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Cancer Can Recur Any Time, Experts Caution

...ncerned, Dr Gupta said that parents need to play a vital role in ensuring that children are not affected as a result of negligence on their part. Cancer, he said, can occur at any age and does not even spare infants. Prof Richard Azizkhan, Director Children Hospital, Cincinnati, US also addressed the gat...

Palmist Claims to Diagnose Ailments Looking At Your Palm

... from the mounts, the intricate lines on hands are vital indicators for Mohanan to identify the physical traits of an individual. Those with a weak heart and those under the influence of drugs can be easily identified. Around 20 diseases can be easily read through the mounts and lines. "Currently I hav...

Nine Major Culprits For Tooth Loss Identified By Researchers

...eth or used a toothbrush irregularly. It is very vital to assess the risk of periodontal disease so that ...eth or used a toothbrush irregularly. It is very vital to assess the risk of periodontal disease so that appropriate preventive measures can be instituted ...

Protein Linking Vitamin E And Prostate Cancer

...rol associated protein, or TAP, is known to play a vital role in the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver....A) and the androgen receptor. Both these steps are vital in the development and progression of the cancer. “No one really knows how vitamin E works. TAP may ...

Hepatitis B A high cause of Asian Female Mortality

Hepatitis B plays a vital role in female mortality, second only to infanticide in Asian countries, finds a new study. Emily Oster, a graduate student of economics at Harvard University//, found that infanticide may not be the only cause of the uncommonly high male to female ...

A Joint Venture by Golfers And Military Forces To Combat AIDS

... by sports personalities in spreading awareness is vital as they have a capacity to demolish the walls of stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV simply by shaking their hands, involving them in sports events, and raising mass awareness. -(IANS)...

Sugars Could Contain Key Cancer Inhibiting Compounds

...lopment of tumors in mice. This discovery could be vital in fighting cancer and // related illnesses. The sugar molecules work by blocking the hormones that are essential for the growth of blood vessels in the tumor. In effect they strangle the tumor by blocking blood and nutrient supply to it. Cancer exp...

India And China Discuss Import Of Encephalitis Vaccine

India and China discussed the vital issue of importing vaccines to India to restrain Japanese Encephalitis (JE), which has already taken a heavy toll of human lives in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. China is the only country in the world where the JE // vaccine is available in sizable quant...

Relief For British MS Patients: Cannabis-Based Oral Spray

...n." A Department of Health spokesman said: "It is vital that we ensure that drugs are safe before they are used in the NHS. It is for this reason that Jane Kennedy, the health minister, has referred Sativex to the Commission on Human Medicines to determine its safety, quality and efficacy."...

One Third Of All Cancers Preventable!

...India while overweight and lack of exercise may be vital in the United States. It should always be borne in mind that though the study point to risk factors in general; the individual risk assessment has to be subjective. Amongst the described causes, smoking, alcohol and obesity were important in high-in...

Proper Treatment of Hypothyroidism Found To Prevent Heart Diseases

...have similar cardiac changes. It is therefore very vital to identify such individuals. Clearly more research is needed to determine if these detrimental cardiac changes occur in humans and if treatment of heart patients with borderline hypothyroidism will lead to improved outcomes. Appropriate caution has ...

Chennai AIDS Campaign Highlights The Social Neglect Faced By Victims

...arital sex and sex with multiple partners formed a vital part of the awareness campaign. Various aspects of HIV prevention were underlined by Gunasekaran, Deputy Director (STD), Chennai Corporation, while dealing with `Introduction of HIV/AIDS and Situation Analysis of India.' A detailed discussion was h...

Addition Of Folic Acid In Flour Proposed To Arrest Birth Defects In The UK

... to be incorporated in flour. //Folic acid plays a vital role in reducing commonly found neural tube defects like the spina bifida. The Committee also maintained that medical termination of pregnancy could be avoided if this simple precaution were to be taken. It is estimated that about 600 pregnancies end...

Identification Of Gene Sequence To Promote Growth Of New Arteries

... a result of gangrene. This shows that the gene is vital for the growth of new arteries when there is blockage. The research team also studied accurately those areas of the MMP2 gene that were activated in skeletal muscles when there was a decrease in the blood flow. The transgenic mice created, by David...

Protein Linked To Accelerating Rheumatoid Arthritis

...protein called Type II Collagen (CII) could have a vital role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (...ply. This means that proteins are deprived of this vital element and consequently undergo some modification. To prove this point they took blood samples from...

U.S. launching cancer gene-mapping pilot

...entists have discovered numerous genes that play a vital role in cancer. At times a single genetic mutation is enough to spark a tumor; or it just makes people more vulnerable to the disease. Other changes could determine the difference between a fast-growing killer or a less dangerous tumor, or decide whe...

Tool To Detect Health Literacy among Patients

... They developed a tool which is called the Newest vital sign. It is an easy three minute questionnaire with six questions based on an ice cream nutrition label. Based on the number of correct answers provided by the patient their health literacy can be calculated. Then it is for the doctors, nurses and...

Tamoxifen Ineffective In Presence Of Genetic Variation in Breast Cancer

...o influence the levels of a crucial enzyme that is vital to activate tamoxifen against breast cancer. The study which was conducted by James Rae, Ph.D., at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Matthew Goetz, M.D., an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, found that women who carried a varian...

Delay in Breast Cancer Gene Tests

... BACUP says that this is a rare occurrence. 'It is vital that genetic testing centres offer the same standard of service throughout the UK. We would like to see all women being informed that testing 100% of their BRCA genes is now available for everyone, in order to give them the choice over whether they w...

Tooth Decay Bacteria Unaffected By Altered Biochemical Pathway

...essential biochemical pathway that is considered// vital for the survival of normal cells. Researchers at...as signal recognition particle, or SRP, pathway is vital for the production of proteins, which ultimately protect the cell. "Really, we started with a very b...

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