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Inhaling Salt Can Lead To Hypertension

...orkers in factories such as the ones studied could easily protect themselves from the negative effects of exposure to salt particles by wearing masks and glasses. A high consumption of salt is known to be directly linked to high blood pressure and the development of cardiovascular and kidney diseases, whi...

Treatment May Be Possible For Degenerative Brain And Spinal Cord Disease

...vous system. An added advantage is that KDI can be easily synthesized, therefore avoiding the problems associated with human cell donation. Source: Newswise Medindia on Alzheimer’s disease: further information Alzheimer’s disease: This condition affects the brain cells and slowly destroys them. The m...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

... feels that with the easy access to discounted and easily available condoms would also increase the risk of women going astray. “Earlier, women were not as open in leading a promiscuous life in fear that they may get pregnant. Now they don’t have to fear with the condom vending machines ready at every corne...

Learning Just How Different We Are

...ly measured and early signs of disease can be more easily predicted. Medindia on Genetics: Out of 23 chromosomes, the fourth chromosome is responsible for sense of sweet taste and Identical twins have identical DNA but not identical fingerprints. Links from medindia: http://www.medindia.net/know_u...

Transplant helps diabetes

...research, they suggested that islet cells could be easily replicated in the lab, and hence there would be a limitless source of cells. Shapiro feels that if this can become the truth, there can be a permanent cure for type I diabetes patients as well as type II diabetes....

A Mirror Miracle!

...ies of mirror rights is crucial, light only passes easily through the skin over a tight range of infrared wavelengths but slicon surfaces dont reflect well at these wavelengths. And if the mirror was highly polished it would quickly loose its finish under the skin as it will breakdown. But making the silico...

New molecule to treat brain disorders found

... Small molecules, on the other hand, can more easily enter the brain.Thus adenosine may be a potential treatment for brain ailments, according to investigators. In a new study, published in the online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on March 6th, researchers report that adenosine did ha...

A ray of hope in Angioplasty dilemma

A new technique to keeping heart arteries flowing easily after angioplasty shows fantastic success in early testing, visibly solving a major weakness of the common procedure.Doctors released the longest follow up with the new technique - the drug-coated stent. In testing on 30 patients over three years, t...

New insights into herbal supplements

...cond Web site that will be less technical and more easily understood by patients....

Arsenic in drinking water

...niques and facilities as well as trained staff not easily available or affordable in many parts of the world. Analytical quality control and external validation remain problematic. Field test kits can detect high levels of arsenic but are typically unreliable at lower concentrations of concern for human hea...

Recent Study On Rats May Lead To Future Robotics

...tern generators are not very complicated and could easily be generated by a small computer to control a robot arm.” However Scientists differ on how many brain cells will have to be involved to control such devices but they agree that these encouraging findings, could help them develop brain-controlled dev...

Getting A Suntan The Easy Way

...e tanning in human volunteers who are known to tan easily in the sun without the use of sunlight. Researchers conducted three different clinical trials to see if MT-1 is effective with sunlight. The first study included four volunteers who were given MT-1 and four who were given a placebo for 10 days. A UV-...

SARS (Bird Flu) spreading in the Asian continent

...s fear that it could mutate into a form, which can easily pass among people and hence trigger a global epidemic. Dr. Shigeru Omi of WHO at the opening of the OIE conference said, "The virus has behaved in ways that suggests it remains as unstable, unpredictable and versatile as ever. Judging by its perfo...

WHO Steps Up To Create A Public Awareness About The Consequences Of Exposure To Radon

...ble uranium content of the soil. Radon gas escapes easily from the ground into the air and emits heavily ionizing radiation called alpha particles. These particles are electrically charged and attach to aerosols, dust and other particles in the air we breathe. Thereby getting deposited on the cells lining a...

Testing Your Health & Charging Your Mobile At One Go - Check Out The Urine Powered Batteries

...ations to power a cell phone. "Our battery can be easily integrated into such devices, supplying electricity on contact with biofluids such as urine or blood." The battery is made of a layer of filter paper steeped in copper chloride, sandwiched between strips of magnesium and copper. This "sandwich" is t...

Worried About The Sensitive Skin Of Your 2 Year Old? Fetal Skin Cells To Offer Help

...olved or turned into a gel-like film that could be easily removed. This resulted in spontaneous healing of the wounds that would have taken days or months otherwise. The bioengineer skin was used on eight children aged 14 months to nine years old, who had deep second- and third-degree burns to their hands...

Bird Flu Risk In Europe, Middle East And Africa

... very infectious and deadly form to humans and can easily spread between people. This mutation can trigger a pandemic that could claim the lives of millions of people across the globe. The control efforts should ensure that no pandemic human infections occur due to bird flu. Wild water birds flying from S...

Have You Ever Wondered Why Male And Female Voices Differ?

... auditory part of the brain and are therefore more easily decoded. Source: Indo-Asian News Servic...

Dietary supplementation of Folic Acid Requires Critical Evaluation

...hole grains and citrus fruits, although it is less easily absorbed. In addition, folic acid has been shown to reduce blood levels of homocysteine, an amino acid that appears to be a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. The FDA made it mandatory in 1998 to add 140 micrograms of the vitamin to each 100...

Folic acid enriched grain reduces birth defects

...leafy vegetables, grains and citrus fruits are not easily absorbed by the body. So, women of childbearing age were recommended to take 400 micrograms of folic acid to prevent the children’s from birth defects. The FDA in 1998 recommended that 140 micrograms of folic acid can be added to each 100 grams of gr...

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