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The Archives of Surgeryjournal has published a shocking report that bariatric patients run a 5 to 10 times more chances to commit suicide. The study is an outcome of the datas the researchers have collected from The Pennslyvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council and Pennslyvania state health agency’s Division of Vital Records. The study [...]

In the recent research, American Association of Oncology has found that the new scan system, MRI is promoting more and more breast cancer patients to go for mastectomy rather than lumpcetomy. In mastectomy the whole breast is removed while in lumpcetomy only the tumor is removed. The study finds that MRI [...]

The National Institute of Health has announced to launch its undiagnosed diseases Program of this year. The program will take palce in 19th May from 11am to 12pm. It will be a teleconference session. It is open to reporters from across the globe. Members of NIH like Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director of NIH; Dr. [...]

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Alberta Cancer Board have found that physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer among both the pre and post menopausal women. The two studies have proved that regular physical activity can reduce at least 23% of the risk of the disease.

In a recent study conducted by the Africa - America Study of kidney and Hypertension has shown that the kidney related disease only get worsened in majority of the participants. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine proves that even the best treatment can not keep the kidney diseases from the [...]