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Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Risk In Young Natural Disaster Survivors

...ke in Armenia which claimed thousands of lives and destroyed the whole area. They found that adolescents who were not treated exhibited more symptoms of PTSD and depression. Around 125 adolescents were assessed for depression and PTSD in Armenian regions of Gumri and Spitak, where the epicenter of the earthqua...

WHO checks on health system in quake-hit areas

...swiftly.' Pakistani officials say the earthquake destroyed 50 percent of the health system in northwest Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. WHO has helped immunize 400,000 children in the area against measles. During his tour, Lee was set to visit a field hospital and meet with senior government officials. ...

BC farms declared free of bird flu

...hogenic version. Over 62,000 ducks and geese were destroyed at the two farms where the virus was discovered. CFIA officials believe the virus may have been carried via through the shoes of a farmer or farm staff. It is also possible that He also said it was possible that wild birds, or droppings from infec...

Stem Cell Pioneer Is A Fraud, Claims Colleague

...lines since the original ones cloned by Hwang were destroyed by a virus. “Without any cloned stem cells, he presented stem cells taken from my hospital. Nine of the eleven stem cell lines he had said he created didn’t even exist," Roh told the South Korean daily Hankyoreh. Roh, who works as an administrator of...

Excavations Reveal Clues Of Early Warfare

...s destruction. Most of what has been buried in the destroyed building is being retrieved by the archeologists, which are also helping them to identify buildings meant for religious and administrative use, and also units that are used for domestic purposes. Two large buildings in the urban settlement have alrea...

Bird flu alert in Turkey.

...ey through Armenia. About 350 chickens have been destroyed to prevent the spread of the deadly bird flu. Other measures are also being taken to put a stop. They have planned to send the infected birds tissue and blood sample to the renowned European laboratories. This is to make sure that the birds died ...

Botswana Continues Its Fight Against AIDS

...long life, without which the entire nation will be destroyed socially and economically. The cost of the medication involved for prolonging life is quite high and out of reach of most people in the developing countries. Botswana is a reasonably rich country as a result of its diamond resources, and over 90% o...

Metastasis of Neuroblastoma linked to Loss Of Caspase-8 gene

...hnique all the free and moving cancerous cells are destroyed by the Integrin molecules before they can affect another distant organ. The research team conducted experiments using tumor cells and introducing them in the laboratory embryo models. When caspase-8 gene was blocked them the tumor cells began to sp...

Female Foetus Can Survive More Stress

The weaker male foetus can easily be destroyed by the stress that is caused by disasters like earthquakes and other natural calamities including severe famine.// The ones that manage to survive will have a longer life than average, according to a study conducted by researchers belonging to the Un...

Helicobacter pylori effectively killed by Sodium nitrite

...iotic and immune-system resistant--they are easily destroyed by slightly acidified (pH 6.5) sodium nitrite. Source: ANI...

Scented Garments Hit The Market

...he washing machine, but the cyclodextrines are not destroyed in the process and can be refilled after every wash by spraying the garment with a favorite perfume. If the scent isn't wanted after a period of time, the only thing that needs to be done is moistening the garment. Edited (IANS)...

Bio-Functional Garments That Could Revolutionize Fashion Industry

...he washing machine, but the cyclodextrines are not destroyed in the process and can be refilled after every wash by spraying the garment with a favourite perfume, for example. If the scent isn't wanted after a period of time, the only thing required is moistening the garment. "It will smell strong for a shor...

President’s verdict: no need to panic over bird fl

...y case, the virus in question ... is automatically destroyed by cooking. So there is strictly no danger," was the statement issued by Chirac on inaugurating an agricultural fare. He spoke after meeting vets and representatives of poultry farmers. Japan had already on Friday temporarily suspended imports of Fr...

Marijuana Compound Offers Hope In Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention

...he early changes that set the stage for damaged or destroyed vision. --Edited IANS...

Anti-Cancer Treatment Promises Hope in Bird Flu Treatment

...in 1994, using the anti-cancer drug etoposide that destroyed the excess white blood cells. Although the 8-week treatment is associated with few side effects such as reduced blood count and nausea, the benefit far outweighs the risk. It is now known that the immune system disorder can occur in patients with b...

Bleach Away Cancer

...teria or other antigens. Cancer cells which were destroyed in a laboratory using bleach showed very similar residue, leading the researchers to conclude a similar response in the human body. Professor Benny Chain, of UCL, said: This experiment was done very much on a shoe-string budget. It is very low-tech,b...

Vitamin E: good, bad or ugly???

...corn and soybean oil, gamma-tocopherol, ultimately destroyed animal cells. But the other form of vitamin E, alp...e gamma-tocopherol quinone formed a compound which destroyed that cell. It did so by preventing proper protein folding in the cells, which causes a cellular resp...

Cancer Patient Loses Embryo Appeal

...001 and has stored six frozen embryos that will be destroyed this October as per the provisions of the UK law....

Smoking Related Illness Could Become A Major Cause Of Death By 2020

..., there are no therapies to rebuild lungs. What is destroyed is destroyed, said Pfeifer. --Edited IANS...

Frozen embryos stored in Britain

... Johnston unless he agrees. It was ordered to be destroyed in October. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority licenses and monitors the 85 clinics carrying out IVF in Britain. It said that these embryos are created by mixing eggs and sperm in a petri dish. After fertilization they are placed in an ...

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