Age Can Affect PSA Reading And Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 25 Feb 2006

Prostate specific antigen is a tumor marker, elevated level of which is strongly suggestive of prostate cancer in men. PSA testing is routinely used by doctors to spot early signs of prostate cancer,...

Vitamin D May Help In Fight Against Tuberculosis

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 25 Feb 2006

A new research has offered insights into why Africans have an increased susceptibility to tuberculosis and have severe manifestation of the disease compared to whites. ...Read More

Nerve Damage Can Be Prevented By Xenon Administration During Surgery

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 25 Feb 2006

Brain damage, a potential post-operative complication following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) could be prevented by provision of xenon gas, a new study has found. ...Read More

Link Established Between Ecstasy and Depression

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 24 Feb 2006

Ecstasy is a drug that is completely banned from use as a treatment for depression. It is otherwise called as methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). It helps the body ...Read More

Prescription to NHS: Nourish the Malnourished, For a Well-Fed Economy!

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 24 Feb 2006

Patients, most often the elderly are wanting in good health and nourishment. Now, Doctors and nurses in the NHS have been asked to give better care, especially to elderly patients who are deficient in...

Trails to detect effective breast cancer drugs that reduces recurrences

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 24 Feb 2006

A quest for new drug has started to determine and help patients to have a recurrence free survival after breast cancer surgery. The chemotherapy drugs docetaxel (Taxotere) and vinorelbine (Navelbine) ...

New System To Isolate People Affected By Bird Flu

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 23 Feb 2006

Ahmedabad based company Online Infocomm, which helped SARS affected South-East Asia two years ago, by installing telemedicine-based thermal scanners are now under the process of designing a new system...

Jharkhand Govt Tie Up With Ramdev To Preserve Rare Herbal Plants

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 23 Feb 2006

A herbarium will be set up in Jharkhand to preserve the rare herbal plants that are on the verge of extinction. The government has tied up with yoga guru Ramdev in setting up the herbarium....Read Mor...

A Protein In Yoghurt Has The Potential To Fight E. coli

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 23 Feb 2006

A protein in yoghurt has been found to be a potential tool to fight against the E. coli, which is the leading cause of diarrhoea in the world. ...Read More

Need For Smarter Ways To Identify Fake Drugs & Internet Counterfeiting: WHO

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 22 Feb 2006

The WHO has warned that it is high time for the medicine industry to embrace product-tracking technologies such as radio frequency identification tags that would help identify fake medicines. ...Read ...