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Sugar Helps Control Cell Division

...ance of O-GlcNAc on the cells' proteins has such a dramatic effect on the process. The researchers were funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Cancer Institute. Source: Journal of Biologic...

Herceptin Is A Possible Cure For Breast Cancer

...ate group of patients. This observation suggests a dramatic and perhaps permanent perturbation of the natural history of the disease, (and) may even be a cure," commented Dr Gabriel Hortobagyi of the University of Texas. Currently the drug is not recommended for early stage breast cancer patients, but this co...

Loss Of Dystrophin: Common Thread In Cancer And MS Muscle Wasting

... were confirmed cachectic, and ten of those showed dramatic reductions in dystrophin and significant loss of the DGC. The authors conclude that the evidence strongly suggests that the wasting conditions in cancer and muscular dystrophy patients are similar, and that the loss of dystrophin and the DGC are imp...

Food Habits Could Change Your Genes

...le nutrients and supplements can be. "Food has a dramatic effect," he says. "But it can go both ways," he cautions. Methionine, for instance, the supplement he used to make healthy rats stressed, is widely available in capsule form online or in health food stores and the molecules are small enough to get ...

AIDS Picture In India Not As Rosy As It Seems To Be

...ally. //There have been numerous repots claiming a dramatic decline in the number of new infections. The above has been brought to spotlight following the release of the U.N. annual global report on AIDS in New Delhi on Monday. Health officials from UNAIDS have expressed disbelief in the fact that India has...

Roller-Coasters Isn’t The Perfect Place For Cardiac Patients To Be

...ardiac problem. Many of the volunteers experienced dramatic increase in heart rate during the ride. Some of them experienced irregular heart beats (cardiac arrhythmia). A condition called atrial fibrillation, characterized by a rapid chaotic electrical activity in the chambers of the heart was experienced y o...

Zyflamend inhibits 78 percent of prostate cancer cells

...o decrease the activity of both these enzymes in a dramatic manner in the laboratory setting. "We are currently conducting a Phase I clinical trial for men with a pre-cancerous lesion of the prostate -- prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia -- to gain some information as to Zyflamend's potential to prevent or s...

WHO Calls For Greater Emphasis On Combating AIDS

...basic HIV prevention programmes worldwide, despite dramatic developments in political commitment and funding. Current interventions were also not sufficient to prevent the spread of HIV through illegal drugs injection, a major form of transmission in the Asia-Pacific region. While progress has been made in ...

Paralyzed Patients Can Be Trained To Walk With Robotic Treadmill

...ere trained using the Robotic Treadmill reported a dramatic improvement in their mobility condition. Some of them were even able to walk using just a cane stick that was otherwise not possible. The researchers analyzed the effectives of the robotic training in four patients affected by varying degrees of pa...

Incidence of iron deficiency reduced by nutrient enhanced cereal- rice

...tional status of people who consume them. This has dramatic implications.” This feat has been accomplished by a process known as “bio fortification,” Through this plant breeders are developing staple foods with higher levels of essential micronutrients. “In the past, we relied on supplements and fortific...

Number Of Dementia Cases To Rise Drastically

...iated with regard to treating the affliction, as a dramatic growth in the number of dementia cases is capable of overwhelming the health care system of a country. The Alzheimer's disease is believed to be caused by the amyloid beta protein plaques building up within the brain. The mental functions can be pres...

Radiologists Find New CT Scans Useful

...nt advances in the technology are bringing about a dramatic rise in image quality and allowing CT scan devices to produce more information. All this is thanks largely to computed tomography (CT) scanners, which are becoming the cornerstone of any hospital's radiology department, according to Michael Vannier,...

Cancer Death Rate Decreasing in the US

... have seen convinces me that we are poised to make dramatic gains against cancer in the near future," NCI Director Andrew C. von Eschenbach said. The report found 488.1 cancer cases per 100,000 Americans in 2002 and that rate has remained unchanged. But the number of death from cancer is pegged at 193.6 per 1...

Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme May Be A Tumor Suppressor Gene

.../ repair enzyme’s activity in mouse cells leads to dramatic chromosomal instability. The DNA in our cells i...this lesion-replicating enzyme in yeast leads to a dramatic decrease in the frequency of mutations induced by a wide range of DNA damaging agents. In this st...

Men queue up for Circumcision In Swaziland To Prevent HIV/AIDS

There is a dramatic shift in attitudes toward circumcision in Swaziland, which has one of the world's // lowest rates of the practice and one of the highest HIV prevalence rates. Circumcision, once widely viewed as unmanly, it is making a sudden comeback in the coun...

Earth Will Feel The Impact Of Global Warming

...opogenically induced global warming) could lead to dramatic changes to our planet," Nature quoted Prof Nunes as saying. They said that the global warming of 55 million years ago, known as the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), emerged in less than 5,000 years and set in motion a host of important cha...

London Hospital Provides Specialized Care For Pregnant Women

A dramatic improvement in the maternity care is expected, with a London- based NHS hospital willing to offer a privileged one to one service, for pregnant women who pay ￡4,000. The novel scheme would be implemented at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital....

Walk-In Health Centers Launched By The NHS For Commuters

... With such issues currently under consideration, a dramatic improvement in the existing National Health Services (NHS) is likely to happen soon....

Pay Cut Leads To Increased Levels Of Insomnia Among Workers

...wed that nurses who experienced the pay cut showed dramatic increases in symptoms of insomnia. Insomnia (lack of sleep) is largely associated to workplace accidents and lowered productivity. Greenberg conducted supervisor training in the hospital where the nurses received salary reductions as well as one, ...

Mood Stabilizing drugs for Bipolar disorder

...lar disorder or Manic-depressive illness is due to dramatic shifts in mood for high energy to sadness and very sadness with hopeless with periods of normal mood which affects the normal functioning and activity of the body which leads to bad learning capacity and can also lead to severe depression and suicide...

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