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Fight Back Against Inherited Sudden-Death Heart Condition

...t least two generations. So when her heart started acting up soon after she hit age 50,// Catherine got nervous. A careful heart exam showed the root of her problems – and perhaps those of others in her family tree. She has a genetic condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, which causes her h...

"Macbeth effect"- study correlates cleanliness and conscience!!

... people rushing for soap!// People who recollect acting unethically are more attracted to cleansing products than those who recall behaving ethically. This was reported in the study published in Science. Chen-Bo Zhong, of the Rotman School of Management at Canada's University of Toronto and Katie Liljen...

Cancer-Killing Viruses Employ Multiple Mechanisms

...tary tumor-killing mechanism is based on the virus acting on specific immune system cells. The immune system is composed of three “layers” or mechanisms that protect humans from disease. The first line of defense, the skin and mucous membranes, acts as a physical barrier. The second layer is the innate im...

Ranbaxy Launches Asthma Inhalation Capsule in India

...atment of asthma//. A unique combination of long acting Beta2-agonist Formoterol and the most potent inhaled corticosteroid Fluticasone, the inhalation capsule Avessa is available as Rheocaps Avessa 100 mcg, Avessa 250 mcg, Avessa 500 mcg, depending on the severity of Asthma. The product is to be used ...

Libyan Lawyers For The HIV-positive Children Seek 15million Dinars As Compensation

The lawyers acting on behalf of hundreds of HIV-positive Libyan children have stated that each child should receive 15 million dinars ($11.6 million) in compensation. // The lawyers had made their claim in court on Tuesday, which was retrying six foreign medics who h...

Slow Fight Against Childhood Obesity

...sponsibility of the problem, and no single sector, acting alone, can effectively halt and reverse it," Koplan said. The federal, state and local government should provide leadership for creation and evaluation of effective plans and the food industry for development and promotion of healthy products and c...

Handicapped healthcare to the disabled

...ng across to the system. The government is already acting on the study report, and is coming up with a plan to redress the problem SV...

Contraceptive Patch Carries Risk of Blood clots

...lood clots in some women." Dr. Daniel Shames, the acting deputy director of FDA's Office of Drug Evaluation in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said, "Blood clots occurring in the legs or lungs are serious and rare events that are a potential risk for all hormonal contraceptive therapies." Sha...

Insight Into Tanning Process Suggests Novel Way to Prevent Skin Cancer

.... The experiments demonstrated that, rather than acting directly on the nuclei of melanocytes, UV radiation acts on keratinocytes (the most abundant as well as superficial cells in the skin), causing them to produce and secrete MSH, which attaches to adjacent melanocytes and starts the pigment-making proc...

Appraisal of FDA’s Drug Safety Proces

...ission," said Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the FDA's acting commissioner. Others within FDA were quick to hype the steps the agency's already taken. "We're simply saying we have been on a trajectory to address the issues," said Dr. Janet Woodcock, the FDA's deputy commissioner for operations. Burke called...

Men Continue To Pay For Sex Despite Having Partners

... for men paying for sex abroad, the possibility of acting as a 'bridge' between different populations," Dr Groom said. The researchers said the percentage of men paying for sex could be higher since many did not want to admit it. "In Asian countries the purchasing of sex acts is higher and is frequently c...

One in 523 Children and Adolescents Have Diabetes

...s in this age group,” said Michael Engelgau, M.D., acting director of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “However, the effort is well worth it. This information will be critical to understanding this disease in children, which will lead to actions to bett...

Closing In On the Breast Cancer Gene

... small (for example twofold) effects which will be acting together with each other and other non-genetic factors."...

IBS Sufferers Benefited by Non-Absorbable Antibiotics

... stopped provides evidence that the antibiotic was acting on a source of the problem: excess bacteria in the gut. This finding offers a new treatment approach -- and a new hope -- for people with IBS." Irritable Bowel Syndrome affects about 20% of Americans and is one of the top 10 most frequently diagnose...

Increasing awareness of sexually transmitted infection chlamydia

...ogether a book to help raise awareness of all long acting methods of contraception with guidelines of suitability for every sexually active person. MST...

Does Child pornography lead to Child abuse?

...d a strong correlation between viewing erotica and acting out sexually. He said that the decriminalization of pictorial pornography in several northern European countries in the 1960s and 1970s was not accompanied by an increase in the frequency of rape. Case studies of sex offenders – which Scott describes...

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Extended for 2 Novel Breast Cancer Drugs

...hance of recovery." National Breast Cancer Centre acting deputy director Dr Alison Evans said, "Their listing on the PBS is wonderful news as it provides additional treatment options for patients with early breast cancer."...

Childhood abuse may hamper sufferers’ adult relationship

... strategies that are set into motion when a person acting in threatening ways reminds them of their abusive parent." Berenson and Andersen conclude that the process of transference can lead previously abused individuals to use behavioral patterns from their relationship with the abusive parent in later int...

Making Headway Against Hepatitis C

...er their treatment,” says Di Bisceglie, M.D., also acting chair of the department of internal medicine at SLU. “This is the largest study of its kind to examine just how much improvement patients with hepatitis C have five years after a sustained virologic response, and the results are very encouraging.” S...

New Medicaid Rule For New Borns

... going to cost Medicaid more. Leslie V. Norwalk, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said that investigations have shown that Medicaid has never denied care to a baby. MA...

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