The Chronic diseases community of South Africa

Leprosy is still destroying many lives

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:53:00 +0200

Leprosy has long been extinct in Europe, but in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, it is still destroying many lives.
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Plea for liver and kidney gifts

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0200

Four-year-old Reabetswe was born with a liver and kidney disease that occurs in one to three people in a million.
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Preventive hemophilia A treatment reduces annual bleeding events and frequency of infusions

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:00 +0200

CHICAGO, USA: A Rush University Medical Center led international research team has announced that a treatment to prevent bleeding episodes in children with hemophilia A also is effective for adolescents and adults.
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Diabetes takes a heavy economic and educational toll on young patients

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:42:00 +0200

While the health implications of diabetes are well understood, new research led by the Yale School of Public Health finds that the disease also comes with high non-medical costs for young patients in the form of lost education and future earnings potential. The study is published in the journal Health Affairs.
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Study looks at impact of cell phone base station on body's adrenergic system

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:31:00 +0200

Changes of clinically important neurotransmitters from electromagnetic radiation.
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Antisense might make sense for treating liver cancer

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +0200

A new study shows that it is possible to selectively target and block a particular microRNA that is important in liver cancer. The finding might offer a new therapy for this malignancy, which kills an estimated 549 000 people worldwide annually.
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Cancer survivors plan and monitor exercise

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:21:00 +0200

Not only is overall quality of life higher in cancer survivors who exercise, but the rate of cancer recurrence is lower. Unfortunately, though most doctors recommend exercise, many patients fail to follow through.
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Risk of waterborne diseases grows in rural areas of Zimbabwe

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:52:00 +0200

Mhondoro is a farm settlement about 45km southwest of the Zimbabwean capital Harare. Two children, two-year-old twins, splash about in a pool of greenish water close to their mother's hut.
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Agent shows ability to suppress brain metastasis and related damage

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:34:00 +0200

Scientists are one step closer to repairing the damage caused by brain metastasis, a major challenge in cancer treatment, according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:27:00 +0200

New findings indicate that hospitalisation in the event of heart failure might not always be required if the necessary monitoring of a patient takes place in the home and the patient's condition is constantly assessed.
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