Western fast food tied to heart risks in AsiaIndian ExpressEven relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at raised risk of diabetes and significantly more likely than peers to d…
Antibody detects progenitor cells in cancers and cirrhosis of the liver – News-Medical.net
Antibody detects progenitor cells in cancers and cirrhosis of the liverNews-Medical.netProfessor Pera and one of the co-authors on the paper, Dr Kouichi Hasegawa, were recently awarded an Australia-India Strategic Research Fund grant to continue their …
Vitamin D Can Protect Lungs from Effects of Smoking – IBTimes.co.uk
IBTimes.co.ukVitamin D Can Protect Lungs from Effects of SmokingIBTimes.co.uk"We examined the relationship between vitamin D deficiency, smoking, lung function, and the rate of lung function decline over a 20-year period in a cohort of 626 adult w…
Heart diseases: The heart disease epidemic in India – Times of India
Heart diseases: The heart disease epidemic in IndiaTimes of IndiaHeart diseases claim many lives in India every year. The most common heart diseases plaguing Indians between the age group of 25-60 are cardiovascular diseases, cardiac arrests, congestiv…
City hospitals groan at high blood demand, few volunteers – IPPmedia
IPPmediaCity hospitals groan at high blood demand, few volunteersIPPmediaLack of awareness on voluntary blood donation explains acute scarcity of safe blood in most hospitals, responsible officials have declared. This has led to an increase in the numb…
India's GenNext isn't young at heart – Daily News & Analysis
India's GenNext isn't young at heartDaily News & AnalysisWhen Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray, who underwent an angiography at a Mumbai hospital on Tuesday after experiencing chest pain, it turned the spotlight on a question that…
Probe ordered into death of 3 patients at Cooperative Medical College – The Hindu
The HinduProbe ordered into death of 3 patients at Cooperative Medical CollegeThe HinduThe representative of the CAPE Registered Nurses Association told The Hindu that the Association had complained to the medical superintendent in writing regarding th…
Former transplant patients reach out to others
Transplant recipients Frank Bianchi, of Brunswick, and Holly Mulkerin, of Medina Township, run a volunteer program to reach out to people on the Cleveland Clinic's heart transplant list. (JENNIFER PIGNOLET / GAZETTE) Holly Mulkerin waited more than…
Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat HER2-negative breast cancer – News-Medical.net
Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat HER2-negative breast cancerNews-Medical.netThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Afinitor (everolimus) for use in combination with Aromasin (exemestane) to treat certain postmenopausal…
Groundbreaking transplant surgeon dies at 79
Dr. Patrick Fumio Hagihara of Lexington, a pioneer in transplant surgery, died Wednesday. He was 79.