According to a new study a single injection of chemotherapy drug can help cure a common type of testicular cancer in many patients. The researchers at Southampton University say that chemotherapy drug carboplatin is commonly used to treat ovarian and lung cancer. Researchers have found that carboplatin injection can effectively cure early stage seminoma with fewer side effects and the patients resume their normal lives much more quickly than radiotherapy.
According to a new study, there should be some extra safety controls in microwave ovens to prevent children from opening them and being burned by hot food. In the study, published by University of Chicago Medical Center, researchers in the October 2008, recommends extra protections, like locking mechanism and stepped up warning campaigns, to reduce accidental injuries to children while removing food from microwave oven.
When men age, they can develop various kind of problems related to prostate gland. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate is one of the common problem experienced by men. According to statistics it is experienced by 50% of men above 60 years.
A new tablet is set to go under clinical trials this week. This tablet ‘polipill’ from Indian Drug Company Dr. Reddy, can reduce the risk of death due to heart attacks. It is a cheap drug to protect against heart disease and stroke.
Doelf Bachmann, at the age of 38 became the first angioplasty patient in the world to undergo balloon angioplasty on September 16, 1977. He enjoys being the posterboy of angioplasty. He has visited the world as a living advertisement of the angioplasty. Now Bachmann visits Mumbai at the behest of the organizing committee of the International Conference of Coronary Artery Disease, which is also observing 20 years of angioplasty in India. Dr.
A bad news for people who have extra marital affairs. Scientists have found that an extra marital can cost not only your marriage but it can be fatal for you. The strain of juggling married life and a secret lover causes stress and tension for the cheating partner, which can lead to serious headache or migraine, which could cause a fatal aneurysm or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain.