4-months of Low-calorie Diet can Cure Type-2 Diabetes

Posted in Others Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Following a low-calorie diet everyday for just 4-months could cure type-2 diabetes, according to a study done at Leiden University in the Netherlands. ...Read More

Everolimus Benefits Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Everolimus, an inhibitor of the mammalian target rapamycin (mTOR) and octreotide improves progression-free survival for patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors and a history of carcinoid syndrome...

Opioid Painkillers for Abdominal Pain: Prescription Has More Than Doubled

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled across U.S. outpatient clinics between 1997 and 2008, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and HepatologyRead More

Is Polio Really on the Verge of Extinction?

Posted in Poliomyelitis Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Resolving to declare eradication of polio will be a lot harder than it was for smallpox, according to a review published in the Journal of General VirologyRead More

Diet And Environmental Links To Heart Problems

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Researchers have been able to identify diet and environmental links to heart problems through their study of DNA methylation, a crucial part of normal organismal development and...Read More

Breakthrough in Battle Against Malaria

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Researchers have identified a new way by which the malaria parasite survives in human blood. This key finding marks the latest laboratory advance against malaria. ...Read More

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Improves TBI and PTSD in Veterans

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen benefits veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), say researchers. The findings are available online now in the Journal of...

Who Says New Hip Implants Are Better Than Traditional Implants?

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Comparing the efficacy of new hip implants with traditional hip implants, researchers have observed in a review of the evidence published on bmj.com, that new hip implants appear to have no advantage ...

Genetically-altered Neurons Created

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Harvard scientists have created genetically-altered neurons that light up as they fire. Researchers have isolated a gene from a Dead Sea microorganism to produce a protein that, when exposed to the el...

Elderly People can Cope With Loneliness Thanks to the Internet

Posted in Diaper Rash / Diaper Dermatitis Support group on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Elderly people would be less lonely if they were "plugged in" to the Internet, claims a entrepreneur. Martha Lane Fox founder of Lastminute.com, now the Government''s "digital champion", said that gra...