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Novel research on liver cancer

...g to researchers, these early findings are hopeful news to the more than 12,000 patients who will find out this year they have liver cancer. Many of these cases have spread from other organs and doctors feel that particular form of the disease, known as metastatic, is ghastly. Patients can sometimes die w...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

...rain was confined to control of movement. The good news is that although the brain condition can't be reversed or treated, psychiatric disorders such as depression are treatable. Addressing such problems in those with Huntington's could greatly improve quality of life - for the patients and their families...

Gene treatment for macular degeneration

...idorf says this type of therapy offers encouraging news for the future of macular degeneration treatment....

Diet and Lung Function

...le scientific interest and virtually none from the news media is the connection between diet and respiratory health. A study of over 2,000 children aged 11-19// in southern California was done to examine this issue. The study appeared in the January 15, 2002 edition of the American Journal of Epidemiolo...

Memory loss always goes hand with Depression

...g an emotional response to memory loss. The good news is that these symptoms, which include irritability and depression, are highly treatable. But doctors often miss the psychiatric dimension in cognitive impairment. It is well worthwhile asking about depression and so on, say the researchers, when some...

Life anticipation differences identified

...g cancer, heart failure and lung disease. The good news is that all of these factors can be modified. It is easy to detect and treat high blood pressure and, of course, people can try harder to give up smoking. With health policy targetting, lifestyle change and appropriate treatment, gaps in life expecta...

Inflammation may help battle infection in gums

...ammation in the gums as suggested in today's other news article, leads to injuries of the arteries resulting in ischemic stroke diseases. Periodontists who have long been cautioning that inflammation of the gums is a sign of periodontal diseases are now puzzled by a recent research study which indicates t...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

...re simple but healthy homemade breakfasts. That's news enough to wake up 15 minutes earlier everyday to make time for a nutritious breakfast and a more productive day!...

Pizza is bad for health. But, do you know how bad?

...th all of its alarming facts also offers some good news for compulsive pizza eaters. The study suggests that if you decide you have to eat a pizza, its better you choose a veggie pizza with healthy toppings. The second best is chicken or ham and if you must order meat, pepperoni has less fat than sausage ...

Yet another plus for breast feeding!

...aring could increase the risk of smothering. A BBC news report indicated that nearly two-thirds of parents sleep with the baby in the first three months after the baby arrives home. Also, many mothers take their babies to bed if the baby needs a feed during the night. Researchers however, were not able to...

Scientists review SARS

... of spreading SARS, Dr. Ryansaid by telephone in a news conference after themeeting in Geneva.The W.H.O. has received wide praise for organizingteams of laboratory scientists, epidemiologists andhealth officials from around the world immediatelyafter it declared SARS a global health risk on March12. The t...

SARS-Free Taiwan to Mark End Phase of Global Fight

...ituation over. The move, due to be announced at a news conference called for 0700 GMT, will close the current list of local transmission of the potentially fatal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which has killed some 800 people worldwide. At one time several Chinese provinces and the capital Be...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...earch) program (1). "Parasites don’t make headline news and they don’t make a profit, so despite TDR’s successes working with both the private and public sector, it has been difficult to find partners and increased investment for neglected diseases over the years," said Dr Carlos Morel, TDR (Tropical Dise...

Skip Breakfast, Get Fat

... likely to be fat, researchers found. But, in good news for the nibblers among us, those who eat four or more meals a day are actually on the thinner side.// "We tend to eat because of external cues instead of internal cues -- we eat until the plate's clean. If the plate has a lot less food on it, perhap...

Switching drugs regularly improves HIV treatment

...en one regimen was administered continuously. That news comes from the SWATCH (SWitching Antiviral Therapy Combination against HIV-1) study. Dr. Javier Martinez-Picado, of Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol in Badalona, Spain, and others examined this alternating strategy among HIV patients who //were randomi...

What Makes Teens take Drugs

...n assistant professor of human genetics, says in a news release.// "In girls, there was a significant genetic influence on all substance abuse in adolescence. But, with boys, environmental factors, including a dysfunctional family and peers who use drugs and alcohol, had a pervasive influence," Silberg s...

Chronic Fatigue, Pain Linked to Sinusitis

...nce severe fatigue and pain, Chester says, but the news hasn't trickled down to the general practitioner. As a result, he adds, many patients may not be getting treatment for sinusitis that could alleviate their fatigue or pain....

Why We Lean to the Left

...tion itself," researcher R. Graham Cooks says in a news release. "Left-handed serine was able to form clusters with strong bonds, and left-handed serine clusters are able to link to other left-handed amino acids. So once serine took the left fork in the road, only the lefties in the primordial soup got t...

Scanning Combo Helps Detect Lung Cancer

...y lung cancer," researcher Ugo Pastorino says in a news release. "A more conservative approach to very small CT-detected nodules is justified, and lesions up to 5 millimeters can be followed up at 12 months without any major risks of progression."...

Babies Brains Are more Fragile

...re produced," researcher Susan Margulies says in a news statement. Margulies and her colleagues used an infant crash test dummy resembling a 6-week-old infant to measure the rotational forces experienced by falling babies. The dummy was equipped with sensors to measure rotational velocity and acceleratio...

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