Saliva HIV Test as Accurate as Blood Test for HIV: Study

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), can be compared in accuracy to the traditional blood test, says a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill Universit...

Family Focus Could Aid Obese Kids to Thrive in Treatment

Posted in Child Obesity Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Parents ought to involve in treatment programs for their obese children, states to a new scientific statement published in Read More

Scarce Access to Anti-Retrovirals for DR Congo HIV Patients

Posted in AIDS/HIV Support group on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

In the Democratic Republic of Congo Eighty-six percent of HIV-positive people do not have access to anti-retrovirals, said medical charity Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday. ...Read More

Study Says Male Sex Lives Suffer If Wives are Close to Their Friends

Posted in AIDS - Initial Theories and Disease Progression Support group on Wed, 25 Jan 2012

A new study has claimed that middle-aged men are more likely to have a poor sex life if their wife is too close to their friends because it undermines their masculinity. Read More

Health Insurance in India - An Introduction

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 25 Jan 2012

The term Health Insurance is used to describe a form of insurance that pays for medical expenses. It is used more broadly to include insurance that covers disability or long-term nursing or custodial ...

Brushing Teeth Twice Daily may Reduce Risk of Pneumonia

Posted in Bleeding Gums Support group on Tue, 24 Jan 2012

People who brush their teeth twice a day not only have a good oral hygiene, but are also less likely to suffer from pneumonia compared to those who brush just once. Researchers from Yale University S...

Herpes Treatment Causes a Decline in AIDS Virus

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 23 Jan 2012

United States: Anti-herpes treatment to patients suffering genital herpes and AIDS was observed to be causing a setback to the relationship between the microbes...Read More

Choice of Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder is Yours

Posted in Depression Support group on Mon, 23 Jan 2012

Although new generation antidepressantdrugs have replaced tricyclic antidepressants as first line treatment for majordepressive disorder, no one drug is superior to the other in terms of safetyand eff...

Diabetic Kidney Disease / Diabetic Nephropathy

Posted in General Support group on Sun, 22 Jan 2012

Diabetic kidney disease, also known as diabetic nephropathy, is a kidney disease that is caused by diabetes due to damage of blood vessels of the kidney. Not everyone with diabetes is affected by neph...

13 Girls from the Same School Portray Tourette-like Syndrome Overnight

Posted in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Support group on Fri, 20 Jan 2012

13 girls from the same high school in New York suddenly developed an unusual ...Read More