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24th September 2009
Bone Marrow Transplant In India
What is Bone Marrow ?
Bone marrow is a spongy tissue found inside bones. The bone marrow in the breast bone, skull, hips, ribs and spine contains stem cells that produce the body's blood cells. This is where the blood c... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia24th September 2009
Blood Cancer Treatment In India
Blood Cancer (Leukemia) - Treatment Overview
The goal of treatment for Blood Cancer (Leukemia) is to destroy the leukemia cells and allow normal cells to form in your bone marrow. Treatment decisions are based on th... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia24th September 2009
Cancer Treatment In India
We Care India partner hospitals are leader in translating knowledge gained from cancer research into effective care for cancer patients and their families.
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* Anal Cancer
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Author: WeCareIndia21st September 2009
Bone marrow transplant surgery is often seen as one of the brightest lights in the dark cloud of cancer care. The procedure has been one of the most effective counter-measures to the spread of cancer throughout a body, and has the distinction of being one... Read >
Author: wbdoyle17th July 2009
Diflucan Flucanazole is an antifungal antibiotic. Diflucan is used to treat infections caused by fungus, which can invade any part of the body including the mouth, throat, esophagus, lungs, bladder, genital area, and the blood. Diflucan is also used to pr... Read >
Author: Dustyn Mccoy09th July 2009
We were all taught back in elementary and high school that blood is important. You need healthy and adequate amounts of blood in your body if you want to live a long and fulfilling life. Lose a couple of night’s sleep and you might end up with anemi... Read >
Author: mark17th June 2009
Aplastic Anemia being a rare disease has led to many deaths mostly due to lack of early diagnosis. However, if the indicators of the disease are discovered early enough, it is possible to either control or cure the illness absolutely. Just like any other ... Read >
Author: Glen Callahan17th June 2009
Aplastic Anemia being a rare disease has led to many deaths often because of lack of early diagnosis. However, if the indicators of the disease are discovered early enough, it is feasible to either control or cure the illness absolutely. Just like any oth... Read >
Author: Glen Callahan01st June 2009
There is a lot of research which is being done presently to check for the effectiveness of umbilical cord blood in being useful in treatment of various dangerous and incurable diseases. There has been a lot of talk going on which questions the effectivene... Read >
Author: Robert Bell24th March 2009
Controversial and at the heart of much debate, a stem cell transplant is the procedure where the body might not produce enough stem cells within the bone marrow, and other stem cells are transplanted in their place. Sometimes referred to as a bone marrow... Read >
Author: Robert Bell28th January 2009
The experience of donating Bone Marrow is a very rewarding experience when you see the results of what it accomplishes for the recipient.
Deciding to donate bone marrow is simple. It you’re interested it’s as simple as having your bone marrow sampl... Read >
Author: Joe Gardener11th September 2008
One quote from one book inspired me in my fight with cancer. “Every adversity, failure, and setback carries with it a seed of an equal or greater benefit.” This quote from Think and Grow Rich became a daily mantra of hope and inspiration during my sen... Read >
Author: Cancer Conqueror09th September 2008
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common side effect of an allogeneic bone marrow or cord blood transplant (also called a BMT). An allogeneic transplant uses blood-forming cells donated by a family member, unrelated donor or cord blood unit. GVHD occu... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen25th August 2008
Cord blood is nothing but the blood which is found in the umbilical cord of a baby just after the baby’s birth. It’s been clinically proved that this particular blood is a rich source of stem cells, which generate the blood cells in our human body.
... Read >
Author: Melvin23rd August 2008
Insure a safer life with Umbilical Cord Blood
Cord Blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord immediately after the birth of a baby. The Umbilical cord blood which was previously discarded after birth has emerged as an alternative source o... Read >
Author: Melvin22nd August 2008
The cord Blood which was discarded soon after the birth of a baby is regarded as a life saving device for the future generations of a family. It has thereby become imperative to save this cord blood which is rich in stem cells necessary for the treatment ... Read >
Author: Melvin13th August 2008
Cord blood storage is the cryogenically (freezing in liquid nitrogen) of umbilical or adult cord blood and storing the blood at either a public or private blood bank.
Those that choose a private blood bank consider this, in a sense, as similar to insur... Read >
Author: Melvin18th July 2008
Fanconi anemia is also called nonplastic anaemia. Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disorder which can be obvious with the birth or during childhood. The anaemia of Fanconi is a predisposition inherited to the gene changes, probably because of a low capaci... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen17th June 2008
SCID stands for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. That means that Parker's immune system does not work correctly. Your immune system is composed of white blood cells which are composed of different types of cells. Two of those are called T-lymphocytes a... Read >
Author: peterhutch21st May 2008
Bare lymphocyte syndrome is a disease resulting from severely receded gene conditions. Bare lymphocyte syndrome, which results from deficiencies in the major histocompatibility complex, is broken down into Type 1 and Type 2. Major histocompatibility compl... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen05th July 2007
Cord blood stem cell collection is a necessary act, but not routine in delivery rooms. Expectant parents are recommended to plan for cord blood donation early since nearly 50% of the vaginal child deliveries take place before the scheduled date. In such c... Read >
Author: apurva05th July 2007
Many people ask this question about the need and benefit of storing cord blood cells in a cord blood bank at such a high cost. The answer is – the umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells that have the potential to help in the treatment of around 50 s... Read >
Author: apurva05th July 2007
What do cord blood banks do? Well, they collect the umbilical cord blood from the donors, process it, test it, and save the cord blood donated by individuals. Blood drawn from each umbilical cord is cryopreserved (by freezing it) as an independent cord bl... Read >
Author: apurva26th June 2007
With every passing day, the science behind the utility of umbilical cord blood is going a step forward. It is increasingly being used for curing leukemia patients.
Umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells. As the name suggests, it is extracted from ... Read >
Author: apurva26th June 2007
With cord blood becoming the talk of town, let’s have a look at the bright as well as the dark sides of this miracle blood that promises to treat many life-threatening diseases in the near future.
Advantages Of Cord Blood Treatment
Cord blood col... Read >
Author: apurva12th May 2007
There are two main categories of lymphoma: Hodgkin lymphoma and non- Hodgkin lymphoma. There are treatments for all these types.
Treatment for non- Hodgkin lymphoma can differ from a patient to another, but there are several main treatment types:
- on... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola09th May 2007
Leukemia is a disease that affects your blood and bone marrow. It is not a very common disease, but leukemia can be a very serious and severe condition. This disease can lead to death and treating your leukemia case may be painful and hard.
In almost a... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola02nd May 2007
Umbilical cord blood contains blood-forming cells that can be used to treat life-threatening diseases and conditions. Expectant parents who do not want to store their baby's cord blood for private use can donate it to a cord blood bank. Donated cord blood... Read >
Author: alvin toh02nd May 2007
Welcome to the land of India. India has been one of the most demanding and attractive tourism destinations around the world. Recent trend in the tourism sector shows that the tourists around the globe come to India tours not only for its exotic culture, m... Read >
Author: Michael Braganza25th April 2007
Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after childbirth. It contains stem cells that can differentiate into many types of cells in the body. Umbilical cord blood stem cells hold significant potential in treating life threa... Read >
Author: alvin toh24th April 2007
It is a well know fact that we live in the age of technology. It seems that with the help of it scientist and doctors have come up with one of the most ingenuous ways of fighting the disease. A team of people lead by Mary Laughlin has shown the world that... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola20th April 2007
Every human in this earth has a dream to excel and earn a better and comfortable livelihood. To achieve this people works so hard and often lead hectic schedules in life. They hardly get proper time to eat and sleep and merely forget how important their... Read >
Author: Sharon Lepcha01st April 2007
Every human in this earth has a dream to excel and earn a better and comfortable livelihood. To achieve this people works so hard and often lead hectic schedules in life. They hardly get proper time to eat and sleep and merely forget how important the... Read >
Author: Sharon Lepcha15th March 2007
In a double-blind, acyclovir controlled multicenter study, 148 immunocompromised patients (bone marrow transplant recipients and cancer patients) with herpes zoster were randomized to receive either Famvir 500mg three times daily or acyclovir 800 mg five ... Read >
Author: Jennifer Alinio30th January 2007
Very often persons without any disease symptoms whatsoever are diagnosed with chronic myeloid Leukemia during a routine blood testing. Unlike the acute forms of Leukemia, the chronic form develops an increased number of white blood cells which can still w... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola23rd January 2007
Tummy tucks and a visit to the Taj Mahal is not unusual, what with the escalating medical costs the world over, patients are flocking Eastwards to countries like India, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The quality of medical services is often found bette... Read >
Author: Manoj Gursahani01st July 2006
Finding biological parents and siblings can be quite a challenge, but by using various resources and registries available on the internet, success can be achieved by reaching the masses of people that are searching as well.
Children that are adopted of... Read >
Author: Vita Vee08th June 2006
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a form of leukemia where there is an increases number of myeloid cells in the bone marrow of those infected. It can be very dangerous and even lethal if not diagnosed and treated properly.
Methods of treatment include che... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer25th April 2006
Are you pregnant? If you are, then you have undoubtedly seen advertisements for banking your babies cord blood. Cord blood banking has become a hot topic with parents-to-be recently. The reason is simple; the companies that store the cord blood tout the a... Read >
Author: Peter Wallander04th October 2005
Saving your baby's umbilical cord blood allows it to be cryogenically stored, and then available if your child later becomes sick and needs a bone marrow transplant. Umbilical cord blood was discarded until the 1970's, when researchers discovered that umb... Read >
Author: Alli Ross
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