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Blindness may be genetic by nature

...CFH). as people grow old, there happens very small damages to the eye tissue. Often there forms a combination of fats, proteins etc called drusen that affects the eye tissue s well. The particular variant of gene CFH causes up to seven times damage to eye tissue in elderly when compared to other forms of the...

Obesity can lead to knee damage

... weight bearing cartilage of the joints leading to damages to the knee. The research, which is slated to come out in the current issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine, says that obese people have a higher possibility of tearing their ligament called meniscus, which bears most of the load in the k...

Alcohol linked to loss of memory

...ognitive impairments is not related to any sort of damages that happen due to nutritional deficits or neurolo... The research proves that alcohol based cognitive damages are due to the alcohol causing neuro-chemical changes in the brain that affect the seat of learning ...

Scientists Warn Against Food Borne Illnesses

...ampylobacter bacteria are all known to cause major damages o health at times....

Soya Found To Affect Women's Ability To Conceive: Professor

A chemical contained in soya damages human sperm while on their journey through the fallopian// tubes to fertilise an egg and could thus affect a woman's ability to conceive, a British female academic has found. Lynn Fraser of King's College in London told a European fertility confere...

Ultrasounds To Detect Changes In Heart Motions

...y it is also possible to predict the onset o heart damages like the heart attacks.// The researchers also feel that their study could also contribute to optimal adjustment of cardiac pacemakers or perhaps better design of artificial hearts. The findings, published in the current Journal of Applied Physiolog...

Fight oral cancer with gene therapy mouthwash

...h good p53 genes, it should infect only cells with damages p53 genes. In theory, at least, the crippled virus will enter precancerous cells and kill them. So far this breakthrough treatment has effectively made the patches disappear completely in 10 patients. They have partially cleared up in others....

Merck to pay $ 253.5 million to Vioxx victim family

...e fell almost 8%, although Texas rules on punitive damages will automatically lower the verdict to $26.1 million and Merck has already said it plans to appeal the case. Texas case means for the thousand of additional Vioxx suits that Merck will face. The answer could determine whether Merck will survive as...

All Play Is No Good For Health

... young players are more conscious of the extent of damages sports injuries can cause. As young peoples’ participation in competitive sports soars, doctors are increasingly treating preventable athletic injuries that could have a lifelong impact if not properly treated. Untreated injuries in bones that have ...

Initiation Of New Study To Help Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia

...sed by regular blood transfusions. Excessive iron damages internal organs--a condition called haemochromatosis. The nightly injections of Desferal, an iron chelator (molecules that bind to metals so they can be eliminated from the body), are painful and inconvenient, often prompting children to forego the i...

Stem Cells To Repair Heart Damage

It is now possible to repair the damages in the heart from the use of stem cells. French researchers have used embryonic stem cells from mice to repair heart damage in sheep, reporting their results // in a study in this week’s issue of The Lancet. Heart failure is a major cause of death ...

Can Green Tea Prevent Alzheimer's?

...als that seem to be effective in prevent the brain damages similar to Alzheimer’s. Researchers at the University of South Florida have found that a component of green tea prevented Alzheimer’s-like // damage in the brains of mice genetically programmed to develop the neuro-degenerative disease process. The ...

Organ Scandals Compensation And The Aftermath

...tion has been resolved. The claimants are to share damages in excess of ￡3.6 million and the NHS is to pay just under ￡1.7 million plus VAT in respect of the claimants' legal costs. "We hope it has brought a sense of closure to the bereaved families in what has been a profoundly distressing experience for...

$2.4 Million Grant To Unravel The Mystery Of Language Recognition.

... to speech or language use. By analyzing the brain damages in various regions it can be associated to different types of language deficits. ,br>By comparing the results obtained from both healthy and aphasic patients it will be possible to determine the active areas of the brain during speech processin...

Hospital Admissions Of Kids Plummet After Harry Porter Hit The Stores

...ency ward suffering from musculoskeletal pains and damages due // to outdoor activities like inline skating and microscooters. <brThe time period under consideration was the weekends of 2003-2005. The study included children aged between 7-15 years old. Author JK Rowling’s book Harry Porter has captivat...

A forgery: the cloning (controversy) research

...We determined that this is a grave misconduct that damages the foundation of science," was said by another scientist. In another allegation it is said, "There is no way the fabrication was possible without Dr. Hwang's intervention. He partly admitted to this and our conclusion is supported by testimonies ...

The Slow And Steady Race To Eradicate Polio Offers Hope

...re vaccination campaigns. The polio virus mainly damages the spinal cord spreads at a rapid pace in areas with a dense population and poor sanitation. Egypt was one of the countries with a high incidence of Polio. Initiation of the polio vaccination program using an improved vaccine to combat the dominant ...

Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

...ch the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and damages healthy tissues of the skin, joints and internal organs.// A study has found that women who suffer from this disease can take oral contraceptives safely without any complications like increased risk of flares, or periods of increased disease activity...

Increased Risk Of Losing Sight In Obese People.

...ects the lens and thereby the vision. Glaucoma – damages the optic nerve of the eye causes blindness. Diabetic retinopathy – due to diabetes blood vessels in the retina are damaged. The researchers said that people are not aware of the relationship between obesity and eye disorders. The progress of th...

Tooth decay can be prevented by using straw for drinking fizzy drinks

...ft drinks) increases the risk of tooth decay as it damages the tooth enamel due to the high content of acid, ...immediately after a drink as the acid in the drink damages the tooth but you can rinse your mouth. ? Avoid holding the drink for a long time in the mouth swal...

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