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Discourage Less Educated Women from Conceiving , Says New Zealand Academic

...lity. "If you imagine this as a long-term thing, extending over three or four generations, it would be a cause for some alarm," he said. Unplanned pregnancies by less educated women could be reduced, perhaps by future scientific advances. "I do have faith in science, and science may give us something tha...

Now, 'virtual' Mouse Brains Available on the Net

... The researchers could materialise this task by extending the capabilities of conventional magnetic resonance imaging. "These images can be more than 100,000 times higher resolution than a clinical MRI scan," said G. Allan Johnson, Duke's Charles E. Putman Distinguished Professor of radiology and profess...

Take a Break Inbetween Exercise

...se individuals. This has caused a greater focus on extending exercise sessions in order to burn more fat. However, this study shows that this method may not be the most effective way to enhance fat metabolism, as splitting up a long bout of exercise with a rest period burns more fat than a continuous bout of...

Radiology Workforce Shortage

...g and Radiation Sciences at Monash University, say extending the role of senior, post-graduate trained radiographers could help meet demand. They suggest allowing radiographers to provide a descriptive report with no medical interpretation, while radiologists would continue to provide medical reports. Dr S...

Children With Chronic Illness Die in Hospitals

...sociation. Advances in medicine and technology are extending survival, as well as allowing medically fragile children to live at home. In addition, shifts in attitudes about palliative and end-of-life care may also be affecting both how these children live and whether they may die at home. Palliative care f...

China Unveils Green Plan to Revert Farmland to Forest

...and to revert to forest over the next three years, extending nature reserves, protecting biodiversity hotspots and setting up a plant monitoring system. A novel collaboration between three state agencies and London-based Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the plan envisages managing of farmland to ...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

...r, they hope. The gene appears to be critical in extending the lifespan of animals that are subjected to a calorie-restricted diet -when they are slightly starved of high-calorie food but are given all the other nutrients they need. It is well established that calorie-restricted diets lead to longer maximu...

Bird Flu: Bangladesh Situation Serious, Indian on High Alert

... was an urgent need for vigorously stepping up and extending current H5N1 control campaigns. The potential spread of the H5N1 virus throughout the market chain, for example, through the collection of eggs and distribution of day-old chicks and feed, should be investigated, Domenech stressed. He recommended c...

Fire Ants are Emerging Nuisance for Virginians

...se. "Today, the red imported fire ants are still extending their range from the south to the north," said Schultz, who is also director of the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Virginia Beach. "Even though sod and nursery plants are treated and must meet strict guidelines to be tran...

EMRI to Expand Emergency Care Services Throughout India

...rship with Stanford School of Medicine, USA. For extending its services throughout the country, EMRI has realised the need for large number of Emergency Management Technicians (EMTs) and has tied up with Stanford School of Medicine to train paramedics for providing critical pre-hospital care. The paramedic...

New Treatment Could Enable Even Older Women to Conceive

... children at the same time, or science can help by extending the length of life of eggs in the ovaries. We might be able to do that in the next decade or so," he said. Winston claimed that scientists including him have identified a protein, which might be used to prolong the life of women's eggs. "Women are ...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered – and Calorie Restriction Could Hel

...r, they hope. The gene appears to be critical in extending the lifespan of animals that are subjected to a calorie-restricted diet -when they are slightly starved of high-calorie food but are given all the other nutrients they need. It is well established that calorie-restricted diets lead to longer maximu...

Local Councils Should Be Responsible for Tackling Health Inequalities

...ves, among people in their 50s and 60s. Although extending these treatments as widely as needed is laudable, having so many people taking drugs can hardly be regarded as a public health achievement, he says. Yet the NHS is proving remarkably good at these approaches. The reason for this, he explains, is be...

Lower the wages, the faster one ages, UK study shows

...es across the world huge progress has been made in extending life expectancy, but the question is how healthy are people as they age. Lead researcher Tarani Chandola, from University College London, said: 'There has always been an assumption that the health gap gets narrower with age as people retire. 'But r...

Exhaustive Study to Expand the Efficacy of Drug L-dopa for Parkinson's

...ential of the drug, E2007, and its contribution in extending the effectiveness of L-dopa. The prevailing treatment for Parkinson's disease aims to revive cellular communication by simply restoring the lost dopamine with L-dopa. Though this therapy is effective for sometime, yet it is unable to halt the gradu...

Statisticians Alarmed As Canada Zooms Towards Labour Shortage

.... Other than immigration, other options include extending the “normal” retirement age, encouraging older workers to stay on the job, as well as tapping into underused labour pools such as aboriginals. Experts also suggest the use of foreign visa holders as well as temporary visa holders. <B...

Support for Trauma and Grief

...fety and security is needed. Man organizations are extending support to the students there. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is also providing help and support through clinical providers and trained educators. Mental Health Counselors too have been helping the families of the deceased to cop...

Environmental Factors Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

...r physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause. These non-inherited, or epigenetic, changes in DNA can correlate with risk factors for breast cancer, according to research by the American Association for Cancer Research. To study the effects of epigenetic changes in DNA, a team...

Anti-aging Treatment Becoming Popular in US, but Experts Skeptical

...Academy was founded in 1993 to support research on extending life and treating age-related disease. It now claims 19,000 members in 90 countries. Membership has nearly doubled in the past five years. The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Inc. ("A4M") says it is a not-for-profit medical society dedica...

It's Never too Late to Get It Back! Aging Interrupted

...re are no authentic “anti-ageing drugs” capable of extending the lifespan of healthy people. The technique we have developed allows us to screen a relatively large number of drugs in months rather than years. The hope is that these drugs will be able to extend the lifespan of healthy animals, and possibly, aft...

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