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Hope for patients with Chronic leukemia

...and –alone therapy or as a combination therapy. It helps control CLL by shortening the life-span of existing leukemia cells and interferes with the making of new DNA, thus preventing leukemia cells from growing. With this treatment the remission can last for several years, thereby increasing the span of su...

Low dose Radiation Exposure May Cause Cancer

...ially if someone has repeated scans. This study helps to put to rest the "threshold" theory expounded by those who believe a totally "safe" level of radiation exists....

Eating Fish Reduces Heart Disease

... of cardiovascular problems. The substance that helps is omega-3 fatty acids in the fishes that are lean varieties such as salmon. The study used more than 3,000 Greek men and women with an average age of about 45. They found that those who ate at least 10.5 ounces of fish each week generally had as muc...

Innovative footwear may prevent fall in elderly

...g like structure that conforms to the footwear and helps the people wearing them in maintaining a stable walk that will prevent falls. Researchers for the device had asked the participants to maintain a diary of the number of falls they have on wearing the device. The participants were asked to use the d...

Kidney transplant donor and recipients need to talk it out

Before a kidney transplant surgical procedure, it helps if the donors// and the recipients sit in front of each other and talk out their queries. In a research by the Cardiff University investigators it had come to light that recipients of kidney often prefer to have a talk with their donors as they feel...

Can Ajinomoto cause cancer?

...s down the building blocks protein of the body and helps to reduce obesity. The company also questioned the methods and records used by the Ramazzini institute in this study. Ramazzini institute for cancer research has submitted the results of the study to the European Food Safety Authority and the full ...

Teaching parents to deal with behavior problems in children

...g with delinquency, or severe conduct disorder, it helps if parents can be involved in the training sessions and they are taught the interventions to use than correcting the children themselves. Researchers have observed various intervention methods and found that the best results in the behavior of the c...

Treatment for heart damage in muscular dystrophy may be possible

...the researchers have demonstrated that the sealant helps the heart to be more compliant in the phase of relaxation and thus prevents heart failure in mice. Reference: Nature, online edition, July 2005...

Eating disorder occurs due to increased weight consciousness

...y in relation to the fat. It is a simple tool that helps to figure out the amount of excess body fat and the associated risks of carrying this extra weight. It can be applied to both men and women. It is advisable to use ‘Body Mass Index’ along ‘Waist to Hip Ratio’ to get a complete picture of your weight ...

Ayurvedic Therapies Cashing In On Medical Tourism

... are put on a strict vegetarian diet regime, which helps to detoxify their body and add a glow to their skins. In fact, several resorts have been known to throwing in cooking classes to help clients maintain their new look and lifestyle change, which they can take back with them. Many of the Ayurvedic the...

Gene-Nanoparticle Gene Transfer Is Better Than Viral Vector Transfer System

...transfer therapeutic genes in to brain cells //and helps in studying genetic mechanism of brain diseases. ...ially in vivo. This gene nanoparticle complex also helps to study the genetic mechanism of brain diseases in addition to offering repair mechanism. The sci...

Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs

...by relaxing the bronchial airways and this in turn helps to reduce coughing, wheezing or difficulty in breathing. However they are also potentially dangerous for children as they can impair the developing nervous system. They cause mental irritability, seizures and cardiac arrhythmias that can lead to dea...

Revolutionary Simple Pregnancy Blood Test Can Save Both Mother And Child

...LA-G molecule ‘ and is a protective substance that helps in preventing the mother's body to reject the unbo...dded: "This is an important development because it helps to identify which part of the immune system is involved in pre-eclampsia. We've always known that im...

Studies On Hearing Loss Discovers New Causes

... glucose and impaired function of the insulin that helps in controlling the blood sugar levels. The main risk factors for diabetes are obesity, physical inactivity, genetic influence and age related factors. Recent studies have shown that low birth weight is also another risk factor for the disease....

Research Finds How Post-traumatic Stress Leads to Long-Lasting Memories

...lasting memories. The researchers believe that Arc helps store these memories by strengthening the synapses, the connections between neurons. "Emotionally neutral events generally are not stored as long-term memories," said Christa McIntyre, the first author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher in ...

Calcium-Vitamin D Combo For Reduced Fracture Risk

...exposed to sunlight (ultraviolet light of sunlight helps the body to form vitamin D). The absorbed vitamin D is converted into its active form to act as a hormone to regulate calcium absorption from the intestine and to regulate levels of calcium and phosphate in the bones. If there is a deficiency of Vita...

Patients Are Given Catheter Longer Than Necessary

.... The reminder system installed by the researchers helps doctors do the right thing, reports the research. The controlled trial, carried out for 16 months in four wards of the U-M’s University Hospital, involved patients who had been admitted for surgery or with general ailments including kidney and lung...

Consumers Becoming More Health Conscious Than Calorie Conscious

...ts and proteins. Inclusion of such a balanced diet helps in weight loss by utilising fats for energy. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients /patientinfo/zonediet_about.htm ...

Unpleasant Memory of Food could Be Used to Treat Obesity

...nds to run in families. A clearer role of genetics helps in prevention of obesity on those who are most vulnerable. Eighty percent of the offspring of two obese parents become obese. For further information read: http://www.medindia.com/patients/ patientinfo/obesity_about.htm...

Nutrient Profiling System Launched By Food Officials in UK

... diet and nutrition: Medindia Calorie Calculator helps in calculating Daily Average Calorie needs of individuals. This calculator would be of immense use to those intending to shed weight. Calorie requirements can vary depending on the lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle (e.g. Office desk work) would requir...

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(Date:12/4/2009)Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the
(Date:12/4/2009)Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine,s Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abus
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(Date:12/4/2009)Research and surveillance urged for at-risk patient groups , , FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Some childhood cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and central nervous system tumors, carry t
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