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Scientists Genetically Engineer Tomatoes With Enhanced Folate Content

...nd crops for less developed countries where folate deficiencies are a very serious problem." Folate is one of th...hetic form of folate known as folic acid. Folate deficiencies remain a problem in many underdeveloped countries, however, where adding folic acid is impractical o...

Malfunction of Gene Causes Schizophrenia, Depression

...use strains exhibited abnormal behavior and memory deficiencies resembling the symptoms of schizophrenia in humans. Additionally, these symptoms could be alleviated in the mice by anti-psychotic drugs. Similarly, the other mutant mouse strain showed behaviors that reflected depressive symptoms. These symptoms c...

Womans Death increases Pressure on LA Hospital to close down

...ith a hospital shutdown if it is unable to correct deficiencies laid out in a federal inspection that concluded emergency room patients were in 'immediate jeopardy.' After the inspection last week, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave the hospital 23 days to correct problems or face a loss ...

Bid to Save Medical Colleges from De-recognition

...an official of the state medical department. The deficiencies pointed out by the medical council, he said, include a dearth of teaching staff, infrastructure, equipment, hostels and many other facilities. MCI officials, who had inspected the five colleges in 2006, reportedly said that dearth of basic infrastr...

New Strains of TB Can Be Used as a Powerful Bioterror Weapon

..., in spite of advance intelligence, and highlights deficiencies in the nation's system to keep the direst of diseases from crossing borders. The actual danger presented by the current panic is minimal when compared to what a coordinated, intentional attack by bioterrorists infected with the disease landing in p...

Link Between Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Conditions

...ery, are at risk for long-term vitamin and mineral deficiencies and may develop a variety of neurological symptoms...icians should attend to the wide-based nutritional deficiencies as early as possible....

Thymus Transplants Give Hope to Babies With Fatal Immune Disease

...such a transplant at Duke to correct immune system deficiencies caused by a condition called DiGeorge anomaly. Duke is the only center in the world that performs the procedure. The latest results of Duke's experience with this treatment of DiGeorge anomaly, published Tuesday, May 15, in the journal Blood, show ...

Memory Loss Linked to Cognitive Disorders

...napses were changed by LTP. It was shown how LTP deficiencies accompany the memory loss seen during the early stages of Huntingtons disease, an incurable neurodegenerative disease characterized by disturbances to memory and learning. The way is now open to mapping where in the brain memories are laid down. Se...

Nurturing Our Nurses for Healthcare Par Excellence

...sure shot way to boost morale. Poor equipments and deficiencies in the working environment should be addressed as this is a deterrent to effective functioning of the nursing section. A safe workplace is an absolute requirement. Many hospitals have employed strategies to reduce work loads with a view to reduci...

FDA Requests Recall of All Shelhigh Medical Devices

...h's Union, N.J. facility after finding significant deficiencies in the company's manufacturing processes. During the seizure, Shelhigh was asked to perform a voluntary recall of its products, but the company declined. FDA recommends that doctors and hospitals consider using alternative products. Physicians and ...

Malfunction of Gene Causes Schizophrenia, Depression

...use strains exhibited abnormal behavior and memory deficiencies resembling the symptoms of schizophrenia in humans. Additionally, these symptoms could be alleviated in the mice by anti-psychotic drugs. Similarly, the other mutant mouse strain showed behaviors that reflected depressive symptoms. These symptoms c...

Cognitive Skills Focused Curriculum may Lessen Kids' Behavioural Problems

...rain starting in the preschool years. We know that deficiencies in the function of these lobes are linked to problems like aggression, depression and attention disorders," says study author Mark Greenberg. Therefore, the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum, which stimulates cognitive a...

Research Shows Way for Drug Therapy for Autism

...ental disorder characterised by varying degrees of deficiencies in communication skills and social interactions, along with restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour. A strain of mice, genetically engineered by the Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa and colleagues at MIT, were manipulated to mode...

Doctors Warn of Deficiencies in Antenatal HIV Testing

...ing, but two recent cases, they say, highlight the deficiencies in the existing system. In 2006, two infants were diagnosed with HIV within a few weeks of one another. Both mothers had had antenatal screening, and both tested HIV negative. The authors warn that women who seroconvert during pregnancy (develop ...

Overweight Baby in Clinic

... carrying out tests to see if poor diet or genetic deficiencies are the cause. Doctors suggest that obese kids under 12 should be taken into care. These overweight children could have complications such as type 2 diabetes or cholesterol problems. Over the years there has been an increase in number of overweight...

Top China Official Pessimistic on Fixing Food Safety Woes

...Chinese inspection systems. But Sun acknowledged deficiencies in those systems that he said would only become more apparent. 'With the deepening of our work, problems in food safety mechanisms will gradually emerge and the difficulty in integrating and organising inspection work will only grow,' he said. 'T...

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