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Stem Cells Of Little Use In Damaged Hearts

...tudies looked at the effect of stem cells given to survivors of heart attacks and found that these cells were ineffective in repairing damaged hearts. Researchers looked at whether stem cells could repair the main pumping chamber of the heart, but did not find evidence that it did so. RAS...

Healthy Mind leads to Healthy Heart

...r. Chockalingam said, "There are many instances of survivors of a heart attack suffering another episode merely from worrying about it." The increase in occurrence of eschaemic heart disease, mainly among the young is an issue of concern. In India, 90 people in the age group 25-30 die every hour due to coron...

Negligence of Post-Stroke Depression

...n spite of depression being common among long-term survivors of stroke, very few get the problem treated//. "...ion in stroke patients." "It's known that stroke survivors who are not depressed live longer and have higher-quality lives than those who are depressed. Conseq...

Cancer Hope Network, ASTRO Partner to Raise Awareness of Cancer Survivorship

...vities the Cancer Hope Network offers to patients, survivors and their families and make tax deductible donatio...ecently diagnosed patients the gift of Hope, CHN’s survivors help them successfully cope with their cancer and its treatment. Source-Newswse SRM...

Survivors of Pakistan Earthquake Still at Risk

...ecent landslides and flooding have left most quake survivors in a precarious position. The Pakistan Red Cresce...anized iron (CGI), and 27,000 tarpaulins for quake survivors as needed. Azmat Ulla, Head of the International Federation's delegation in Pakistan said, "The Re...

Chemotherapy's Effects on the Brain

Cancer survivors now have an explanation for their mental fog and f... on chemo brain of a larger group of breast-cancer survivors with Silverman and their colleagues at UCLA. More than 211,000 new cases of breast cancer are diag...

Dana-Farber Offers Online Resources for Breast Cancer Patients and Families

... * Personal stories from breast cancer patients, survivors and their families; and * A link to the Family Connections Web site, a comprehensive online resource that includes topics of concern to most parents facing a cancer diagnosis, such as how to tell a child that a parent has cancer and tips for helping...

Childhood Cancer Survivors May Suffer Health Problems in Adulthood

...shed the research, the largest-ever study of adult survivors of childhood cancer in the Oct. 12 issue of the Ne.... and Canada. In comparing more than 10,000 adult survivors of pediatric cancer to approximately 3,000 of their siblings, the researchers found survivors to be ...

Occupational Therapy Improves Independence in Stroke Survivors

...reduce disability and dependence by helping stroke survivors relearn skills lost due to stroke-related brain da...roke therapy. Researchers discovered that stroke survivors who received occupational therapy were significantly more independent in feeding, dressing, bathing,...

Breast reconstruction may be possible with fat stem cells

Breast cancer survivors will be able to do away with invasive breast reconstruction surgery, replaced by an approach involving stem cells //extracted from their own fat, suggest University of Pittsburgh researchers who are investigating the potential these cells may have fo...

Breast Cancer Patients Suffer From Psychological Problems

...airments, afflict up to one-third of breast cancer survivors for up to 20 years after treatment. However, little was previously known about the baseline psychological status of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. To help characterize pre-treatment psychological status, Mark T. Hegel, Ph.D. of the Departm...

Positive Strokes & Life-Saving Information Eludes Stroke Patients

...ation provides a safety net to thousands of stroke survivors who can easily fall through the gaps on leaving hospital - a time when they most need support. Failure to provide stroke patients with appropriate information about the services and support they will need in the community when they leave hospital cre...

Childhood Survivors Of Brain Tumors More At Risk For Strokes Later In Life

...s later in life. // In addition, childhood cancer survivors who received higher doses of cranial radiation the...thor of the study. Other studies have shown that survivors of childhood leukemia or brain cancer are also at higher risk for cardiac dysfunction, obesity, shor...

Women Are More At Risk For PTSD Than Men

...rauma. For example, if one studies male and female survivors of a motor vehicle accident, typically the female accident victims report more PTSD symptoms than do the male accident victims. "However, the data suggest that the female victims will have brought to the table a much greater risk of abuse and sexua...

Longer Anthracycline Therapy Reduces Heart Failure in Adult Cancer Patients

... at the University of Miami, said childhood cancer survivors “may be at significant risk of serious cardiovascu.... Lipshulz’s work suggests many childhood cancer survivors suffer from enlarged hearts and prematurely hardened arteries, due at least in part from their chemo...

After Effects Of Chemotherapy Will Wane In Few Years :Says Research

...us regions of the human brain, in about 105 cancer survivors who underwent surgery in the past one year. 50% of the patients had undergone chemotherapy and the rest had not. They found out, on comparison that the patients who underwent chemotherapy suffered shrinkage in volume of the part of brain concerned wi...

League Tables to Tabulate Cancer Survival Rates

...ancer survival rates better. It will help cancer survivors to choose which hospital would be the most beneficial for their care.The British Health secretary Patricia Hewitt announced a cancer reform strategy yesterday, at a conference in London. This conference was conducted by the organization, Britain agai...

A 23- Year- Old Gay Falls Victim To Meningitis C in Toronto

... 10 to 15 per cent fatality and 20 per cent of the survivors suffer lasting health problems, such as deafness and mental retardation. Public health officials are anxious that anyone who came in close contact with him might be infected. The deceased is supposed to have visited Crews/Tango Bar, a gay and le...

Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity

...ical, hormonal and mental health problems that the survivors are facing besides the genetic damage to the children born to survivors, these crucial areas have been severely under-studied, allege rights activists, who say, "This has lead to unsystematic treatment of gas victims." "Lack of research into the po...

Cases of Cancer in N.S. Are On The Rise

...ems of the province with the growing population of survivors living with cancer. The treatments, follow-up care, screening and disabilities of those patients would put heavy demands on the health care system. Health Minister Chris d'Entremont said it's going to be a challenge to meet the demand. The ministe...

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