Sea Sponge With Anti Cancer Properties

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 26 Jan 2008

Northwestern University chemist Karl Scheidt has successfully synthesized a natural molecule known as neopeltolide, having cancer-fighting properties, that was isolated from a deep-sea sponge belongin...

Breakthrough Procedure To Help Prevent Organ Rejection

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 26 Jan 2008

Injecting bone marrow from an organ donor allowed kidney transplant patients to be weaned of the intense immunosuppressant drugs usually needed to prevent organ rejection, a study published Thursday f...

Child Mortality Rate in Ethiopia Falls by 40 Percent: UNICEF

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 24 Jan 2008

Ethiopia has reduced its child mortality rate by 40 percent over the last 15 years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday. ...Read More

Overweight Canadian Nurse Cannot Enter Operating Room

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 24 Jan 2008

A labour ministry tribunal in the Quebec province of Canada has backed the Hull Hospital's decision to exclude an overweight nurse from its operating room because she sweated too much....Read More

Clinical Trials of Injectible Male Contraceptive Extended to More Indian States

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 24 Jan 2008

Phase III of the clinical trials of Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance, (RISUG), an indigenously developed intra-vasal injectible contraceptive for males...Read More

Hawthorn Extract Helps to Ease Chronic Heart Failure Symptoms

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 23 Jan 2008

A group of Cochrane researchers has found that hawthorn extract is effective in controlling symptoms of chronic heart disease, and in improving a range of heart-related measurements....Read More

Singapore Organ Donation Law to Cover Muslims

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 23 Jan 2008

Singapore health minister has aid that Singapore’s Muslims will be covered under the organ donation laws from August 1. The minister believes that this would enlarge the donor pool for...Read More

Adding ‘Friendly’ Bacteria to Diet may Reduce Fat Absorption

Posted in Others Support group on Mon, 21 Jan 2008

A new study by Jeremy Nicholson and his colleagues from Imperial College London has revealed that adding ‘friendly’ bacteria to the diet might help in reducing fat absorption...Read More

Meet the Surrogate Mother of Eight Babies With No Children of Her Own

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 20 Jan 2008

A British woman has turned out to be a record-breaking surrogate mother by carrying another couple’s baby for the eighth time...Read More

Male and Female Doctors Differ on Depression in Women

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 18 Jan 2008

Women and men doctors have some divergent views about women and depression, according to a recent survey conducted by the Society for Women’s Health Research, a Washington, D.C., based advocacy organi...