Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests.
Interestingly, obese women who have used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for symptoms of menopause may not face increased risk for this type of malignancy.
The study findings [...]
Thinning Hair can occur in humans because of various factors like age, weak hormone generation, weak protein content, improper diet etc. People who wish to prevent hair loss should understand the problem which caused the hair loss and take hair loss treatment properly. Age is an important factor which should be taken into consideration while [...]
The racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening, a new report says, and experts partly blame blacks’ lower screening rates and poor access to quality care.
Colon and rectal cancer death rates are now nearly 50 percent higher in blacks than in whites, according to American Cancer Society research being released Monday.
The gap has [...]
It’s going to be end of Bush administration and the same time opponents stem cell research will face a new political reality.
Under President George W. Bush, federal money for research on human embryonic stems cells was limited to those stem cell lines, or families of constantly dividing cells, that were created before Aug. 9, 2001.
According [...]
The cost of treating colorectal cancer can vary by tens of thousands of dollars per patient.
To reach that conclusion, researchers compared the eight most commonly prescribed therapeutic regimens used to treat more than 400 patients at 115 ambulatory care centers across the United States.
The regimens, which included supportive agents often required [...]
It’s time to Great American Smokeout!
Every year on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer Society challenges tobacco users to quit the habit for 24 hours by joining the Great American Smokeout.
The event is to help tobacco users take the first step by committing to a long-term plan to quit for good.
Smoking contributes to [...]
Stem cells from tiny embryos can be used to restore lost hearing and vision in animals, researchers said Tuesday in what they believe is a first step toward helping people.
One team repaired hearing in guinea pigs using human bone marrow stem cells, while another grew functioning eyes in tadpoles using frog cells.
While there are no [...]
No using the term “scourge”, no hidden camera to show people living with HIV, no images of the sick and dying, and no graphics of skulls and crossbones while reporting on HIV and AIDS, the Press Council of India (PCI) has said in its revised guidelines to the media.
It has also stipulated that journalists should [...]
NON-AVAILABILITY of DPT vaccines at health centres has severely hit the state’s extended immunisation programme running under the directions of the central government. For the past three months, DPT vaccines are not being supplied to the health posts and various primary health centres of the state, mainly in the Garhwal region.
As per information, this has [...]
A diabetes awareness campaign organized in Kolkata on the occasion of World Diabetes Day drew a large number of diabetic patients on Friday.
Doctors are providing free consultation and check up to people at the three-day camp that started on November 13.
“The incidence of diabetes is increasing by leaps and bounds. As you know, India is [...]