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Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose

April 30th, 2008

Too much of sugar in your blood! You may not be the main reason behind this. Instead of you habits, your genes may be responsible for it.  Due to mutation, gene may behave in a different way and cause higher glucose levels in blood.  Such genetic mutation may cause 5 percent increase in the blood […]

Breast tumors may double in a month

April 29th, 2008

Total five percent of all the beast cancer tumors may increase the size to double within a month. A recent Norweigian researcher study found this fact. So a regular screening of breast cancer is very much essential to keep away the future complications.The detection rates vary a lot in tumors of different sizes. The detection […]

Scan Detects Oxygen Levels in Tumors

April 28th, 2008

Soon there may be individual therapy for cancer patients. Scientists are working on developing a simple way to find out or measure presence of oxygen levels in tumors. If it becomes possible, doctors will be able to decide clearly what type of treatment should be given to individual patients.
Doctors have been working on devising individual […]

Antibiotics Don’t Help Much in Most Sinus Infections

April 27th, 2008

According to a recent study, antibiotics do not help much in sinusitis. If you have a mild sinusitis, you better not go for drug treatment. Antibiotics can not speed up the recovery process in case of sinusitis.
According to Richard Rosenfeld, professor and chairman of otolaryngology at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., if the […]

Danger with plastics- Retailers Drop BPA

April 26th, 2008

In our one of the previous posts, we talked about BPA and the possible health hazards due to it. Now, foreseeing the problems that it may cause, government has initiated some action on this front and soon BPA issue may find a solution.
BPA, bisphenol A, is present in hard, clear polycarbonate plastics. These are used […]