Toddler Learns to Walk Following Surgery That Removed Half Her Brain

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 04 Feb 2011

Toddler whose half brain was removed in order to stop her seizures, has now learnt to walk. Two-year-old Katie Verdecchia has Aicardi syndrome - an inherited...Read More

Low Testosterone Levels Could Make Elders Frail

Posted in Geriatry-Related Diseases Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

Even after sex life runs out, testosterones could be important for men. A new study indicates a link between low levels of testosterone and frailty. Read More

A Good Breakfast - Necessary or Not?

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

An interesting study published in the Nutrition Journal reports that the kind of breakfast we have does not affect our eating at other times of the day. The German researchers under the leadership of ...

Vaccination Guidelines

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

Vaccination guidelines have been brought out annually by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and this years recommendations have been published in the journal Pediatrics. ...Read More

Loneliness – a Serious Issue in the Elderly

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

A group of five charity organizations has launched the Campaign to End Loneliness in the UK to help old people from feeling lonely. A report, Safeguarding The Convoy - A Call To Action From The Campai...

Childhood Epilepsy Triples the Long Term Mortality Risk

Posted in Neurocysticercosis / Cysticercosis of Brain Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

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First Human Trial of Blood Cancer Vaccine

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

The first human trials of a revolutionary cancer vaccine that could save thousands of lives a year is set to begin, according to scientists in Britain. The immune-boosting leukemia jab will be tried ...

Immigrant Women Not Adequately Screened For Cervical Cancer

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

Immigrant women in Ontario are not screened for cervical cancer as often as native-born Canadians, with the lowest rates being among older, poorer South Asians, new research shows. ...Read More

Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA)

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) is a vasculitis affecting small blood vessels. Patient is treated with cyclophosphamide and a corticosteroid.Microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) is a type of vasculitis that ...

Teen Suffers from Stroke

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

Kayleigh Ward was grieving over the death of her pet hamster which she had buried in the back yard of her garden, when she keeled over and collapsed with no sensation in her left leg. ...Read More