http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/ Virtual Medical Centre - Medical News en-us Copyright 2013 Virtual Medical Centre. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:42:06 +1000 720 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/common-childhood-asthma-not-rooted-in-allergens-inflammation/18643 Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway, or why response to treatments varies among patients. Now a team of researcher http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/common-childhood-asthma-not-rooted-in-allergens-inflammation/18643 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:15:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/oral-vaccine-against-diarrhoea-developed/18642 Entertoxigenic Escherichia col (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrohea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400m http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/oral-vaccine-against-diarrhoea-developed/18642 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/alzheimers-markers-predict-start-of-medicine-declineandnbsp/18641 Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have helped identify many of the biomarkers for Alzheimers disease that could pot http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/alzheimers-markers-predict-start-of-medicine-declineandnbsp/18641 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/first-guidelines-for-treating-non-transfusion-dependent-thalassaemia-introduced-at-european-haemtology-meeting/18661 STOCKHOLM, Sweden mdash; New guidelines released by the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) address the Management of Non-Transfusion Depende http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/first-guidelines-for-treating-non-transfusion-dependent-thalassaemia-introduced-at-european-haemtology-meeting/18661 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/slim-women-have-a-greater-risk-of-developing-endometriosis-than-obese-women/18639 Women with a lean body shape have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than womn who are morbidly obese, according to the largest prospective st http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/slim-women-have-a-greater-risk-of-developing-endometriosis-than-obese-women/18639 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/the-e-male-project/18658 nbsp;The E-Male project is an online study which will conduct quantitative and qualitative assessments of the experiences of Australian female-to-mal http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/the-e-male-project/18658 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/passenger-car-drivers-more-likely-to-die-in-crashes-with-suvs-regardless-of-crash-safety-ratings/18640 Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a n http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/passenger-car-drivers-more-likely-to-die-in-crashes-with-suvs-regardless-of-crash-safety-ratings/18640 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/genetic-breast-cancer-risk/18660 Actress Angelina Joliersquo;s recent public comments about her decision to undergo a prophylactic (preventive) double mastectomy have attracted world http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/genetic-breast-cancer-risk/18660 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/leap-in-leukemia-treatment/18638 Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcocks Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) have found a combination of drugs to potentially treatnbsp;chronic lymphocytic le http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/leap-in-leukemia-treatment/18638 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:03:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-food-labels-will-guide-healthier-choices/18656 Australians will be able to make more informed, healthy food choices following a whole-of-government decision today to support a new voluntary labelli http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-food-labels-will-guide-healthier-choices/18656 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:38:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/salt-levels-in-food-still-dangerously-high/18637 The dangerously high salt levels in processed food and fast food remain essentially unchanged, despite numerous calls from public and private health a http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/salt-levels-in-food-still-dangerously-high/18637 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:27:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/landmark-us-ruling-on-gene-patents/18655 The US Supreme Courtrsquo;s ruling that human genes cannot be patented provides a clear precedent for the Australian Government to change the Patents http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/landmark-us-ruling-on-gene-patents/18655 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:01:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/reversing-paralysis-with-a-restorative-gel/18635 Some parts of the body, like the liver, can regenerate themselves after damage. But others, such as our nervous system, are considered either irrepara http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/reversing-paralysis-with-a-restorative-gel/18635 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:07:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/screening-program-to-reduce-cancer-deathsandnbsp/18646 Screening for bowel cancer using a FOB (faecal occult blood) test is one of the most effective ways to prevent bowel cancer or detect it in its earlie http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/screening-program-to-reduce-cancer-deathsandnbsp/18646 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:34:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/bird-flu-live-in-poultry-markets-are-the-source-of-the-viruses-causing-human-infections/18634 On 31 March 2013, the Chines National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections. A group of http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/bird-flu-live-in-poultry-markets-are-the-source-of-the-viruses-causing-human-infections/18634 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:51:00 +1000