Fewer Smokers Believe E-cigarettes are a Safer Alternative to Cigarettes: Study

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 06 Jun 2014

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers find that while awareness of e-cigarettes has increased significantly, smokers are less inclined to consider them safer than cigarettes. Read Mo...

PLX3397 Suggested as a Potential Therapy for Patients With Advanced PVNS by Phase I Data

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 06 Jun 2014

According to new data, a novel targeted drug shows promise in treating patients with advanced pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) a rare neoplastic joint disorder. At the time of interim analysis,...

New Manual Gives US Psychiatry a Makeover

Posted in Adolescent Depression Support group on Thu, 05 Jun 2014

A host of changes are present in the latest makeover to a massive psychiatric tome called the "Bible" of mental disorders. The first major revamp in more than 20 years of the Diagnostic and Statistica...

Impact of E-Cigarettes on Mental Health Probed

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 05 Jun 2014

People living with depression, anxiety or other mental health conditions are twice as likely to have tried e-cigarettes as people without the conditions, researchers at University...Read More

Screening Prevents Half a Million Colorectal Cancers

Posted in Colorectal Cancer/Colon and Rectal Cancer Support group on Wed, 04 Jun 2014

A new report has found that an estimated half a million cancers were prevented by screening of colorectal cancer. Their study appears in the journal CancerRead More

Pharmaceutical Companies Delay Drug Access, Not Processing Time

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 04 Jun 2014

The pharmaceutical company submissions to Health Canada is delaying the access to new prescription drugs rather than delay by a longer approval-processing time, suggests an analysis published in CMAJ...

Electrolyte Sensor may Provide Immediate Read-Outs

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 03 Jun 2014

Patients trying to navigate today''s complex medical system with its costly laboratory analyses might prefer a pain-free home diagnostic device. ...Read More

MRI Detects Breast Cancer Early in At-risk Survivors of Female Hodgkin Lymphoma

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 31 May 2014

MRI scans detected invasive breast tumours at early stages in female survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma at an increased risk of breast cancer, a new study has found. Read More

Eat Nuts to Lower Risks of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 29 May 2014

There is a slim chancethat carrying a lot of weight, literally, can help you stay healthy. Being overweightwith a high degree of body weight is termed obesity. ...Read More

Compact Incubation Device Developed for Incubation of Cells

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 29 May 2014

Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering have developed a new incubation device that is significantly smaller than the traditional incubator used in the incubation of cells. Read...