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Breast Cancer Advance

... effective strategy to treat the disease is not so far // . The ADAMTS genes are recent additions to a large family known as the metalloproteinases – many of which can break down tissues and have therefore been linked with tumor metastasis, or spread, through the body. Earlier studies have shown that 11...

Surgeons in India to Mend ‘Pakistani Hearts’ by treating 70 Childrn

...arring nations. Indian healthcare system today is far advanced than many countries and medical tourism is likely to be the big industry of the next decade, this gesture is also likely to give the Indian healthcare industry a boost in the International arena. Corporate hospital in India should take a cue...

Active Lifestyle Helps To Slowdown Illness In Alzheimer's Patients

...be anywhere between six and 30 million people. So far scientists have not found any clear-cut answers to prevent or cure Alzheimer's disease, said Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, director of the Manesar, Haryana-based National Brain Research Centre. "Research on possible vaccines to prevent Alzheimer's has...

Scientists Consider About New Technology Called Nanotechnology

...ngineer new products and services, it would not be far before the entire history can be compressed inside our pockets or the life system extended by specially designed molecules that mimic the living systems. While doing so, caution has to be taken to ensure that the cost of production does not exceed th...

Shortage of funds for providing AIDS drug in Africa and India

...crease in antiretroviral // treatment, it is still far less than the requirement, and the WHO goal to treat 3 million people by 2005, will never happen world wide critics say. Reports, say that only 11% of those in Africa and 14% of those in Asia have access to AIDS drugs. In India, which has more than...

It Is Possible To Detect Alzheimer's Early

...tests of // cognitive function are the best way so far to predict whether healthy elderly people will develop Alzheimer’s. In one study, more than 80% of people who scored below a certain level on a test of delayed word recall developed Alzheimer’s over the next 10 years. Brain scans may also prove usefu...

Overdentures: An Optimal Solution To Edentulousness

...ugh it must be said that they were a compromise as far as the patient was concerned. A new concept called overdentures has been in vogue for quite sometime now and it has proved to replicate oral function better than the traditional dentures. As with traditional dentures, the survival rate of these over...

Nanotechnologists Specify Limitation For Devising Small Machines

...and nanotechnology. It answers the question of how far you can miniaturize an atom optics device - for example, a device that guides atoms on a chip to form a very tiny interferometer - before this nano-interaction disrupts operations." --IANS...

Specialized Clinics For Manipur's AIDS Patients

...able here." Healthcare facilities in Manipur are far from satisfactory with doctors and paramedics scared to venture to remote areas as the state is plagued by insurgency and ethnic conflict. The authorities fear that HIV/AIDS may further spread because of the northeastern region's acute drug problem....

People warned against consumption of red meat due to risk of Flu epidemic

...es. The endangered species of migratory birds from far off Central Asia, Siberia and Russia that travel to the Orissa Coast are likely to carry the highly potential Avian Influenza Virus. The death of more than 6,000 migratory birds, (mostly bar headed geese) in Qinghai lake of China a few months ago vi...

Old is gold– proved yet another tim

...the developing countries. Chloroquine - which is far cheaper than more modern malaria drugs - works by blocking the way the parasite breaks down human hemoglobin contained in red blood cells. If the haem molecules remain in an uncrystallised form, they are toxic to the parasite, thereby killing it. On...

Yoga, ayurveda being documented to stop patent misuse

... The task force says the US Patents Office has so far issued 134 patents on yoga accessories, 150 yoga-related copyrights and 2,315 yoga trademarks while Britain has approved at least 10 trademarks relating to yoga training aids....

Dental health neglected by over 60 % of Indians

...oducts, the number being higher in rural areas. As far as brushing habits go, over 50% of rural India doe... and attitudes only stresses the importance of how far we need to go in terms of imparting health education regarding oral hygiene. The goal however, canno...

Synthetic protein found to relieve arthritis symptoms in animal model

...e that a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is not far way....

Unwed mothers find it difficult to attract potential life partner

...d mothers are disadvantaged economically. They are far more likely to live below the poverty line than married women. Over one-third of female-headed families with children live in poverty compared to only 6 percent of married couples with children. “Most unwed mothers want to have a satisfying marriag...

Common, cheaper drugs could be used to treat hypertension

...ble for many years but less commonly prescribed as far as hypertension is concerned. In the study of 98 patients, some were given one of the two drugs, some were given both, and some were given a placebo. All of the patients continued to take their standard blood pressure medication. On average, blood ...

Complete Robotic Surgery To Revolutionize Surgical Treatment of Prostate Cancer

...he arena of science and technology, the day is not far before robotic surgery would be included in the above list. Robotic-assisted laproscopic prostatectomy represents one of the most innovative treatments, minimally invasive, high-tech treatment, that is gaining importance. The University of Pennsylva...

Ruling On Non Disclosure Of HIV Positive Status Is Not Ethical

...artner to inform you of his/her HIV status, but as far as law goes, you don't have a legal stand on this. Even horrifying is the fact that you have to rely on the quality of condom to protect you // from the virus. The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, dismissed the charges of criminal nuisance ag...

Sex Played A Vital Role For Evolution Of Infectious Diseases

...hey said. While the number of people infected so far does not approach that of many other infectious diseases, this fungus is invading the central nervous systems of people who have no other apparent risk factors except having taken a walk in the park on Vancouver Island, said Joseph Heitman, M.D., Ph....

BCG vaccine for both Protection and treatment of Tuberculosis

...h and spitting of blood usually is associated with far advanced lesions. Meningitis or urinary tract involvement can occur in the absence of other signs of tuberculosis. Blood stream dissemination leads to military tuberculosis with lesions in many organs and a high mortality. Dr Lalvani states: “Contr...

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