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Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky

...ility to fewer age-related diseases such as heart disease or osteoporosis, for example. Further studies are needed." Since moles disappear with age Bataille's team looked at their relationship with telomere length, a good biological indicator of an individual's rate of ageing. Telomeres are protective bun...

Contamination of the Environment by Antibiotics Fed to Livestock

...e antibiotics are used for growth advancement and disease prevention purposes. Large amounts of antibiotics from these animals end up as manure, which is commonly applied to agricultural land to provide crop nutrients. Therefore, food crops grown on manure-altered soils are exposed to antibiotics. A study...

Stem Cells Research in Parkinsons Disease

...dy of human stem cells in primates with Parkinsons disease is compelling on several fronts particularly how the transplanted cells did their job of easing disease symptoms. Paul R. Sanberg, DSc, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the C...

Analysis of Hemoglobin Level Control in Dialysis Patients

...reak through in anemia treatment in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This drug is surrounded by controversy rega... patients receiving ESAs to treat anemia of kidney disease often have variations in hemoglobin levels. "These variations occur across the dialysis procedure an...

Foot-and-mouth Disease Outbreak Forces Thiruvananthapuram Zoo to Shut Down

...or a week following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease . The zoo has reportedly lost its entire stock of Indian gaur (Bos Gaurus) -- a lookalike of the Indian bison - and 12 blackbucks in the week gone by. It was confirmed last Friday that the foot-and-mouth virus -- strain 'O' had caused the death ...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...ates on eye tissue is similar in both diabetic eye disease and AMD." Taylor and colleagues conclude that the risk for AMD may be diminished by improving dietary carbohydrate quality, as defined by dietary glycemic index. This may be achieved by relatively simple dietary alterations, such as replacing white...

Male Wallflowers-Watch Your Heart

...e of personality face no increased risk of serious disease the easygoing type. In medical terms, such people...s B personalities. High blood pressure and heart disease is common among type A personalities people who are driven workaholics and prone to stress and ange...

Anti-malarial Drug may Help Reduce Risk of Diabetes in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

...g safe and inexpensive treatment for an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, theoretically may improve glucose tolerance and prevent diabetes mellitus, according to background information in the article. In vitro and animal studies indicate that antimalarials improve insulin secretion and periphe...

Bashful Men 50% More Likely to Die of Heart Attack or Stroke

...mid men are 50 percent more likely to die of heart disease . The finding is based on a study that was condu...into account factors more commonly linked to heart disease such as smoking, high levels of cholesterol, and obesity, the researchers still found that the shyes...

Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Lung Transplantation

...g disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and certain congenital lung defects. Following a transplant, patients must take drugs for the rest of their lives that suppress the immune system and prevent it from attacking the new lung. This leaves them...

Smokers may Develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

... more susceptible to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) if they smoke tobacco , according to new re...elop COPD and improve our understanding of how the disease develops, said Ohar. It shows us that its likely the gene/environment interaction sets you up for th...

Kaposi Sarcoma Arise from Multiple Cells

... with AIDS, primarily affects the skin. But as the disease progresses, it can move to the lymph nodes and internal organs as well. Renan Duprez, Ph.D., of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and colleagues performed the largest study to date on the origins of advanced Kaposi sarcoma. Biopsies from 98 Kaposi sarc...

Scientists Revealed the Key Molecule That Controls Pain

...siological benefit, often being referred to as the disease of pain . Scientists studying one of natures simplest organisms have helped to unravel the structure of a key molecule that controls pain in humans.The findings published in the top scientific journal Nature could rapidly advance research into th...

New Lifeline Express Train Inaugurated

... campaign to control the spread of the most deadly disease AIDS, Shri Lalu Prasad announced that Indian Railways is planning to introduce another similar train Red Ribbon Express in cooperation with National Aids Control Organisation (NACO). Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, United Progressive Alliance and C...

Targeted Food Tax to Improve Health

...ad almost double the risk of coronary artery heart disease and four times the risk of diabetes of those without the syndrome. They were also almost 50% more likely to die early. But those who regularly drank milk and ate dairy products, such as yogurt and cheese, were significantly less likely to have the s...

A New Monoclonal Antibody Kills Cancer Cells

...f the liver. Despite recent advances, it remains a disease of grim prognosis due to the poorly understood mechanism of how the disease originates and spreads. Most patients live only a short time after diagnosis. Based on previous stu...

Dengue Deaths in Cambodia This Year Exceed 2006 Toll

... country battles one of the worst outbreaks of the disease in a decade , medical officials said Thursday. S...rogram. Last year 152 deaths were reported. "The disease is continuing to spread, but it is a little bit better than before," he told AFP, adding that Siem R...

Autoimmune Response in Multiple Sclerosis

...r clonotypes, soon after immunization and prior to disease onset: BV8S2/BJ2S7 and BV16/BJ2S5. The BV8S2/BJ2... was found in far greater excess, disappeared with disease recovery, and was found to transfer disease to other healthy mice. The second clonotype, BV16/BJ2S...

Suven Seeks Permission for Trials of New Drug

...'s and schizophrenia. 'Treatment for Alzheimer's disease and Schizophrenia is an unmet medical need and Suven's primary focus is to discover drugs that address significant unmet medical needs,' said a statement by the firm. Suven is a Hyderabad-based life sciences company, which is involved in contract ...

Malaria Sweeps Tripura, 25 Dead

...fficial estimates, some 50 people have died of the disease in the last fortnight. The worst hit by the disease is the tribal dominated Amarpur area in south Tripura district where 10 people have died. "An army ...

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