Guinea Worm Disease Will Be Wiped Out Soon
...li, hard work of local and international groups in eliminating this disease has paid rich dividends now. Twelve countries were declared Guinea worm-free in early March. Currently the disease is still endemic in certain villages in sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the low cost methods to prevent people from being i...Forsyth Scientists Wiping Out Tooth Decay Through School-based Cavities Prevention Program
... that they have developed an effective program for eliminating cavities. //This program, called ForsythKids, is an innovative school-based cavity prevention program, which provides elementary school children with oral health education, dental exams, cleanings and preventive care. For children enrolled in the pro...Let Blind Eyes Be Opened - Stem Cell Therapy and Aniridia
...the cornea. They themselves disappear then ,thus eliminating the need of immuno-suppressant drugs. So far Daya has carried out four such procedures successfully. Says Daya: "We think the donor cells have attracted stem cells from the bone marrow to make new limbal stem cells, which have arrived at the eye ...Black Children More Vulnerable to Tobacco Smoke Effects
...cians. "These findings underline the importance of eliminating environmental tobacco smoke in every setting, especially those where children are present."...Race Affects Tobacco Absorption in Children
...cians. “These findings underline the importance of eliminating environmental tobacco smoke in every setting, especially those where children are present.” SRM...Artificial Vein to Boost Surgery and Ease Patient Trauma
...oost surgery, and avoid patient trauma. This is by eliminating the need to extract veins needed for an operation from the patient himself. According to Stonebridge and colleagues who created this artificial vein, blood will flow in exactly the way it does through the human body- in a twisting or spiraling act...Major Gene Study Uncovers Secrets of Leukemia
...urvival rate of ALL.” One potential strategy for eliminating leukemic cells would take advantage of the discovery that mutations in the B-cell differentiation pathway are predicted to prevent progenitors from changing into normally functioning lymphocytes. Normally, the body eliminates differentiated B lymphoc...Nepali Doctor Conferred Asian of the Year Award
...ony here. Ruit has been working for the cause of eliminating blindness for 20 years and has been active in the northeastern states of India and northern Bihar. He has also been working in his homeland Nepal, Thailand, China and many other countries of Asia. The eye surgeon did his graduate studies at Lucknow...Pilates-new Age Gimmick or More?
... widely recommended for losing weight, reducing or eliminating back pain and improving posture. Yet experts now question whether Pilates is any good, at least for reducing back pain, a common problem in many. Participants of Pilates are taught to strengthen a muscle called transversus abdominus, which is done...Couple Therapists Plays Vital Role in Keeping Couples Bond Intact
... couples.// The therapist helps the couple work on eliminating mutual misunderstandings, unreasonable expectations, and unstated assumptions that perpetuate conflict, explains the March 2007 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. Couples therapists make little use of psychiatric diagnosis, but they do use...Incidence of Malaria Has Come Down, Says Economic Survey
... disease, the survey said that the government aims eliminating the infectious Lymphatic Filaria disease by 2015. In 2005, all 20 endemic states and union territories except Tamil Nadu implemented Mass Drug Administration covering around a population of 500 million. Source-IANS...Mouse Study Suggests Anxiety Disorders Take Root in Infancy
...mice at various stages of development, showed that eliminating the receptors in juvenile or adult mice did not elicit over-anxiousness. "Forebrain serotonin receptors are needed during the development of newborns to modulate the predisposition to anxiety-like behavior, but are no longer critical during adult ...Scientists Produce Neurons from Human Skin
...them to produce perfectly compatible neurons, thus eliminating the risk of rejection. We could then transplant these nerve cells in the diseased areas of the brain," explains Berthod. "This type of procedure seems particularly interesting for diseases such as Parkinson’s, but it’s all theoretical for now. Before...Patrick Walsh Wins International Medicine Prize
...ontributing substantially to improved survival and eliminating the possibility of impotence and incontinence.” The King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976. Although the International Prize has been awarded since 1977, the medicine category was added in 1981. Nominations for the prizes are accepted fro...Controlling Malarial Transmission Not Easy!
...his mean for control? When R0 is in the thousands, eliminating malaria may seem impossible. If transmission from the humans who are bitten the most can be targeted, however, local elimination can still be within reach. Source-Eurekalert PRI...Scientists Partner to Develop and Distribute New Tuberculosis Vaccine
...a safe and more consistent degree of protection by eliminating needle injection and refrigerated storage." BCG, the most widely administered childhood vaccine in the world with 100 million infant administrations annually, is presently dried by freezing and delivered by needle injection. The commercial formulat...Influenza Virus also Protects Against H5N1
...N1 and not one of the hemagglutinin proteins, thus eliminating any chance of confusion over whether their immune systems were vaccinated against hemagglutinin, neuraminidase or both. The team showed that all 11 vaccinated mice survived infection with a virus genetically modified to make human N1, while half of...Copper Alloys Surfaces Touted As Pathogen Killers
..., thus providing processors with a better means of eliminating E coli contamination in their products. E. Coli O157:H7 is a harmful bacterium primarily found in raw and undercooked ground beef or foods that come into contact with raw meat. The study could counter a current trend in the food-processing sector...Early Treatment May Thwart Mad Cow-Type Disease
...lucci and colleagues do point out that the idea of eliminating normal prion protein "remains somewhat controversial…as the physiological role of the native protein is still unclear." They note, however, that normal prion depletion itself had no effect on behavior and cognition in uninfected animals in the curren......vascular method is minimally invasive and involves eliminating blood flow into the aneurysm by re-channeling the blood from above the aneurysm to below it. This method uses a tube graft that is threaded into the aorta from an artery in the groin, the same artery used for heart catheterizations. Both types of the...