Blogs Posts in Diseases category; 93 blog posts

Heart disease, prostate cancer may be linked

DURHAM, N.C. — There appears to be a significant connection between two of the deadliest human illnesses — prostate cancer and heart disease — suggesting that they may have the same causes, according to a new study led b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Flesh-eating disease could turn deadly in a matter of hours

Flesh-eating disease is the medical equivalent of being struck by lightning: it’s extremely rare and very tragic. And the fact that it moves at breakneck speed, capable of killing a healthy person in as little as 12 hours, makes it [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Disease Outbreak Sparks Fears in Philippines’ Storm-Hit Mind...

The Philippines is struggling to help more than 400,000 people on the southern island of Mindanao after the country’s worst storm in three years as the first outbreaks of disease are reported and more rains forecast. Tropical Sto [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Study On Alzheimer's disease

As postulated by DaVies et al (2011), Alzheimer's disease is highly prevalent health complications affecting human kind in recent days. This disease is the most common type of dementia, whereby it is degenerative, incurable and termin [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Heart Diseases Set to Fall in India: Doctor

New Delhi: There is good news on the health front. A leading cardiologist says incidents of heart disease in India are set to plateau in seven to eight years and then fall due to greater awareness about a healthy lifestyle and more effect [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

How can I reduce the risk of heart disease?

A DR DAN RUTHERFORD WRITES: Although this does not apply to you, the single most important action an individual can take is to stop smoking. Next, where there is a history of premature heart disease, check for very high blood cholesterol [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression can elevate risk of heart disease: Study

Depressed patients may be at a higher risk of heart disease, a new Canadian study suggests. The Concordia University-led study, the first of its kind, found people suffering from major depression are likely to have a dysfunctional fight-o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases?

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to the feline AIDS virus. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Prevent Heart Disease

You should always keep in mind that whatever actions you do today can either help to prevent, delay or minimize the effect of heart disease or worsen it. The key is to control risk factors. Granted that you cannot control every risk facto [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Heart Diseases - Causes, Symptoms, Types, Prevention & Treat...

Beside cancer, heart disease kills more than 2,000 Americans everyday. Approximately 60 million Americans have heart disease. I. Causes of Heart Diseases There are many causes of heart diseases. Most of heart d [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Cardiovascular diseases overview

In the second half of the twentieth century, the main danger to public health and public health problem had came from non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular system, which currently are the leading cause of morbidity, d [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

The global resurgence of infectious diseases

Despite all the medical advances and breakthroughs in research, immunisation and medical treatment over the last half century, we still remain extraordinarily vulnerable to infectious disease. In fact infectious diseases are undergoing a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Medical camp: 60% of 600 residents suffer from skin diseases

The camps were set up on May 28 and May 29 in Khuda ki Basti and Surjani Town. More than 600 patients, including women and children, visited these camps for the treatment of skin diseases. “Almost 60 per cent of the patients at [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Many kids with diabetes have other immune diseases

The findings, researchers say, underscore the importance of keeping an eye out for symptoms of those diseases in diabetic children. Type 1 diabetes is what's known as an autoimmune disease, where the immune system launches a misguide [...]