A gene(Y) linked to blindness (AMD)!

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Jan 2006

It has bugged researchers for long to detect the cause of blindness-inducing neurodegenerative diseases such as age-related macular...Read More

Gene Therapy To Cure Parkinson's Disease

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 22 Jan 2006

A novel gene therapy is being developed by scientists belonging to the Northwestern University targeted at turning off some genes which contribute towards Parkinson's disease. ...Read More

Breast Cancer In India Rising Rapidly

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 22 Jan 2006

The incidence of breast cancer in India is on the rise and is rapidly becoming the number one cancer in females pushing the cervical cancer to the second spot. The seriousness of the situation is appa...

Anti-cholinesterase drugs for treating Alzheimer's not worth the price

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 22 Jan 2006

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has found that anti-cholinesterase drugs which are used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is not very effective in controlling th...

Smokers Sue Tobacco Major Philip Morris

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 21 Jan 2006

Tobacco major Philip Morris is being sued by four Marlboro smokers for hi-tech screenings aimed at the early detection of lung cancer. The four people are demanding that the company pay for spiral CT ...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Seen To Be Effective Against Back Pain

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 21 Jan 2006

Cognitive behavioral therapy may prove to be as beneficial to people suffering from chronic lower back pain, as physical therapy. This has been revealed by a Dutch study. The same amount of physical r...

Firms Told To Employ Those With Asperger's Syndrome

Posted in Others Support group on Fri, 20 Jan 2006

Business organizations in Scotland are being encouraged to employ people with Asperger's Syndrome, who suffer from difficulties while relating and communicating with others. Scotland has a total of 50...

ESMA against striking Medicos

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 20 Jan 2006

Doctors went on strike after a clash between Uttar Pradesh Government Railway Police and Junior doctors who were returning after writing PG Medical Entrance in Meerut by Meerut Nauchandi Express lead ...

Diabetes May Be Cured In 10 Days

Posted in Diabetes - Essentials Support group on Thu, 19 Jan 2006

A new cell transplant method has been developed by UK based scientists which will enable the cure of diabetes within 10 days. High doses of anti-rejection drugs are used for cell transplant as at pres...

Understanding “The Brain”

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 19 Jan 2006

Its still a mystery how the brain functions and converts raw data into meaningful ones? But now a team from the university's Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute reveals the detailed process in the jou...