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Human Genome Project Achieves Technological Triumph

...xter told a London news conference. If the project proves anything, Clinton said, it is that "the most important fact of life on this Earth is our common humanity." All the researchers involved praised the high level of international cooperation that enabled them to reach this stage, and they pledged to ke...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

... a child diagnosed with behavioral problems.//This proves the adverse effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on childhood behaviour. In their study which included 506 women, who were receiving prenatal care were made to answer questions about their alcohol consumption during their pregnancy.These women were ...

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

... evidence of side effects has been uncovered, that proves their drugs are safe....

Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

...ancerous. The researchers said that if the test proves useful it would be applied initially in women considered at high risk because of their genetic makeup or family history of the disease. Eventually, it might be extended to other women as well, they said. The experimental test measures the levels of f...

New therapy for bone cancer

... surgery or chemotherapy. However, one case in ten proves resistant to these therapies.// A new radioactive drug, samarium, was tested on 21 patients with bone cancer, ranging in age from 15 to 50. All had failed to benefit from other treatments and had multiple bone cancer sites. Most had a good or excel...

Acupuncture in Paediatric care

...se in the number of visits made to acupuncturists, proves the popularity of the traditional method for relief of pain. However, it has not reached mainstream pediatric treatment yet. Very few acupuncturists treat children and not many pediatricians are familiar with acupuncture. Acupuncture could be eff...

Help Quit Smoking

...moking and cancer in addition to an addiction quiz proves as a medium to understand why a child smokes and what the child requires to do to help quit smoking. The program provides parents with newsletters on steps to help quit smoking. It provides a better platform for parents to communicate effectively to...

Heart failure protection through gene therapy

...s, if further research on pigs, which is underway, proves to be successful....

Hope for First New Melanoma Treatment in Decades

... a new melanoma treatment target in decades. Study proves a role for an important gene called PTEN and suggests that PTEN dysfunction may be responsible in 30 percent to 60 percent of melanomas. // The process leading to the formation of melanoma begins when a cell growing in the top-most layer of the skin ...

Stem cells offer hope for muscular dystrophy

...f Pavia, who worked on the study. The experiment proves a theory but some real-world stumbling blocks remain. For instance, the approach would work best if a patient's own mesoangioblasts were used, but these cells have so far only been isolated from fetuses. "I'm convinced this is an important result, bu...

Sage Improves Memory

...l memory and quicken the nerves and senses. "This proves how valuable the work by the old herbalists is, and that they shouldn't just be ignored because they were writing centuries ago," say researchers. These findings, coupled with earlier sage research, are encouraging scientists to look closer at sage ...

Stronger Backing for Drug-Coated Stents

New research proves drug-coated stents effectively combat death, heart attack and repeat procedures in the real world.// A new study from researchers in the Netherlands indicates that patients in clinical trials of drug-coated stents represented a very select group of...

Drug-Coated Stents – Proven to be More Effectiv

New research proves drug-coated stents effectively combat death, heart attack and repeat procedures .A recent study done takes a closer look at the effects of drug-coated stents on patients.// The study included more than 500 patients with previously untreated blocked...

Prevention Of Recurrent Leg Ulcers

Latest research shows that combination treatment proves to be the best option to substantially reduce the risk of recurrent leg ulcers.// Surgery to remove part of the affected vein in addition to compression treatment was investigated as a new treatment option for leg ulcers .Surgery did not present an...

Taking Vitamin Supplements With Caution

Latest research proves that popping vitamin pills won’t help ward off heart disease .Researchers analyzed the role vitamin supplements play in reducing // the oxidative stress thought to play a part in heart disease. After analyzing previous studies on the topic, research...

Supplement Of CLA May Reduce Body Fat

... the subjects who were given triglycerides. This proves that CLA supplementation in healthy adults is not only acceptable to the body but it also helped in reducing body weight and may help in maintaining the body fat mass in the longer time phase. However experts are of the opinion that the results are ...

Obese people can be hypertensive as well

...d its related effect of hypertension as well. This proves once again that it is of vital importance to control extra weight gain over and above the normal body weight in order to have a healthy life. The study was published in the current issue of the journal Hypertension. Reference: Journal Hypertension,...

Mercury fillings during pregnancy may not lead to low birth weight

...y of Washington, Seattle, US had done a study that proves the theory otherwise. 1117 women who have given birth to lighter babies (less than 2.5kgs) were compared with 4468 women who had given birth to babies of normal birth weight, of 2.5kgs or more. 13% of the total women had undergone at least one denta...

It is safe to take influenza vaccine during pregnancy

...f the infants from birth to 6 months of age. This proves that vaccinating a pregnant mother with influenza vaccine is not only to provide protection to mother and child both, those who are at high risk as well as those who are otherwise healthy, this procedure is safe for the mother and child as well....

New ways developed to understand dyslexia

...dentify the sources of the visual sensations. This proves that perceiving correctly is a problem for such children than seeing correctl....

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