Vitamin could prevent arthritis Over one million in UK have osteoarthritis Scientists hope adding vitamin D to the diet could help prevent one of the most common and painful forms of arthritis. Osteoarthritis affects more than a million people in the UK, many of them elderly. There is currently no cure and all doctors can do is

IFC to give Rs 100 cr for AP biotech venture fund By Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad January 31, 2003 The International Finance Corporation is considering assistance of Rs 1 billion for funding the biotech start- ups in Andhra Pradesh. Disclosing this at the three-day 'Biotech Invest 2003:

New and cheaper pain reliever for cancer patients By P. T. Bopanna, in Bangalore The Pioneer Saturday, November 30, 2002 A Bangalore doctor has developed a new technology to relieve cancer-related pain, as a replacement for drug- based management of pain.

It's only an article The Hindustan Times June 29, 2003 - What's so terrible about this article in Time magazine?'' asked the lady sitting next to me on the British Airways flight. We were halfway to London and travelling in silence. She had buried herself inside a clutch of magazines and Time was one of them. This was her way of breaking the ice.

Rheumatology conference opens Tribune News Service Saturday, December 8, 2001 Chandigarh, December 7 - The 17th annual conference of the Indian Rheumatology Association was inaugurated by the UT Administrator, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd) at the PGI here today.

Brain to blame for mystery back pain Some back pain has no physical cause BBC Monday, October 28, 2002 Some people may suffer from mysterious back pain because their brains are ultra-sensitive and wired up in a different way, say researchers.

Deadly Oxycontin's appeal as strong as ever By Larry King Inquirer Staff Writer The Philadelhia Inquirer Richard Paolino, once considered the area's top illicit supplier of the narcotic painkiller OxyContin, has been jailed since his arrest in March 2001. The former Bensalem doctor is set to be sentenced today, and he

"The Females outnumber males even among the aged " From what I hear your right amoung the aged, but not amoung the younger age groups..... I've heard on average theres more males born than females...

A Patient's Frequently Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia By David Nye, MD Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center What is Fibromyalgia? What Causes it? How is it Treated? Medications Regular Sleep

Johnny Judas Jay "I even sound like a dope" Maharaj wrote: It triphala, Jay, you dopehead! Just because you learned to speak in that godawful Dillee accent doesn't mean that Hindi is to be spoken that way. Besides, the word is Sanskrit in origin, not Hindi. So, FO and mind your own damn business. Got mangoes, Jay?

Forwarded message posted for discussion Fibromyalgia: Researching The Cause Twenty Years Ago As recently as twenty years ago, fibromyalgia was unrecognized. The symptoms of the syndrome which include muscle pain and chronic fatigue led people on a quest for help. Clinical examinations often revealed no concrete

The Message wrote: That was a LONG dissertation following the "subject" matter. All HUMANS including ALL religious sects that suffer from the very same diseases ( I call them "conditions of aging" common to ALL mankind. Paget's disease is another all-out of the Gradual destruction of the DNA within the Mitochondrias known as:: "The Kreb's Cycle" in western parlance! It is the first thing that is required to be learned in Medical school as a part of the biological cycle. Because of the...

Evergreen foliage By Chitra Radhakrishnan The Hindu The lettuce tree can also be grown as a large shrub. The leaves have medicinal properties as well. They are also edible and mostly used to treat rheumatism or arthritis. Pisonia alba, commonly called the lettuce tree, is a

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 01:21:23 GMT, Orac <orac@wabcmail.com> wrote: snip...' LOL...I was being poetic!! ;) Say, are there any good maps/charts online of cell receptor, kinase cascade activities. I've got some good ones from the mid 90s from places like genzyme but would love some more up-to-date ones. George

For Americans, terrorism proves a pain in the neck The Pioneer Tuesday, October 2, 2001 Washington (Agencies) - Tens of thousands of Americans whose chronic physical pain is usually kept in check have suffered setbacks since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, according to a published report.

Dr Khalsa's Prescription For Pain Rediff On The Net Dr Dharma Singh Khalsa and journalist Cameron Stauth, authors of the best-seller Brain Longevity (1997), want us to learn how to experience pain without suffering. Written in the first-person voice of Dr Khalsa, who teaches and works in Arizona, the book discusses methods

Too Young For Joint Replacement? Are the results worth the risk? By Carol Eustice Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, reported in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (2003;85A:1090-1094) excellent results from knee replacement surgery in children and teens with juvenile

If this is a real doctor he should be out taking care of the ill, where there is so many world wide instead of sitting in front of his computer. "Dr. Jai Maharaj" <usenet@mantra.com> wrote in message news:health-2243.20030621@news.mantra.com...

OxyContin Network Believed Extensive Federal Probe Nets 41 Convictions By Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer The Washington Post Wednesday, June 25, 2003; Page A06 Federal prosecutors yesterday outlined for the first time the scope of their investigation into the illegal

HERBS AND HEALTH Guggal -- nature's weapon against arthritis By R. Vatsyayan The Tribune Guggal (Comifora mukul), is a shrubby one to two meter high plant found in Rajasthan, parts of Gujarat and a few other arid places of southern India. It also grows in