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Explosion Worsens Conditions Of Patients With Respiratory Disorder.

... sealed. It is said that soot particles from the acid smoke will affect the lungs and cause swelling and also affect the brain. Carbon monoxide in the smoke is very dangerous when inhaled. The worst affected are the people suffering from chronic lung disorders asthma and other general respiratory illn...

Protein provides antioxidant protection to Neurons

...found to be responsible for transferring the amino acid Cysteine into neurons, which is very important for reducing oxidative stress as Cysteine present in glutathione is responsible for it’s free radical scavenging activity in brain.// Free radicals are responsible for causing diseases, which is scavenge...

Artificial Light Stimulates Breast Cancer Growth In Mice: Study

...nterferes with the tumor's ability to use linoleic acid as a growth signal, which causes tumor metabolism and growth activity to shut down," says David Blask, M.D., Ph.D., a neuroendocrinologist with the Bassett Research Institute and lead author on the study. The researchers first injected human breast c...

Shaking Legs Syndrome Is Curable

...e associated with RLS. "Iron deficiency and folic acid deficiency, both of which are highly prevalent in ...ld be due to underlying causes like iron and folic acid deficiency, particularly during pregnancy, diabetes or due to medications," said Sharma. "Non-ergot...

Christmas trees to yield key Tamiflu ingredient

...hat treat bird flu.// The trees contain shikimic acid in their pine, spruce and fir needles, Ontario-based Biolyse said today in a statement. The acid is used in Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu and is mainly extracted from star anise trees in China, Biolys...

Smart drugs for alcohol hangovers not effective

...d to be effective in treating hangovers tolfenamic acid reported less symptoms of headache, nausea, vomiting and thirst. Complementary remedies such as sugar, succinnic acid, fumaric acid, L-glutamine, herbs, charcoal, calcium carbonate, vitamins and minerals also found to be effective. The best remedy to...

Heartburn drugs linked to bacterial diarrhea

...reflux disease, or GERD, which occurs when stomach acid flows into the esophagus, causing heartburn and ul...nd heavily promoted drugs reduce levels of gastric acid that can keep C-diff germs at bay. Dial's study appeared in the Journal of the American Medical A...

Tooth decay can be prevented by using straw for drinking fizzy drinks

... brush your teeth immediately after a drink as the acid in the drink damages the tooth but you can rinse your mouth. ? Avoid holding the drink for a long time in the mouth swallow the drink as soon as you take it. ? Use a fluoride containing toothpaste. ? Brush your teeth twice a day to reduce plaque an...

Viral Infection At Birth Leads To Cerebral Palsy.

...al palsy were found to have Herpes group B nucleic acid in their blood. Basically there are many Herpes virus but only eight of them affect humans and cause brain damage. Herpes simplex –cold sores and genital sores, Varicella zoster-chickenpox and shingles, herpes viruses 6 and 7 are harmless. Hence ...

Smoking Hazard transferred to children from father

... the risk of stroke, causes infertility, increases acid production in stomach leading to stomach ulcers. Starting smoking and alcohol at a small age causes epigenetic changes in the genes and is responsible for diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure and obesity early in your children’s. Smoking and alc...

Omega-3 May Help Special Children

...rning difficulties.// The Omega-3 contains a fatty acid EPA which serves to help the brain to transmit mes...tudied. The special children who suffer from fatty acid deficiencies are benefited from taking omega-3 fish oils, according to research. The study will also...

Tamiflu substrate produced from Bioengineered Bacteria

...uticals Roche. Due to the gold rush for shikimic acid which is used for production of Tamiflu antiviral ...contains high quality pure Shikimic acid. Shikimic acid is obtained from the seeds of Star anise which is grown in the high altitudes in the mountains of Gu...

Syrupy Medicines Increase the Risk of Tooth Decay

...as low pH levels, which mean that they are high in acid content. The combination of the acidic content and sugar leads to the development of cavities. These medicines are usually available as over the counter preparations for allergies and flu or even cough. “It’s important to talk with your dentist about...

Sunflowers Could Hold the Key to New Class of AIDS Drugs

...icaffeoyl quinic acid, or DCQA. "Dicaffeoyl quinic acid can prevent the HI virus from reproducing, at least in cell cultures," said Claudio Cerboncini. "It is one of the few substances known today which inhibit viral integrase - this is an enzyme which is essential if the pathogen is to reproduce." Prel...

Therapy inducing self-repair of nerves to help Alzheimer’

...ease and Lou Gehrig's disease, glutamate, an amino acid found in high quantities in the brain, is thought to accumulate. Glutamate, which acts as a neurotransmitter that nerves use to communicate at normal concentrations, becomes toxic at excessive levels, resulting in over stimulation of nerve cells, kno...

A revision in iron and folic acid guidelines for children: Doctors urge

...e that global guidelines for giving iron and folic acid supplements to young children should be revised. T... for universal supplementation with iron and folic acid should be revised”. The scientists called for the change after studying more than 24,000 young chi...

Tuberculosis test for Westminster High School

...ected student. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an acid fast bacterium which is responsible for causing tuberculosis which affects the lungs by forming tuberculoid which can lead to other secondary infection through out the body. If tuberculosis is not treated early it can be fatal. Most of the human bein...

Tumor Suppressor p53's Contradictory Regulatory System

...hat this was possible by conserving a “short amino acid signature" The reseraches arrived at the conclusion that p53-MDM2 pathway is regulated by HAUSP. These findings provide researchers with potential drug-screening targets. By inhibiting HAUSP and consequently MDM2, the tumor promoting mutations could ...

US Academy honors 15 for major contributions to science

...haracterizing protein function, in comparing amino acid sequences, and for phylogenetic reconstructions." The award carries a medal and a prize of $ 25,000. Gibbs Brothers Medal, awarded every three years for outstanding contribution to naval architecture and marine engineering, goes to Donald Liu, retir...

Genetically modified Lactic acid bacteria offers HIV protection

...l is exploring the beneficial properties of Lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which is a good probiotic bacteria which is used for fermentation of curd and yogurt, used as a probiotic drug in treating throat infections and// also as applications in saving fish culture system from pathogenic bacteria. Cynoviri...

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