Multi-million pound UK Biobank underway
UK Biobank, a visionary medical project aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many other serious conditions is launched this week after several years of meticulous planning. Up to three thousand people living in the south Manchester area are being given the opportunity to trailblaze the project before it goes nationwide later this...Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive Based on Sperm Block Underway
A novel, non-hormonal male contraceptive device that targets sperms, called Intra Vas Device (IVD) has been approved by the FDA for a study// involving 90 men. Men and women have long been promised a male version of the female contraceptive pill. However, this first male contraceptive to be marketed market may not be hormonal at all. The study, to take place in Seattle, Washington and...New Research Project Underway To Study Causes Of Heart Attack
The general answer to what causes heart attacks is – atherosclerosis - a condition caused by deposition of fatty deposits called plaque on the walls of a coronary artery// until blood flow that supplies the heart is totally blocked. This is not always the cause for having a heart attack. The truth is that severe coronary artery blocks almost always result in chest pain known as angina...Study Underway to Identify Genes Contributing to Heart Attack Risk
Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues at four other medical centers have launched a $10 million multi-year// study to identify genes that may contribute to early atherosclerosis. “If we can identify people in their teens and early adult life who have a genetic predisposition to develop atherosclerosis, we can manage their risk factors for heart dise...Global Homoeopathy Conference Underway in Agra
An international homeopathy conference is taking place in this Taj Mahal city, attended by over 80 delegates from India and eight countries.// The four-day meet, which began Wednesday, will focus on critical areas like cancer, AIDS and "other difficult subjects which have proved a challenge to other (medical) systems", Alok Pareek, the organising secretary, told IANS. The s...Efforts Underway to Fight Alcoholism Among Tribals
Chendu, a tribal from Alirajpur in Jhabua district, beat his wife to death. Reason? She asked him to stop drinking. In the same block,// another young man killed his brother with an arrow when the latter tried to extract toddy from the palm trees owned by him. Often the reasons for murders or fatal assaults here are as mundane as someone's hen entering the neighbour's territory or som...