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Genetic Disease Causes hearing loss

...e and ELSTs in 38 ears were identified. the most common ELSTassociated clinical finding in this series was hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) occurred in 31 patients (89 percent) or 34 of the affected ears (89 percent) and was frequently moderate or profound. Other less frequent ELSTassocia...

More Indian Doctors Questioned in Australia as UK Terror Plot Inquiry Widens

...lan Carpenter stressed, "I would not like to see a common slur against our Indian or other overseas-trained doctors because of what's happening in Britain or what's going on with the investigation in Brisbane. That would be very, very regrettable." Still, he added, he expected the federal government to ...

Chickens also Use Earth's Magnetic Field to Sense Direction

...ther said a magnetic sense of direction could be a common ability to all birds. The study, 'The magnetic compass of domestic chickens, Gallus gallus' appears in the Journal of Experimental Biology....

Functional Food What is That, Ask First

...cts - products designed to relieve the symptoms of common digestive complaints such as constipation and heartburn. * Sports drinks that boost energy. * Functional foods due to be launched include: Cosmetic yoghurts which claim to "nourish the skin from the inside", soft drinks with added vitamins and mi...

Overdose of Paracetamol was Dropped

.... Acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdose is the most common cause of acute liver failure, accounting for as many as 50% of acute liver failure cases. Author contact: Karen Thomas (University of Calgary)by phone: (001) 403.220.2431 phone or via email thomask@ucalgary.ca...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

... so that it effectively fights off two of the most common strains of human papilloma virus, the most prevalent STD in modern society. In North America, HPV is said to infect half of all sexually active women between 18 and 22. In most women, HPV clears up on its own but for some, the infection persists an...

Cancer Risk is High Among HIV/AIDS and Kidney Transplant Patients

...neral population. Researchers suggested that one common thing in both the groups was immune deficiency, which was responsible for the increased risk of developing cancer. The only thing that people with AIDS and transplant recipients share is immune deficiency, otherwise their risk factors for cancer di...

Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

...r new treatments for depression. "You can use that common pathway as the most efficient, most direct targete... system, the two states appear to funnel through a common pathway - despite very different cellular mechanisms. "The holy grail of psychiatry is to try to f...

Prions Capacity can Be Aggrevated by Solid Particles

... increase in their infectious nature when bound to common soil particles . Writing in the journal Public L...family of fatal brain disorders, bind tightly to a common soil mineral and significantly increase the oral transmissibility of the agent. The finding is impo...

No Flu Outbreak Here , West Australians Told

...y parents in the Perth area who have children with common colds and sniffles who are concerned. "This is not the illness we are worried about, and there is no need for them to seek urgent medical care, particularly if their child has been unwell for some time." GPs and hospitals have been inundated with...

European Commission Seeks To Dispel The Darkness Out Of Sunscreens

...ission, requiring sunscreen labels to conform to a common standard of information would end consumer confusion and help to reduce skin cancer, which incidentally, kills up to 1,800 Britons a year. A recent study by the Environmental Working Group -EWG, studied 785 name-brand sunscreens and found 84 perc...

Higher Rates of Trampoline Injuries

...the injuries that have been documented. The most common injuries were soft tissue (256,509), while fractures and dislocations were the next (168,402). The age group with the most injuries was those in the 5-12 year range. The vast majority of the injuries were to the extremities, representing 71 percent o...

Significant Advances in VCJD Prion Detection

...op a screening test for vCJD but one of the issues common to various screening tests is that of false positive results. By developing a reliable confirmatory test, such as this one, the impact of these false positives can be minimised. However, the ethical dilemma remains over screening and testing for a ...

Chromosone Disorders - Unrevealed Facts

...an help to explain why chromosome disorders are so common in female sex cells, says Professor Christer Hg, leader of the study. The research might eventually lead to new medical treatments able to reduce the risk of foetal damage. Over 0.3 per cent of children are born with some kind of chromosome disord...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...ersity of Leeds, northern England, says he found a common thread running through the worst famines of recent history. In research presented at a seminar in Paris last week, Fraser looked at Ireland's Potato Famine of 1845-50, in which around a million people died; at famines that killed around 45 million ...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

...pulation who have the disorder. Sleep apnea is a common disorder that can be serious. In sleep apnea, your...n occur 20 to 30 times or more an hour. The most common type is obstructive sleep apnea. That means you are unable to get enough air through your mouth and ...

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...roved forage and lack of exercise are the two most common contributing factors in equine obesity. Thatcher believes this may result from the fact that many pasture forages have been fortified with the goal of improving weight gain and productivity of cattle and other food animals, with little thought give...

Imaginary Friends are Good for Kids

... him or her company. Imaginary friends are also common in victims of bullying, or when a sibling is born. In many cases, an imaginary pal can also be a wish that a child longs to be fulfilled. The new study also supports the findings of earlier research by psychologist Anna Toby that found that "chil...

Experts Propose New Criteria for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

...ic symptoms or behavioural changes. It is the most common form of dementia. The existing criteria were published in 1984 by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders (NINCDS-ADRDA) working group....

Stem Cells In Belly Fat To Enhance Or Reconstruct Breasts

... is not absolutely new. Fat injections have become common practice among plastic surgeons during the last 15...ican Society of Plastic Surgeons, says: Its become common practice for plastic surgeons to use the patient's own fat in filling in defects such as around the ...

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