Infertility Breakthrough With First Birth from Lab-matured Egg
...s of between 70 and 90 percent, but sometimes this comes at the cost of inflicting sterility when the child reaches adult life. Obstetrician Ariel Revel of the Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, found eggs in the ovarian buds of pre-pubescent girls aged between five and 10 years. The eggs were ge...China Fears Show Food Export Quality Key: WHO Official
...e is a need to establish tough laws. Along with it comes monitoring and law enforcement. This is essential," he said. Omi urged manufacturers and producers not to place profits above health. "Global trade brings a lot of benefits. It also brings risks like this. We cannot be talking about money only. I...Patients Find Healthy Vein in Old Austrian Mine
...n conditions. "The secret of its medical success comes from the ideal combination of three factors -- a constant temperature between 37 and 41 degrees C (99 to 106 degrees F), near 100 percent humidity, and a high natural level of radon gas," said Franz Zaver Rieser, a manager at the medical centre based...Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies
...astrocytes, neurons and oligodendrocytes - when it comes to neurons they seem to be specified, or programme...e combinations of different neuronal types when it comes to reestablishing neural function." The finding, he says, has not been without its hints. In 1996,...Anti-doping Rules Must Avoid Unsatisfactory Decisions: WADA
...kesman told a foreign news agency. The criticism comes days after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that it did not have the jurisdiction to deal with the steroids case of Pakistani bowlers Shoaib Akthar and Mohammad Asif. We regret the absence of jurisdiction of CAS in this specific case,...Curative Qualities of Tamil Nadus Kuttralam Waterfalls
...been visiting Kuttralam regularly. The water that comes down from the 167 meter high waterfall is mineral rich and those who have enjoyed a shower under it will tell you that one is always reluctant to come out. Kuttralam is located in the Trunelveli District. The resort is 135 kilometres north-west of...Australian Research Reveals AIDS, Cancer Link
...an is currently the case," he said. The research comes ahead of a major international conference on HIV/AIDS which will take place in Sydney on July 22-24....Flu Outbreak Among Children Feared in Western Australia
...l to kill young children within a day . The fear comes after three Perth children, all aged under five, died from the fatal strain in the past 72 hours. Staff at The Gold Coast Hospital admitted its Emergency Department had been bursting at the seems with 'traditional winter-bed demand' exacerbated by ...BMA Scotland Calls for Public Debate on How Best to Increase Organ Donation Rates
...m of presumed consent for organ donation. The call comes in the event of the launching of National Transplant Week (7-14 July 2007). With waiting lists for organs at an all time high, and with the gap between the number of organs available and the number of people needing a transplant showing no sign of...New Heart Disease Risk Score Will Help Minimise Health Inequalities
...ill help minimise health inequalities. The study comes as the governments drugs watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, recommends that people with a 20% chance of developing heart disease over the next 10 years should be offered statins. A persons chance of developing hear...Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too
...at number could jump to $4 billion a year if Merck comes out with a similar, perhaps identical, vaccine for young men, which it is actively working on. (The issue with men seems to be simply one of ample testing: Until fairly recently, researchers report, men have rebelled against having swabs taken from...British Woman Who Has inherited Breast Cancer Wants to Spread Awareness
...have tried to dissuade me. They think that illness comes directly from God and that you shouldn't play around with God's work," she says. But McQueen firmly believes that more can be done to reverse the horrible fate of women like herself, and that awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer, partic...An Accurate Score to Measure Heart Risk
...re most likely to benefit from treatment.The study comes as the government's drugs watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, recommends that people with a 20 per cent chance of developing heart disease over the next 10 years should be offered statins.A person's chance of developi...China Bans Sales of Leukemia Drug in Latest Medicine Scare
... plague the nation's medicine industry. The move comes as China's quality-control systems have been calle...o re-evaluate the drug, it said. The latest move comes after China's former head of drug registrations was given a suspended death sentence on Friday last ...Americans Grow Shorter, Blame It on Weak Healthcare
...- live in poverty. No other industrialized country comes close -- it's about five times the child poverty rate in Northern 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 height. According to the stud...Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers
...crashes. Truckers pose unique challenges when it comes to improving health, said Ilene Masser, director of such a program for faculty and staff at New York University Medical Center. They sit for long periods, are out on their own, eat a lot of fast food and most of them are men, who often need more prod...Deficiency of Vitamin D Levels may Be Common in Healthy Kids
...uate levels of vitamin D that is essential when it comes to preventing bone diseases such as rickets . The findings are based on a study conducted by researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, US, who analysed 382 healthy children between six years and 21 years of age. The researchers as...Replacement Drivers Lend a Helping Hand to the Drunk and Stranded in Korea
...ou could use to get more orders. But when his wife comes out and says two words, Wake up! and I am not making this up he comes right around. Some orders take Hur outside Seoul to places where there is no public transportation...A Balanced Diet can Keep Asthma, Wheezing at Bay in Teens
...forego a healthy and balanced diet . The finding comes from a study by a group of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Health Canada, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led by Jane Burns, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health who found that teens whose......related deaths than India, while the United States comes a close third. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, diseases triggered by indoor and outdoor air pollution kill 656,000 Chinese citizens each year, and polluted drinking water kills another 95,600. "Air pollution is estimated...