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Scientists Uncover The Secret Behind The Speed In Nerve cells Conduction

...and Molecular Biology, states that scientists have defined the function of a key protein// used by the nerve cells use to pass information quickly. Two new studies, one of which was conducted by an undergraduate biochemistry student at the Rice University, researchers have explained the function of a key p...

Panacea To Market Measles Vaccine In India

...ed product, which would be sold in India and other defined global markets. "There is a shortage of measles vaccine in the Indian market with only one company manufacturing such formulations. Panacea plans to fill this demand supply gap with this new deal," Jain said. The medicine is expected to be ready by...

Genetic Factors linked with Drug Dependence and Abuse

...ts, opiates, cocaine and psychedelics. Researchers defined the significant lifetime use of illicit substances as use 10 or more times. Previous theories have suggested that genetic factors might be of less importance in influencing drug use in societies where drugs were not widely available. According to K...

Childhood Cancer could Predispose to Premature Menopause

...ors have an increased risk of premature menopause, defined as menopause before age 40. Charles A. Sklar, M.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and colleagues examined the incidence of and risk factors for premature menopause in 2,819 childhood cancer survivors over age 18 as identifi...

Obesity, a Reflector of Mental Health – Study Find

...ve sample of 9,125 adult men and women. Obesity is defined in the study as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more. While previous studies have shown a connection between obesity and depression, this is the largest and most representative study of the two problems in U.S. population. Also, this study ...

Addition Of Budesonide To Formoterol Reduces Risk Of Mortality

...ath(3). Using the SGRQ, a change of four points is defined as clinically meaningful, equating to a patient being able to walk up a flight of stairs without stopping or to being able to sleep without disruption from coughing. The data presented today suggests that SGRQ scores may have a role in identifying pa...

Women With Severe Hot Flashes May Have Increased Chronic Sleep Problem

...al bleeding in the previous year. Hot flashes were defined as mild if they usually did not involve sweating, moderate if they mostly involved sweating but did not require a woman to stop the activity she was pursuing and severe if they typically involved sweating and did require a woman to stop an activity. ...

Erectile Dysfunction Linked with Smoking and Obesity – Study Report

...0 minutes of vigorous exercise a day. (Obesity was defined as a body mass index of more than 30 kilograms in weight divided by the square of height in meters.) For men younger than 55 there was a 4-fold difference in risk for the same comparison,’ said Rimm. Alcohol consumption did not increase the risk of E...

Euthanasia : ‘Merciful’ Terminatin

...vilization.'- Richard A. Kern, 1951 Euthanasia is defined as ‘the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependant human being for his or her alleged benefit’. It is also referred to as ‘mercy killing’. The word ‘Euthanasia’ takes its origin from the Greek words, ‘eu’ meaning ‘good’ and ‘thanatos’ mean...

Possible Link between Miscarriages and Male Babies

...as reduced drastically. Recurrent miscarriages are defined as having three miscarriages one after the other. After treatment these women with first born boys had only 37% chance of having a second child. The only treatment for recurrent miscarriages is to diminish the immune system response by a blood produ...

Stalking Fast Becoming A Problem of Public Health

...ally divided between women and men. Stalking was defined as “ever being followed, spied on or communicated with, without consent, at a level perceived to be somewhat dangerous or life-threatening [not including dealings with bill collectors or salespeople],” for more than a month. Whether stalking lasts ...

Site of Sleep Regulation Identified in Fruit Flies

...ns in the fruit flies. "Sleeping fruit flies" were defined as those that remained immobile for at least five minutes. "From the beginning, we took the unbiased approach," explains Sehgal. "We targeted PKA activity to different areas of the fly brain to find out where PKA acts to regulate sleep." Sehgal w...

Restriction of Carbohydrates to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

...tia. Most importantly, as mechanistic pathways are defined and their biochemical functions scrutinized, the evidence supporting a direct link between nutrition and AD neuropathology continues to grow. Mount Sinai School of MedicineLocated in Manhattan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recog...

Analysis: Bowel Diseases Triples Infertility Risks In Women

...chives and 8 published studies. Infertility was defined as a failure to conceive after 12 months of trying. Ulcerative colitis is a condition in which sores and inflammation develop along the lining of the large intestine, producing severe diarrhoea and rectal bleeding. It affects around 1 to 2% of the po...

Risk Of Death Increases With Sudden Withdrawal Of Medications

...is. According to Spertus, no previous studies have defined the frequency and consequences of prematurely discontinuing thienopyridine therapy. The risk of stent thrombosis with bare-metal stents (stents not coated with a drug) decreases rapidly after two to four weeks, and patients typically need thienopyr...

More Than Just Anger

...dical problem that can be treated'. IED has been defined to involve 'several discrete episodes of failure to resist aggressive impulses that result in serious acts of assault or destruction of property', and 'the degree of aggressiveness expressed during the episodes is grossly out of proportion to any pr...

Birth Defects Caused By Deficiencies In Cell Signaling Pathway

...ugh their research, Niswander, Zohn and colleagues defined a functional pathway that regulates the transition of cells from non-motile to motile behaviors during very early development. Defects in the control of these early cell movements can result in problems in the formation of multiple organs during feta...

Stimulant Medications More Effective In Treating ADHD Than Nonstimulants

...r more weeks in populations diagnosed with ADHD as defined using criteria from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised Third Edition or Fourth Edition (DSM). The analysis included 15 drugs using 17 different outcome measures of ADHD symptoms, in...

Is Nexium? beneficial for patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome?

...udy participant. (Adequate acid output control was defined as <5 mmol/h for patients who had prior gastric-acid-reducing surgery, and as <10 mmol/h for patients who hadn't had the surgery.) Further, 18 of 20 patients whose acid was controlled by day 10 maintained control for the duration of the study...

Erosive esophagitis healing connected to acid control

...ter five days of therapy. Gastric acid control was defined as intragastric pH > 4. In patients who were healed of EE acid was well controlled through day five an average of 61.3 percent of the time, compared to 42.1 percent of the time in unhealed patients; p=0.0002. A post hoc analysis showed that heale...

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