Archive for the 'Medicines' Category

 The future of Oncology

A short while ago on this blog we began a series on Making a Difference about people in the cancer field who have a real passion and excitement for lasting and impactful change.  The first one was an interview with Alain Moussy of AB Science in Paris. Today, I had the pleasure of chatting with the admirable Dr.



 Yoga guru Ramdev to open centre in Nepal

Nepal’s communist government last month agreed to give land to the Indian guru at a subsidised rate for the yoga centre that will also house a diagnostic centre propagating ayurvedic medicines manufactured from Himalayan herbs, and an old- age home. … Recently Commented Articles



 The Latest Super Food: Green and Red Cabbage! With my Cabbage and Apple Salad Recipe

We are having a bit of a hot and dry spell here in San Diego, what is dubbed a “Santa Ana” condition, where the wind comes out of the eastern desert, and the humidity drops to the low 20′s. The air temp is 81. It all makes me want to eat salad.



 Everything Organic & Natural(EON) – AgricultureInformation.com

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 4 Simple Ways to Cure Knee Pain – Just by Eating the Right Foods

All around the world millions of people suffer from knee pain. Even if none of your friends have mentioned it, at least one of them will be experiencing some kind of knee pain, however mild or not so. You are definitely not the only one suffering, and there are many ways of ending your pain.



 RNAi and cancer therapeutics

One of the new trends I’ve noticed recently has been the uptick in research on RNAi in basic oncology research.  While searching for some information, this news release popped up from this morning: “Tekmira and Pfizer will collaborate on evaluating Tekmira’s stable nucleic acid-lipid particle (SNALP) technology to deliver small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules provided by Pfizer



 Health Insurance Individuals

Health Insurance Individuals : What Need to Know About? Health insurance is expensive and no policy guidelines set, so when you do some research for your health insurance individuals is up for bidding. Every little nuance is one of the countries and every person’s situation is no “one size fit to differ in obtaining health insurance quotes all”.



 Extreme Parenting

Extreme Parenting is the term author and parent Sharon Dempsey applies to parenting in the face of difficult circumstances, as parents of children suffering from a chronic illness must do. These parents must work harder than typical parents, as they ride the emotional rollercoaster that comes with serious illness. Author Sharon Dempsey faced this challenge when her child was diagnosed with leukemia



 The Very Best Pharma Blogs & Resources « Health and Life

There is a lot going on in the world of Pharmaceuticals.  Drugs are being discovered, being marketed, and, far too often it seems, being recalled. How much will a new medication sell?  Will it make through the clinical trials without being thrown out for lack of efficacy, toxicity, or other issues



 Tumour associated macrophages and survival in Hodgkins Lymphoma

While reading my pile of mail on Friday, I realised that an interesting paper on Hodgkins Lymphoma (HL) appeared in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (full reference below). The basics of the paper are that despite advances in HL, including curative radiation in the early stages if the disease, one third of patients with advanced disease and about 15% of those with early disease have a relapse after treatment.