Kuwaiti veiled doctors told to avoid training in France
Manama Kuwaiti doctors who wear headscarves should not be sent to France for training in local hospitals, the cultural attache in Paris has recommended. Read more
Muslim medical students boycotting lectures on evolution… because it ‘clashes with the Koran’
Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain’s leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran. Professors at University College London have expressed concern over the increasing number of biology students boycotting lectures on Darwinist […]
Ontario Physicians Duty Bound to Keep Quiet about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Press Release TORONTO, ONTARIO— This month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) posted a revision of their draft policy on “Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in Medical Practice,” a […]
Short people have shortage of Genes
Shorter people could blame their lack of height on a shortage of genes, a study suggests. Height is largely passed down through families but scientists have so far only identified […]
Students to get “right to healthcare” in Delhi
Delhi has become the first state in India to provide “right to health care” for the school children. The new law passed to that effect will help in early diagnosis. It […]
The debate on how to reform Canada’s regulation of natural health products
OTTAWA — There’s a battle brewing over how to regulate the burgeoning natural health product market in Canada. The crux of the issue comes down to whether or not the products should have to undergo the same scrutiny as other pharmaceutical drugs in order to ensure consumer safety. Already 73 […]
The more you learn … the more you need to sleep.
“And He (Allah) it is Who has made the night a covering for you, and Who has made sleep for rest, and has made the day for rising up.” (Holy Quran 25:48) Why we sleep remains one of the big mysteries of science. Allah has told us that sleep is for rest while the […]
Symposium puts alternative medicine under the microscope
According to Joe Schwarz, Director of the McGill Office for Science and Society, the lack of doctors in Quebec is driving people towards alternative medicine – and he doesn’t mince his words when asked to share his thoughts on this development. “The problem with some of the alternative medicines is […]
Database Links Chinese and Western Medicine
Kings College study breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine and predicts their activities covering 41 therapeutic areas in Western medicine. Chem-TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) breaks down 350 herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. The digital database relates traditional Chinese herbal medicine to Western pharmaceutical counterparts on the […]
An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer
Source: The New York Times PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ludwig, then 65, a retired corrections officer from Bridgeton, N.J., felt his life draining away […]
Study Results from University of Milan Provide New Insights into Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Data detailed in “Glucose-induced calcium influx in budding yeast involves a novel calcium transport system and can activate calcineurin” have been presented. “Glucose addition to glucose-starved Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells triggers a quick and transient influx of calcium from the extracellular environment. read more
An Immune System Trained to Kill Cancer
Courtesy: NY Times September 12, 2011 by DENISE GRADY Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times CLOSE-UP Dr. Carl June examined re-engineered T-cells last week in his Philadelphia lab. PHILADELPHIA — A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated […]
Clinic where bypass is bypassed
Neomed Hospital in Chennai, is an innovative and integrative medical center. Neomed is for patients suffering from Angina, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease, Patients unfit for bypass, have failed bypass, do not want bypass or cannot afford bypass. Neomed Hospital is a Zero Surgery Center. Neomed Hospital is a Center […]
Folate Intake Linked to Academic Achievement
According to a new study, adolescents who consume high quantities of folate in their diets may have increased academic success. Folate and folic acid are forms of a water-soluble B vitamin. Folic acid is the synthetic form of this vitamin, while folate occurs naturally in some foods. Sources include leafy […]
Major scientific breakthroughs set to buoy AIDS council of war
Source/Credit: The Times Of Malta, Saturday July 16th 2011 The biggest medical forum on AIDS kicks off tomorrow to a buzz of excitement about potential strategies for curbing a pandemic that has now claimed 30 million lives in its three-decade history. A four-day conference in Rome will mull dramatic evidence […]
How a Swiss scientist saved 20 million people
by Isobel Leybold in Zurich, swissinfo.ch Insect expert Hans Rudolf Herren’s work in tackling the devastating cassava mealybug crop pest in Africa saved millions of lives and won him the 1995 World Food Prize. Herren, the subject of a new biography, tells swissinfo.ch how he managed to naturally control the bug […]
Surgeons carry out first synthetic windpipe transplant
Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world’s first synthetic organ transplant. Scientists in London created an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the patient. Crucially, the technique does not need a donor, and there is no risk of the organ being rejected. The surgeons stress […]
Africa: Donors Pledge U.S. $4.3 Billion to Immunize Children
Major public and private donors have pledged more than U.S.$4.3 billion to immunize at least 250 million of the world’s poorest children against life-threatening diseases over the next five years and prevent more than four million premature deaths. “It’s absolutely brilliant value for money. For the price of a cup […]
Humanity First Germany – 100 cataract operations in Benin
The cataract operations in Benin reached the 100 mark, after more than 1000 patients were assisted in Burkina Faso. Humanity First is planning to reach the 1000 mark in Benin this year also. read here … (ok, in German).
Study: Germany’s E. coli was a deadly genetic mix
A strain of E. coli bacteria which killed dozens of people in Germany is a genetic mix whose ability to stick to intestinal walls may have made it so lethal, a study in The Lancet said on Wednesday. More Here…