White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk
...unt is in what is considered a "high normal range" have a much higher risk of death after a heart attack t...t not all heart attacks are the same, Patients who have heart attacks that produce one type of electrocardiogram tracing called "non-Q-wave myocardial infar...Life Saving Cancer Drugs – From Chicken! Possible Says 'Dolly’ Creatos
...ntists along with US Biotech Company Viragen Inc., have used nuclear transfer technology to harvest life saving drugs to treat many serious diseases including cancer. The same team had earlier cornered world wide fame and glory (and a lot of criticism!) for creating Dolly – the world’s first cloned mamma...General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy
Epileptic children have always been ostracized as children of a lesser God. The physical, mental, moral and social ramifications of these hapless children are beyond words. One stumbling handicap in the surgical treatment of such children was the feasibility of administer...International community warns India on HIV situation
...the Peoples Health Assembly at Dhaka, Bangladesh , have cautioned India not to be complacent about the loo...ing fact that some high-risk groups in the country have a prevalence rate of over 50%. Dr. Skolnik of the World Bank says that India should treat the situat...Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map
...g that the mapping of the genes will enable one to have the information to manipulate individual character...mation commercially. Commercial users will however have to pay for any information used. Researchers believe commercializing the information will heavily co...Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients
...Evening. The researchers added up to 30% patients have no traces of the disease after being treated with Glivec. Glivec comes as an alternative to painful bone marrow transplants and - interferon, a more toxic injectable treatment....Startling Expose – Physicians Often Have No Regular Source Of Health Car
... has revealed that more than a third of physicians have no regular source of healthcare Dr. Cary P Gross of Yale University is New Haven, Connecticut says, ‘ these physicians without a regular source of health care are less likely than others to receive important preventive services such as flu shots and ...Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?
Vitamins B-12 and Folic acid supplements have been identified as having a possible role in alleviating heart disease. They are believed to do so by reducing the level of an amino acid called Homocysteine , which has been implicated as the culprit, increasing clot formation in blood vessels. ...Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu
... who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a baby. If the husband is HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries a 1 in 500 risk of transmitting the vi...Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers
... to stay away from work once it is known that they have the dreaded virus. In one issue of “INDIA TODAY” it was reported that a high profile bank officer was asked to leave his job when he was detected to be HIV positive and he was detected to be negative on subsequent testing. He however couldn’t handle ...The Cancer Rumour mill working over time
...eaching out and focusing on little things that may have minimal or no role in cancer," says Virginia Stark... wire bras when these is no basis for this. Yet we have known for many years that smoking has a link to not only lung cancer but to many other types includi...What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?
...UK. In a path breaking research, the two doctors have extensively studied the syndrome called aspirin induced asthma (AIA). When exposed to the offending drug, asthmatics develop a triad of symptoms- rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. But apart from being one of the most prescribed drugs in the world, asp...Brain death – How to cope with it
...ent to people in a persistent vegetative state who have the ability to breathe and therefore have the potential to wake up in a year or two," he added. It is very difficult for the people involved...Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!
...prevent cancer and heart disease. Also researchers have found that tea helps women in the menopausal age group by strengthening their bones by increasing their bone density. They say the anti-oxidants found in tea are 100 times more powerful than vitamin C and 25 times stronger than vitamin E. All this m...Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner
...is degeneration of the brain tissue, might at last have the much awaited miracle cure round the corner. A...gone into human testing ,the first stages of which have been successful and the vaccine declared safe to be administered. If proven successful it would be ...Mortality increased in Sporting enthusiasts!
Several times we have seen the newspapers carrying a news article about how some ardent cricket fan suffered a Heart attack and died following a high strung cricket match between India and Pakistan! A recent report by a Dutch research team under Dr. Diederick E. Grobbee h...Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover
...oing to a good doctor it is also important that we have the burning desire to get well and feel confident about our recovery because the patients perception does help in speedy recovery!!...Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours
...g compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instrument...s slapped the case on the cell phone manufacturer, have another version to say. They claim if the manufacturers had known about the harmful effects of the r...Stress reduces your immunity- startling but true!!!!!
... makes us more vulnerable to diseases. For long we have agreed that stress is bad for our health but this aspect of stress decreasing our immune status is sure to cause a lot of concern. With the advent of HIV/AIDS and other immune-disorder related conditions claming many victims every day, the new buzz......ling the identity of the donors of sperms and eggs have always been withheld. This would be a major ruling with far reaching consequences. The communiqué released by the government says the name, address, educational background; interests and so on will be given on request. However this will be done only...