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Inability to Recognize Familiar Smells Could Signal Alzheimers

People who have difficulty recognizing familiar smells could be experiencing an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published Monday. Scientists already know that the first lesions of the degenerative brain disease tend to show up in an area of the brain that is hom...

Late Nights may Make Preteens Antisocial and Aggressive

... use," she added. Parents need to be vigilant in recognizing early signs of eveningness, and not only encourage their kids to sleep early but also ensure they get the required amount of sleep, Susman noted. The findings appear in the July 2007 issue of Developmental Psychology....

Three Gene Variants Could Hold Key for HIV Vaccine: Study

...nters the body, which keeps the immune system from recognizing the virus as foreign. However, the HLA-C gene is apparently not turned off by the AIDS virus, suggesting that for some individuals at least HLA-C is involved in controlling the HIV virus, the researchers said. The HLA-C gene may represent an Achi...

Experts Identify Vaccine Target for HIV

...nters the body, which keeps the immune system from recognizing the virus as foreign. HLA-C however is not thought to be turned off by HIV-1. The new results suggest that for some individuals at least HLA-C is involved in controlling HIV-1. Since HIV-1 appears unable to shut off HLA-C, unlike A and B, HLA-C may r...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...had little training in treating serious pain or in recognizing signs of drug abuse. But experienced drug abusers and novices, including teenagers, soon discovered that chewing an OxyContin tablet or crushing one and then snorting the powder, or injecting it with a needle produced a high as powerful as heroin...

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis

An industrial body recognizing the downward trend of access to quality health care in India, has suggested two things needed to reverse the situation- more money and a significant private-public partnership. According to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Indust...

Kirk Douglas' Never-ending Passion for Sexy Women

... to look at beautiful women. You never grow out of recognizing that a woman looks sexy," he added....

Eating Disorder Figures Among Children Soars

...everything is fine. "Teachers have a key role in recognizing and supporting pupils that are struggling in school because they are coping with hidden mental health problems. This is especially true where the parents may be unaware of their child's condition. "As childhood becomes increasingly commercialized, ...

Rural Work Ethic Curbs Elderly Heart Care

...the rural patients should stress the importance of recognizing symptoms and seeking help earlier from health care professionals, and should harness the strong work ethic evident in the rural population. The researchers also recommend that rural and urban health care regions continue to find ways to improve rur...

Ancient Ancestors Might Have Had a Clue to HIV

...sts found that a single mutation made it better at recognizing HIV but worse at attaching to the ancient virus. This antiviral protein appears to be able to fight one virus or the other. Early humans evolved a defense against PtERV1, but left themselves wide open to the HIV pandemic 4m years later....

Chilean President's Cousin Successfully Tests Allergy 'Knockout' Technique on Mice

... antibody fragment that has the unusual ability of recognizing two targets simultaneously-the receptor CD300a and a mast cell-specific marker. This makes the antibody targets CD300a only on the surface of mast cells, avoiding suppression of other immune cells. During the study, this antibody potently eliminat...

Potential Cure for HIV Discovered

...ves the virus from the genome of infected cells by recognizing and then recombining the structure of the virus's DNA. This ability to recognize HIV's DNA might one day help overcome one of the biggest obstacles to finding a cure: the ability of the HIV virus to avoid detection by reverting to a resting state w...

Abnormal Face Processing in Toddlers With Autism

...th ASD and developmental delays were impaired when recognizing faces they had seen previously. When given time to familiarize with a picture of a face, both groups spent more time looking at the outside features of the face, such as the hair, ears and the neck compared to the their typically developing peers,...

Study Offers Clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

...mystery, but doctors will soon have an easier time recognizing and treating this rare, life-threatening condition, thanks to data being reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 912, 2007, in Orlando, FL. Researchers from Brown ...

Women With Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely to Receive Proper Care: Study

...be explained by a lack of patient reporting or not recognizing the symptoms of a disease." Bird said that more research needs to be done to understand why there are gender differences in outpatient care. "As we become a nation with an older population, the type of routine preventive care we studied will beco...

'Star Trek'-type Scanning may Help Reveal Genetic Activity of Tumors

...Segal. Since radiologists are already experts in recognizing the visual differences between normal and pathological tissues, the researchers do not consider the new findings an important advance in the field of medical science. "They already have the skills, so it's not a quantum leap by any stretch - if thi...

InfoLogix, Inc. the Leading Healthcare Technology Company SaysHealthcare Informatics

...on of how the leading healthcare organizations are recognizing that InfoLogix can save them significant time and money with 'single source' mobile intelligence solutions," says David Gulian, president and CEO of InfoLogix. "From mobile infrastructure, to RFID patient and asset tracking, to consulting services fo...

Why We Feel a Sense of Dj Vu

...arning in the dentate gyrus is critical in quickly recognizing and amplifying the small differences that make each place exceptional. "We constantly make split-second decisions about how best to behave at a given place and time. To achieve this, our nervous system must employ highly efficient ways of rapidly r...

Bio-Rad Gets Life Science Industry Awards – 200

...and its readers translated into a real interest in recognizing those companies upon whose products they rely. Scientists value the magazine’s news on cutting-edge events, notable discoveries, career issues, and laboratory products. Because this content is directly relevant to life in the lab, readers of The Scie...

COAG Must Make Combating Severe Allergies A National Priority

... all teachers and childcare workers are trained in recognizing and handling anaphylactic reactions. Dr Haikerwal said that COAG also should ensure the provision of legal immunity to people who give first aid to children with severe allergic reactions. 'Greater awareness and management of anaphylaxis should...

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