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Researchers Say Brain Region Responsible for Pain's Ability to Seek Attention

...ex (LOC) as the cognitive-related area affected by both 'working memory load' and pain. The researchers then sought to identify the brain region by which pain affects the functioning of the LOC. The study theorized that the best candidate for this region was one called the rostral anterior cingulate ...

Buddhist Food Festival in Ludhiana

...e in pure vegetarian form. Today, India and China, both are shining in terms of their respective economies. Food is also part of it. We are enjoying it". Buddhist vegetarian chefs have become extremely creative in cloning meat using prepared Wheat gluten also known as `seitan', Soya, Agar and other plan...

Liver Cancer More Prevalent in Males

...ists found that when knockout mice were given DEN, both males and females developed liver cancer at the same, lower, rates. By eliminating IL-6, we reduced the incidence of liver cancer in the males by close to 90%, Karin said. However, the missing IL-6 made no further difference in female mice. The ...

Combination of Tratuzumab and Chemotherapy Yields Better Results for Breast Cancer

...efits were accompanied by decreases in the risk of both locoregional and distant recurrences of the cancer. Taken together, these results confirm that the administration of trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy should be the standard choice for the treatment of women with HER2 positive early stag...

Doctors Not Exempt from Competition Law, Australian Commission Warns

..., plus $5000 towards the ACCC's legal expenses, on both Dr Knight and Dr Ross. Dr Jurisevic said he was considering a civil action for loss of income, estimated at more than $2 million. The full-time thoracic surgeon is also an Australian Army reservist and served with Australian forces in East Timor ...

The Chattier Gender

...ersity of Texas at Austin have found women and men both use an average of 16,000 words each day. For more than a decade, researchers have claimed that women use far more words each day than men. One set of numbers that is commonly tossed around is that women use 20,000 words per day compared to only 7,00...

Parkinsons Disease Mechanism Identified

...gers the death of dopamine-producing neurons. In both mice and human patients, the researchers have found evidence that neurons die because of a crippling of a particular protective enzyme that eliminates potentially damaging reactive oxygen species normally generated in the cells power plants, called m...

European Commission Seeks To Dispel The Darkness Out Of Sunscreens

...er against UVA rays.Experts opine that exposure to both types of radiation can increase the risk of developing skin cancer. Cancer Research UK says that the skin cancer rate has more than doubled in 20 years, with more than 75,000 new cases diagnosed last year. Recent tests by Which? -a consumer associ...

China Bans Sales of Leukemia Drug in Latest Medicine Scare

...rol systems have been called into serious question both domestically and internationally due to incidents ranging from fake drugs to tainted food. The State Food and Drug Administration on Saturday suspended the sale of methotrexate after children being treated for acute leukemia reported feeling pain a...

Cancer Patients in New South Wales to Receive Advanced Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatments

...apy ( IGRT) equipment from Elekta went clinical at both sites. The first treatment was a major step for a small centre introducing complex treatment technologies such as IMRT and IGRT on an Elekta Synergy(R) system advanced digital linear accelerator, supported by IMPAC MOSAIQ(TM) Oncology information sys...

Risk Factors for Alzheimers Disease

...zheimers disease . Older adults showing signs of both conditions were seven-times more likely to develop Alzheimers than their peers. Alzheimers disease, a highly debilitating and ultimately fatal neurological disease, is already associated with other risk factors such as poor cognitive scores, educati...

MedAir AB Announces the Launch of Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

...be sacrificed. OxyCheck meets the requirements for both accuracy and cost-efficiency." OxyCheck delivers fast and accurate readings. Other features include; durability, the ability to fit a range of finger sizes from pediatric to adult, and use of standard AAA batteries. The device also passes IPX2 test...

Neurotransmitter That can Yield New Insights in the Fight Against Diabetes Identified

...searchers then compared brain tissue sections from both groups of animals, and examined their blood sample...ity. The same paraventricular neurons lit up in both sets of animals, and the animals displayed similar increases in hormone levels, suggesting that nore...

Divorce Leaves Women Significantly Worse Off Financially Than Men

...Stephens Innocent, said that in most of the cases, both men and women suffered financially after divorce. ...ples earn between 20,000 pounds and 30,000 pounds, both men and women are normally worse off. They have to sell the family home, their standard of living go...

Americans Grow Shorter, Blame It on Weak Healthcare

...ced economies in poverty. Poverty limits access to both healthcare and good nutrition. More importantly ... Europe. Again, nutrition and access to healthcare both vary with family income for children just as they do in adults. Nutrition is a key determinant of ...

Protein Instrumental to Brain Development and Repair Identified

...d improvement in treatments for brain disorders in both children and adults. "By understanding the fundamental mechanisms of brain development, we get closer to finding clear instructions to repairing developmental brain disorders and injuries," Dr. Vittorio Gallo, Director, Center for Neuroscience Res...

Backpacks and Backaches

... it should be which is, Wear the backpack over both shoulders Carry only necessary text -books and...end at the knees; keep the back straight Using both hands, test the weight of your pack Lift the pack using your legs to take more weight and sparin...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

... a resistant variety of maize that could alleviate both food shortages and promote genetically engineered (GE) foods in Africa. The MSV-resistant maize is the first GE crop developed and tested solely by Africans. According to Dr. Dionne Shepherd of the University of Cape Town, and her co-authors B. O...

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

... that this research has important implications for both equine and human health. For example, the knowledge gained concerning the correlation between fortified forage and lack of exercise and obesity in the horse can be immediately utilized by veterinary clinicians and owners who can now consider alterin...

Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer

...hell and Morris and their co-workers found that in both databases, African Americans are more likely to have later stage and higher grade tumours at diagnosis, meaning more aggressive and invasive disease, than their Caucasian counterparts. In addition, the breast cancer tumours from African American wome...

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