Health and Life Insurance May be Difficult to Get After Donating a Kidney

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 16 Jul 2014

Kidney donors may face difficulty when they apply or renew their health or life insurance policies; this is despite the fact that there is no evidence that they are at increased health risks. In fact ...

Cost of Expensive Medication in Dialysis Catheters may Reduce Complications

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 12 Jul 2014

A new study has found that using expensive agents to prevent blood clots in kidney failure patients'' dialysis catheters may turn out to be less costly and may reduce complications too. ...Read More

Budget 2014: 'Good Day' for Healthcare

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 11 Jul 2014

The health of the nation isdetermined by the health of its people. ...Read More

Anti-cancer Treatment Could Become Cheaper

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 11 Jul 2014

The use of non-cancer drugs that have some anticancer activity can be exploited for the treatment of cancer to reduce cost of treatment....Read More

Obesity in Italian Students: Time to Take Action

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 09 Jul 2014

A recently conducted Italian study throws light on various factors that could be associated with overweight and obesity in young Italians....Read More

Kidney Donation Safe for Healthy Older Adults - Implications in India

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 09 Jul 2014

Kidney donation by healthy older donors is unlikely to increase their risk of death or heart disease in a meaningful way, according to a study published in the American Journal of Transplantation....R...

IBM Agree to Help Curb Pollution in China

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 08 Jul 2014

An agreement to help curb pollution in China has been signed by IBM, they said on Monday, starting with the dangerous smog that afflicts Beijing. ...Read More

Heart Health also Affected by Sitting too Much, Not Just Lack of Exercise

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 08 Jul 2014

Sedentary behaviors may lower cardiovascular fitness levels, find cardiologists at UT southwestern Medical center. New evidence suggests that two hours of sedentary behavior can be just as harmful as ...

Corneas Grown Via Adult Stem Cells

Posted in Achondroplasia Support group on Fri, 04 Jul 2014

Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Research Institute revealed that they have been able to regrow corneas from adult stem cells, raising hopes of a cure for blindness. ...Read More

Targeted Antibodies may Block Spread and Development of Parkinson's Disease

Posted in Parkinson's Disease Support group on Thu, 03 Jul 2014

Immunotherapy with targeted antibodies could block the development and spread of PD, a new cell culture and mouse model developed by researchers has revealed. By intercepting the distorted and misfold...