A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has lead the development and testing of a new assessment tool that will determine the reliability of current pathological gambling disorder criteria equally well for Caucasian and African-American gamblers.
Research activities on homoeopathic treatment for HIV/AIDS and cancer have come down due to less spending, according to a prominent homoeopath.
Despite a Rs 650 crore market and an annual growth rate of 25 per cent, Homeopathy is often considered a last resort when other treatments had failed, says a new research study.
The South Africa Department of Health has noted the study into the role of nutrition with regard to the management of HIV and AIDS and TB that was released by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) yesterday.
In patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer, a technique delivering local anesthetic directly to the surgical wound not only helps to control postoperative pain but also reduces recovery time.
Benefis Healthcare’s Sletten Cancer Institute announces plans for a prostate cancer clinical trial that begins this month, and is seeking patients to participate in the trial. A total of 100 patients will be enrolled.
The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 16 sites in the United States taking part in the first large-scale study to test a promising approach to lowering blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing closure of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing. A VCD attack can easily be mistaken for an asthma attack though it does not respond to asthma medications.
Physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered the first successful treatment to stop progressive kidney function loss in patients suffering from Fabry disease. David Warnock, M.D., director of the UAB Division of Nephrology, led the team, whose results are published in the September edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
The City of Houston is taking action to protect Houstonians from the substantial health risks associated with secondhand smoke. The City Council has passed an ordinance that will make all workplaces and public spaces smoke free starting September 1, 2007.