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Chikungunya Scare In Kerala

...o pelt the state. The chikungunya scare so far was centered around Vizhinjam, but health officials said it could not be confined to some pockets as mosquitoes are increasing due to rains. "It is a fact that we failed to anticipate the emergence of the disease here. It was around July 20 that the viral fever e...

Sanofi-Aventis sets the ball rolling for trials of H7N1 bird flu vaccine

...he limelight and earlier research for vaccines had centered on this strain. Now, Scientists are contributing their mite to build a vaccine for a variation in the strain, so that they are geared up to tackle even a deadly outbreak....

Spinach Contamination Traced to Wild Boar

...elds themselves. That's where the investigation is centered right now. There's clear evidence that the pig population has access and goes onto the fields. Is that the ultimate means of contamination or is that one potential means, including water and wildlife? We're still investigating that." Investigations ...

Potential Key to Brain Blood-Flow Disorders Explored by Scientists

...on was restricted to a short stretch of the vessel centered on the endfoot, suggesting that endfeet function as individual “vasoregulatory units” in the brain. One of many implications of this work is that any disruption of astrocytic function will compromise blood flow at critical times during brain activity...

Comprehensive Reforms to Move Toward Patient-Centered Care

...out nearly 47 million Americans is NOT one that is centered on patients' needs,’ continued Dr. Kirk. ‘The nearly 47 million Americans who now lack health insurance coverage are much less likely to have a regular source of care, never mind having access to physician practices that are organized to provide pati...

Emerging Research Heralds New Era of Breast Cancer Management

...cer management evolve dramatically from a paradigm centered on radical surgery to one that involves the synergistic combination of multidisciplinary approaches." She concludes, "It will be important for surgeons to stay aware of all developments that may improve the care of their patients, and to be true surg...

Are Oysters Really Aphrodisiacs?

...evious speculation about the powers of oysters has centered on the refueling powers of their high zinc content. Zinc is found in sperm and men lose between one and three milligrams per ejaculation. Dr Fisher and his team used a process called high-performance liquid chromatography to identify which amino acid...

Abnormalities in Eye Movements and Attention can Predict Schizophrenia

...e two groups. For years, debate in the field has centered on whether risk for schizophrenia was graded or more binary in nature. Lenzenweger and his colleagues showed that people could be divided into two groups, those at risk and those not at risk. In the new study, the smaller of the two groups containe...

Yale Researchers Weigh the Science on Soft Drinks and Health

...t drink availability in schools, public debate has centered on whether these beverages in themselves pose a significant public health risk. “It is alarming that industry-funded studies so consistently favor industry and that these reports muddy what are otherwise clear waters,” said Kelly D. Brownell, dire...

Computer Programmers, need not fear Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

...ers and seamstresses, cheer up. That stinging pain centered on your forearms, that numbness you experience in your wrists//, may not be a result of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)at all. Yes, the CTS, more often than not, leads one straight to the surgeon. But those who work for long hours with their hands cou...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...just can't fill in that shortage." Concerns have centered on more than 800 diseases that can spread from animals to humans, such as salmonella and E.coli. Experts also fear an inability to quickly diagnose conditions like foot and mouth disease and avian flu, said Robin Schoen, director of the Board on Agri...

Nature Unleashes Terror Across America

...s wind circulated around Subtropical Storm Andrea, centered about 100 miles off the Georgia coast with top sustained wind around 45 mph. The National Weather Service forecast that the storm would show little movement and dissipate near the coast in four days. Battling the blazes won't get much immediate he...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...ing Bay Area firms (in northern California) and is centered on the sales activities of Orphan Medical, a Minnesota company Jazz bought in 2005. As part of the settlement - which Jazz will pay over the next five years - Orphan executives pleaded guilty to illegally promoting their drug Xyrem. That medicati...

Completely Neutral Evolutionary Changes Helped Shape Our Genome

...bedded in our genome over a 10-million-year period centered roughly 54 million years ago - right around the time when the first primates emerged. "When new species emerge, their numbers and therefore their genetic differences are very small. This creates a genetic bottleneck during which any changes in the...

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