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New Supplemental Therapy for Common Jaw Disorder

...other received standard care alone. The results, described in a study appearing online today in the Journal of the American Dental Association and in another study published in the journal's March 2006 issue, show that those who received the intervention had significantly lower levels of pain and fewer docto...

Simple Blood Test may Replace Invasive Prenatal Tests

... company has come out with a procedure that can be described as revolutionary; a prenatal test that searches fo...creen for this genetic disorder. Both tests can be described as highly intrusive as they involve the sampling of placenta tissues and amniotic fluid. Amniocen...

Researchers Investigate Gene Linked With Circadian Liver Clock

... be explored with the novel transgenic mouse model described here. Source-Eurekalert<BRSRI...

Stakes Higher for Elderly Women Exposed to Air Pollution

...te matter that contributes to air pollution can be described as that derived from combustion of fossil fuels, vegetative burning, power plants, coal burning and motor vehicle exhaust, especially diesel. It comprises of fine soot particles and dust, which is carried along in the air. Scientists are not sure h...

More Money to Flow for First Responders at Ground Zero

It may be described as a ‘drop in the bucket’ by protesters, but the White House assures that more money will follow the 25 million dollar fund allocated to the// treatment of first responders, of the 9/11 attack. Caesar Borja, 21, the son of a police officer who succ...

Drug Strategy Makes Cancer Genes Get Lost in Translation

...searchers said. However, they cautioned, the newly described inhibitor is not strong enough for use as a drug in itself. The researchers will next work to chemically modify the inhibitor to enhance its action and screen additional chemical libraries in search of more potent molecules before tests of such a dru...

The Latest Gen About the Human Genome

... the human 'metabolome', scientists identified and described 2,500 metabolites, 1,200 drugs and 3,500 food components, present in the human body. Project Leader Dr. David Wishart, professor of computing science and biological sciences at the University of Alberta, said, "Metabolites are the canaries of the ...

New Cause of Chronic Liver Disease Identified in HIV-positive Patients

...ood clots in the liver leading to NRH. “We have described a case series of eight consecutive cases of HIV-associated NRH corresponding to a prevalence of approximately 8% over a period of three years on our ward”, they add, however, “this prevalence is probably underestimated.” The authors recommend that...

New Test Predicts CLL’s Sensitivity to Experimental Drug

...tory of Anthony Letai, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber, is described in the January issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The lead author is Victoria Del Gaizo Moore, PhD, a member of the Letai group. Letai was a colleague of the late Stanley J. Korsmeyer, MD, of Dana-Farber, who discovered the key role in...

New Ideas on Developing Thought-Controlled Artificial Limbs

...University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have described a new type of nervous system// interface that could be "linked to the patient's thoughts, providing two-way signaling for motor control and feedback from multiple external stimuli." "We're at a junction now of developing a new approach for a brain-...

Understanding Autoimmune Disease

...r greater precision." The immune system is often described as a kind of military unit, a defense network that guards the body from invaders. Seen in this way, a group of white blood cells called T cells are the frontline soldiers of immune defense, engaging invading pathogens head on. These T cells are com...

Global Goal to Reduce Measles Deaths in Children Surpassed

...ts, and support from the Measles Initiative. It is described as a spectacular achievement, by Mr U Olanguena Awono, Minister of Public Health, Cameroon. “We are winning the fight against measles, which has long killed, sickened and disabled our children. Our determination is stronger than ever to make measles ...

Experts Warn Against Raw Milk Following Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Kenya

...to-door in Arusha by hawkers from Arumeru has been described to be dangerous, not only due to hygienic concerns but also due to the fact that both raw milk and crudely prepared meat, could be another medium through which, the disease can be spread. Health and Livestock authorities in Northern Tanzania are k...

Clues to the Cause of Difficulty With Swallowing

Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EE), a disease, first described in children only 20 years ago, but has shown a rising incidence in both children and adults. //It is said to be an inflammatory condition of the esophagus, symptoms of which includes vomiting, heartburn and difficulty in swallowing. In findings pu...

Americans in Dark About Shingles

...erve pain caused by shingles can vary and has been described as burning, throbbing, stabbing or shooting. The older a person gets, the more he or she is at risk for long-term nerve pain. Men and women are affected equally by shingles. “I have seen, however, in my practice that women come into the doctor’s off...

Binge Drinking Excessive Among Less Educated Middle-aged Women

...mmon among younger adults. Binge drinking can be described as consuming 10 or more units at one go for men and seven or more for women. According to the researchers, highly educated British women are more likely to binge drink in their 20s but curb the habit by the time they reach 40. The opposite was seen...

Guns, Knives - Main Cause for Hospital Emergencies

...m guns or knives were accidents, self-inflicted or described as 'intent unknown.' Moreover, it was found that the patients admitted in the emergency were mostly young men between the ages of 15 and 24. The overall deaths in Ontario from gunshot wounds and stabbings during that year accounted to 56 (26 death...

Chew That Fat Away

.... //Currently, two thirds of the population can be described as obese. The Wellcome Trust has decided to put a morbidly obese figure of 2.2 million pounds before Professor Steve Bloom and his team, of Imperial College London. Bloom’s quest is to create a chewing gum or nasal spray to allay hunger pangs,...

Rewiring the Heart

...was drastically wrong. He called his physician and described his symptoms. Within minutes, his physician ordered him to take a cab to the nearest emergency room. Jeffrey learned he was experiencing Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation, an electrical problem in the heart that causes it to beat much too fast and ...

Skin-Destroying Ulcer Appears in NSW as New Treatment Guidelines Emerge

...fection in NSW. M. ulcerans infection was first described in Australia in coastal Victoria (Bairnsdale) in 1948 and since then has been found in central coastal Queensland and the Northern Territory. Now, Assoc Prof Johnson and colleagues have identified the first known case believed to have originated in...

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