![]() | Is influenzinum right homeopathic remedy for H1N1 flu? There is no doubt that swine flu or Influenza A H1N1 cases are rising in India. Most worrying point is that number of deaths from swine flu also increasing suddenly inspite of all screenings at airports and sea-ports. Swine Flu - Health Newstrack, India |
![]() | Homeopathy medicines and H1N1 - a rational approach needed H1N1 numbers are increasing in India, and a new picture is emerging of its spread. The cumulative laboratory confirmed deaths reported by the Indian Govt as on 26th August 2009 is 75. Swine Flu - Health Newstrack, India |
![]() | Homeopathy Arsenic 30 preventive for H1N1 flu, says CCRH The Indian Department of AYUSH (alternative systems) has released a press note suggesting use of Arsenic alba 30 one dose for three consecutive days as preventive for Swine flu. Swine Flu - Health Newstrack, India |
![]() | New drug reverses resistance to chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer patients For the first time researchers have shown that by inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1, it is possible to make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, opening the way for the development of a new drug to treat the disease. Pancreatic cancer - European CanCer Organisation, Germany |
![]() | Learn to deal with inattentive, hyperactive & impulsive kids ADHD is a disorder of the brain and behavior. It affects about 3 to 5% of children. The symptoms start before seven years of age. Global prevalence for children is approximately 5%, with wide variability dependent on research methodologies utilized in studies. ADHD - Health Newstrack, India |
![]() | Patients with acute lower back pain can be diagnosed by PCP Primary care physicians are front line defense in diagnosing serious illness in patients with acute lower back pain, revealed by researchers at The George Institute for International Health in Australia. Back pain - Wiley-Blackwell, USA |
![]() | Exercise reduces breast cancer risk Post-menopausal women who engage in moderate to vigorous exercise and physical activity have a reduced risk of breast cancer, revealed by researchers. Breast cancer is recognized as the most common cancer affecting US women. Breast cancer - BioMed Central, UK |
![]() | Statin and BP drug combo ALL prevents heart attack and stroke Low-cost drugs – a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug – as daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have prevented 1,271 heart attacks and strokes. Heart Attack - Kaiser Permanente, USA |
![]() | Researchers decoded genetic evolution of a breast cancer tumour Canadian researchers have decoded all of the three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic lobular breast cancer tumor, a type of breast cancer which accounts for about 10 per cent of all breast cancers. Breast cancer - BC Cancer Foundation, Canada |
![]() | XMRV retrovirus linked to chronic fatigue syndrome A retrovirus named XMRV is frequently present in the blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), revealed by researchers. This discovery could be a major step in the discovery of vital treatment options for millions of patients. Chronic fatigue syndrome - National Institutes of Health, USA |
![]() | FDA declines Fusilev NDA for colorectal cancer A Complete Response letter is issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for FUSILEV (levoleucovorin) for injection for treatment of patients with advanced metastatic colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, USA |
![]() | New guidelines to improve the treatment of diabetes - IDF The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) releases important new guidelines to improve the treatment of diabetes worldwide. The guidelines address pregnancy, self-monitoring blood glucose and oral health. Diabetes - International Diabetes Federation, Belgium |
![]() | Gene therapy may improve vision in congenital blindness LCA Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have used gene therapy to safely improve vision in five children and seven adults with a rare form of congenital blindness. Blindness - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA |
![]() | African American women get delay in breast cancer related care African-American women face obstacles to receive appropriate breast cancer–related care in US. There is a significant delay in follow-up times among African-American women after the finding of a suspicious breast abnormality. Breast cancer - American Cancer Society, USA |
![]() | Stem cell therapy offers hope for acute lung injury Adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease, revealed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Stem cell therapy - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |