Archive for the 'Health News' Category
Kawasaki Disease Treated With Plasma-Derived Therapy
Kawasaki disease is an strange illness that typically affects children within the ages of two and five and is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in the United States according to the American Heart organization (AHA). Kawasaki disease is treated with intravenous immune globulin (I…
Researchers Have Identified Seven Personality Types Who Are Most Likely To Help Sick-listed Employees Back To Work
The universal Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), which is Norway, have studied which leadership qualities could help employees return from sick leave early. Being thoughtful, understanding and able to maintain contact with the sick-listed are the most crucial leadership qualities, according to …
Into The Wild
Researchers in the University of Essex’s Centre for Environment and Society have been working with young offenders from Essex to help them turn their lives around.
Professor Jules Pretty, Jo Barton and Rachel Hine were involved in ‘The TurnAround 2007 Project’, initiated by the Wil…
Mind Comments On Welfare Reform Green Paper, UK
Commenting on the release of the Welfare Reform Green Paper ‘No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility’, Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind, said:
“humans with mental health problems have the highest want to work rate of any disabled gr…
Healthcare Commission Reveals The Extent To Which Acute Mental Health Wards Are Failing Patients
Commenting on the Healthcare Commission’s report ‘The pathway to recovery: A review of NHS acute inpatient mental health services’, Emily Wooster, Policy Officer at mental health charity Mind said:
“While we are encouraged to see that the Healthcare Commission has identified…
Individual Tumorigenesis Pathways Of Sporadic Colorectal Adenocarcinomas Linked To The Biological Behaviors Of Tumors
Particular pathways of colorectal tumor growth are closely associated with characteristic pathologic features which, in turn, determine biological behaviors such as tumor growth, invasion and recurrence.
This study compared info of 244 colorectal cancer patients who had curative surgery and examine…
Immunotherapy With Leukemia-cell-derived Heat Shock Protein 70 Triggers Induction Of Leukemia-specific Antibodies
Even after chemotherapies and stem cell transplants, relapses still occur in leukemia patients. that study established a mouse model after bone marrow transplant and found that the immunization of mice with leukemia-cell-derived heat shock protein 70 (HSP) induced leukemia-specific immunities and pr…
