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Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene

... water form the diet of doctors who work round the clock trying to ease the pain of the thousands who survived the quake. While the actual treatment might end in a few hours, for the injured to recover it might well take several weeks or even months before they become normal again. Even if they do it is ...

Older men 'father' schizophrenics

..., said her findings showed "a man has a biological clock too". She said: "Men should be aware of the risks when they do their family planning." As men get older, their sperm reproduces through division. Each successive division introduces a slight risk of error in the genetic material of the new sperm, whi...

Genetic disorder related with sleep patterns

...leep-phase syndrome". This means the person's body clock is three to four hours faster than normal. Writi...he protein it produces to cause the shortened time clock which, in turn, could be used to formulate new drugs to treat jet lag and other conditions. However,...

Exercise is necessary in daily life

...the University of Alabama suggest turning back the clock to up your physical activity level. Even small increases of activity could prevent over half of new cases of type 2 diabetes,// one of the major contributors to death from heart disease. Exercise physiologist Dr. Gary Hunter of the University of Al...

Massage therapy regulates sleep cycle of newborns

...vironmental cues. Circadian rhythm is a biological clock that helps humans and other beings adjust to the Earth's 24-hour rotational time. In the study involving twenty mothers, participants were assigned to either the treatment group, in which mothers massaged their infants, or the control group, in whic...

Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin supplements

...eep phase syndrome, a person's internal biological clock becomes "out of sync," making it difficult to fall asleep until very late at night and to wake up early the next morning. But melatonin supplements may decrease sleep onset latency—the time it takes to fall asleep after going to bed—in persons with p...

Freedom From Nagging Pricks For Diabetic Kids ?

...ay be able to monitor their blood sugar around the clock without painful sticks to draw blood // for their glucose monitors. A new device that measures blood sugar by testing the glucose concentration of fluid under the skin -- drawn out by a transdermal low-level electric current -- and then sounding an ...

Early rising from sleep can run in families

...endelian circadian rhythm variant. The circadian clock is a cellular mechanism that sets various rhythmic... many of the components that make up the circadian clock and research had proved that each of these components might have evolved independently to set up the...

Working in shifts may cause damage to your health

... avoid frequent change of shifts to allow the body clock to settle down. However the scientists also feel that there may not be a blanket solution for all, and the results will vary with the state of health of the workers concerned. Reference: New Scientist, issue 23 April 200...

Sleep cycles may be related to metabolism

...h a mutation of a gene that controls the circadian clock tend to eat more and gain weight.// The circadian clock is a cellular mechanism that sets various rhythmic activities inside the organisms. It is this clock...

Drug addiction can be genetical, says study

The gene that controls the circadian clock of our body may also be responsible// for drug addiction.The gene, also called the Clock gene apart from regulating our sleep and wake patterns also regulates a number of things like hormone levels, blood pressure, heart functions, body temperature, ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Against Incentive-Based Population Control

...e approximate Indian population. Indian population clock is dynamically updated based on birth and death ra...pulation/countrypopulation.asp World Population clock Gives the approximate World population. World population clock is dynamically updated based on bi...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

...in a statement said that, “Whether such round the clock machines could effectively prevent AIDS is only a secondary question. We’re quite sorry that our Health Minister himself inaugurated the condom vending machine in the state.” The organization feels that with the easy access to discounted and easily...

Indian doctors in America help Katrina victims

...the US. Scores of them from Texas worked round the clock at Houston's Astro Dome. In San Antonio, Texas, w... to 20 doctors to the Houston Astro Dome round the clock every day, providing help ranging from basic primary care to injuries. The more critical patients a...

Drink till you drop dead in English Pubs- Restriction on Timings Lifted

...been lifted from the traditional 11PM to round the clock drinking. Thousands of revelers up and down the country greeted the news with an extra drink in pubs and bars after midnight. // No major untoward incident was reported. The relaxed opening hours, already a feature in most European countries, have ...

Increased Fish market enables hike in fish pricing

... sea and river fish are unloaded in the van by 3’o clock in the afternoon in the INA market of New Delhi A fishmonger Samar Khan reported that Delhi was high on seafood sales from October till February. In South Delhi and Bengali-dominated Chittaranjan Park area, rohu and prawns are in peak sale as rep...

Stem Cell Facility To Be Established In Chennai

...llindia.com or call 044-52165716, or the round the clock toll free number 16004155323...

Reindeer Provide Valuable Insights Into Sleep Disorders

...r a long time. Reindeer possess a very weak body clock unlike humans. This makes them insensitive to the 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. Because of the same reason, these animals face difficulty in coping up with constant daylight during the summer and darkness during winter. Other methods of indi...

Report Calls For Better Implementation Of Last Wishes of Terminally Ill

...ing, many people were not able to afford round the clock care and the government must look into the situation, she said. The Cicely Saunders Foundation, which funded the research said that new methods must be implemented to ensure that the last wishes of such people must be respected, "Evidence shows that ...

Doctors Insecure?

...il. A beat constable should be available round the clock on the campus.'' Not an unusual demand, considering that hospitals have witnessed such incidents in the recent past. <br...

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