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Lightning Strikes Deadliest in Summer

...s to help protect yourself from lightning strikes, courtesy of Cooper, NOAA and the National Weather Service. "When planning outdoor activities, know what shelter is available and where to go if you hear thunder," Cooper said. When you hear thunder, go indoors immediately. Head for a house, school or large ...

Higher Intake of Calcium and Vitamin D Linked With Brain Lesions in Older People

... a person with lesions are available to reporters, courtesy of Duke Universitys Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory....

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

...hylococci infection. The news broke out Tuesday courtesy a local TV channel and since then leaders of all political parties, minus the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, have staged protests at the hospital leading to clashes with the police. The Hospital Development Committee met under the leaders...

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

...hylococci infection. The news broke out Tuesday courtesy a local TV channel and since then leaders of all political parties, minus the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, have staged protests at the hospital leading to clashes with the police. The Hospital Development Committee met under the leaders...

Higher Intake of Calcium and Vitamin D Linked With Brain Lesions in Older People

... a person with lesions are available to reporters, courtesy of Duke University’s Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory. Source-Eurekalert/...

Kerala nurses for Maldives hospitals

...0 nurses from Kerala are to leave for the Maldives courtesy the state-run Overseas Development & Employment Promotion Consultants (ODEPC). 'The first batch of 28 nurses would fly to the Maldives on Tuesday and the rest will follow later,' S. Srinivasan, chairman and managing director ODEPC, told IANS. 'Th...

Slow brain waves integral in coordination of complex activity

...uch as word recognition or hand movements. (Images courtesy the Knight Lab) "One of the most important questions in neuroscience is: How do areas of the brain communicate?" said Dr. Robert Knight, professor of psychology, Evan Rauch Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Ins...

Experiments In Outer Space To Determine single Cell Survival

... procedures. These experiments are carried out courtesy of Sandia, a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory, University of New Mexico, NASA and the US Air Force. "Cheap, tiny, and very lightweight sensors of chemical or biological agents could be made from long-lived cells that require no up...

Genes Responsible For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Identified

... study of 1,000 men who were exposed to high noise courtesy their work at paper pulp mills and steel factories in Sweden. The scientists tested the men and conducted a genetic analysis on those who were very sensitive to the noise. "Significant differences between the susceptible and resistant workers were f...

This is no yarn …Talk your way to beauty sleep

...pills that promise blissful sleep. A novel study, courtesy the Norwegian researchers, has revealed that talking sessions also called cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT provides relief even to time-tested insomniacs, much better than sleeping pills. Essentially, CBT endeavors to alter certain behaviors and ...

HIV Vaccine for Monkeys Increases Survival Rates

Novel studies, courtesy The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), suggest that even though a HIV vaccine may not offer the intended //protection against infection, yet it does offer a distinct survival edge for those vaccinated. Such a survival ad...

Exposure To High Aluminum Levels In Tap Water Lead To Rare Form Of Alzheimers

...ase after being exposed to high levels of aluminum courtesy the tap water. // Carole Cross was 58 when she died in 2004. Chris Exley, of Keele University, published the results of her post-mortem. The incident has been directly linked to the 20 tonnes of aluminum sulphate, which was accidentally dumped into...

Parents Need Guidance to Broach the Subject of Cancer with Their Children

In a study published online, courtesy BMJ, researchers have stressed the importance of assistance to parents in talking to their children about cancer.// Cancer, common amongst women, especially during the motherhood age, has enough literature stressing the importance of communication ...

Charging Car Park Fees From Cancer Patients Is Morally Wrong, Says Macmillan Cancer Relief

...revealed that hospitals are raking in huge amounts courtesy charging patients// for the use of car parks. The BBC reports that trusts had made up to ￡1.5 million a year by charging for this service. The hospitals, which earned the maximum revenue, were large ones with a big list of patients. The Department ...

Perimenopausal Hormone Therapy Fights Heart Disease

... deal better with heart disease prior to menopause courtesy the female sex hormone, estrogen. However, dipping oestrogen levels after menopause mean that women are at a higher risk of contracting cardiovascular disease. In the current study, Prof Kaplan observed female monkeys in the perimenopausal period a...

DAPIC Project to Prevent Amputations

...t a remote village in India’s State of Tamil Nadu, courtesy a hospital initiative//. For most patients who visited the "Diabetes Amputation Prevention Initiative in the Community (DAPIC)" programme at Maragal Kandigai village out of mere curiosity, the special shoes came as a boon. DAPIC seeks to prevent dia...

Stanford Medical Center Implements The First Virtual Cardiac Ultrasound

...s/newsReleases/2005/01053DcardiacUltrasound.html courtesy By: www.stanfordhospita.com...

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