Increase vitamin D levels to cut kidney problems supriya kashyap kashyap18 Jun 2016 2:28 PM ISTLondon : A deficiency in the amount of vitamin D in the body may lead to high risk of chronic kidney diseases, especially in children, says a new...
Antibody-based drug may act as a bridge to cure blood cancer supriya kashyap kashyap19 Jun 2016 3:51 PM ISTNew Delhi : A randomised study of an anti-body based drug, inotuzumab ozogamicin, appears to be a promising ‘bridge treatment’ for patients suffering...
Guided chemotherapy missiles will only target cancer cells supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jun 2016 9:53 AM ISTA team of researchers has used an engineered protein to direct chemotherapy drugs to tumours, in the hope of creating "guided missiles" targeting only...
Improved treatment for bladder cancer could soon be on its way supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jun 2016 3:53 PM ISTWashington D.C : A new research has paved the way for an improved individual treatment of the patients with bladder cancer.A research team from Aarhus...
Bone drug could prevent breast cancer in high risk women supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 9:54 AM ISTSydney : A drug already used to tackle bone loss in old age could prevent breast cancer in women who are at very high risk of developing the disease,...
Osimertinib in lung cancer: added benefit not proven supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:55 PM ISTOsimertinib has been approved since February 2016 for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor...
Has breast MRI been performed upside down? supriya kashyap kashyap24 Jun 2016 1:48 PM ISTBoston : Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been used as an effective tool for cancer evaluation and has been found to be highly sensitive in...
High tech scans could spare cancer patients from intensive chemotherapy supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTLondon : Researchers have found that high-tech scans can spare patients suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system of the serious side effects of...
Nice Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Myeloma 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTMyeloma is a type of cancer that develops from cells in the bone marrow called plasma cells. Bone marrow is the spongy tissue found inside the inner...
Health-care providers may not fully understand cancer risk from CT scans: Study supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2016 9:44 AM ISTPhiladelphia : Computed tomography (CT) scans are an invaluable diagnostic tool in modern medicine, but they do come at a price: exposing patients to...
New, non-invasive method to wipe out cancerous tumors: study supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 3:23 PM ISTMatthew Gdovin, an associate professor in the UTSA Department of Biology, has developed a newly patented method to kill cancer cells. His discovery,...
HPV infection may increase vaginal cancer risk supriya kashyap kashyap1 July 2016 2:04 PM ISTNew York : Persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) may put women at long-term increased risk of developing anal, vulvar and vaginal...
