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The brain wave

...her daughter how to tie her shoelaces. The monther ties a shoelace and the child follows, trying to imitate the action. We would expect the same kind of lateralised brain activity in learning to tie shoelaces as there was in our experimental task. The team is headed by neuroscientist Jean Decety of Franc...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

... risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.//The research ties the incidence of diabetes in patients with periodontal disease to the release of bacteria into the bloodstream that triggers a reaction from the immune system. Immune system cells can release proteins called cytokines that can disrupt production ...

Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

...s say they have created a surgical thread that can ties itself into a knot. The same substance may also be used for medial implants such as stents or bone screws. The material, made of thermoplastic polymers that an be absorbed by the body, an be engineered// to assume s string-like shape at room tempera...

Grant of $7 million for Orissa Medical College from Japan

...nment. Koizumi's visit cemented growing bilateral ties and initiated an "eight-fold initiative" of cooperation in key areas spanning security, economic engagement and science and technology. -(IANS) Medindia on Medical Colleges: Medindia provides you with a complete list of Medical, Dental, Pharmac...

Race Based Genome Project Launched By Mexico

...t come out of it. The close economic and political ties between the two nations lend a degree of legitimacy and accountability to the project, and Jimenez, who is an experienced genomics researcher, is well aware of the social implications of genomics analysis. INMEGEN’s research will be subject to overs...

Delhi To Host International Women’s Congress From Nov 2

...xchange of knowledge and experience and strengthen ties not only between academic circles and trade unions but also with feminist groups and health care professionals. "For the first time ever, short films and video sessions have been initiated to facilitate more realistic global experience sharing, whe...

Internet Helps Strengthen Social Ties

...tribute towards strengthening and expanding social ties among the people. This has been revealed by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. //It had earlier been said that social relations get affected as a result of the Internet. With the help of the Internet, people are able to maintain active co...

Drug Makers Banned From Providing Gifts To Doctors

...rmined by meetings with medical representatives or ties with drug manufacturers. It also accounts for increased drug care costs. The trend is unhealthy as old generic forms of the drug might still be effective compared to the new generation, expensive drugs. The study authors have recommended that docto...

Wal-Mart under Pressure from Health Care Officials

...rat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who has had deep// ties with the company has her share of the political heat. Clinton served on Wal-Mart's board of directors for six years. Hillary Clinton said that her time on the board of Wal-Mart was a memorable one. But in recent months, as the company has become a ...

Get that wedding ring on if you want to be branded a responsible parent!

...terest in establishing social, sexual or emotional ties outside of marriage may have the inadvertent consequence of diminishing attentiveness to children. And it's not surprising that this distraction occurs even in a mundane setting like a supermarket, which is more than a place to purchase bananas and c...

Doctors' Response To Patients' Religious Beliefs Can Vary

...itual characteristics, the study found. "The close ties between belief and behavior," Curlin said, "suggests that physicians are unlikely to reach agreement any time soon about what is suitable." The researchers surveyed 2,000 practicing U.S. physicians from all specialties about their own attitudes an...

240 Hours And Counting As Mahajan Continues To Battle For Life

...n the BJP and outside, and is known to enjoy close ties with leaders of almost all parties. Born Oct 30, 1949, he is a graduate in physics and journalism as well as postgraduate in political journalism. Elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996, Pramod Mahajan was political advisor to then prime minister Atal Bi...

Cancer-Causing Virus Synthesizes Protein To Help Sustain Itself In Host Cells

...mplementary strands of the DNA backbone, while the ties correspond to the chemical base pairs that hold the two strands together and encode genetic information. Normally, that genetic information is encoded only along one DNA 'rail,' or strand. That strand is called the sense strand. The opposite strand ...

New Obesity Guidelines Will Trouble US Children

...and highly influential Task Force, which has close ties to the World Health Organisation, was set up in the mid-1990s with the help of grants from three drug companies and continues to benefit from drug company sponsorship. Now merged with another international obesity forum, the Task Force gets two thi...

Regional Cooperation Promoted in Southeast Asia

...ters meeting, which was to further the cooperative ties between the ASEAN and China in the sector of health. ...

South Africa: AIDS, A Major Cause Of Death Of Youngsters

..."Indians have been found to have more close family ties and whites the least among all races", Netshitenzhe said. The document noted that 80 percent of South Africans were religious, with the African traditional church, Zion Christian Church (ZCC), having most members. (Source:PTI News)...

Effect of Prolonged Stay in Space Studied Using Fruit Flies

...he second NASA mission in the last two months with ties to UCF research. UCF optics professor James Harvey and two graduate students designed the Solar X-ray Imager on board the GOES-N satellite that was launched in May. The new X-ray telescope will help to improve the monitoring of weather activity suc...

World’s First Pediatric Laparoscopic Liver Surger

... surgical instruments. The surgeon then severs and ties off tumor's blood supply, cuts out the tumor itself, places it inside a sealed bag, and removes it through one of the incisions. "The liver is a self-healing organ," explains Thomas, "so once the cancerous tumor is removed the area typically heals ...

Studying the psycho neurobiology of aging

... in activities and strengthening meaningful social ties to help moderate chronic stress. Centenarians also report using three coping strategies to deal with their health problems: acceptance, not worrying and taking things one day at a time. Those older adults who do not employ these types of strategies, ...

Wear and Tear of Stress: The Psychoneurobiology of Aging

... in activities and strengthening meaningful social ties to help moderate chronic stress. Centenarians also report using three coping strategies to deal with their health problems: acceptance, not worrying and taking things one day at a time. Those older adults who do not employ these types of strategie...

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