Search Results for 'Disease'

Girl With Flesh-Eating Disease Faces 'Horror,' 'Depression'

Aimee Copeland, the Georgia student who lost her leg to a rare flesh-eating infection after a zip line injury, is smiling and laughing, according to her family. But the 24-year-old can't remember the events that landed her in critical [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Heart Disease Risks: Myths Busted

As with anything that concerns your health, knowledge is power... getting to the bottom of those popular myths, and understanding the truth, is a key to keeping your heart healthy, or recognizing signs of danger, before it's too late. [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Elevation in BMI can up heart disease risk

Washington: Maintaining a lower body mass index (BMI) can help reduce the risk of developing ischemic heart disease (IHD), say researchers. BMI, alongside age, smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol levels, and [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Minority Groups are at Greater Risk for Eye Disease and Blin...

April is National Minority Health Month and, as with many health concerns, minority populations are at a greater risk for eye disease and visual impairment. For example, glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among African Americans and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

New treatment for chronic liver disease underway

New ways to treat diseases like liver cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis are urgently needed, considering the increasing incidence of liver transplants. In this analysis at the Edinburgh University, scientists uncovered a mechanism used by th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Hidden Epidemic of Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Disease...

The cases of sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs, are ever increasing due to uncontrolled sexual contacts, and because many do not know the basic knowledge of such diseases. Asymptomatic sexually transmitted diseases appear silently, a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

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. [...]