Medicine

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Immigrant Students Graduate with Honors

Hailing from countries as varied as Togo and Sri Lanka, Poland and the Dominican Republic, immigrant students made their mark among The City University of New York’s Class of 2011, winning competitive academic honors and heading for some of the finest graduate programs in the world. High-achieving immigrants graduating from […]

Humanity First volunteers in Ghana

A medical team from the US is in the country to train, educate and share ideas with surgical providers in the country. Humanity First, USA Chapter has sent under the programme 14 medical volunteers, surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses from the John Hopkins University Hospital of California and San Francisco to […]