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Survey shows most Americans gaining awareness of COPD
Most Americans are aware of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but less than half know that the serious lung disease can be treated, according to national survey results released this week by the U.S. government as part of National COPD Awareness Month in November.
COPD affects 20 percent of U.S. adults over age 45. Half of [...]
Thailand Asia’s Number One in Medical Tourism
The Royal Thai Government’s strategy in 2004 for Thailand to become Asia’s medical hub is becoming a reality as Thailand continues to see an increase in medical tourism. With an annual growth rate of 14% for the sector, ahead of the county’s GDP, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Department of Export Promotion [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 BILLS TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT; END FDA CENSORSHIP OF HEALTH CLAIMS; AND END FTC CENSORSHIP OF HEALTH INFORMATION INTRODUCED
Washington, D.C.: Today on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Ron Paul introduced three bills that would restore constitutional government; end FDA censorship of health claims; and end FTC censorship of health information.
HR 3396: The Congressional Responsibility and Accountability Act. This bill prohibits regulations promulgated from regulatory agencies from going into effect unless [...]
California stem cell grants awarded
The starting gun has fired for 14 research teams, based in California, who now have four years to make good on the therapeutic promise of stem cells.
On 28 October, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) committed US$230 million to teams of basic and clinical researchers aiming to move experimental stem-cell treatments into an investigational [...]
Recession slows growth of medical tourism
While the economic recession has eroded the growth rate for medical tourism by approximately 13.6 percent from 2007 to 2009, the economic recovery may help spur a sustainable 35 percent annual growth rate for the medical tourism industry by 2010, according to a new report released by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions at the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Black Sabbath Star Undergoing Stem Cell Treatment
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Black Sabbath guitar legend Tony Iommi spoke with The Radcliffe & Maconie Show on BBC Radio 2 this week about his recent hand injury. “We’re just taking a break now,” Iommi says about the brief Heaven And Hell hiatus – the band also featuring singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Vinnie [...]
Medicine without frontiers makes good sense.
It’s hard not to be keenly aware that health care costs have skyrocketed – a week’s stay in the hospital for a few tests and treatment WITHOUT ANY PROCEDURES can cost $15,000 or more! So, it’s not surprising that an increasing number of people who need or want real treatment are looking elsewhere for a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Major Step In Making Better Stem Cells From Adult Tissue
A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has developed a method that dramatically improves the efficiency of creating stem cells from human adult tissue, without the use of embryonic cells. The research makes great strides in addressing a major practical challenge in the development of stem-cell-based medicine.
The findings were published in an [...]
Adult stem cells can offer a new treatment for the 10 to 20 percent of fractures that fail to heal, according to a new study.
“Lack of fracture repair often leads to several surgeries, long periods of immobilization, pain, bone deformities, and sometimes death. The precise reason why a patient’s fracture does not heal remains unknown in most cases,” said senior investigator Dr. Anna Spagnoli, of the University of North Carolina.
The researchers are of the opinion that a deficiency in [...]
Case Western Reserve University researchers receive $1.25 million from NIMH to study schizophrenia
Study to use pluripotent stem cells to provide insight into this complex disease.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received $1.25 million from the National Institutes of Mental Health, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study schizophrenia from an interdisciplinary standpoint. The grant, to be funded over four years, includes three project [...]
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