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Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

...cular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals , declares that use of metabolic or molecular imaging to measure brain tumor patients' response to treatment is a powerful predictor of survival. "Our study opens the door to the possibility that brain tumor patients may live longer and respond better to drug...

World's Oldest High-wire Artiste Hums Along at 98

...amaraderie among them.' 'I'm not giving up now,' declares Thurano with a cheeky schoolboy grin. 'Keep happy, I say. Maybe I'll make 100.' Asked about the secret of his old age, he reckons he did nothing special. 'I ate what anyone eats: lots of fruit, but I like meat and pasta too. I even used to smoke,...

Destroying Taboos to Improve Patient Care

...ity is always at the bottom of the priority list,” declares Leong, and it needs to be moved up in order to improve quality of life for these patients. Patients desire information on the subject, but don't know how to approach it with their doctors. While a significant obstacle is simple discomfort discussin...

No Dying in Peace for Woman Prescribed Medical Pot

...the conflict between the federal government, which declares marijuana an illegal controlled substance with no medical value, and the 11 states allowing medical marijuana for patients with a doctor's recommendation. Two years back, the Supreme Court ruled against Raich, saying medical marijuana users and the...

Funds Increased for Treating Bhopal Gas Victims

...ecided to pursue with the central government so it declares the remaining 20 wards of Bhopal as gas- affected and compensates their residents too," Gaur said. Source-IANS...

Milk Might Transmit Mad Cow Disease

...rions endure all types of environment. The study declares that drinking the milk of a cow infected with mad cow disease may transmit the disease to the consumers although it is not clear, how serious the risk might be. PRI...

'Daronrix', Glaxo's Bird-flu Vaccine Approved by European Medicines Agency

...nly after the WHO or the European Union officially declares a pandemic. A second –generation vaccine has also been conceived by the same company, Glaxo, and work is underway to study the effects of the vaccine in combating the H5N1 virus strain. The product is slated to go in for approval in the subsequent ...

Importance of Retroviral Drugs Underestimated

...one’s diet would delay the onset of AIDS//. She declares that she is telling the truth and has also warned about the ill effects of the anti-retroviral drugs. This has sparked outrage among the AIDS activist and the medical establishment. The minister insisted to the country's parliament that traditio...

India Declared Free of Rinderpest Cattle Infection

...s per million bovine population by 1995. The OIE declares a country free from rinderpest at least three years after the country has declared itself provisionally free from the disease and if it meets the set pathway or stages of clearances, which include provisional freedom from disease, freedom from diseas...

Cancer Cover Insurance “The Big V” Is Launched In U.

...// . Richard Branson’s insurance cover "The big V" declares that it is 45% cheaper when compared to other insurance cover programme. The incidence of cancer in UK is very high and every one out of three people suffer from cancer. Institute of cancer research at UK said that age plays a major role in develo...

Vitamin B12 Deficiency In Vegans And Elderly

...most likely to suffer from this vitamin deficiency declares a study from the Harvard Medical School. The symptoms of B12 deficiency are subtle cognitive and neurological changes. A serious deficiency may cause dementia or anaemia. Breast-fed infants of mothers with a B12 deficiency are at risk for severe de...

Chemists prepare for face-off with manufacturers

...ets will join the society. Mr. Shah triumphantly declares " We are not against anybody. Now we will do the business the way we want and they will do the way they want." <br...

The World Bank funds private Hospital in India

The World Bank, whose website (www.worldbank.org) declares "Our dream is a world free of poverty, 'is backing the construction of private hospital in Mumbai, India, a move which some health agencies fear sets a precedent for using development assistance for projects that will mainly benefit the rich. The ba...

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