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British Soldiers Suffer Delay of Treatment for Mental Illness

... of mental health problems 'extremely serious' and gave Combat Stress around 2.8 million pounds (about $5.32 million) a year for treatment courses. Source-IANS SR...

Vaccine Promising Against Hepatitis E

...h. The drug's developer, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, also gave funding and participated in the research. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Not a Rotten Idea Anymore

...g flesh, and never healthy tissues. Maggot therapy gave way to antibiotics for obvious reasons. Yet, counters Moon, whose notion is backed by 39 MPs, the idea is not to be perceived as disgusting. The maggots will be raised in a sterile condition and the wounds covered so that the maggots do not get t...

Discredited Drug may Be Used to Aid Mental Development in Down’s Syndrome Patient

... no longer approved for use in people. Fernandez gave daily doses of PTZ to the mice for about 2 weeks. The mice were better able to navigate mazes and recognize new objects after receiving the drug, and were on par with normal mice. The gains continued for months after the treatment stopped. This m...

Treatment Extends Survival in Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

...ells and the mouse model. Next, the researchers gave daily injections of TSA to the SMA mice, starting when the mice were 5 days old. By that time, the mice showed clear symptoms of disease: they were significantly underweight and they had a markedly impaired righting reflex, or ability to get on their...

Milk from Cloned Cows is Not Welcome at the Nation's Biggest Milk Company

...oats. The Food and Drug Administration in December gave preliminary approval to meat and milk from cloned animals and could grant final approval by year's end. The government has asked producers to voluntarily keep clones away from the food supply until final approval is granted. Smaller companies s...

CMV Vaccine Prototype Successfully Tested in Guinea Pigs

...igs given the CMV vaccine before becoming pregnant gave birth to fewer dead pups and were less likely to transmit the infection to their offspring than were female guinea pigs not receiving the vaccine. The vaccinated group (10 litters) produced 28 live pups and 4 dead pups—a mortality rate of 13 percen...

Health Officials Approve Plan for New ￡28m Maternity Hospita

Health officials in Glasgow gave the nod for the opening of a new ￡28 million maternity unit at the Southern General Hospital. //The plans put forward by NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde envision completion of the unit by December 2009. The health board confirmed that it had discussi...

Multiple Low-energy Plasma Skin Treatments Beneficial in Reducing Facial Wrinkles

...Cosmetic Surgery Center of Houston, and colleagues gave three full-face, low-energy treatments to eight volunteers every three weeks. Before the second and third treatment, the quality of the new skin grown over the treated area, amount of healing time and redness was recorded. Four days following each pr...

Be Careful What You Touch, It can Make You Fat

...hen exposed to chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) gave birth to low weight babies. These baby rats then went on to double their weight in 7 days and remained overweight throughout their life. Saal puts this down to a thrifty phenotype, which gets activated when the unborn fetus is exposed to these che...

Down Syndrome Dolls in Brazil After Child Actor's Success

...ng since she began starring in the soap. "I only gave permission for the doll and for her to participate in the parade of samba school Imperio Serrano," said the cautious dad, adding that the parade, which will be part of Rio de Janeiro's internationally famous carnival, will also have Down Syndrome as ...

Scientists Boost Production of Cheap Malaria Drugs

...nol. They found that these alternative solvents gave faster extraction times and a more complete extraction of the useful substances in the Artemisia annua leaf.The study was published in the Journal of Natural Products in November. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Scientists Uncover Cause of Antipsychotic Drug Weight Gain

...activity measured pre-drug. The researchers then gave the mice leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetit...cts the drug, AMPK activity and appetite, the team gave clozapine to mice genetically engineered without a histamine receptor. Results? Peace. No heighte...

Pregnant Women Must Eat Fish-experts Warn

... women who ate a lot of sea fish and whale blubber gave birth to children who had irreversible damage to certain brain functions. Yet, Hibbeln and colleagues say that is just the opposite; restricted fish diet will actually lead to poor fetal brain development. Hibbeln says that as fish contain high ...

A New Approach to Manage Opiate Addiction

...imicking addiction and withdrawal, the researchers gave the mice increasing doses of morphine and then stopped morphine administration to induce withdrawal symptoms. The researchers found that the CRF1-deficient mice showed more severe and prolonged behavioral symptoms of withdrawal—such as jumping and ...

Greater Quality Control Needed for Overseas-Trained Doctors

...2006, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) gave a commitment to implement nationally consistent OTD assessment and support standards. “Some jurisdictions have been slow to sign up to the stronger assessment protocols,” Dr Haikerwal said. “If these delays persist, the Commonwealth should cons...

Human Stem Cell Transplants Repair Rat Spinal Cords

...ncouraged.” In their experiments, the scientists gave anesthetized rats a range of spinal cord injuries to lesion or kill motor neurons or performed sham surgeries. They varied experimental conditions to see if the presence or absence of spinal cord lesions had an effect on the survival and maturation o...

Genes May Trigger Repeated Premature Birth In Blacks

...en with multiple preterm babies. The black mothers gave birth, on average, at 31 weeks gestation, while white moms averaged 33 weeks gestation. Preterm birth is usually defined as delivery at less than 37 weeks of gestation. The new study used 34 weeks gestation as a cut-off to avoid any errors in calcu...

Indian Doctors in Britain Lose Legal Battle

... Act 1971." However, the BAPIO said that verdict gave some comfort about the Home Office not complying with the requirements of the race relations legislation and the acceptance that no consultations were held before the changes were announced. Lakshman said: "It is disappointing that the judge conclu...

Beauticians and Barbers can Do More Than Their Services

...y women about strokes. In the study, researchers gave lessons on stroke prevention and warning signs to beauticians in black-run beauty shops in Cincinnati and Atlanta. The beauticians then discussed stroke-related issues with their clients, who also received a packet that included heart-healthy cook...

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