WASHINGTON - Eating nutritious foods, especially fruits and vegetables, could reduce pregnant women’s risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), according to a new study.
Mesothelioma a type of cancer generally found in the mesthelial tissues of lungs, has become a popular topic in lawsuits nowadays. It is a concern among the workers who are exposed to asbestos and are frequently reporting mesothelioma. Many people are raising their voices against the poor precautionary measures prevailing in these factories. Lets read [...]
WASHINGTON - There’s more bad news for people who carry oodles of fat around their waists: Not only is it associated with diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease and but also with decreased lung function.
Now a days it appears that smokers are the most fearless creature of the world, knowing every short comings they easily smoke away all the deadly fears like cancer, stroke, heart failures, diabetes, blindness, etc. even they never care about their family, they forget about their most dearest one, their children, who are mostly effected [...]
Finally the year witnesses a decline in the number of adult smokers in the USA after a four year gap. But there is another news too. USA still have 19.8 percent of adult people who smoke regularly.
In Africa, 9 out of every 10 child die out of malaria, Aids/HIV, shows a report released by the World Health Organisation, (WHO). Report also shows that only in Africa worlds half of the death ratio due to diarrhooea, pneumonia occurs.
Finally after numerous notifications and revision of implementation dates for last one year, on August 28, 2008, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has notified the date of implementation of pictorial warning on tobacco as November 30, 2008.
In a major research of its kind, Washington University School of Medicine have identified genetic changes underlying the most common form of lung cancer. The research team identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in a type of cancer called lung adenocarcinoma, a finding that more than doubles the number of genes already known to [...]
Viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing in early childhood can increase chances of developing asthma later during childhood. It is not known, however, whether every type of respiratory virus that produces wheezing presents similar risk.
According to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) several studies on Bevacizumab (Avastin,Genetech,Inc) plus Sunitinib Malate (Sutent, Pfizer, Inc) have been halted due to the reports of Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA).
