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A 100 years after the first diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

...are developing a transgenic model for the disease, conducting comparative aging studies and detecting early symptoms of the disease." Source-Eurekalert...

Wants To Live Longer? Stay Cool!

...n La Jolla, California, and other researchers were conducting studies on how to prolong life and found that the lifespan of warm-blooded animals could be lengthened by slightly lowering their core body temperature, reported the health portal News Medical. Lowering the body temperature of mice extended their li...

Skin-patch vaccines may replace injectable ones in future…

... Iomai Corp. has developed these vaccines and is conducting early trials with the funding from the National Institutes of Health. According to the company, the vaccines will not just be painless; it may easily be used by anybody by himself or herself. It could be as simple as the manufactured vaccine being ...

Systemic Pre-Surgical Treatment Can Prolong Survival Of Kidney Cancer Patients

...rsity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, are conducting the first trial to investigate their use before surgery. Assistant professor of medicine, Eric Jonasch, told a news briefing at the EORTC-NCI-AACR [3] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Prague today (Thursday 9 November) that...

Tidbits on Tarantula bites and fiery Pepper sensations!

...ading university that advances health worldwide by conducting advanced biomedical research //it was established that the same nerves are sensitized when tarantula venom is introduced to mice as hot chili peppers when fed to them. This experiment throws interestingly proves that the defensive mechanism of som...

Kerala nurses for Maldives hospitals

...he Kuwaiti government and after that we will start conducting interviews for nurses to Kuwait,' said Srinivasan. Since the past decade, Maldivian nationals have been arriving in large numbers for medical treatment in hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram. Maldives has also opened a consulate here to help its nati...

Stem cells hold promise for diabetes cure

... Dr Prockop has confirmed that his team would be conducting trials in patients suffering diabetes....

Why Public Should Really Know About HPV?

...he HPV vaccine will increase awareness, and NCI is conducting studies to monitor this possible increase. We plan to track the diffusion of knowledge to make sure that all women have accurate knowledge about HPV and how to prevent cervical cancer." The Effects of Information Framing on Intentions to Vaccinate ...

Hormone Therapy May Improve the Trip Down Memory Lane

...in and manipulate information that is critical for conducting many daily activities over short time periods – has been demonstrated to be less efficient in older adults. This decline has been linked with changes in the prefrontal cortex. “Our finding of increased activation in the prefrontal cortex in older ...

The Genetic Connection in Fatal Breast Cancers

...se. // Melbourne scientist Bedrich Eckhardt while conducting a study on mice discovered that a gene known as body morphoygenic protein-4, (BMP4), was crucial in determining the spread of breast cancer cells through out the body. The gene manufactures a protein which was capable of offsetting breast tumors f...

New Anti-Clotting Drug Less Risky For Heart Attack Patients

...ector of cardiovascular research and education are conducting the research. Dr. Stone said: "We use bivalirudin at Columbia in the vast majority of cases and have found out that compared to heparin, it is just as effective and safely allows us to do angioplasty with a major reduction in bleeding episodes." ...

How to Overcome Egg Allergy in Children

...h no adverse reactions. The researchers now are conducting two follow-up food allergy desensitization studies, Burks said. In one study, subjects receive higher doses of egg to see if this will further reduce their sensitivity or even neutralize the allergy altogether. The second study focuses on children...

New Technique to Detect Cancer in Early Stages

...es, researchers said Saturday.// The hospital is conducting a trial involving 58 patients, 12 of whom are receiving treatment after the "optical biopsy" diagnosed them with early-stage cervical cancer. The technique detects pre-cancers or collections of a few hundred malignant cells among millions of health...

Banking (T)issues : cloning issue surfaces

...spitals that store such tissues usually use it for conducting research or even pass it on to other private companies requiring it for the same purpose. One of the researchers, Bronwen Morrell, communicated to media that, the laws relating to tissue banking are not regularized and standardized. The federal rule...

Fear Factor in Toronto: health officials fight Hepatitis A outbreak

...ol authorities have taken up the responsibility of conducting over 3 immunization rounds so far since the outbreak was brought to their notice. The school intends to conduct yet another vaccination clinic over the next weekend. Health authorities have reassured the parents of the children who attend Elmbank Mid...

WHO Spearheads a Global Initiative for Development of Malaria Vaccine by 2015

...es in the development stage, yet lack of funds for conducting clinical trials is causing a setback to malaria preventive strategies, more so in countries where the disease is widespread. Now, The Roadmap has set a goal of developing a first-generation vaccine, which is 50% effective enabling protection for mo...

New Lung Heating Device can Help Asthma Patients

...e mouth or nose can help treat asthma, researchers conducting its// trial said. Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system in which the airways constrict making it hard to breathe. At its worst, asthma can be fatal. Though asthma can't be cured, it can be managed with proper treatment. People with...

Dr. Reddy's To Launch 'Polypill' For Treating Heart Disease

... diseases. 'Trials in India are underway. We are conducting trials on 220 patients and after testing on 440 mo...ved the necessary approval from the government for conducting the trails. We hope the product will be available to masses in the second quarter of 2007,' he told ...

Liver Clinic Opened At GH, Tamil Nadu

...ical Gastroenterology. There will be provision for conducting research in hepatology too – he added. 40 per cent of patients who approached the gastroenterology department had liver-related disorders. The increase in the liver-related disorders is mostly due to the changes in lifestyle and increased alcohol ...

Third Bird Flue Case Found In South Korea

...rm as special Quarantine Zone and also decided for conducting surveillance within 10-kilometer radius of the farm. However, till now no human illness has been reported owing to the virus in South Korea. SRI...

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