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Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia

...or one third of all childhood cancers - around the world each year. Research by Professor Denis Henshaw and Dr Peter Fews, at the University of Bristol, suggests power lines produce electrically charged particles called "corona ions". According to their controversial theory, these attach themselves to ai...

Robots craft medical history

...ovider, Computer Motion, for what it calls the new world of possibilities in minimally invasive surgery (MIS).According to Computer Motion, Zeus will help decrease patient pain and trauma, and shorten convalescent periods. The company says using the Zeus system, surgeons have greater dexterity and precisi...

Final push to eradicate leprosy

...ual meeting. Brazil is one of six countries in the world where leprosy remains a major public health issue. The others are India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar and Nepal. WHO has committed itself to eradicating leprosy by 2005, a goal that public health experts say is attainable. WHO director-general D...

Cloud of smoke over Zyban

...tion drug and GSK would continue to sell it across world markets, he said. Endorsing the safety profile of Zyban, GSK said: “Death (the 57 reported deaths) was most commonly due to cardiovascular causes and where information on medical history was provided, most patients had a history of cardiovascular dis...

Problematic Use of smallpox vaccine

...e last naturally occurring case of smallpox in the world was in 1977. The only known remaining stocks of virus are in two laboratories, one at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and the other in Russia. Bioterrorism experts fear that criminals could have illicit supplies of smallpox ...

Drug to treat lung cancer shows promise

A pill long used around the world to treat dry mouth could help protect against lung cancer in lifelong smokers. The drug appears especially promising for former smokers, who still face a higher-than-usual risk// of lung cancers years after they quit. The preliminary study found that...

Cell transplants used to fend off Parkinson's symptoms

...tracerebral retinal cell implantation study in the world and we are encouraged by the results so far. In the implantation procedure, doctors use brain imaging to select specific sites to deposit the cells. Then they pass needles through the forehead and top of the skull to implant the cells. Patients sh...

Mutating viruses helps produce antibodies

...revent someone with a key from getting in. "In the world of microbial biowarfare, standing still in the face of a ferocious viral attack is a recipe for disaster," explained microbiologist Graham Hatfull of the University of Pittsburgh. Bordatella can switch between two distinct forms -- one for colonizin...

Risk of heart diseases due to loneliness

...lear - it may be that lonely people experience the world as a threatening and non-supportive place, thereby affectsand this conditions their response to stressful situations....

The importance of vaccines

...osts of vaccinations low so more people around the world can receive them may actually be counterproductive, because industry must make a profit in order to provide the service. Rappuoli, Miller, and Falkow suggest more needs to be done on a worldwide basis to promote the use of vaccines and the developm...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...Menzies was one of the specialists from around the world who used a SolarScan prototype as part of clinical trials. In the United States, a prototype was used at the Florida clinic of Dr. Harold Rabinovitz, a member of the Telemedicine Task Force of the American Academy of Dermatology. The SolarScan looks...

New drug for hypertension

... Stating that Emcure is among the first few in the world to introduce this product, they said the company has been granted permission from Drug Controller General of India for the manufacture of both bulk as well as formulations of S-Amlodipine. Although Amlodipine is a proven therapy for the treatment of...

Advanced STD programs required

...st rapid spread of HIV being in other parts of the world including the former Soviet Union and Asia. Resear...research needs to be carried out in regions of the world where STI and HIV are high among heterosexual men and interventions require more rigorous evaluation...

Smoking may be influenced by Parents

...orted 16 percent of 13- to 16-year-olds around the world currently smoke cigarettes. In addition, the report revealed nearly 25 percent of students who smoke tried their first cigarette by age 10....

Aggressiveness is a prime heart disease risk

...ng their level of hostility towards others and the world around them.// They also asked them about traditional heart disease risk factors, like smoking, high cholesterol, and weight to hip ratio. They found that among the men with a high level of hostility, 5.0% experienced at least one cardiac event, su...

Breast Cancer risk for women on dopamine antagonists

...study is significant because more number of women, world over, are being affected by breast cancer and understanding risk factors for the disease is paramount to controlling its incidence. Animal studies have suggested dopamine antagonists can raise blood levels of prolactin, which has been shown to promot...

Effect of alcohol drinking on breast cancer

...f the most prestigious researchers from around the world to look into the causes of cancer and reviewed the results of 65 separate studies, involving nearly 200,000 women say they are sure that it is the alcohol that matters. They looked at two issues. The first was how much a woman needed to drink to inc...

Survival rates in breast cancer patients improved with "Dose Dense Chemotherapy"

...t the care of thousands of patients throughout the world with breast cancer and perhaps, eventually, other diseases. Researchers also hypothesize that future clinical trials could examine the benefits of dose dense chemotherapy using other drugs and in other types of cancer as the mathematical model on wh...

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

...lways been associated with good health and parents world over, have urged children to drink milk to grow up healthy. However, a recent study in New Zealand has raised doubts about this well established fact(or is it still?). A study involving 20 countries published in the New Zealand Medical Journal found ...

Protein in diabetic neuropathy treatment

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions the world over, with India being touted as the "Diabetes Capital of the World". Amongst the many serious diseases that diabetics can be affected with, diabetic neuropathy is also one. Neuropathy is the deterioration of nerves in the body. A diabetic patient wi...

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