Research Finds Cell 'Battery' Plays Central Role in Neurodegenerative Disease

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 20 Jan 2012

Defects in mitochondria, the ''batteries'' or energy-producing power plants of cells, may be responsible for a devastating neurodegenerative disease that first appears in toddlers just as they are beg...

Hair Straighteners May Not Be Good After All

Posted in Others Support group on Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Exposure to formaldehyde contained in hair smoothing andstraightening products can pose health risks such as cancer....Read More

Clinical Trial Using Stem Cell in Parkinson's Disease - Likely in Near Future

Posted in Parkinson's Disease Support group on Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Parkinsons Disease - Medical world has struggled in finding permanent cure forthis condition...

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) / Temporal Arteritis

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) or Temporal Arteritis is a condition where medium and large arteries especially those supplying the head region get inflamed.Giant Cell Arteritis (artery � blood vessel supp...

Liver Cancer

Posted in Liver Cancer Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

The liver is the largest organ, present inside the body just below the right lung and the diaphragm. The liver lies close to the colon, the intestines and the right kidney. It roughly weighs about 1.5...

Women and Cancer / Cancer and Women

Posted in Women and Cancer Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades. The disease, which was...

Some See A Hopeless End, While Others See An Endless Hope

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

Cancer may be a hard disease to go through for those who suffer from it. Only those who survive it realize the valve of the above saying which emphasizes the importance of hope. It actually makes them...

Was the Cancer Cell Smiling?

Posted in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

During their quest in understanding the behavior of the beta-catenin protein which causes cancer, scientists at Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research at the University of Sydney were surp...

Mysterious Amish Community Under Scanner After Charges Of Incest

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

The insular and mysterious Amish community in US�has come under the scanner following the arrest of a man over child abuse. Read More

Soon, Cheaper and Effective Anti-malarial Drug

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

A method to synthesize the most effective anti-malaria drug in large life-saving quantities has been developed by German researchers. ...