British Doctors Hold Talks to end Impasse of Indian doctors
...lso ordered that the hearing be expedited. "This demonstrates that the court appreciated the hardships that delay in resolving this matter could cause to the doctors affected." BAPIO estimates that about 10,000 trainee doctors will have to leave the country half way through their training within months unless...Novel Approach Assists in Locating Leads for Drug Discovery
...NAS), a team from the NIH Chemical Genomics Center demonstrates the feasibility of a new paradigm for profiling every compound in large collections of chemicals. Traditional high-throughput screening measures the biological activity of chemical compounds at just one concentration. In contrast, the new approach, c...Too Much of Air in the Lungs Results in VILI
... given, and if so, how frequently.’ ‘This study demonstrates that an optimal frequency range of deep inflation delivery exists, at which point the potentially injurious effects of overdistention are outweighed by the protective benefits of maintaining a predominantly open lung’ wrote Gilman B. Allen, Benjamin ...Goat’s Milk One of the First Transgenic Food That Benefits Human
...different in the goats than in the pigs, the study demonstrates clearly that the consumption of pasteurized goat's milk containing human lysozyme can impact the bacterial makeup of the digestive tract in these two distinct animal models,’ Maga said. ‘It is likely that the differences observed in the two specie...Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy
...e survey. In spite of these limitations, the study demonstrates that for this cohort of PMPW the nBHRT significantly reduced perimenopausal- and postmenopausal-related symptoms. These findings support the need for a large randomized trial of nBHRT. (Soure: Newswise)...New Test For Early-Stage Lung Cancer
...fluorescent RNA emits a telltale luminescence that demonstrates how much RNA is present on the chip – and thus which genes are most active in a given tumor. The physicians then use a rigorous statistical analysis to assess the relative risk of large grouping of genes, called metagenes, which have similar characte...NOMID Symptoms Helped By Arthritis Drug
...equired for any long-term treatment. 'This study demonstrates the efficacy of anakinra in improving major organ manifestations and helps confirm the role of IL-1beta (IL-1?) in many features of the disease; most importantly, the central nervous system,' says Dr. Goldbach-Mansky. Because NOMID is a rare diseas...Community-associated MRSA: Most Common Cause Of Skin Infection
...mates and military recruits. Still, the UCLA study demonstrates that the infections appear to be common in people who are not connected to any particular risk group. 'We noticed more patients showing up in our emergency room with infections that turned out to be community-associated MRSA and wanted to see if t...Usage Of A Condom By A Teenager Varies With Their Perception Of Partners
... risk behaviours, the authors state. "This study demonstrates the importance of understanding an adolescent's perception of partner types in order to design effective interventions," Lescano says. Source: EurekAlert...Research Reveal A New Angle On Neural Circuits.
...esult of a depression of excitation, this research demonstrates that inhibitory synapses play a critical role in proper network wiring and ultimately in preserving – or disrupting - neuronal function. “Our data suggest a major revision of thinking about how experience works on our brains," noted Turrigiano. "In...Brain's Filing System Uncovered
...the significance, or meaning, of visual images and demonstrates that learning new categories can cause dramatic and long-lasting changes in brain activity,” says Freedman. “We are continuing this work to determine if the parietal cortex is specialized for processing motion-based categories or if it plays a more g...Risk Of Colorectal Polyps Recurrence Can Be Controlled By Rofecoxib
...Ds) could reduce colon cancer risk. This study now demonstrates such an effect for a selective COX-2 inhibitor in a placebo-controlled randomized study. While previous randomized studies have shown that COX-2 inhibitors can lower the risk of adenoma in patients with a rare genetic syndrome called familial adenoma...Discovery of A New Genetic Pathway Could Lead To Treatment Of Skin Problems And Cancer
...sity have succeeded in exposing a pathway by which demonstrates as to how a genes over-expression causes skin stem cells to change over from creating hair follicles to creating sebaceous glands. The results of the discovery by the laboratory of Xiao-Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of otolaryngology/head and n...Risk of Malaria treatment failure in some HIV-positive patients
...eases, which is now available online. "Our study demonstrates that HIV-1 infected patients with suppressed immunity represent, next to children and pregnant women, an additional vulnerable group for malaria," says Jean-Pierre Van geertruyden, MD, MSc, lead author of the article. CD4 lymphocytes, white blood ...Gene May Regulate Cellular Aging
...ause p16INK4a stops cancer cells from dividing and demonstrates increased expression with age, the scientists suspected the gene played a similar role in aging. The researchers developed strains of mice that were either deficient in p16INK4a (the gene was deleted, or 'knocked out') or genetically altered to have ...Updated Sleep Apnea Screening Recommended for Commercial Drivers
... by 50% over the next twenty years. Other research demonstrates that drivers with undiagnosed OSA have an increased risk (2 to 7 times) for falling asleep at the wheel. It also increases the possibility of an individual developing significant health problems, such as hypertension, stroke, and ischemic heart disea...US, India Firms Develop New Cure for Black Fever
...n the fight against visceral leishmaniasis, and it demonstrates the potential for public-private partnerships to develop new solutions to serious global health problems," said Regina Rabinovich, programme director of the Gates Foundation's Infectious Diseases Programme. VL currently occurs in 62 countries, prim...Diabetes Drug, Exenatide, Good For Blood Sugar Levels and Weight Loss
... kilograms (6.4 pounds). "This comparator study demonstrates that exenatide has similar blood glucose control to the conventional treatment with insulin," said Professor Dr. Michael Nauck, Director of the Diabetes Centre in Bad Lauterberg, Germany, and a lead author of the study. Exenatide happens to be the...Calorie Restriction May Prevent, Reduce Alzheimer’s Neuropatholog
... 2006 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, demonstrates the potential beneficial role of calorie restriction in AD type brain neuropathology in non-human primates. Restricting caloric intake may prevent AD by triggering activity in the brain associated with longevity. “The present study strengthens the ...Palatal Implant Procedure Proven Effective in Eliminating Snoring
...iminating snoring in 62.1 percent of patients, and demonstrates a decrease in the level of daytime sleepiness. The overall effectiveness of the palatal implant procedure is comparable to permanent surgical alteration of the soft palate without the associated morbidity. Source-Newswise...