Treatment for Breast Cancer to take a New Turn
...r-old tamoxifen treatment can now change to a more modern therapy with the drug//, Arimidex under a new European licence granted to drug firm AstraZeneca. The company AstraZeneca has stated that Arimidex, an aromatase inhibitor, will be made available to women who have already received a partial course of...Breast Cancer Treatment Switches to more Modern Therapy
...r-old tamoxifen treatment can now change to a more modern therapy with the drug, Arimidex// under a new European licence granted to drug firm AstraZeneca. The company AstraZeneca has stated that Arimidex, an aromatase inhibitor, will be made available to women who have already received a partial course of...Aortic Dissection - A Deadly Condition
...ar period, the authors say, the study reflects the modern treatment of the condition, compared with other studies that have compiled data from patients treated over several decades at one or two medical centers. Now, the researchers are hopeful that early diagnosis and rapid treatment will increase as more...Mumbai Hospital gets Sports Therapy Rehabilitation System
A modern therapy rehabilitation system that can perform a variety of tests on sportspersons was inaugurated by former India cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar here Tuesday//. PrimusRS, installed at Saifee Hospital, enables physiotherapists to accurately measur......ampus besides having a drug testing laboratory has modern and sophisticated equipment, an ayurvedic medicine-manufacturing centre as well as a medicinal plant garden. Speaking on the occasion the CEO of BIPS, Subir Pal said that the institute would train graduates in the preparation of ayurvedic drugs. In...The Most Natural Thing in the World
... why increasing numbers// of Australian women want modern medicine to intervene in the 'risky business' of childbirth with C-sections, spinal blocks,amniocentesis, CVS testing. The University is hosting, 'Risking birth: culture, technology, and politics in 21st century maternity care' - a conference orga...Protected Environment v/s Unprotected Affect Hygiene Health Immunity
...ites, much like humans living in societies without modern health care and where hygiene is harder to maintai...stent with the idea that animals without access to modern medicine have high levels of autoimmune-like and allergic-like immune responses that represent appro...New Book on Yoga Offer Relief for ‘Desk Jockeys
... With computers such an inescapable element of the modern workplace, aches and pains in the neck, back, wrists and shoulders have become a "bothersome companion for millions of working people", says a promotion for the book. "'Yoga for the Desk Jockey' features fun and effective ways of moving, stretchin...A booster for immune systems: unhygienic environs?
...ites, much like humans living in societies without modern health care, and where hygiene is harder to maintain.” Drawing a parallel with the lives of humans, scientists imagine that people in hygienic environs who are not exposed to germs have less immunity against allergies and diseases. Further studies ...Modern Killer Disease Alert Indians
Type 2 Diabetes, a modern disease is considered to be more prevalent in India next to China and US – reports the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). // China ranks first with an estimated number of 39 million sufferers and India second with 30 million cases, followed by...Make Medicines Affordable: Jamir Urges Pharma Companies
... at Corlim, Goa,two days ago. He also added that modern medicines and treatment are affordable only by the affluent and it was, therefore, essential that in the field of health care a mechanism exists whereby the rich and the poor alike enjoy its benefits . 'The greatest service to the humanity...Appeals Against The New Resolution By NICE Increases
...the world, would now have to weigh the benefits of modern medicines against their price, because of the NICE deliberations. It was explained that the drugs cost around 1,000 pounds ($1,800) per patient a year. Alzheimer's is a growing problem around the world. Teams of international researchers have recentl...Meditation may Improve Cardiac Risk Factors in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
...ity are triggers for this epidemic, the demands of modern society may also be responsible for higher levels of chronic stress.' Such stress causes the release of cortisol and other hormones and neurotransmitters, which over time damage the cardiovascular system. "Our results, demonstrating beneficial ph......standable responses triggered by the pressures of modern life, rather than a hyper-sensitive reaction to ordinary inconveniences. The Harvard study estimated that IED sufferers experienced an average of 43 such outbursts in a lifetime .The study's major finding was that up to 7.3% of Americans surveyed ...Health Minister Inaugurates Institute for Diarrhea Diseases
...ain Diarrheal diseases in the country. The most modern facility is one of the best of its kind equipped with the modern equipment to do research and control the disease. //The Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. An...Tamil Nadu Emerging As Model State In Public Health Care: Governor
...des a special grant of Rs 5000 for construction of modern toilets for each house. (Source:PTI News)...Diabetes - New Treatment Approach At John Hopkins
Diabetes, a modern disease, can be now treated by a new approach involving release of sugar by liver cells. Initial experiment were made with mice by scientists // at John Hopkins Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences and McKusick-Nathans Institute for Genetic Medicin...New Test to Diagnose the Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
...e 1970’s called MR spectroscopy, the forerunner to modern MR imaging. 'We were somewhat surprised that of all new tests for PAD that we have been developing, the one that seemed to work the best is spectroscopy. It’s relatively simple and not particularly sexy, but very accurate physiologically,' Kramer sai...Breast Cancer Mortality Rate is Higher Among Black Women
...ogy-oncology division at UNC’s School of Medicine, modern technologies such as microarray analysis can reveal the molecular characteristics of cancers and have shown that breast cancer is not one disease. 'It is a family of diseases that are biologically different from each other, some more aggressive than ...Chronic Pain And Depression Cured By Music Therapy – Study Find
...y, this too proved its positive effect on body and modern lifestyle diseases....