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Schizophrenia Complicates With Altered Receptor Activity

...ctivity as well as NMDA underactivity suggests the existence of a relationship between these two receptor groups,’ explains Hahn. ‘Altered NRG1-erbB4 signaling may contribute to NMDA receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia.’ This finding is the first to display NMDA receptor hypofunction in the brains of patien...

Melatonin Hormone Found in Red Wine Grapes

...in the brain in all mammals. But now the hormone’s existence in plants has shocked the researcher. It is otherwise called the sleep hormone. It is produced by the body in the night and it regulated the circadian rhythm meaning it tells the body when it is time to sleep. Hence the researches in Italy explain t...

Light & Mild Cigarettes Just As Harmful As Regular Ones

... was no law in the US, there is an European law in existence that bans misleading descriptions like ‘Light’ & ‘Mild’ on all cigarettes sold in the European union. Amanda Sandford, with the ‘Action on Smoking and Health,’ said that a previous research in the UK had supported findings of the study in US. She sai...

Healing is best when there is absolute balance between mind and body

...d with positive health outcomes. This supports the existence of the healthy adherer effect, whereby adherence to drug therapy may be a [characteristic of people with] overall healthy behavior." Betty Chewning, PhD, director of the Sonderegger Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of...

Syphilis on the Rise

...s found in Europe and North Africa. It has been in existence in Europe for the past 2,000 years. The disease has always been associated with travel. The rates of syphilis increased during war, when a large number of lusty but bored men were separated from their women and scattered around the world. After the...

The Lurking Tsunami: Are We Ready?

...imed thousands of lives worldwide and impacted the existence of millions. Damage to properties along coastal cities has been accounted to be worth several million US dollars. As a phenomenon alien to the region, the catastrophic giant waves took the Indian sub-continent completely unawares. The southern stat...

Gap Exists between Medical School Teaching and Physician’s Practic

... as medical eligibility criteria,’ she said. The existence of new highly reliable, easily taught natural family planning methods developed by Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health may encourage physicians to present natural family planning options to their patients, says Dr. Jennings. One...

Thai Anti-Aids Initiatives Applauded

...sful prevention efforts." In the 25 years of the existence of the pandemic, it has left valuable information that countries can learn from to evolve better strategies in AIDS/HIV prevention. Dedicated and consistent efforts on the part of many countries have brought about tangible results in the prevention o...

'Blimp1' Gene Linked To Oily Skin

... keratinocytes but no one had ever described their existence and therefore, we had no clues about their relationship to the gland." Valerie Horsley, a postdoc in the Fuchs lab and first author of the paper, had been interested in Blimp1’s role in hair follicle development, and had engineered mice that were m...

First Study to Show How Immune Cells 'Speak' to Each Other in Vivo

Findings confirm the existence of immunological synapses, microanatomical structu... at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have confirmed the existence of anatomical structures that channel information exchanges between a T cell and its target, an anti...

Researchers seek to demystify brain activity during mystical encounters

...ence and neither does it confirm or disconfirm the existence of God." Fr Stephen Wang, a Catholic priest teaching at Allen Hall Seminary in London responding to the findings said, "These brain studies can give us fascinating insights into how the human body and mind and spirit inter-connect, but they should n...

A glowing energy measure for heart cells

...r very quickly," she said. "Drugs are already in existence to help protect mitochondria from damage and preserve their function. If we can get those into the heart at the right time then we could protect the mitochondria and get them to produce more energy," she added. Prof. Peter Weissberg, Medical Direct...

Precautionary Recall of Beef over E.coli Contamination Concerns

...isconsin. Jim's Market & Locker, Inc. has been in existence since 1961 in Harlan with over 25 employees and distributing meat products throughout the Midwest and certain other selected areas in the nation. NLA...

First Major Study of Mammalian “Disorderly” Proteis

...because although scientists have been aware of the existence of flexible proteins for many years, they have only recently realized that these molecules play major biological roles in the cell, according to Richard Kriwacki, Ph.D., an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Structural Biology. Moreover, ...

Understanding Sleeping Sickness

... However, it is increasingly recognized that the existence of these two forms, the chronic one due to T. b. gambiense and the acute one provoked by T. b. rhodesiense, only partly reflect the real mechanisms at work. Concerning the Gambian form, the screening and treatment teams indicates the occurrence of se...

'Muscle' Protein Drives Prostate Cancer

...ot be sensitive or specific enough to pinpoint the existence of cancer. Using myosin VI or other factors, it may be possible, Luo says, to create a laboratory test to identify high or low levels in urine or blood samples, and this might aid in the detection of prostate cancer. Myosin VI also has been shown to ...

China Denies Existence Of New Bird Flu Strain

China has denied the existence of a new strain of H5N1 bird flu in its Fujian province as reported by a science journal in the US. // China's chief veterinarian Jia You Lin Friday refuted the report in the US Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a new strain of H...

Cash Rewards for Meghalaya Tribes to Encourage Baby Boom

...bout the need to have more children if we want the existence of the Khasis and the Jaintias as distinct tribes. We want the population of the two tribes to double to two million, although we have set no target," said the 52-year-old Shylla, a father of four girls. He considers himself 'unlucky' as his wife ...

Diabetes- a Threat to Several Indigenous Populations

...me of the highest rates in the world and where the existence of indigenous communities were at risk. Nauru, the Pacific nation and the world's smallest republic with a population of 10,000 people had over 30 percent of adults aged over 20 years with type 2 diabetes. And among adults aged 35 years and above t...

National Neonatology Forum Plans to Celebrate Newborn Week

...sh, Uttar Pradesh and Assam. The forum came into existence in 1980 through the initiative of a handful of leading paediatricians working in neonatology. It soon became a catalyst for advancing newborn health throughout India and helping to expand newborn care beyond the nurseries in hospitals. NNF celebrated...

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