Leads: Scientists have created a needle 500 times finer than a human hair that could pave the way for new treatments for cancer. Scientists from the University of Leeds in the UK used a very sophisticated needle called a nanopipette to see how cancer cells respond to treatment and how much they change during the…
Michigan: Researchers have made an important discovery in the treatment of prostate cancer that could make the aggressive form of the cancer curable. According to media reports, a team of researchers led by Dr. Joshi Alumkal of the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has identified a protein that transforms the early form of prostate…
Massachusetts: Liver transplants and drug rehabilitation centers in the US have ‘inappropriate’ terms for alcoholics, causing patients to hesitate to seek treatment. According to media reports, a recent study conducted by American experts found that using inappropriate terms online for alcohol-related patients does not result in the patient coming to medical facilities, which leads to…
New Haven: In two new studies A significant reduction in blood pressure has been observed in people adopting certain weight loss treatments. The first study, published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, found that overweight or obese people who took the drug terzapatide for nine months had a marked reduction in their blood…
Mirza Ghalib, the unparalleled poet of Urdu, wrote a strange philosophical poem in the nineteenth century: The heart of every drop is the creator of Anna Bahr We belong to him, what do we ask? Here a drop of water claims to be an ocean. The drop itself may or may not be the ocean,…
File photo. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory to prevent influenza cases. According to NIH from Islamabad, there is a continuous increase in cases of new type of cold in winter. The NIH said that influenza cases have come up significantly in the federal capital. Monitoring the increasing cases of influenza…
California: Having high cholesterol and high blood pressure before age 55 can put you at serious risk of heart disease, even if both levels return to normal later. According to media reports, a study published in the journal PLOS One found that balancing cholesterol and blood pressure levels before age 55 can have lasting effects…
This is the ninth decade of the last century. Famous Hollywood actor Rock Hudson fell ill with a strange disease. He was treated in a Paris hospital but died on October 2, 1985. Later, the whole world came to know that the name of his disease was AIDS. Rock Hudson was not the first man…
Edinburgh: Scottish scientists have developed a new treatment that could prevent the progression of malignant liver disease. Cutting edge therapy is the first method that can be used to treat cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a condition in which liver tissue is damaged by eating a high-fat diet, drinking alcohol, and long-term infections with hepatitis B and…
TB (Tuberculosis) is a life-threatening but treatable disease with various assumptions about it which may also cause obstacles to treatment. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), TB (tuberculosis) is responsible for an average of 1.6 million deaths worldwide. There has been a decline, but there has also been an alarming increase in drug-resistant strains…
