Vision Loss in Elderly Caused By Combined Effect of Genes and Bacterium
... natural immune and inflammatory response. It is hence hypothesized that C. pneumoniae may be the key lin... chronic infection may accelerate inflammation and hence the progression of AMD in a certain groups of patients. Further research is needed in the same dir...Cipla In India Can Manufacture Drug For Bird Flu
... Zanamivir is an old drug manufactured before 1995 hence there are no patent issues involved with it manufacture. ‘‘We can manufacture it once we formulate it in our laboratories,’’ added Dr Hameid. The patent for Tamiflu is pending in India and the government is yet to decide on how to make the drug i...High Levels Of Noise In Work Place Found To Increase Blood Pressure
... the noise levels can lead to improved performance hence productivity. Appropriate measures have to be taken by the employers to enforce use of hearing protection. Provision of training regarding the use of ear protection devices and display of reminders in the form of posters in lunchrooms can sensitize w...Bacterial Photographs Created By Student Scientists!
...turing billions of genetically engineered bacteria hence produced a biological film. A unique light projector was used for creating the photographs, which had a ghost like appearance. The current achievement has more clinical implications than what is foreseen at the moment. It can even be used to build ...Parents Of ADHD Children Suffering Sleep Problems
...ADHD are liable to disrupt sleep patterns, and are hence not advisable. The survey discovered that parents of ADHD children were more likely to have missed work, or avoided social activities, due to tiredness as a result of trying to cope with a hyperactive child. Tiredness was also found to be the cause...Leptin Injections Maintain Loss In Body Weight
...eir weight. Their subjects all lost 10% weight and hence it is necessary to understand the Leptin hormone pathway. When Leptin injections are given to people who have normal body weight there is no reaction at all but this is not the case when the same is done to a dieter whose weight is maintained after ...Novel Strain Detected In The Recent Outbreak Of Bird Flu At Ukraine
...eak was detected in Ukraine (Crimea peninsula) and hence domestic birds are killed and put in pits that were dug for the purpose//. Health workers and emergency workers are recruited to get their hands on all the birds including (chickens, ducks and geese) and destroy them thereby the outbreak can be conta...“Super Broccoli” Could Confer Better Cancer Protectin
...y of the cancer fighting compound sulforaphane and hence is available in increased amounts to the body. The IFR scientists hope that this "super broccoli" will be ready for common consumption by the next three years, but say that eating a lot of green vegetables until then should help significantly in wa...Colorblind Individuals have expanded color vision
...n who are carriers of the deuteranamoly trait (and hence have one normal X chromosome) are predicted to express four types of cone photoreceptor--the three normal cone types, as well as the cone with a shifted wavelength sensitivity. Thought it is unclear whether this would appreciably affect color vision ...Beware of stroke that trails heart attack
...ent stroke after an attack is not yet analyzed and hence research has to be done in this direction thereby saving many lives can be saved thereby preventing deaths due to strokes. ...Mother Claims Hefty Compensation For Failed Abortion Of Twins
...ming that her upbringing is a financial burden and hence is hoping to get the above amount as compensation. The landmark case is all set to be heard in the Perth Sheriff Court in March 2006. Ms Dow claims that doctors at the Perth Royal Infirmary said after the abortion in January 2001 that no live materia...Oxytocin Boosts Trust and Reduces Fear.
...autism patients have high activity of amygdale and hence fear facing other humans. Further research has to be done on the effect of oxytocin on women, use of oxytocin as a treatment modality in other relevant fear disorders, study on the closely related hormone vasopressin and how mutations in these two ...Stop spending on new treatments; allocate funds to improve the existing treatments.
...s receive the drug only12000 deaths can be avoided hence a complete 100% of the patients should be able to get the drug there by preventing an additional 8000 deaths. If the drug was delivered only to 60% patients then the drug’s capacity would have to be increased from 20% to 33% which is close to impossi...Tool To Detect Health Literacy among Patients
...the patient’s side to understand their problem and hence they are educated, trained and provided with the care they need. People have such low health IQ that it is difficult for them to understand the instructions on the drugs, insurance and consent forms. As a result they receive improper health care wi...New Computerized Imaging Systems Help In Better Dental Treatment Planning
...ncerned. * There images are three dimensional and hence help orthodontists detect even minute cysts or even teeth that are impacted deep into the bone thus helping them form a viable treatment plan. * Because of better imaging of the airways, any relevant conditions like sleep apnea and enlarged adenoids ...Ban on Alzheimer's Drugs Questioned
...evels even after six months of using the drug. And hence they suggested that all patients should be entitled to receive the treatment to know about the effectiveness of the drug. Britain's Alzheimer's Society and The Association for the British Pharmaceutical Industry both were against the initial ban le...UN Fears Earthquake Victims Could Turn To Drugs
...ties want to avert this possibility altogether and hence have launched awareness campaigns to control the same, "A particular concern to us is the excessive use of tranquillizers, opiate-based painkillers and cannabis. On the other hand, drug abusers in a traumatized population are many times more difficul...Health Canada Gave Access To Unapproved Drugs To AIDS/HIV Patients.
...s are unapproved for the usage in AIDS patient and hence their access is declined by the government. The usage of this new unapproved AIDS drug started nine months earlier and a patient died. So the clinicians were not interested in getting themselves enmeshed in a bureaucratic delay. The two unapprove...Cancer Death Rate Decreasing in the US
...onsible for the spurt in catching cancer early and hence giving the victims a decent chance of survival. "The overall message of the report remains positive. The evidence that I have seen convinces me that we are poised to make dramatic gains against cancer in the near future," NCI Director Andrew C. von...... the women and 23% of children suffer from obesity hence government should encourage and provide incentives for people to use pavements and cycles instead of traveling by cars....