Brain Chemical Identified For Drug Dependent Behavior

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 29 Aug 2005

Researchers from University of Pennsylvania had identified a brain chemical responsible for some drug seeking behaviors associated with substance abuse. The chemical called orexin is also involved in ...

Hollywood Actress Hunter criticises Hatcher for weight loss.

Posted in Others Support group on Sun, 28 Aug 2005

Los Angeles, Aug 28. Older women who try to lose weight apparently have to choose between their face or bottom In an interesting comment on weight loss , the supermodel Rachel Hunter has criticized "D...

Dengue fever in Delhi after the Monsoon

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 28 Aug 2005

N.Delhi is affected by the dengue fever that can sometime be deadly and this is due to the breeding mosquitoes after the monsoon. Dengue fever is a benign acute febrile syndrome occurring in tropical ...

Where there is a will, there is a way!

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 27 Aug 2005

A sexagenarian cardiac patient has entered the Guinness Book of Records after covering a 149-km route from Trest near Jihlava to Prague on foot in 28 hours. The 68-year-old Jan Klima's feat was announ...

New Treatment For Anxiety Disorders

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 27 Aug 2005

Researcher from Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, had said in a report presented at the 20th Annual Convention of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), that ort...

New Infertility test to be offered by Reliance

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 24 Aug 2005

Reliance is to set up a novel diagnostic test to detect low grade gonadal mosaicism, which is a low-grade chromosome defect in the ovary. This test is particularly useful for couples with recurrent in...

Aliskiren: A New Treatment For Hypertension

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 22 Aug 2005

Aliskiren can possibly be the latest method of treating patients suffering from hypertension.Data emerging from early studies of aliskiren indicate that the new drug is effective as a single treatment...

Reaction To ADHD Medication May Be Genetic By Nature

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 20 Aug 2005

New research points out that the difference in genes might be responsible for the way patients suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) differ in reacting to medications. ...Read...

A Move To Help Commercial Sex Workers Quit Their Business

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 20 Aug 2005

The Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) will soon begin training sex workers in the state to seek alternative employment. The move has been accelerated following the provision of $12.7 million for the pr...

Promoting Medical Tourism In India

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 19 Aug 2005

Medical tourism focuses on treatment of acute illness, elective surgeries such as cardiology and cancer, among others. From October this year , the Government plans to start overseas marketing of Indi...