Human Genome Project Achieves Technological Triumph
...are and determines our susceptibility to illnesses like cancer or diabetes. Mapping involves three separate steps: sequencing, assembling and annotating the genes. In the sequencing phase, researchers identified the approximate 3.5 billion chemical letters (A, C, G, T) that make up human DNA,the building ...Amphetamines Help Recovery of Stroke Patients
...or sure until the results 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...A prescription cream for unwanted facial hair
...drug eflornithine (brand name Ornidyl). Vaniqa, like Viagra, is considered to be a "lifestyle drug", a drug which generally improves our quality of life, but is not considered to be essential for good health. Vaniqa is the first prescription drug approved in the United States to treat this condition. I...Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey
...enace on the Internet. Now a millennium project by like minded people have listed 500 health related web-sites that are such havens of quackery! This information should serve as a guideline for surfers to be weary of tall claims made out by such sites. The information can be accessed on http://www.ratbag...Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists
... the development of new drugs and anti-depressants like Prozac. The studies have also helped in better understanding of Parkinsons disease....PCR emerging as a promising technique for Diagnosing Urinary Tuberculosis
...wever, in spite of newer methods of investigations like ultrasound and CT scan, intravenous urogram continues to be the key investigation method for the genitourinary tuberculosis....Evidence Links Protein Damage to Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
...cids, proteins, and other cellular components much like oxidation causes rust damage to metal in cars and buildings. This damage has been implicated in causing neurodegenerative disorders. Alpha-synuclein itself is a target of oxidative stress, specifically nitration, within these lesions. This is the fir...Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects
...dered eccentric or out of the mainstream.’ Looks like the west is sitting up and taking notice of Oriental Medicine in a Big Way!!...Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map
...formation to manipulate individual characteristics 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 cripplin...Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu
... couples who are HIV sero discordant but who would like to have a baby. If the husband is HIV –1 positive and the wife is negative and they are planning to have a child the problem arises because sexual intercourse carries a 1 in 500 risk of transmitting the virus to the female partner and through her to ...Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!
...age in the world next to water is Tea. Whether you like it strong or light, with or without milk, sugared or bland, with herbs or with masala it is undoubtedly the most favorite amongst all beverages. Even coffee lovers and health freaks who live on fruit and vegetables grudgingly accept tea as a wholesom...Roller coasters – cause “Chronic Headache?
... and nausea, immediately after. But investigations like CT etc did not reveal any significant findings. The headache persisted for nearly 2 months until it became an intolerable episode and she was hospitalized and though MRI findings were not significant, she had to be put on medications to relieve the ...New drug to treat Heart Attack and damaged tissue
...th response gene (Egr –1) level increases and acts like a common link between the pathways lead to tissue injury, such as the stimulation of chemokines, adhesion receptor molecules, procoagulants and permeability – related genes. By deleting Egr-1 gene, the tissue injury level decreases and it enhances ...Antioxidants protect health tissue in people undergoing radiation therapy.
...e radio protective effect and protecting organisms like Escherichia role and Bacillus megaterium organisms (taken for study) against of gamma radiation. The study offers hope for the development of better radioactive results and could be used to protect healthy tissue in people undergoing radiation thera...Dietary phytonutrients – Secret for the good food to taste ba
...ow Mediterranean cuisine or to prepare it with oil like in American diet....Fight anemia by fortifying crops with iron!!!!!!!!
...by anemia in India can be checked very well. Looks like our scientists are taking the bull by its horns… lets hope they succeed!!...Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children
...reworks. Last but not the least, private functions like marriages, birthdays and other occasions call for a climax with fire works!!!! Almost everyone likes them at least from a distance. But apart from the phenomenal cost that goes into fireworks we fail to realize that fireworks are death sentences for...Clinton's new problem - Is the outgoing American president suffering from skin cancer?
...is actually not in the best of shape that he would like to be - as he leaves the white house. The medical report was released on Friday after Clinton underwent an examination at the Bethesda naval hospital at suburban Maryland. The biopsy report is awaited and the official word is that there is no cause...... have this major handicap - they just can’t travel like the other people - wherever they want and whenever they want. Some people just avoid having HIV infected co passengers. Others are just indifferent. Leaving the ethical issues aside, it is very difficult for these victims to travel because of, many r...