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New Drug for Bronchial Asthma

...umber of noxious and non-noxious stimuli. This has also been proven to induce symptomatic relief.How does that apply to the Indian context? Well, first we can try by ridding ourselves of pollution and other noxious stimulants....

Bad News for Short People

...ugh the known risk factors for disease, but height also had a significant independent relation to mortality," they add. "Thus, genetic factors, and environmental factors during the fetal period, childhood, and early adolescence, which determine adult height, appear to be related to a person's health later...

Recommendations for Treatment of Blood Pressue

... third-leading causes of death among Americans. It also can lead to other conditions, such as congestive h...dney damage, dementia, and blindness. The advisory also agrees with current NHBPEP guidelines that recommend diuretics as a first-line treatment for ISH and...

First Vaccine Designed for Africa Cleared for Testing in Humans

...ulating cellular immune responses to HIV. Research also suggests that white blood cells activated by the vaccine can destroy virus-infected cells. For HIV, this approach may be more effective than the traditional vaccine approach of stimulating antibodies."...

PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION GENE DISCOVERED

...omen of child bearing age, although it is known to also affect men and people of all ages, including young children. Because its incidence is low, learning about the disease has been difficult. Although there may be more than one cause of PPH, the identification of a gene that is associated with the inh...

Amphetamines Help Recovery of Stroke Patients

...esults are finalized, "It looks like it works". He also says it is known from previous studies that people learn better on amphetamines and therefore may be able to re-learn faster and better on the drug.However the exact mechanism of why amphetamines are effective in stroke patients in unknown....

Blood Cells Capable of Regenerating Liver

...e not only to the various kinds of blood cells but also to cells from other organs. <br.He said other...studies suggest that the brain, skeleton and lungs also call in stem cells from elsewhere. The study suggests other ways to treat liver disease using stem c...

Potential New Cancer Gene Identified

...f genes plays a prominent role in tumor formation, also called neoplastic transformation. The Hopkins team, focusing on c-myc, found that another gene called the HMG-I/Y gene is a key genetic "target" necessary for Myc-mediated transformation. When the expression of this target gene in Burkitt's lymphom...

More to Garlic than warding of Dracula

...LDL ("bad") cholesterol and blood pressure. It may also help keep blood thin, reducing the risk of blood clots and stroke, and function as an antioxidant. However, not all studies have demonstrated a link between garlic and a lower risk for heart disease....

A Porcine Dolly

...e off the press, a third report -- its publication also expedited by Nature -- finds that porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) can be transmitted across species. These viruses cause no disease in their host or, so far, in mice or men. But cause for concern comes from their close relation to other type C...

Vitamin B12 can help in detecting cancers

...brain, lung, colon, bone and prostate cancers, and also lymphoma....

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD

...er 100 patient-years. Results from the PHASE study also seem to indicate an increased risk of thromboembolic complications, such as stroke, with HRT. This observation is supported by results from the HERS study, a randomized trial carried out in the US that included 3000 women, and was designed to assess ...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...ources and therefore exposure to the pathogen, but also sanitary conditions and disease susceptibility. The discovery of a remote link between El Ni?o events and cholera outbreaks comes at a time when some ecologists, are predicting major increases in disease and death as global climate change provides ...

Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists

...and anti-depressants like Prozac. The studies have also helped in better understanding of Parkinsons disease....

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease

...er 100 patient-years. Results from the PHASE study also seem to indicate an increased risk of thromboembolic complications, such as stroke, with HRT. This observation is supported by results from the HERS study, a randomized trial carried out in the US that included 3000 women, and was designed to assess ...

Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

...posi’s sarcoma causes purple skin blotches and can also attack the internal organs. The virus rarely causes sickness among people with normal disease defenses but attacks those with weakened immune system as in AIDS. The virus known as herpes virus 8 was discovered six years ago. Almost 30% to 50% of HI...

Cancers of Colon & Rectum linked to Cigarette Smoking

...om lung, mouth, bladder and other cancers, smoking also increases the risk of death from cancer of the col...ute. Although the risk of rectal cancer death was also elevated in smokers,the risk was slightly lower than that for colon cancer.The more years one smoked...

Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map

...cs like the color of the eye or even skin. It will also help say whether a cell will function normally or not, enabling one to screen babies in the womb for diseases, and device specific advancements against many hereditary diseases and remedies for crippling ailments. While it is customary to make the r...

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

...ssion of agents that stimulate inflammation, which also helps to protect the body against infectious and potentially harmful micro-organisms. Additional studies with individuals consuming spirulina are needed to determine whether these dramatic effects extend beyond the laboratory." With such wonderful pr...

Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu

...sions in either mother or child. Washed sperm have also been used in other assisted conception treatments, such as in vitro fertilization. In the United States, the CDC has recommended against insemination of women with semen from men infected with HIV. Current data from programs in Europe would suggest s...

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