A new research revealed that women are more susceptible to the rheumatoid arthritis than men. Due to the disease they are more likely to suffer pain, tiredness and aches.
A consultant, Dr. Tuulikki Sokka in Rheumatology at the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, and her colleagues analyzed the links between the disease and the gender.
The scope of treatment with stem cells has widened over the years. Stem cells can be used in treatment of 80 diseases like heart ailments, diabetes, skin trauma, certain cancers like leukaemia and breast cancer, and blood disorders like thalassemia major.
Cordlife Ltd, a Singapore-based cord blood banking group launched the first Indian facility to store stem cells from the umbilical cord blood, which can be used to regenerate tissues of brain, heart and the like.
Vicks VapoRub has been popularly used to relive symptoms of common cold from many years.
Recent research revealed that it should not be used in the infants because the menthol-based ointment can cause a young child's airways to swell and fill with mucus, triggering severe breathing problems because of the small size of their nasal airways can cause airway inflammation that can restrict breathing in them.
Recent study revealed that a brief test known as pulse oximetry screening on newborn babies can help in detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease.
One or two babies per 1000 live births are born with immediately life threatening heart abnormality, because a fetal blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus - which bypasses the baby's non-functioning lungs when in the uterus and normally closes off soon after birth - remains partly open. Current screening techniques fail to detect the abnormality in many newborns.
The Children's Oncology Group (COG) study revealed that mutations in a gene called IKAROS can help predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblast leukaemia (ALL).
Experts from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, the University of New Mexico Cancer Research and Treatment Centre, Albuquerque and the National Cancer Institute conducted the recent study.
A new research revealed that women are more susceptible to the rheumatoid arthritis than men. Due to the disease they are more likely to suffer pain, tiredness and aches. 
The scope of treatment with stem cells has widened over the years. Stem cells can be used in treatment of 80 diseases like heart ailments, diabetes, skin trauma, certain cancers like leukaemia and breast cancer, and blood disorders like thalassemia major.
Vicks VapoRub has been popularly used to relive symptoms of common cold from many years. 
Recent research revealed that higher-than-normal levels of insulin increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Recent study revealed that a brief test known as pulse oximetry screening on newborn babies can help in detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease. 
The Children's Oncology Group (COG) study revealed that mutations in a gene called IKAROS can help predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblast leukaemia (ALL). 
