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Folicacid Reduces Congenital Malformations, If Added to Flour

...is practice, as demonstrated by Dr. De Walss team, could encourage other countries to follow suit. Every ye...cephaly occur worldwide. Adding folic acid to food could reduce that number by half....

Millions Spent, but the Indian Capital's River Still Stinks

...ands perfectly why the river is dirty. "Once you could look 20 feet (six metres) down and see the coins,"... city is playing a game of catch-up, and losing it could be deadly, environmentalists say. "We can't afford to develop a waste treatment culture where only...

Understanding HIV Interference With Infected Cell Division

...iday, July 13, in PLoS Pathogens a discovery that could lead to the development of a new class of drugs to combat HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) causes AIDS by depleting essential immune cells called CD4+T lymphocytes in infected individuals, resulting in a compromised immune system. A...

Cancer Cures for Canines

... why and how certain cancers develop. In turn that could lead to better treatments for both canine and huma...in London that studying tumours in dogs and humans could give us a better understanding of their shared pathogenesis. Dr Ali Mobasheri, an Associate Profe...

AIDS can Be Prevented by Using Diaphragm During Intercourse

...tions, and free contraception. The investigators could not evaluate whether using the diaphragm alone was better than using nothing, because most women in both arms of the trial reported male condom use. The trial, known at Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa, or MIRA, began in 2003 and...

The Importance of Junk DNA

...ld. Decoding the information written in junk DNA could open new areas of medical research, particularly in the area of gene therapy. Scientists may find that transferring encoding genes into a patient, without also transferring the surrounding genomic sequences which give structure or meaning to these ...

Bed Side Robot Gets You Home Back Faster

...tic telerounding but we wanted to learn if it also could deliver cost savings, and there's no question it does," said Alex Gandsas, MD, FACS, lead author. Following robotic rounds, 77 percent of patients were discharged on the first postoperative day, whereas none of the patients assessed exclusively by ...

Research Reveals Anatomy of Suppressed Memories: Study

...th suppressing unpleasant memories, a finding that could have implications for treating depression or post traumatic stress disorder, according to a study released Thursday. The concept of memory suppression has been a controversial one among psychologists for a century, but in this study neuroscientist...

US TB Traveler Sued Over 'reckless and Selfish Behavior'

... filed against Speaker on Thursday, and more suits could be filed in the coming few weeks. The complainants have been unable to work, and live with fear, stigma and isolation, he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., lamenting, "all the pain, suffering that they had to go through, all the anxiety." Nas...

Illegal Immigrants Allowed To Stay A Year More To Care For Their Child

... bring the girl with them to Mexico, they probably could not find the care Hazelle has been receiving from the physicians at UCSF, who have followed her case from the beginning....

Air Pollution Stats Filtered in Ontario

...e numbers arent real people, in the sense that you could never get a list of names, said Dr. Ross McKitrick, an associate professor of environmental economics at the University of Guelph. Its the kind of model that is susceptible to cherry-picking for finding results that suit a polemical purpose. Joel Sch...

Sun Protection Ignored Despite Warnings

... the early 80s. "Up to eight in 10 skin cancers could be prevented by being SunSmart, so it's very important to be aware of how to enjoy the sun safely. Sunscreens can help to protect against skin cancer, but they're not enough on their own. In strong sunlight, our best advice is to use factor 15+ sunsc...

Researchers Develop Tool to Gauge Quality of Life of Hepatitis B Patients

... developed a patient questionnaire that clinicians could use to measure patients quality of life. We were...ed Spiegel. Spiegel notes that the questionnaire could also be used in clinical trials to help measure outcomes and also to equip patients with knowledge t...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...al farms. In developing countries, food production could double or triple using organic methods, said Ivett...reater yields, the authors found that those yields could be accomplished using existing quantities of organic fertilizers, and without putting more farmland ...

Large Geographic Differences in EpiPen Prescriptions in the U. S.

...ne in the south led to higher Vitamin D levels and could explain the north-south difference in the incidence of respiratory and allergic disease....

Lobster Shells Have Great Healing and Antiseptic Properties

...operties. The researchers said that the compounds could be used to create surgical materials with great healing and antiseptic properties, as well as to increase growth speed and germination in seeds. Chitin is a very common polymer present in nature as part of animals and plants physical structures. On...

Miraculous Recovery for Australian Child Whose Throat was Speared

...topping short of his brain. Doctors say the fall could have killed him instantly. Instead he was able to ... Hugo might have brain damage or spinal injury and could suffer stroke, intestinal infection and eye problems. "I could put my index finger in the wound ri...

Three Doctors Charged So Far in the UK Bombing Case

...rpool, has been accused of having information that could have helped police prevent another person committi...fore he moved to Australia last year so his cousin could take advantage of remaining minutes of call-time. .Meanwhile, Jordanian doctor Mohammed Asha, 26, ...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

... the disease. An expert panel convened last year could not find a cause for the cluster at the work site,... the cases "reasonably thoroughly" and little more could be learned from them. "Someone may have a bright idea but the betting is against it," he said. "...

Genes Play Major Role in Determining Individual's Sour Taste Perception

...our taste perception suggest that genetic analyses could potentially help identify sour receptors. Future studies will evaluate possible receptors by determining whether individual differences in genes for these structures - such as the recently-discovered PKD ion channel - are correlated with individual d...

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