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Tell your doctor – Hormonal dietary supplements might promote prostate cancer progression.
Tell your doctor Hormonal dietary supplements might promote prostate cancer progression. HORMONAL components in over-the-counter dietary supplements may promote the progression of prostate cancer and decrease theeffectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered. The findings, which appeared in the most recent issue of Clinical Cancer Research, reaffirm that patients should…
Read MoreProgramme uses acupuncture to treat addiction – Needle that addiction
Needle that addiction Programme uses acupuncture to treat addiction As New Age music fills the room, 19 men and women settle into four rows of plastic chairs. They swab their ears with alcohol towelettes and sit quietly. Slowly, another man and a woman move among the rows. With quiet precision, they insert five sharp needles…
Read MoreHeath Ledger and Brokebock Mountain are names that ring a hell for many people
His legacy One to be remembered: Father of Angiogenesis, Dr Judah Folkman -1933 to 2008. HEATH Ledger and Brokebock Mountain are names that ring a hell for many people who have been following the recent entertainment news. Few would recognise, much less have heard of, Dr Judah Folkman. Though both men died in the same…
Read More3,000 Malaysians are diagnosed with endstage kidney failure and have to go for dialysis
Living with dialysis Every year, more than 3,000 Malaysians are diagnosed with endstage kidney failure and have to go for dialysis. Today, over 15,0O0 Malaysians are on dialysis. This is expected to reach 20,000 by 2010. LIFE is not easy for wheel-chair bound Sellamah Sinakanu, 68, who has to depend on people like her grandson…
Read MoreOptimistic about lungs – Nihilistic no more about lung cancer
Nihilistic no more about lung cancer-treating the lung cancer patient optimally and effectively WE approached the patient with advanced lung cancer nihilistically until about 10 years ago. Back in the sad old days, the patient was largely given what was euphemistically called “best supportive care”. Often, all that meant was paiukillers and a comforting hug.…
Read MoreWinning the war against colon cancer: we are curing more patients than ever before
Gut warsWinning the war against colon cancer: we are curing more patients than ever before. COLON (or large intestines) cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. It is the third most common cancer found in both Malaysian men and women, with the National Cancer Registry reporting over 1,446 new cases in…
Read MoreThe father of psychoanalysis, sigmund freud and his theories
Wanna talk about it? The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and his theories. IKEEP hearing about Sigmund Freud from my cousin, who seems to think he is the inventor of modern psychoanalysis. I don’t even understand the word ‘psychoanalysis’. who is freud and why is he so famous? Sigmund Freud is actually a Czech Austrian…
Read MoreSmoking early in pregnancy raises risks of heart defects in newborns
My baby doesn’t smoke Smoking early in pregnancy raises risks of heart defects in newborns. MOTHERS who smoke early in pregnancy are more likely to give birth to infants with heart defects, according to a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, published in the April issue of Pediatrics,…
Read MoreKids ask lots of question – KidsHealth has the answer
Mummy,why does…. Kids ask lots of question-KidsHealth has the answers. WHY does my nose run? What are taste buds? Where do tears come from? Parents know that kids have many questions about their bodies. To help kids – and parents uncover the mysteries of thehuman body, KidsHealth.otg, the most-visited website for children’s health information, has…
Read MoreChornic Pain is generally defined as persistent pain
Despite the pain….. Ninety per cent of all pain is easily managed by simple means; it is the remaining 10%, which requires a special approach. Hence, the role of pain clinics in helping people manage pain. PAIN-we all know what it is and we’ve all experienced it. Thankfully, for most of us, it is a…
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