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Origin Of SARS Virus Discovered

...ater mutated before passing toothers. Several days back scientists discovered that//the fatal virus was found in mainly three species ofmammals - badgers, civet cats and raccoon dogs. Allwere found in the Dongmen market (Guangdong's capitalof Shenzhen). Though the knew discovery of the origin of the vi...

Restricted Activity Predicts Disability

...ying in bed for at least half a day and/or cutting back on usual activities at least once in the past month. Most physicians believe this is just a normal sign of aging and not necessarily something that leads to declining function.// In this study, researchers followed 680 older people who were living i...

Eat Like a Greek for Good Health

... at the Harvard School of Public Health.// As far back as the 1960s, scientists found low rates of coronary heart disease and certain cancers in Greece and other countries in the Mediterranean region. Trichopoulos and his colleagues, working with scientists decided the region was ripe for study. In 1994...

The 'lazy man's yoga"

...o a complex yoga posture. A few minutes later, his back moves into an arch in the shape of the letter "C."...sked to move over or from side to side or front to back or reach your arms back, but beyond that, breathing and just releasing into it are what you're suppo...

Tight necktie may raise glaucoma risk

...pressures. Loosening the tie brought the pressures back down to within baseline values. "I think our findings are something that glaucoma patients as well as ophthalmologists should be aware of," said the researchers. "You can still wear a neck tie, just don't wear it tight," they advised. "It's hard ...

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue

...commonly used in cancer patients may help them get back a bit of their former selves.// At work, Toni Cue...le have shown remarkable improvement and have gone back to work, and in others it's been less effective." It's working for Cueto. She got her real estate l...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

...om the father. The resulting embryo is then placed back into the mother's uterus to develop normally until... from the ovary to the uterus. "It's hard to look back and remember how surprising and shocking that was -- that human beings can actually be made outside ...

Therapy Boosts Chemotherapy Effects

...small and uncontrolled studies in patients seem to back up this premise. However, large controlled studies have been lacking. In this study, investigators randomly assigned 640 patients with previously untreated AML to receive either standard chemotherapy or chemotherapy and treatment with a growth facto...

Alcohol is no tonic for sleep

...ommunity of being one of the last things that fall back into place for an individual," adds David Hodgins, professor of psychology at the University of Calgary....

Reviving the Immune System

... attached to a protein. When the new cells are put back into the body, they're better able to attack foreign substances, like the cancer.Researchers say, "What we want to do is tilt the balance in favor of the immune system and away from the tumor or lymphoma." In a study of 16 patients, five went into c...

Indian pharma industry upbeat on WTO drug deal

...e added. Mr Pahwa said the deal had put the focus back on the neediest and that is significantly important. Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance Secretary General D G Shah said although the deal has been sealed, it is riddled with barriers which will make generic drugs more expensive. ''It appears poorer nat...

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

...it's impossible to know from this study if cutting back on calories could extend life in humans. However, she adds, "lifestyle interventions started as late as middle or old age may be beneficial." For this study, Partridge and her colleagues studied almost 7,500 Drosophila fruit flies. In one experiment...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...killers and sent home. Three nights later, she was back in the hospital. She died the following day. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of Holly's death. But Monty Patterson said he learned from an attending physician at the hospital that she had died after a massive infection caused by...

The 'forgotten epidemic' killing millions

...the ancient mosquito-borne disease that was rolled back by medical advances in the mid-20th century, is ma...the ancient mosquito-borne disease that was rolled back by medical advances in the mid-20th century, is making a deadly comeback. Strains of the disease ar...

New Drug for Diabetes

...amylin] before a meal, they are putting brake fuel back in the brake system." Studies show, after six months, amylin causes a significant reduction in hbA1c levels. These levels reflect a patient's average blood sugar level over the last three months. The drug currently cannot be mixed with insulin, so p...

New Drug to Stop Gambling!

...o stop.// Now, a drug treatment could get gamblers back on their feet. Pulsing music. Flashing lights. An...of my way to go to a casino, spend the night, come back at three in the morning, totally drained, and have business meetings the next morning." Psychiatris...

Pain of Denial Compared to Physical Pain

...ce of social bonds for survival in mammals. "Going back 50,000 years, social distance from a group could lead to death, and it still does for most infant mammals," say researchers. "We may have evolved a sensitivity to anything that would indicate that we're being excluded. This automatic alarm may be a s...

Leech Therapy for Osteoarthritis

...re taking treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee back to the future.They find applying leeches to the knees of patients helps relieve pain and other symptoms better than traditional topical medications.// The application of leeches to treat pain is an ancient medical practice. Although the treatment de...

Mattresses do Play a Role in Low Back Pain

If you have lower back pain, the right mattress can make a difference. //...um-firm mattresses are more effective at relieving back pain. Physicians often get frustrated when patients ask them what type of bed is best for their lo...

New vaccine for brain cancer

...itic cells] and allow these cells to present these back to the proteins to the immune system by giving these cells back under the skin just as a shot, like a vaccine. Researchers say the killer immune cells then recog...

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