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Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

...l have a thousand or more such channels, which are not present on normal, uninfected red blood cells. For malaria, it is not clear whether the parasite creates the channels by changing a protein in the cell membrane or by tr...

Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions

...lizabeth’s Hospital in Boston. While the drug may not slow the deterioration of the lungs, many sufferers could see their overall well-being improve by between 30 and 50 percent, said Celi....

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD

Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausa...rom heart disease in women receiving HRT and women not receiving the therapy. Respectively, the average event rates were 15.6 and 12.6 per 100 patient-year...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...998. But the cholera outbreaks and ENSO events did not precisely coincide: The scientists found an 11-mon...and river discharge. Floods and drought can affect not only human interactions with water resources and therefore exposure to the pathogen, but also sanita...

Long-Term Survival can be Predicted by a Simple Lung Test

... researchers gathered data to determine whether or not participants were still living and if not, they ex...te University of New York at Buffalo, says, "It is not clear in this study whether the observed association reflects a cause-effect relationship with morta...

Indian Prime Minister has successful Knee Replacement Surgery

...e operation and is now in the recovery room. He is not on any sedative. I talked to him after the operation.'' Dr. Ranawat was assisted by two surgeons....

Levothyroxine Thyroid Hormone Replacement, Approved for Hypothyroidism

...aired intellectual development if this disorder is not promptly and adequately treated. Symptoms of hypothyroidism in children and adults include fatigue, cold intolerance, dry skin, lethargy and weight gain....

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease

Transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not reduce the risk of cardiac events in postmenopausa...rom heart disease in women receiving HRT and women not receiving the therapy. Respectively, the average event rates were 15.6 and 12.6 per 100 patient-year...

Consensus on "Combination Therapy" for Breast Cancer

...ard hormonal adjuvant therapy. Hormonal therapy is not suggested for women whose tumors do not have hormone receptors. 2. Women who have had a mastectomy and have four or more cancerous lymph n...

Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

...f people may carry herpes virus 8. Since there is not enough data yet to support the new findings no new...e said. “The reason they get Epstein Bar virus and not herpes virus 8 is that most people have Epstein Bar virus, but relatively few have herpes irus 8.”...

Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma

...g asthma, their long term effects in children were not clear, and questions have been raised about their possible effects on growth," said Dr. Claude Lenfant. "CAMP confirms their effectiveness while providing reassuring evidence about their safety." "We hope these results will convince more physicians...

Kidney Stones - Interesting New Research implicates bacteria as its cause

In India Kidney Stones are not uncommon problem due to the hot and often humid weather. Most of these stones are made up of Calcium, Oxalate and phosphates. The cause of stone disease is debatable, however it is well known that drinking less water is a risk factor for stone disea...

Cancers of Colon & Rectum linked to Cigarette Smoking

... caused by tobacco smoking. "Colorectal cancer is not currently considered a smoking-related cancer, but data from the American Cancer Society study and other large studies suggest that colorectal cancer should be considered for classification as a smoking-related cancer". Among men, current smokers ha...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...ld go immediately to the cath lab,". He added that not all heart attacks are the same, Patients who have heart attacks that produce one type of electrocardiogram tracing called "non-Q-wave myocardial infarction" are treated either with procedures such as balloon angioplasty or bypass surgery or are manag...

International community warns India on HIV situation

...sembly at Dhaka, Bangladesh , have cautioned India not to be complacent about the looming HIV crisis in t...akhur, the experts said if corrective measures are not taken India might become another Africa in ten years. Last week, Dr. Takhur had claimed, “AIDS will ...

Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?

...an Heart Association, “Vitamin supplements should not be encouraged until they are proven beneficial.” Food sources of folic acid are citrus fruits, tomatoes, vegetables, whole grain and fortified grain products, beans and lentils. Major sources of B-12 include meat, poultry, fish and dairy products....

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...ve known for many years that smoking has a link to not only lung cancer but to many other types including bladder and kidney." John Antoine, MD, chief of radiation oncology for the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, agrees. "The nicotine from smoking is both physically and psychologically...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...ffecting millions world wide is asthma. Asthmatics not only suffer from the usual symptoms of the disease but they are unfortunate in more ways than one. It is common knowledge that asthmatics are warned to stay away from aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. What happens when they tak...

Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation

...at they advice meditation only as a supplement and not as a substitute to the existing therapy. While in India a few people are busy rubbishing our glorious past the West is paying glorious tributes to our culture. What an irony?...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...t the grieving process," Bonner said. "These are not people with brain damage, these are people with total brain death. It is completely different 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 ...

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