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Autistic Kids can Understand Other People Through Stereotypes

...difficulties performed in the same way as normally developing children in the first task. 75 per cent of the ans...y of Mind problems became confused. Older normally developing children and autistic children with some inkling of Theory of Mind tended to answer the questions ba...

Climate Change Poses Maximum Threat to Public Life in Developing Countries

...e poses the maximum threat to public health in the developing countries, has said a recent study in Springer's J...d to the design of housing and shelter programs in developing countries. Leading global experts from the WHO, Pan American Health Organization, US Centers for D...

Decline in Breastfeeding Linked to Child Deaths in Asia: UNICEF

...iarrhea and pneumonia, which often prove deadly in developing countries. The joint WHO and UNICEF conference to ... warned that "breastfeeding rates declined in most developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific where just over one-third of mothers exclusively breastfeed t...

China Cannot Be Blamed for Rising CO2 Emissions: Britain Official

...on on the issue. India and China, along with other developing countries, have long been insisting on developed countries taking a lead in capping emissions, as well as fair and cheap transfer of technology to tackle climate change....

AIDS Charity AVERT Launches Stop AIDS in Children Campaign

...ther-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in the developing world. They failed to do so. Over 1 million children may die over the next three years as a result. In response, the Stop AIDS in Children campaign is asking for urgent efforts to be made to stop the transmission of HIV from mother to baby, so that ...

Nigerian Village Quarantined After 20 Children Die of Measles

...o 12 months. Measles is often fatal in children in developing countries....

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...rimitive cells from early stage embryos capable of developing into almost every tissue of the body. Scientists believe they could be crucial to finding a cure for a number of serious diseases, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. But Bush, criticized for holding back promising research af...

Vietnam Plans Human Trial of Bird Flu Vaccine

...earch and development," he said. He cautioned that developing an H5N1 vaccine was a complex task. "It's not like seasonal flu where we can vaccinate 10,000 people and figure out if it's working or not," he said. "The challenge with a pandemic influenza vaccination is that you have to work just as quickly, you...

New Tumor Markers for Pancreatic Cancer

...tial diagnostic markers and targets to tackle when developing new anti-cancer treatments. Finally, we generated antibodies that detect the proteins coded by some of the messages. Using a microscope and colour-labelled antibodies, we managed to dye PC cells and to distinguish them from cells of a healthy pancr...

River Blindness Becoming Drug Resistant

...ses the crippling disease endemic in Africa may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it. Riv...pected from the drug - suggesting the parasite was developing immunity. ``This finding represents a wake-up call that any parasite-control program that relies on ...

Keep a Cool Head on Hot, Humid Days to Avoid Heat Stroke

...ing Korey Stringer, who died August 1, 2001, after developing multi-organ system failure. Players at the high school and college level fell victim in recent years too. However, you don't need to be an athlete to be felled by heat stroke. Dr. Heine recalls a 78-year-old woman who was transported by ambulance t...

Roshan Announces Launch of Afghanistan's First Telemedicine Project

...dressing healthcare delivery shortcomings in other developing countries where access to medical diagnosis, treatment and training is limited. "Access to healthcare, especially specialist diagnosis and treatment, remains a critical problem in Afghanistan," said Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan. "Telemedicine techn...

Neurological Disorder Gene Identified

...erys implications. It also opens up directions for developing therapies. Now pharmacologists and drug developers can target this gene. The genetic sleuthing that led to the discovery began when scientists in Meislers genetics lab noticed that some mice of a common laboratory type gave birth to offspring with ...

Urate Reduces the Risk of Parkinsons Disease

...d urate concentration had 55 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease than men in the bottom quartile. This difference was not explained by differences in age or other risk factors for Parkinson's disease. The results of two previous studies had suggested a possible inverse relation between blood ...

High Urate Levels in Blood Linked to Reduced Parkinson's Risk

...d urate concentration had 55 percent lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease than men in the bottom quartile. This difference was not explained by differences in age or other risk factors for Parkinson's disease. The authors hypothesize that urate's antioxidant properties may help dampen the effects of o...

Researchers Identify New Risk Marker for Obese Children

..."We don't consider these children to be at risk of developing CVD right now. But they have indicated apoB48 at l...hould look for when estimating a patient's risk of developing CVD. "We are not measuring the right things and not understanding all the processes that cause CVD...

60% of Infertile Couples are Okay With Allowing Unused Embryos for Stem Cell Research

...esearch in particular, and about research aimed at developing treatments for human disease or for infertility, Lyerly said. Among those surveyed, research proved to be the most desirable option for disposition of excess embryos, according to the study; other options, including donation to another infertile c...

Morning Sickness may Signify Lower Breast Cancer Risk

...m morning sickness have a 30 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer later in life than expecting mums wh...urrent analysis did suggest that the lower risk of developing breast cancer observed with nausea and vomiting was stronger as the symptoms became more severe, or ...

WHO to Implement New Strategy on Diseases of Poverty

...trategy builds on the programmes 30-year record of developing new drugs, delivery strategies and enhancing resea...ses some of the emerging disease challenges facing developing countries, such as TB-HIV co-infection. Over the coming decade, TDR will focus on addressing key b...

The Bottleneck in Neuroblastoma

... abdomen, but also in the neck, chest, and pelvis, developing in the network of the body's sympathetic nervous system. Childhood cancers are fortunately rare, but among them, neuroblastoma is a special case, accounting for 7 percent of all childhood cancers, but 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths. Neuro...

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