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Indian Doctors Agree to Promote Cadaveric Organ Transplantation

...r. Human-to-human organ transplantation saves and enhances the lives of a number of patients suffering from many forms of end-stage organ failure. Today, transplantation is the leading form of treatment for several debilitating diseases. With this success, however, has come increasing demand for donated orga...

Roche puts in an Application to Use Herceptin for Treatment in Her-2 positive breast cancer

...AnDEM study which showed that the use of Herceptin enhances the median progression-free survival from 2.4 months to 4.8 months. HER2-positive breast cancer affects almost 20 to 30 percent of women with breast cancer, and is a galloping form of the disease that demands immediate attention due to the tumors gr...

Eating Strawberries may boost memory

...drug that activates memory-associated pathways and enhances memory," says lead author Pamela Maher, Ph.D., a researcher in the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute. Maher hit upon the beneficial effects of fisetin when she screened a collection of flavonoids, substances with anti-oxidant a...

School of Medicine, GE Introduce Ultrasound Pilot Study

...earch. Each new advance broadens our knowledge and enhances the potential for other discoveries,” he said. “The University of South Carolina School of Medicine and GE Healthcare have the opportunity to change the practice of medicine.” LOGIQ E is an extra tool that gives doctors a look into the patient’s bo...

Noise In Neurons Is good

...of the real world—and that this noise dramatically enhances the brain's processing, enabling us to make decisions in an uncertain world. 'You'd think this is crazy because engineers are always fighting to reduce the noise in their circuits, and yet here's the best computing machine in the universe—and it l...

Turmeric prevents rheumatoid arthritis: US study

... is activated, or turned on, it binds to genes and enhances production of inflammatory proteins, destructive to the joint. The finding that curcuminoid extract inhibits activation of NF-KB suggests that turmeric dietary supplements share the same mechanism of action as anti-arthritic pharmaceuticals under d...

Cardiocerebral Resuscitation, A New Technique For Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

...h-to-mouth breathing, Cardiocerebral Resuscitation enhances the willingness in lay individuals to engage in an attempt to resuscitate a cardiac arrest victim. Members of the UA Sarver Heart Center CPR Research Group started the 'Be a Lifesaver' program to teach the new approach to the public at no charge. Bys...

Vitamin B deficiency may lead to poor athletic performance

... prove that its Vitamin B complex in the diet that enhances the growth and repair of muscles. The study was conducted at Oregon State University and the research was published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Thiamin, riboflavin, VitaminB6, VitaminB12andFolicacid a...

Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

...ive infrequency of civil malpractice litigation -- enhances the social importance of criminal law as a way of increasing transparency in the medical world,' Leflar said. Few Japanese officials would argue that police and prosecutors are ideally suited for the role of medical quality control, Leflar said, b...

Extra Funding To Fight Bird Flu

...ensation to farmers whose animals are being culled enhances producer cooperation through better motivation to comply with the disease reporting and culling requirements of disease control packages," it said. "Early identification of HPAI and the immediate culling of diseased or suspected animals are critica...

Low Doses Of Arsenic Have Broad Impact On Hormone Activity – Says A Researc

...gulatory limits, in the range of 5-50 ppb) arsenic enhances hormone-stimulated gene expression, by two- to three-fold. At slightly higher doses (in the range of 50-200 ppb, commonly found in drinking water from contaminated wells in New Hampshire and elsewhere in the U.S.) arsenic has the exact opposite effec...

Jingle All the Way With a Lean and Fit Santa!

...besity, which is also called as "central obesity", enhances the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. So Santa Claus had better shape up or risk getting shipped out!...

Joining the Gym? Drink Coffee

...ffect. Previous studies have shown caffeine also enhances resilience, and one experiment found that caffeine reduces pain during cycling. The researchers suggest that caffeine blocks the body’s receptors for adenosine released during inflammation and brings relief. RI...

Amul to Launch Sugar Free Desserts

...ention of formation and growth of colon cancer and enhances brain activity, accordingly. Says a senior GCMMF official,'The market for sugar-free products is huge. With growing awareness about health issues, we are aiming to having a significant share of this business also.' Looks like Amul plans to get its...

Role of Appetite Hormone MCH in Insulin Production Revealed

...ly increases insulin secretion from beta cells and enhances growth of beta cells. If the proteins that mediate the growth mechanism can be identified, it could lead to the development of new drugs that would enhance beta cell growth to treat type 1 and type 2 diabetes.” In type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependen...

Graft-versus-Host Diseases can Be Predicted

Human-to-human organ transplantation saves and enhances the lives of a number of patients suffering from many forms of end-stage organ failure//. Today, transplantation is the leading form of treatment for several debilitating diseases. Graft-versus-host disease occurs when white blood cells from the d...

Support Claims With Science Not Magic, Beverage Owners Warned

...hin gallate which scientists of the company claim, enhances metabolism, which translates to burning calories. "The accumulated body of scientific research shows that a combination of caffeine and green tea extract high in EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) invigorates metabolism to gently increase energy use,"...

Now Fight Iron Disorders With a Drug Against Hypertension

...e helps mobilise iron from stores in the liver and enhances its excretion into the urine," says Weiss, an EMBL alumnus who now heads a lab at the Department for General Internal Medicine at the University of Innsbruck. "These effects make nifedipine a promising candidate for a new drug to treat hereditary hem...

Multiple Course of Steroids Protects Preterm Baby’s Lung

...y in the womb as believed// and that the treatment enhances the survival rate of the babies. "The consensus in recent years has been to no longer give women in preterm labor more than one course of steroids because of possible adverse effects, but it means more babies are born needing ventilation," said San...

A New Inexpensive Technology for Multiplexed Detection

...drogel" called poly(ethylene glycol). That polymer enhances the sensitivity of the test because it is porous, allowing the target molecules to diffuse into it. For the Science paper, the researchers created particles with DNA probes attached at one end. They demonstrated that the particles could accurately ...

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