India Can Become Major HIV Drugs Producer

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Fri, 10 Feb 2006

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that India can easily become a market leader in the manufacture and supply of medicines for HIV across the world. Several people in the African Contine...

AIDS drug GS 9137 Shows Promise

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 10 Feb 2006

The manufacturer of the experimental AIDS drug GS 9137 Gilead Sciences Inc. has revealed that the results of the drug experiments were successful, as lower levels of HIV were noticed in the case of th...

Second Hand Smoke Does No Harm

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 09 Feb 2006

Smoking is reportedly being prohibited on the grounds of unscientific fears, according to a skier who is on a vacation at Utah. The British Medical Journal had already published a report which states ...

New Mexico Debates Over Forcing Mentally Ill People To Seek Treatment

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 08 Feb 2006

The recent spate of killings by mentally ill people in the United States has revived the debate as to whether such people should be forced to seek treatment even if they have not committed any crime. ...

New 'PPUD Syndrome' Prevalent Among Indian Doctors In Britain

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 08 Feb 2006

A number of doctors who had migrated to Britain with high hopes of getting a safe and secure job are now under depression. More specifically, they are believed to be suffering from the so-called "PPUD...

McDonalds: French Fries, Transparent to more Trans -Fats

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 08 Feb 2006

French Fries are out of the pan into the fire itself, the burning problem, being the Trans-Fats. MacDonald’s, prompted by recently enforced Government directives to disclose levels of trans fats in p...

Stem Cell Transplantation Promises Cure for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 07 Feb 2006

The direct implantation of stem cells into the pancreas of type 2 diabetic individuals has been found to enhance the production of endogenous insulin. ...Read More

Drug TEMODAL and Radiotherapy for brain cancer treatment

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 06 Feb 2006

Canada Health Government has approved the drug TEMODAL in combination with Radiotherapy for treating patients with glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer. ...Read More

New screening test for MRSA could reduce infections and costs

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 06 Feb 2006

A team of researchers led by Dr Stephen Harbarth have claimed that a new screening test for MRSA could prove to be useful in reducing the ...Read More

Shared decision making in health care not beneficial to patient

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 06 Feb 2006

Sharing your thoughts and discussing the symptoms and treatment benefits with your doctor does not seems to benefit the decision making and treatment. Researchers George W. Saba and Colleagues, Univer...