Pre-labour caesarean section delivery linked to childhood leukaemia savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 6:30 PM ISTNew York: Children born by pre-labour caesarean section delivery are at an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a type of blood...
New Leukaemia treatment may replace Chemotherapy , Stem Cell Transplantation savita thakur thakur22 March 2016 11:03 AM ISTLondon: Two drugs used in the targeted treatment of leukaemia can significantly prolong the survival time of high-risk patients, researchers say,...
Breast Cancer Drug Also Highly Potent Against Leukaemia supriya kashyap kashyap19 May 2016 12:34 PM ISTLondon : A drug developed for breast cancer treatment that blocks the activity of CDK6 enzyme in the body has been found to be highly effective...
Better detection may explain higher child cancer numbers: UN supriya kashyap kashyap14 April 2017 12:27 PM ISTParis : Global childhood cancer rates jumped 13 percent in the decade to 2010 compared to the 1980s, according to a UN-backed study released that says...
Important: WHO updates Essential Medicines List, gives new advisory on Antibiotics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 Jun 2017 2:48 PM IST New advice on which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances is among the additions to the...
India has second highest obese children in world: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Jun 2017 11:49 AM ISTWASHINGTON: India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China, according to an alarming study which found that 14.4...
Cancer survivors less likely to get pregnant: study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 July 2017 3:13 PM ISTLondon: Cancer survivors are 38 per cent less likely to become pregnant as compared to their healthy counterparts, a study has found.Researchers from...
US scientists may have found potential treatment for leukaemia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTStanford scientists have identified a molecule that can be targeted to cure leukemia - the most common form of cancer in childhood.B-cell acute...
Recurrent hemifacial oedema supriya kashyap kashyap5 Dec 2017 7:02 PM ISTThe case of Recurrent hemifacial oedema has been published in BMJ Case Reports.A 3-year-old boy, with no relevant family/personal history, presented...
Poland syndrome: a case report supriya kashyap kashyap12 Dec 2017 7:01 PM ISTThis rare case of Poland syndrome was published in Journal of BMJ Case Reports.Poland syndrome (PS) is a rare chest wall developmental anomaly...
Arterial thrombosis in leg associated with increased risk of cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 April 2018 7:10 PM ISTArterial thrombosis in the leg is associated with an increased risk of cancer.Dr. Jens Sundbøll and associates conducted a study to evaluate the risk...
An interesting case of Glandular Tularemia Hina Zahid8 Sept 2018 6:00 PM ISTLaura Marks, at Barnes–Jewish Hospital, St. Louis and colleagues have reported an interesting case of Glandular Tularemia that has appeared in...
