Items tagged with treatment

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Cancer Drug Could Save Eyesight Friday, June 11th, 2010 - 16:13:56 - Anuradha Menon A drug used to treat several cancers can also stave off sight loss in elderly people, claim researchers. A new study shows Avastin is effective in... read more

Scientists Make New Breakthrough Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 - 10:26:34 - Anuradha Menon A stem-cell breakthrough has marked the first significant step in a major new offensive against motor neurone disease. A University of Edinburgh... read more

Cancer's Sweet Tooth Becomes A Target Thursday, May 13th, 2010 - 16:10:13 - Anuradha Menon A DRUG that blocks the way cancer cells generate energy could lead to a new class of cancer treatments. The first human trial of the drug, published... read more

Robotic Arm Used In Heart Operation Saturday, May 1st, 2010 - 12:16:09 - Anuradha Menon The first remote heart operation using a robotic arm was carried out on Wednesday at Glenfield hospital in Leicester. Dr André Ng, consultant... read more

Vitamin E Helps Treat Common Liver Disease Thursday, April 29th, 2010 - 09:35:33 - Anuradha Menon A new study has identified vitamin E as a treatment that can provide relief for many of the estimated 10 million Americans who have the most common... read more

Why Acupuncture Aids Spinal Recovery Monday, April 26th, 2010 - 16:21:09 - Anuradha Menon Rats with damaged spines can walk again thanks to acupuncture. But it's not due to improvements in their energy flow or "chi". Instead, the ancient... read more

'Staging the Aging' When Cancer Strikes Saturday, August 1st, 2009 - 12:42:40 - Anuradha Menon Just as it is important to know the stage of cancer at diagnosis, a new study proposes that older people with cancer should be further classified or... read more

Protein Treatment Repairs Heart Damage Saturday, July 25th, 2009 - 16:22:50 - Anuradha Menon By injecting a protein into mice with heart damage, researchers in Boston have shown that it's possible to cause adult heart-muscle cells to... read more

A Pill for Longer Life? Thursday, July 9th, 2009 - 16:42:21 - Anuradha Menon Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14%... read more

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