Radiation Therapy And Microsurgery- Hope For Injured Spinal Cords

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 26 Jul 2007

Research in lab rats with crushed spinal cords, mimicking human injury, show that a treatment combining radiation therapy to destroy harmful cells and microsurgery to drain excess fluids , can lead ...

Young Women Exposed To CT Scans At Higher Risk For Cancer

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 26 Jul 2007

New research finds that Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan), used widely to detect weak heart conditions could lead to an increased risk of cancer among young women....Read More

Peanut Allergy Sufferers- There May Be A Way Out

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 26 Jul 2007

A scientist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University claims to have devised a way to produce allergen-free peanuts....Read More

More Older Women Opting for Treatment for Anorexia in US

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Jul 2007

Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have long been considered diseases of the young, but experts say in recent years more women have been seeking help in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and older. Some...

No Smoking In Offices- And In Your Home Too

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Jul 2007

After the proposed ban on lighting up at workplaces by Union Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, smokers are no longer content to rest on their ‘butts’....Read More

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve India’s Healthcare Crisis

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Jul 2007

An industrial body recognizing the downward trend of access to quality health care in India, has suggested two things needed to reverse the situation- more money and a significant private-public partn...

Himachal Pradesh Under the Grip of Suspected Typhus Fever Outbreak

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 22 Jul 2007

Fear of a possible outbreak of Typhus fever has gripped people in Himachal Pradesh. ...Read More

Kids’ Ability to Describe Past Event Develops With Time

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 22 Jul 2007

A new study has found that kids’ ability to describe past incidences develops with age...Read More

Orissa CM Orders Probe into Female Foeticides

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 22 Jul 2007

Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday ordered police to probe into the recent incidents of female foeticide in the state's Nayagarh district, officials said...Read More

Ayurvedic Doctor Sentenced to Five Years in Jail for Causing Death of Woman

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 21 Jul 2007

A doctor in India’s capital, New Delhi, practicing Ayurveda, a native system of medicine, has been sentenced to five years of rigorous...Read More