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Laparoscopic Surgery
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Weight Loss
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Hair Loss Treatment
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Jun 12, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Guide to Raw Foods and Salads in Our Diets
Raw foods and salads have been a part of human diet from early times; these food items have been assimilated into our diets most naturally. Over years, there have been various diets and fads associated with raw foods and saladsFeb 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Liposuction Costs – Facts to Consider
How much does liposuction cost? Fair question if you're considering this fat-removal treatment. Let us try and enumerate the factors that affect cost of liposuction surgery. The surgeon's experience and quality will affect the cost of the procedure. You'll getJun 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Curcumin in Turmeric to Treat Drug Resistant Pleural Mesothelioma
Curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, has been in the news for its capabilities to inhibit cancer cells. Now research at the Wayne State University in Detroit has shown that the compound may also be effective in combating pleural mesothelioma cells from different angles. Platinum-based chemotherapy drugs are till date the only treatment option [...]
Jun 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Ascites in Mesothelioma
Ascites is a condition or symptom in which fluids accumulate in the peritoneal cavity. Other terms for the condition are peritoneal fluid excess and abdominal dropsy. It can occur due to a number of conditions such as liver cirrhosis, cancer, tuberculosis, kwashiorkor, etc. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease and therefore one of the rarer [...]
Jun 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Renal Cancer Drug Temsirolimus Effective in Treating Pleural Mesothelioma
Temsirolimus, a drug used in the treatment of renal cancer, has shown positive results in killing malignant pleural mesothelioma cells. This news comes from a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. The drug acts as a kinase inhibitor blocking the growth of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) proteins that [...]
May 23, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine TroVax to Treat Mesothelioma
A deal with Oxford BioMedica has given Wyeth global rights for marketing antibodies meant for targeting 5T4 tumor antigen for cancer indications. BioMedica’s Phase II-stage therapeutic cancer vaccine TroVax will target the 5T4 antigen and will also be used in a PhaseI/II trial first-line chemotherapy to treat mesothelioma. The clinical trial which is yet to [...]
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Libby, Montana Witnesses a Drop in Mesothelioma Risk
The town of Libby in Montana has been reeling from a spate of mesothelioma cases because of the asbestos dust released over the years from its vermiculite mines; the town which was declared a Superfund site in 1999 by EPA. The latest news; however, says that Libby residents now have mostly clean air as compared [...]
May 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Biomarker in microRNA May Help Early Diagnosis of Mesothelioma
There is good news from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute which claims to have found a pattern in the microRNA (miRNA) whose presence in the blood implies lung cancer – this almost two years before the condition is picked up by CT scans. [...]
May 20, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Peritoneal Mesothelioma – Causes, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Options
Mesothelioma is caused by prolonged exposure to asbestos dust. Peritoneal mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that attacks the lining of the stomach. One percent of mesothelioma cases detected annually in the U.S are of peritoneal mesothelioma, i.e around 20-30 cases each year in the country. This type of malignancy develops when asbestos fibers begin to [...]
May 19, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
