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Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas

...st hopes that such vaccines could delay or prevent similar symptoms in people. The vaccines reduces the build-up of protein deposits in mouse brains -the other major indicator of Alzheimer’s diseases. The pharmaceutical company Elan, based in Dublin, Ireland, is poised to begin human clinical trails of a po...

Infant receives first bloodless liver transplant

... but with the successful result obtained many more similar procedures will follow suit./p>...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...choes that of Richard Seed, a physicist who made a similar declaration in January 1998, sparking ethical and legal debate (BMJ 1998;316:167). The current announcement is considered to be more serious because cloning technology has matured and the principal investigators have experience in treating infertili...

Increase in sugar...decrease in brain function!!!

...e brain starts to show evidence of slowing down. A similar thing happens when you get to a level of less than 80. The brain works optimally between those levels". This is rather an eye opener, the research, by which keeping blood sugar at control is elemental in the treatment to maintain the function of the...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

... the prescription and confusion between drugs with similar names.// It is important for patients with epilepsy not to have an interruption in treatment because it could lead to consequence such as status epilepticus. Conversely, those patients that do not have epilepsy could be placed at unnecessary risk o...

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...ythmia or may be implant a defibrillator, a device similar to a pacemaker, which operates only when the heartbeat starts to get out of step. Mathematicians at the new Fraunhofer Institute ITWM together with a private service company, developed a new method called alphacardio in order to overcome the proble...

Early detection of prostate cancer

...s of the protein IGF-1 were higher than those of a similar group of men who were cancer-free, and their levels of IGFBP-3 were lower. Furthermore, while levels of IGF-1 were high for all men with prostate cancer, low levels of IGFBP-3 were found only in those with low PSA levels. Low levels of IGFBP-3 an...

Chaste plant a boon

...d restoring fertility.The plant contains compounds similar in structure to sex hormones. One of these reduces// prolactin levels in the body slightly, which both alleviates the symptoms of PMS and may also help increase fertility. The plant also contains a substance which controls lutenising hormone. This in...

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

... users and then comparing them with brain scans of similar aged non-users."The longer a person uses ecstasy, their brain shrinks," said Dr. Linda Chang. The neurotoxic effects of the drug appear to decrease several areas of brain activity, and long-term use appears to decrease the volume of the brain. Gayl...

Air pollution affects the heart

...rage age of 38 were exposed to levels of pollution similar to that in the general environment. During the study they wore an air sampler -to check PM2.5 level - and a heart rate monitor. There was a 2.6 per cent decrease in heart rate variability for every milligram per cubic metre increase in PM2.5s. Peop...

Gene clue to antibiotics

...essants. Incidentally Streptomyces is also quite similar to the microbe that causes tuberculosis. So this research may reveal insights into the biology of this important disease, which still poses a major threat to humanity....

Voice may be improved by surgery

...had significantly improved the subjects' voices. A similar effect was seen in patients having surgery to treat sinus and tonsil problems....

What we can learn from dogs?

... - yet they rarely get cancer. Dogs and humans are similar in many ways, but dogs do not suffer from high blo...ecause they share our environment, and they have a similar age and body size range to humans (in relative, not absolute, terms). Vets have begun measuring bloo...

Gel prevents pregnancy

...ill soon get access to a new gel, which works in a similar way to the contraceptive pill. The gel, which is rubbed onto the stomach each day, is being tested in four countries world-wide.For many women, protecting against pregnancy means the daily ritual of popping the contraceptive pill. But now there's a n...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...rol levels. But their cholesterol levels were more similar than among pairs of non-identical twins, who share only some of the same genes. The study reveals that both genes and diet are important in determining cholesterol level. Those whose genes work against them have the most to gain from a low-fat diet w...

Renal problem alleviated

...that it might be possible to link the results with similar events that occur in the nervous system in other disorders, such as in Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease. “However, more studies are needed to determine if this could be useful in humans,” he said. The researchers are hopeful that antioxidants mi...

FDA Approves Contraceptive Ring

...o will become pregnant, the FDA says. That rate is similar to both the birth control pill and the yet-unapproved contraceptive patch, which releases a steady stream of estrogen and progestin that offers a week of pregnancy protection. // The new prescription device is a circle of soft, flexible polymer me...

Angiotensin-II-receptor blockers - Treat kidney failure

... the condition was less likely to progress than in similar patients on placebo. The trials offer new hope to people with diabetes, for there has been no treatment for kidney complications till now. They also underline the need for the earliest possible diagnosis of kidney disease in people with diabetes....

Relating heart protection and antihypertensive drugs

...n – resulting in an overall cardiovascular benefit similar to that of old classes of antihypertensive drugs. ...ied that on average all antihypertensive drugs had similar long-term efficacy and safety. ...

New gene for hairloss

...earchers, many types of hair loss probably share a similar biological mechanism, and understanding the //hairless gene's function will help scientists figure that mechanism out. Previous work has shown that people who inherit a malfunctioning version of hairless can get an extreme form of a condition called ...

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