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Asthma may actually be prevented by Dust and Dirt

...ish Medical and Research Center researchers in USA say that a little dust and dirt in the home may help prevent asthma later in life. Environmental endotoxin may have an allergy-protective effect in some infants whose homes have high levels of the bacteria by-product. "Endotoxin seems to drive the immune...

Fibroids unlikely to Turn Cancerous

...performed each year.According to Teng, doctors who say there is no way of telling whether a fibroid tumor is benign or cancerous until it is analyzed by a pathologist are technically correct, but...

Virus Level could Predict Cervical Cancer Risk

...positive, develop the disease. Swedish researchers say that measuring the levels of a virus linked to cervical cancer could help to identify women at risk from the disease long before it develops or is detected with conventional screening.New research published in The Lancet medical journal suggests that...

A Porcine Dolly

...thy as immunosuppressed animals can be. Needles to say that the jury is still out on using pigs as a granary for much need organs for transplant....

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

...oston spearheaded this research. The results they say are encouraging. While serum glucose levels remained stable in all patients throughout the procedure, most of the patients had a decrease in serum PH and bicarb levels. No increase in seizure frequency was observed in the perioperative period...

Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map

...e 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 results of...

The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

... between fact and fiction. The bottom line as they say is alls well that ends well...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...eed of being administered aspirin, the researchers say aspirin desensitization can be tried. This involve...s that demands treatment with aspirin. So shall we say aspirin is no longer taboo for asthmatics?...

Brain death – How to cope with it

...about the futility of prolonging the life support, say doctors. Two-thirds of consultants and nurses who had previous experience of relatives being present during testing felt that the relatives had benefited from this," Dr Stephen Bonner said in a report in the British Medical Journal. The intensive ...

Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!

...their bones by increasing their bone density. They say the anti-oxidants found in tea are 100 times more powerful than vitamin C and 25 times stronger than vitamin E. All this might tempt even the staunch tea haters to join the tea club. And with the mushrooming tea cafes and coffee pubs a lot of intere...

Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

...h is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improves mental functioning. It has gone into human testing ,the first stages of which have been successful and the vaccine declared safe to be administered. If proven successful it would be an enormous breakthrough. Though being tried ...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...althy to actually live healthy. Doctors in England say that following a coronary bypass surgery; the patient’s attitude helps in an early recovery. To justify this argument the researchers conducted a health survey just before coronary bypass operations and assessed the patient’s own perception of his/he...

When Celebrities Die

...t of our "celebrity connection." The researchers say women are more prone to this than men and that this contagion factor in suicides is now clearly established. But there is help at hand. Dr. Jeremy Kisch, senior director for clinical education at the National Mental Health Association, based in Alexa...

Want skin cancer? Please have a cigarette

...ells, which lead to the onset of cancer. Also they say tobacco retards the immune system. The team advises that cancer incidence will come down not only through lesser exposure to sun light but also by avoiding smoking....

Abstain from sex- the latest mantra of American teens

...some are cynical about the whole exercise and they say this is an attempt at playing to the gallery. True to this cynical remark, it has been found that only a few, actually abide by their abstinence pledge once they are above 19 years of age. But when the matter in question is such a sensitive and perso...

“Brain fingerprinting”- The new lie detectr

...ool. Some seasoned scientists advice restraint and say the efficacy of this tool is over hyped and exagge...ight “hog wash”- some of them are more civil. They say it could be a new beginning but also caution the public not to be carried away by the inflated claim...

Fight anemia by fortifying crops with iron!!!!!!!!

... the Indian agricultural research institute, Delhi say that the technology is already in vogue in the dev...echnology to improve upon this idea. This way they say the huge problem posed by anemia in India can be checked very well. Looks like our scientists are ta...

Man against HIV – new vaccine ready for human trials

...growth of the virus inside the human body. So they say this vaccine will be effective even in old cases of HIV. All eyes are now on the results of human testing of this vaccine to see how effective this could be. The ability of the virus to mutate and survive has made it smart and strong to survive all...

Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...ome minister, Lal Krishna Advani went on record to say that damages might be to the tune of ten thousand crore rupees and upwards. Meanwhile people from all over the country are still pooling money, clothes, footwear, bedding, provisions and medicines to the victims of the quake. It is only in such sit...

Gay capital reeling with rising HIV infection

...resh victims at an alarming pace. Health workers say the lackluster attitude of high-risk gay men is the main cause of this sudden spurt. There is very poor willingness to use condoms and the false sense of having outsmarted the AIDS virus has led to general feeling that people need not be careful anym...

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