Indian doctors attempt to perform 50 surgeries in 101 hours

World Cancer Day is celebrated on February 04. The surgeries will be conducted from Thursday at the hospital. Till now the hospital has recorded 38 patients who will be operated during the surgical marathon. In India, 700,000 to 800,000 cancer cases are reported every year. Cancer is the fourth largest killer in the world, with more than 440,000 people dying of the disease every year.

New AIDS cases fall by one fifth in a decade: UN

GENEVA: The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade but millions of people are still missing out on major progress in prevention and treatment, the UN said on Tuesday.

In 2009, 2.6 million people contracted the HIV virus that causes AIDS, a decline of 19 percent over the 3.1 million recorded in 2001, said UNAIDS, the UN agency spearheading the international campaign against the disease.

About half of the 60 million people who caught HIV/AIDS since the start of the pandemic 30 years ago have died, added the agency.

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe urged caution over the growing impact of prevention measures and medical treatment highlighted in the 2010 global report on the AIDS epidemic.

“We have halted and begun to reverse the epidemic. Fewer people are becoming infected with HIV and fewer people are

Sip tea or coffee to lessen brain cancer risk: Study

Brain cancer is one of the most dreaded disease and people remain always eager to find out ways as to how the disease can be resisted. Now your cup of morning tea or coffee can lift your spirits as well as fight against the risk of brain cancer.

According to researchers, people who drink half a cup of coffee each day have a lesser chance of getting brain cancer by 34%. Actually so, caffeine present in coffee checks the growth of tumors by restricting the blood flow to the brain. This was found out in previous researches but now the researchers have gone a step ahead to show us newer ways to prevent the disease.

The study was published in the November issue of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study reveals that daily dose of these two beverages lowers the risk of glioma. Glioma is the cancer of the central nervous system that starts in the brain or spine. It accounts for the 80% of brain cancer in adults and about 50 percent survive for one year after diagnosis and 25 percent after two years.

Signs and symptoms of Congo Virus: Trend Pk VIDEO

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease. This disease occurs in wild and pet animals and human beings are also affected by it. The pathogenic virus, especially common in East and West Africa, is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected mammals, but commonly severe in infected humans, with a 30% mortality rate (November 2, 2010)

Signs and symptoms of Congo Virus: Trend Pk VIDEO

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease. This disease occurs in wild and pet animals and human beings are also affected by it. The pathogenic virus, especially common in East and West Africa, is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected mammals, but commonly severe in infected humans, with a 30% mortality rate (November 2, 2010)

Signs and symptoms of Congo Virus: Trend Pk VIDEO

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease. This disease occurs in wild and pet animals and human beings are also affected by it. The pathogenic virus, especially common in East and West Africa, is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected mammals, but commonly severe in infected humans, with a 30% mortality rate (November 2, 2010)

Signs and symptoms of Congo Virus: Trend Pk VIDEO

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a widespread tick-borne viral disease. This disease occurs in wild and pet animals and human beings are also affected by it. The pathogenic virus, especially common in East and West Africa, is a member of the Bunyaviridae family of RNA viruses. Clinical disease is rare in infected mammals, but commonly severe in infected humans, with a 30% mortality rate (November 2, 2010)

Malaria can be exterminated in 10 to 15 years: Scientists

Malaria, the disease that causes the deaths of approximately 1.2 million people around the globe every year, could be erased in the next 10 o 15 years.
Scientists have examined the Malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum over five years and found out that it is likely to vanish within the next decade and a half, as long as transmission rates can significantly be reduced. If 90% of transmission cases would decrease, the organism would possibly become extinct. Malaria gets mostly transmitted by mosquitoes and 90% of Malaria deaths occur on the African continent. That is why it is least likely for countries like Angola, Chad or Somalia to fight the disease, as poverty rates and unstable governing already represent tough challenges for its population.

Malaria can be exterminated in 10 to 15 years: Scientists

Malaria, the disease that causes the deaths of approximately 1.2 million people around the globe every year, could be erased in the next 10 o 15 years.
Scientists have examined the Malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum over five years and found out that it is likely to vanish within the next decade and a half, as long as transmission rates can significantly be reduced. If 90% of transmission cases would decrease, the organism would possibly become extinct. Malaria gets mostly transmitted by mosquitoes and 90% of Malaria deaths occur on the African continent. That is why it is least likely for countries like Angola, Chad or Somalia to fight the disease, as poverty rates and unstable governing already represent tough challenges for its population.

Lungs possess sense of taste

The sense of taste has always been associated with tongue but now a new research has unleashed a new fact that the lungs also possess the sense of taste.
According to the the research conducted by the medical department of University of Merry land, the lungs sense the bitter taste exactly like the tonue senses it. The scientists are of the view that this discovery would go far in helping cur many respiratory diseases. Especially this discovery would help in curing the disease of asthma. As bitter-taste medicines are better in clearing the respiratory veins as compared to other medicines.

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