Quality of life is the key to the survival of cancer patients and, in fact, outweighs other classic predictors of survival, a new study has found.
According to Nicos Nicolaou, a physician and lead author of the study, “In the past, we have considered the stage of disease or tumour size along with other empirical […]
Another disease can be added to the list of smoking-related disorders — psoriasis. Researchers have found that smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, heavier smoking increases the risk further, and the risk decreases only slowly after quitting.
Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Harvard School of Public Health, all […]
A recent research has shown that organic foods have higher nutritional value than the non-organic foods, which are produced conventionally. The new research says that organic produce contain 40% of antioxidants protecting cells which works against damage.
Prof Carlo Leifert, coordinator of the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, said, “There are more of […]
In a bid to spread awareness about breast cancer, the first Asian Breast Cancer Congress will be held in Delhi, the capital of India Feb 9-10 next year.
Oncologist Vineet Gupta, who is the conference coordinator, said that there are approximately 1.2 million new breast cancer cases globally every year, of which 75 percent […]
Proper oral hygiene can help prevent heart infections, according to the German Society for Cardiology, Heart and Circulatory Research (DGK) in Cologne. These infections, known as endocarditis, start when bacteria find their way into the blood.
Up until now, operations were considered one of the major risk factors for the condition.
“But our study showed […]
Germany’s professional association for gynaecologists has recommended that women should avoid coffee and other caffeinated drinks for a full week prior to a mammogram examination to avoid pain during a mammogram.
Caffeine has the capacity to make a woman’s breast more sensitive and knottier and this can make the X-ray more painful, the Munich- based […]
Tension and stress are two words a vast majority of us experience, use, abuse and misuse. Ever since the invention of the light bulb, our days are becoming longer and longer. With every new invention, from the lap-top to the cell phone to the I-pod, more demands are put on our time, energy and attention. […]
The Irish Patients’ Association has said that more than 560,000 fake medicines were seized at the European Union’s borders in 2005, a 100 percent increase from 2004.
Stephen McMahon, chairman of the Irish Patients’ Association in Dublin, Ireland, said 20 percent of patient advocacy groups surveyed said they have received reports of counterfeit medicines from their […]
A U.S. study found marijuana has therapeutic value at a medium-dose level for neuropathic pain in patients with HIV/AIDS, diabetes or shingles.
Previous studies have shown Marijuana to be effective not only in reducing allergic skin reactions, but also to ease foor pain in HIV patients and to ward off Alzheimer’s disease.
Lead researcher Mark […]
This Thursday, drug maker Suven Life Sciences entered into a collaboration with US-based Minnesota University to develop new therapies to treat the life threatening disease Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1).
According to Suven Life Sciences, the company will co-operate in a research and test programme to explore clinical efficiency and make available to […]
