Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) : Turning darkness into light all across the world

(Madison, Wisconsin) -- Combat Blindness Foundation (CBF) has screened more than 650,000 blind or sight-impaired patients, funded more than 162,000 free cataract surgeries on four continents -- including its highest one-year total ever of 16,512 in 2010 -- and helped thousands of children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency. 

09/14/11
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Packing on pounds riskier for South Asians - study

Indians are more likely than others to store dangerous fat around their internal organs as they gain weight, according to a new study.

08/02/11
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Indian spice Fenugreek ”can spice up sex life”

According to Daily Mail, a herb widely used in Indian curries may also help spice things up outside of the kitchen. New research suggests that fenugreek, which is found throughout Asia, may improve male libido.

06/20/11
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Radiation From Japan’s Nuke Disaster Unlikely to Threaten U.S., Experts Say

Although remnants of the tsunami that devastated the nuclear complex in Japan did manage to reach America's shores, it's highly unlikely that any radiation from the unfolding disaster across the Pacific Ocean will make it to North America, experts say.

The chances of any radioactive plume reaching the United States are "close to zero," said Jacqueline Williams, program director for radiation medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Center for Biophysical Assessment and Risk Management Following Irradiation.

"Obviously, what's happening [in Japan] is changing from moment to moment," Williams added, "but there seems to be very little in the way to fear."

Levels of radioactivity that have already been released in Japan "are very much dissipated, so by the time it gets to California or the U.S., it would be extremely low levels," agreed Barry Rosenstein, a professor of radiation oncology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

03/17/11
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Education reduces blood pressure

Despite exam stress, a long stint in education is good for people's blood pressure, according to researchers in the US.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is linked to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.

The study, published in the journal BMC Public Health, shows the link is stronger in women than in men.

02/28/11
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Cholesterol ‘does not predict stroke in women’

High levels of cholesterol do not predict the risk of stroke in women, according to researchers in Denmark. They did detect an increased risk in men, but only when cholesterol was at almost twice the average level.

The report in Annals of Neurology recommends using a different type of fat in the blood, non-fasting triglycerides, to measure the risk. The Stroke Association said triglyceride tests needed to become routine to reduce the risk of stroke.

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02/22/11
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Turmeric drug fights stroke damage

A drug derived from the curry spice turmeric may be able to help the body repair some of the damage caused in the immediate aftermath of a stroke.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are preparing to embark on human trials after promising results in rabbits.

Their drug reached brain cells and reduced muscle and movement problems.

The Stroke Association said it was the "first significant research" suggesting that the compound could aid stroke patients

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02/10/11
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Lymph node removal not needed for some breast cancer

A new study finds that many women with early breast cancer do not need a painful procedure that has long been routine: removal of cancerous lymph nodes from the armpit.

The discovery turns standard medical practice on its head. Surgeons have been removing lymph nodes from under the arms of breast cancer patients for 100 years, believing it would prolong women’s lives by keeping the cancer from spreading or coming back.

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02/09/11
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12/23/10
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Low-Dose Aspirin May Lower Cancer Deaths, But Caution Is Urged

LONDON — A new report from British scientists suggests that long-term, low-dose aspirin use may modestly reduce the risk of dying of certain cancers, though experts warn the study isn't strong enough to recommend healthy people start taking a pill that can cause bleeding and other problems.

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12/09/10
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