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Heart Disease :: Having a Sibling with Heart Disease

Having a sibling with a history of cardiovascular disease carries the same or greater risk as having a parent with a history of the disease, according to a new report from the long-standing Framingham Heart Study conducted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Personal risk of having a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack, stroke, or peripheral artery disease, may be raised by as much as 45 percent in middle-aged people whose brother or sister has had such an event.

Osteoarthritis :: Exercise strengthen knee cartilage in OA patients

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability among adults. As the population ages, increased intervention efforts are vital to controlling the individual and public health toll of this chronic, crippling joint disease.

Gallstone :: Trans fats raise gallstone risk

Trans fatty acids could ?modestly? increase the risk of gallstone disease, say US researchers, providing yet more evidence to encourage food makers to remove these fats from food formulations.

Childhood Obesity :: Find Environmental Solutions to Childhood Obesity

National and community leaders join researchers today to sort out how a child?s environment increases the risk for obesity and to identify ways the environment can be changed to address this health epidemic. More than 700 people will gather for a two-day conference, Environmental Solutions to Obesity in America?s Youth – sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health.

Nutrition :: Food pyramid to unveil new symbol

The U.S. Agriculture Department will discard its nearly 15-year-old Food Guide Pyramid, blamed by some nutritionists for the country’s growing childhood obesity problem, and unveil a new food guide symbol to encourage healthy eating.

Breast Cancer :: Breast Cancer study boosts Avastin

Biotech company Genentech Inc. and Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said that an interim analysis of clinical trial data showed that cancer treatment Avastin met its primary endpoint of increasing survival rates in breast cancer patients.

Nutrition :: Major Initiatives for Dietary Supplements

The Food and Drug Administration announced three major regulatory initiatives designed to further implement the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). These initiatives — a regulatory strategy, an open public meeting, and a draft guidance document for industry — are significant steps FDA has taken in the implementation of DSHEA.

Plight of young indian doctors in UK

Life is precious. Every person has a genuine interest in excelling in their career and to secure a promising future. There is nothing different about the medical professional too, as they are constantly looking forward for a better future, as other professionals in India. The career overseas, especially UK looks promising for many to start with.

HIV :: Disclosure – HIV positive

WE NEED EVERYONE WHO IS HIV POSITIVE TO COME OUT IF WE ARE TO GET RID OF THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH HIV.

Homeopathy :: Can it be possible & when?

In my views the need of the hours is to have full fledged homoeopathic hospitals with all modern gadgets/infrastructure so that all sort of treatment can be given to the sick. Will it be possible? And when?