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Dengue Fever Deaths Up in Vietnam

...ies have also seen surging cases of the virus that causes flu-like symptoms, aching joints and fatigue. "Vietnam's worst hit provinces were in the Mekong delta," said Tran Thanh Duong, an official with the ministry's preventive health care department. "The increased infection rate is mainly due to unusua...

EU Move Against Mercury Should Be Adopted in India: NGO

...Parliament's resolution to ban mercury trade which causes environmental pollution, and urged the Indian government to do likewise. Toxics Link and other green groups hailed the EU resolution on Wednesday. The group had called upon governments across the world to ban import of mercury at the 24th United...

Poor Health Practices Plague Rajasthan Tribal Women

...onal belief is that first breast milk or colostrum causes indigestion problems in infants. Instead, the tribal people prefer to give goat's milk to newborn infants for three to five days....

Omega-3 Fattyacids Keeps Retinopathy at Bay

...et reduced the area of vessel loss that ultimately causes the growth of the abnormal vessels and blindness. Omega-6 fatty acid contributes to the growth of abnormal blood vessels in the retina. To further test the apparent beneficial effect of omega-3 fatty acids, the researchers studied mice fed a diet m...

US Hospitals Increasingly Colonized by Drug-resistant Germs

...o curb it. Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and more serious intestinal conditions such as colitis. The Healthcare Commission had said it would carry out spot checks at 120 NHS trusts over the next year in its biggest ever programme of visits aimed at cutting rates of infection with...

Charity Slot Machines a Thing of the Past in Norway

...ity slots "will affect the manna that goes to good causes but our main concern is this scourge of gambling addiction," Ingebrigtsen said. In a strange paradox that has seen vice fund virtue, slot machines have been one of the main sources of income for charities in the Scandinavian country. In 2005, they ...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

...sease retinopathy, the loss of blood vessels which causes the condition decreased by 50 percent. The genetically-modified lab rodents showed no ill side effects, and researchers will soon begin a clinical trial on premature infants at the Children's Hospital Boston, said lead author Kip Connor, a doctor a...

Radio-frequency Ablation Offers Hope for People With Inoperable Kidney Tumours

... producing heat up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. This causes cancerous cells to shrink and die, but healthy tissue is spared because the probe cools as it is removed. My doctor asked me to come back for an MRI in three months, so that he could make sure the tumours were gone, explained Bershad, who was diag...

Gene Therapy Awakens the Brain Despite Blindness from Birth

...le in the retinoid-visual cycle. The same mutation causes a blindness causing eye-retinal disorder in humans called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). When the researchers performed gene therapy on canines by introducing a working copy of RPE65 into their retina, the eye functions were restored in them. Ho...

First Gene Linked to Scoliosis Identified

...rnal of Human Genetics, is significant because the causes of scoliosis have remained a mystery for centuries...McCoy or is very closely linked to the defect that causes the condition," explains Dr. Michael Lovett, Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics. The researchers...

Theory of How HIV Attacks is Wrong: Study

...s found. Scientists have long believed that HIV causes the slow depletion of healthy white blood cells -- the T cells which recognize infections so the body can fight them off -- by causing infected T cells to produce virus particles before dying. This ongoing cycle of infection, HIV production, reinfe...

ACMA Review Should Lead To Ban On Junk Food Advertising To Kids - AMA

...the greatest health risks in Australia today. It causes a significant burden on the health system and puts our children at risk of a number of health complications, including diabetes. Banning junk food ads during kids viewing times is an easy and cost-effective way to help kids get a healthier start i...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

...activated and the autonomous nervous system, which causes the discomfort. It is at these levels that intervention can take place. This is why the approach proposed by Jastreboff and which we apply at the University Hospital is based on getting the patient to become used to the noise to the point where the...

Fine Particulate Matter from Traffic may Reduce Unborn Babies Birth Weight

...titution, with the common objective of tracing the causes of environment-related health disorders. For the study, which has now been published online, data from the group study LISA were used, in which the influence of living conditions and behaviours on the development of the immune system and allergies ...

Tree Bark Substance may Hold New Lung-cancer Treatment

...nces, has been researching the compound and how it causes cell death in cancerous cells for 15 years. In the new study, Dr. Boothman and his colleagues in the Simmons Cancer Center found that beta-lapachone networks with an enzyme called NQO1, which is present at high levels in non-small cell lung cancer ...

Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA

...econd study by the same lab showing that aspartame causes cancer in rats," Center for Science in the Public Interest executive director Michael Jacobson. Aspartame is used by and large in soft drinks but is also sold in packets to use in coffee, tea or on food. "People can easily avoid products using Nutra...

Researchers Reverse Mental Retardation Symptoms in Mice

...called fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene, causes mild learning disabilities to severe autism. Researchers identified a key enzyme, a chemical reaction-inducing protein as a possible target for an FXS drug. The enzyme, called p21-activated kinase, or PAK, affects the number, size and shape of conn...

Georgia may Lose Most Pigs to Swine Fever: FAO

...There is no vaccine for African swine fever, which causes fever and has a high fatality rate, though it does not affect humans....

Adding Folic Acid to Bread Could Help Battle Depression

...tate that though they cannot prove that low folate causes depression, the results had certainly shown a link...though the research does not prove that low folate causes depression, we can now be sure that the two are linked," said Dr Simon Gilbody, the lead researcher....

Patients With Alcohol Problem Need Mechanical Ventilation

...nesses. So, excessive alcohol consumption not only causes serious adverse events such as alcohol intoxication and accidents, but also increases the chances of developing life-threatening medical illnesses such as pneumonia, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, infections and respiratory failure. De W...

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