Man dies in drugs trial
Being diagnosed with testicular cancer is blow for any man, however the chances of surviving the disease are getting better all of the time. Nevertheless, when Gary Foster aged 27 was told that he had the disease with a sixty per cent chance of survival; he wanted to get all the help that he could.
The [...]
Water bettered by Tea
We are always being told to drink plenty of water, but sometimes the amount that is recommended is just too much to handle, this is especially so when people are having to travel to work or go on long journeys.
But it now seems that water may not be the only thing, for research being carried [...]
Detecting cancer with lasers
It is a well known fact that catching cancer early can vastly improve the patient’s chances of surviving the disease.
In research being carried out by Dr. Patrick McCann, and a small group of internationally known researchers at the University of Oklahoma, are working on an early detection system using lasers, which can find specific [...]
New drug boost for cancer sufferers
A revolutionary new drug, which uses the body’s own immune cells, has left some cancer patients completely free of the disease.
These results have been met with excitement after a trial of thirty-eight patients who suffer from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma saw fifty per cent of the patients see a reduction in the tumours, while four patients had [...]
Cannabis can help colon cancer
There would seem to be a whole host of medical treatments related to the cannabis plant, whether this is a product of the campaign to legalise the plant for medical treatments or just simply that the plant is one of those miracle plants that has just been given a bad image, it is hard to [...]
July 31, 2008New treatment for HIV
Millions of people worldwide could be set to benefit from a new treatment of HIV. Research undertaken jointly by the University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) has shown that Raltegravir a new drug has had some good results in tests.
What this drug does is actually cut [...]
One billion will die from smoking
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have released some chilling statistics, one billion people will die in the 21st century due to tobacco.
However, the countries more likely to be affected are places like Russia and Bangladesh. In an attempt to prevent this from happening £250 million has been committed to the cause. £125 million by Mayor [...]
Cancer vaccine from Tobacco
This has to be one of the classics, something good coming from something that is considered now to be completely evil. Trials of a new vaccine could become the way to treat the potentially fatal disease non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
This would have been something really special in any case, but you find out that the vaccine has [...]
Magic mushrooms have long term benefits
There are many different opinions surrounding the use of the psychedelic drug Psilocybin which if the active ingredient of magic mushrooms. These can only be related to the sixties and the rise in the psychedelic movement which influenced art, music and the general way of the world.
But in tests being carried out in the US, [...]
The wonders of green tea
In a study that appeared in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, a team of Greek researchers have said that drinking green tea on a regular basis could prevent heart disease.
In the research, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, a cardiologist at the Athens Medical School in Greece also concluded that green tea also had the potential [...]
3D Mammogram in use
Getting the jump on cancer is essential to winning the fight against it in the long term, so in some cases the only way to be ahead of this disease is to have technology on your side. This is where the 3D mammogram comes into its own.
Being tested by scientist’s ay the Mayo Clinic in [...]
Cancer treatment tested on human patients
A treatment that has successfully cured cancer in mice, is about to be tested for the first time on humans. The treatment has been developed by researchers at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre in the US.
The process involves the white blood cells, in particular the granulocytes which are used as a transfusion. This [...]
Cure for skin cancer found
For the very first time scientists are able to say that they have been able to cure cancer, this remarkable claim comes as a patients own cells have been used to create cloned cells outside the body and then reintroduced.
The patient was a 52 year old male from the US, and scientists from the Fred [...]
Coffee could extend your life
This could be great news for those people who love a cup of coffee, not just in the morning but all day long, after all there has to be a reason as to why there chains of coffee shops spread across the country.
Now it would appear that all of these people have been doing something [...]
Medicine or Food the ingredients are the same
For years people have been using natural products for treatment of ill health, however many of these treatments are also foods which has to bring up the question: it someone has all of these foods in their daily diet, should they not be the healthiest person around?
Just in case you have any doubts as what [...]
No cancer link for marijuana
In study that has been ongoing for nearly thirty years into the effects of smoking marijuana has almost reached its conclusion and one of the outcomes from it is expected to be that smoking marijuana whether just socially or heavily will not cause cancer.
The research that has been carried out through the University of California [...]
Smoking pleasure not happiness
For non smokers watching those that like to have the odd cigarette every now and then would imagine that the smokers actually get some sort of happiness out of it. But recent research from the Peninsula Medical School in the UK would appear to have put this down as a myth, as it seem that [...]
March 18, 2008Mobile phones changes proteins
There has been much written about the possible side effects of using mobile phones, some evidence seems to state that they can cause health problems, while other say that there is no risk. Yet millions of people continue to use a mobile phone and so the research continues too. In Finland a research team have [...]
March 10, 2008Smokers quit after finding out the age of their lungs
A British study that has been published in the British Medical Journal, into effects of smoking has found that there could be a cheap, easy and very effective of way of enabling people to stop smoking. This is when a smoker is told by their doctor how old their lungs have got due the habit, [...]
February 21, 2008Marijuana used for medical purposes
The use of marijuana for medical purposes is being endorsed by doctors from of the leading medical organisations in the US, the American College of Physicians; this is the second largest medical organisation in America. Its governing body has an approved a statement which will claim that evidence has been found that marijuana can help [...]