senior in biology, Lansing; La...

Statins may Help Treat Hepatitis C Patients

...based population. Having a high SVR rate means a cure is 95 percent of the time based upon long-term follow up that is greater than six months after treatment. The SVR rate for patients taking triple therapy, PI+R plus a statin, was 63 percent. "It is important for statins to be studied prospectively ...

Potential Of Epilepsy Surgeries Are Not Fully Harnessed Say Brain Specialists

...he neck that in turn signals the brain. It doesn't cure epilepsy like surgery can, but can reduce some patients' seizures. Also under study is beaming the seizure spot with radiation, using a technique called the Gamma Knife....

Researchers Claims to Have Found Cure for Hepatitis C

...er say that peginterferon alfa therapy harbors the cure for chronic hepatitis C . Lead researcher Dr. Mi...lone or in combination with ribavirin, points to a cure for the disease, which is a leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for liver transpla...

Stem Cell Answer to Infertility in Five Years, Says Scientist

Research on stem cells as a cure for infertility has made considerable progress. In five years it should be possible to grow mature sperm from adult stem cells, says Dr.Karim Nayerina, noted Iranian-born biomedical scientist. In July 2006, Dr. Nayernia, a professor of stem biolo...

Robotic Surgery May Improve Survival Rate For Prostate Cancer Patients

..., we think, will translate into a better long-term cure rate. The study demonstrates that even in a high volume center with an established laparoscopic radical prostatectomy program, which has been in place at Jefferson since 2000, the addition of robotic technology leads to a lower positive surgical m...

Researchers Make Insulin from Human Umbilical Cord Bloods Adult Stem Cells

... cord blood to make insulin. The study may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Randall J. Urban at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. As ...

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