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Fortis Escorts holds support group meet on sleep disorders
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.6 (ANI): A support group meet for sleep patients was held on Sunday on the occasion of World Sleep Day, which will be observed on March 17.
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Study finds common gene variants linked to gallbladder cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 6 (ANI): A recent study compared the genetic code of gallbladder cancer patients with those of healthy volunteers at about 700,000 different locations in the genome.
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Good news! 2 drugs approved for treatment of bowel cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 5 (ANI): A health watchdog has recommended two drugs could improve care for patients with bowel cancer.
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Doctors successfully remove 838 gallstones from patient's gallbladder
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 4 (ANI): In a recent highly unusual and case, a patient, initially suspected with a cancerous tumour, was found with 838 stones in her gallbladder.
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Cancer patient made to wait for three hours at Mumbai airport
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar.2 (ANI): An eighty-year-old cancer patient, Mohini Chandiramani, who was travelling from London to Kolkata, was made to wait for three long hours on a wheel chair at the Mumbai airport on Thursday.
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Here's a new treatment for TB patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): Antibacterial compounds found in soil could spell the beginnings of a new treatment for tuberculosis, new research led by the University of Sydney has found.
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Gender divide in heart health check-up?
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): A new report has highlighted a gender divide in the screening of patients for cardiovascular disease - Australia's number one killer.
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Telangana Govt. launches 'ANMOL' to enable patient data digitall
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Telangana (Hyderabad) [India], Mar. 1 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister C. Laxma Reddy launched a Tab with custom-made software ANMOL (ANM Online) that will enable them to go paperless while recording vital health care statistics and other records of patients.
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Patients with chronic pain prefer marijuana over prescribed drugs: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 28 (ANI): Canadian researchers revealed many people with chronic pain and those taking mental health medicines prefer cannabis over their prescribed medication.
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SC asks Centre to form policy on rehabilitation of mentally sick patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Union of India to form a policy or a guideline on the rehabilitation of mentally sick patients or inmates.
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Chronic knee pain may be treated online
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 21 (ANI): A study has found out that an online intervention, combining home exercise and pain-coping skills training, provided substantial clinical benefits for patients suffering from chronic knee pain.
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B-vitamin supplements may reduce schizophrenia symptoms
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): A team on Briton researchers has found that while treating schizophrenia patients, add-on treatments with high-dose B-vitamins, including B6, B8 and B12, can considerably reduce symptoms of mental disorder.
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