Archive for November, 2007
Radiation Therapy To Kill Cancer Cells And Shrink Tumors!
High energy rays are used in radiation therapy to stop cancer cells from growing and dividing.
Radiation therapy is used to treat cancer because cancer cells grow and divide more rapidly than normal cells around them.
Radiation therapy for breast cancer:
Radiation therapy is used to destroy breast cancer cells which are remaining after the [...]
Health News On 23 Nov 2007
Bromide Linked To Angola Illness
A mystery disease that has hit nearly 400 Angolans is associated with very high levels of the chemical bromide, UN health experts say.
MIT: Prenatal Arsenic Exposure Detected In Newborns
MIT researchers have found that the children of mothers whose water supplies were contaminated with arsenic during their pregnancies harbored [...]
Is Your Itching Becoming Worse During Night? It Can Be Scabies!
All most all of us experience skin infection at some point in the life.
Scabies is the one among those skin infections. Scabies is a parasite.
This skin infection develops as tiny itchy bumps and wounds.
This is due to tiny mites that hideout under the top layer of your skin to lay down the [...]
Health News On 22 Nov 2007
New Discoveries About Nitric Oxide Can Provide Drugs For Schizophrenia Problems with memory and social function in patients with schizophrenia may result from an imbalance in the brain’s nitric oxide system.
Drug Combination Effective For Multiple Myeloma
Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania announced today that findings from two [...]
Simple Diet Changes Can Successfully Control The Symptoms Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)!
In North America one out of five has this irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
IBS is a disease even though your doctor considers it as functional disorder.
This disease will usually affect the person who is around 20 and it will be most commonly seen in women than men.
This syndrome will cause considerable discomfort and [...]
Health News On 21 Nov 2007
Even Minute Levels Of Lead Cause Brain Damage In Children
Even very small amounts of lead in children’s blood — amounts well below the current federal standard — are associated with reduced IQ scores, finds a new six-year Cornell study.
Trauma Earlier In Life May Affect Response To Stress Years Later
Researchers have known [...]
Most Common Food Allergies You Should Be Aware Of!
Peanut allergy is a type of food allergy that is caused due to overreaction of the immune system. The most severe peanut allergies can result in anaphylaxis, which is a life threatening condition.
Milk allergy is caused when the immune system reacts against one or more of the proteins found in milk.
The [...]
Health News On 20 Nov 2007
Coronary Artery Disease Killing More Women Under 45
For decades, heart disease death rates have been falling. But a new study shows a troubling turn — more women under 45 are dying of heart disease due to clogged arteries, and the death rate for men that age has leveled off.
Want To Lose That Baby [...]
Pica Eating Disorder Common In People Who Have Developmental Disabilities!
The word pica came from the Latin word magpie. Magpie is the name of the bird which is known for its large and indiscriminate appetite.
Pica is the eating disorder and this problem will be mostly seen in the people who have developmental disabilities such as autism and mental retardation.
This disorder is mostly [...]
Health News On 19 Nov 2007
Infectiousness Of HIV May Be Reduced By Suppressing Herpes Virus
A recent study of men co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV revealed that drugs used to suppress HSV decrease the levels of HIV in the blood and rectal secretions, which may make patients less likely to transmit the [...]
