Health

Breast, prostate cancer treatment can lead to bone loss

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Toronto, Nov 14 (IANS) Breast and prostate cancer treatment may trigger bone loss in patients, warns a Canadian study.



Breast, prostate cancer treatment can lead to bone loss

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Toronto, Nov 14 (IANS) Breast and prostate cancer treatment may trigger bone loss in patients, warns a Canadian study.



‘Former minister Ajit Panja on life-support system’

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Former union minister and Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Panja, who was suffering from cancer, has been “put on life-support system” after his health condition worsened, hospital officials said here Thursday.



Nine Thai provinces under bird flu watch

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Bangkok, Nov 13 (Xinhua) Thailand Thursday placed nine northern provinces under a special watch for the deadly bird flu after the disease was detected in two districts in the region recently.



German doc miraculously cures AIDS patient

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

London, Nov 13 (IANS) A doctor in Germany seems to have pulled off the impossible by curing a 42-year-old AIDS patient with the help of bone marrow transplant, normally used in leukemia.



Foot asleep? Wake up to diabetes!

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) If your foot often falls asleep and there are cuts or bruises on them that cause no sensation, brace yourself - it may be a case of diabetic foot.



Beware of malnutrition, if you are going in for body contouring surgery

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Washington, Nov 13 (IANS) Beware of malnutrition if you are going in for a body contouring procedure following weight loss surgery.



Prachanda’s daughter battles cancer in India

Nov 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Health

Kathmandu, Nov 13 (IANS) Even as Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda attends the second BIMSTEC Summit in New Delhi, few know that his eldest child is fighting cancer in India.