Vitamin D may protect against lung function impairment and decline in smokersNutrition horizon (press release)The hawthorn assist its action and the essential oil of cardamom (used for centuries in India to facilitate the digestive process) is useful f…
Superstar Rajesh Khanna succumbs to liver infection – Times of India
Zee NewsSuperstar Rajesh Khanna succumbs to liver infectionTimes of IndiaRajesh Khanna, superstar and legend, passed away at his bungalow in Mumbai, along side his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia. Not only was he a great actor for his own generation, but…
Heart Failure Clinics Are Rarely Utilized, Despite Clear Benefits – RedOrbit
Heart Failure Clinics Are Rarely Utilized, Despite Clear BenefitsRedOrbitOutpatient heart failure (HF) clinics that provide patient education on ways to manage heart failure and risk factors, prescribe home-based exercises, and monitor therapy complian…
IncellDx® Receives North American Product Leadership Award in the Molecular … – EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
IncellDx® Receives North American Product Leadership Award in the Molecular …EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)… a clinically validated test. About IncellDx, Inc. IncellDx, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company dedicated to the detection …
Empowering common people to do their bit to 'Save a Life' – The Hindu
Empowering common people to do their bit to 'Save a Life'The HinduThere are nearly six lakh people who are victims of sudden cardiac arrest in India every year. The survival rate is less than five per cent because immediate measures are not tak…
Conatus, University of Alberta initiate islet cell transplant Phase I/II trial of emricasan for diabetes
Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the University of Alberta announced today the treatment of the first patient in an investigator-initiated islet cell transplant Phase I/II trial of emricasan (IDN-6556), a pan-caspase inhibitor.
Vitamin E may help cut liver cancer risk – TruthDive
Vitamin E may help cut liver cancer riskTruthDiveTo determine the relationship between vitamin E intake and liver cancer risk, Wei Zhang, M.D., MPH., Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, and collea…
Hookah smoking becoming increasingly common among 1st-yr university women – Indian Express
Hindustan TimesHookah smoking becoming increasingly common among 1st-yr university womenIndian ExpressOriginating in ancient Persia and India, hookah smoking is a highly social activity during which users smoke tobacco filtered through a water pipe, ac…
Wait for heart transplant moves into sixth month
Dave Bakke: Doctors have told John Wood the average wait for a heart transplant is eight months. He is in his sixth month on the waiting list. It’s a mental game now, this waiting. John could drive himself crazy if he thinks about it too much.
In US, girls getting hooked to hookah – Times of India
French TribuneIn US, girls getting hooked to hookahTimes of IndiaWASHINGTON: One out of four college girls in the US are hooked on to the hookah during early years, and many of them mistakenly believe that it is safer than cigarettes, a new study has f…