As the Ontario Breast Screening Program celebrates its 20th anniversary, it’s encouraging women across the province to get screened! Before she joined the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP), Margot McAuliffe couldn’t remember…
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Discovery on HIV patients’ immune defenses enables to design new vaccines
New discoveries about the immune defenses of rare HIV patients who produce antibodies that prevent infection suggest a novel direction for designing new vaccines. Researchers at Rockefeller University and colleagues have now…
New Phuket fertility clinic opens tomorrow at PIH
Adding to Phuket’s medical tourism appeal is the fact that now patients not only have the option of getting popular treatments such as dental work or cosmetic surgery, but also the chance…
Chandigarh cosmetic surgeon offers Special Botox offer to foreign tourists during CWG
Tourists coming to India during Commonwealth games will not only have a chance to watch great sporting action but would also get a chance to go back younger and more beautiful, thanks…
Drug Treatment Triggers Sodium Ions to Regenerate Nerves, Muscle
Scientists found a way to regenerate injured spinal cord and muscle by using small molecule drugs to trigger an influx of sodium ions into injured cells. Biologists at Tufts University’s School of…
Fizzy Beverages Light Up Same Pain Sensors as Mustard
Findings of a new study revealed that the carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks sets off the same pain sensors in the nasal cavity as mustard and horseradish, though at a lower intensity….
Growing Nanowires Horizontally Yields Nano-LEDs
Iranian chemists, refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, discovered an unexpected bonus – a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from light-emitting diodes (LEDs). These…
Dubai charity leaves for Gaza today on surgical mission
DUBAI — Members of the Little Wings Foundation, a Dubai-based charity, and specialists mobilised by it, are leaving for Gaza on Thursday to conduct a surgical mission to treat children with musculoskeletal…
Special panel formed to check controlled drugs
DUBAI — A special committee to check controlled and smuggled drugs has been set up after a ministerial decree was issued recently. The special committee will review the status of narcotic drugs…
Caffeine helps cut brain cancer risk
A daily cup of tea or coffee can protect you from brain cancer, a study has found. People who drink one cup of either hot drink can slash the risk of the…
Researchers identify HRT therapy mechanism to increase breast cancer risk
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers, affecting up to one in eight women during their lives in Europe, the UK and USA. Large population studies such as the Women’s…
Feeding infants before examination for retinopathy of prematurity reduces stress
Results of new study in the Journal of AAPOS contrary to current practice Premature infants are often examined for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). This exam can be quite stressful for the neonate,…
Mammography examinations reduce breast cancer mortality rate
Mammography examinations of women aged 40-49 reduce breast cancer mortality by 29%, a statistically significant reduction. This is shown in the Umeå-directed national SCRY Study in Sweden, which is the largest study…
Researchers report chemotherapy affects gray matter in breast cancer patients
Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center have published the first report using imaging to show that changes in brain tissue can occur in breast cancer patients undergoing…
McLean Researchers receive award to create first clinic-ready human induced iPS cells
Belmont, MA-Researchers at Harvard-Affiliated McLean Hospital have been awarded a $1.9 million National Institutes of Health Director’s Opportunity Award to continue their research into creating human induced pluripotent (iPS) stem cells using…