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Skin Cancer Risk Increases With Ultraviolet-B Radiation Exposure

...pair the chromosomal damage caused to the skin and hence increases the risk of developing basal cell carcin...osum are unable to repair these broken strands and hence are at increased risk of developing skin cancer. Li-E Wang, M.D., and Qingyi Wei, M.D., Ph.D., of th...

Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia Using Gene Therapy.

...roduces beta S-globin is altered in these patients hence the altered gene is prevented from getting translated to proteins. This set up is then inserted in a gene that promotes production of healthy hemoglobin chains. The net result is the production of a transgene which is then inserted into a vector (...

Study Reveals Better Results in Patients Suffering From Depression.

... had a lot of controversial opinion about them and hence a study was conducted to analyze the effect of these drugs on the patients. The initial results were that the drugs showed better results in case of well-qualified white women. The patients seem to undergo better recovery in their first trail of an...

New protein diet program questioned.

...uals had asked about the details of their diet and hence they published the book. The spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association did not approve of the intake of excessive amount of protein. She said that the diet taken by dieters should only contain about 15-20% of proteins. Carbohydrate diet sh...

Youngsters Not Aware Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

...ated by Carnegie Mellon researchers were aware and hence unlikely to indulge in sexual behavior fraught with risks. The findings of the study are due to be published in the January edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health....

Caffeine: Stimulates Sexual Behaviour in Females

...contributes to a moderate amount in their body and hence the effects of caffeine cannot be well analyzed. Whereas in case of rats they are not exposed to caffeine and when exposed show a significant increase in the sexual behaviour. The researcher also said that this study will help us to understand the ...

Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation Promises Healthy Bones In Child

...itamin D in the placental transport of calcium was hence highlighted. A follow up study was conducted 9 years later. The mineral content and bone mineral density of the children were assessed. It was found that vitamin supplementation played a very crucial role both in the health of the mother and the bab...

Enjoy The Winter Season

...at the long winter might make people depressed and hence provide them with useful tips that will keep away their winter blues//. Jane Kinyon, a clinical professor in the School of Nursing, reports that it is very common to suffer from mild irritation and depression during the winter. His is mainly attrib...

UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply

...owed by the Chinese government to have samples and hence they have asked the help of the World Health Organization to intervene in this matter and monitor the drinking water in this region. ...

Glucose Boosts Memory Retention

...her disadvantages in giving people increased sugar hence the researchers have devised a new technique to re...ssociated with the increased sugar consumption and hence said that an increase in the sugar level can be established at regular meals and thereby give time f...

Shortage of NHS funds: Many Couples Denied Infertility Treatment

...uch costly treatments to infertile couples and was hence not legally validated. It was then decided to offer at least 1 free treatment cycle to patients by the end of last April. A 15% disparity was found in the treatment offered, as revealed by a Nice survey. The presence of children to either of the pa...

CCR5 Mutation Confers Immunity Against HIV But Not Against West Nile Virus Illness

...on in both copies (are homozygous) of the gene and hence they don’t produce the CCR5 protein. These individuals don’t suffer from HIV infection but are prone to WNV illness. The researchers developed a mouse model to understand the functioning of the immune system cells. They found that genetically engin...

A first in Liver Transplant in India – Networking works wel

...ved and sent to Delhi was proving to be difficult, hence an alternative strategy was worked out. Both the Liver failure doctor from Kerala and his Surgeon from Delhi were asked to fly into Hyderabad. The advantage of the strategy was it saved at least Rs.180,000 for a chartered flight and it also made th...

Elderberries the drug against bird flu in humans?

...x months to develop a vaccine for the bird flu and hence the best way is to follow all the precautionary measures and avoid contracting the disease....

Turmeric And Cabbage effective against prostate cancer

...ective in killing the cancer cells in the mice and hence would help in the treatment of human prostate cancer....

Medicare Drug Plan Is Not Working in The US

...erstand Medicare’s new prescription drug plans and hence they are vary of signing up, but then again they have no option and have to enroll themselves in it. The USAToday's reports that more than 6.4 million have already been compelled to shift to the new plans with 20 million being the final target. In a ...

Air pollution increases asthma in Canada

...oors during playing and perform heavy exercise and hence they are prone to wheezing which eventually progresses to asthma. The causative agents present in the outdoor air that are suspected in asthma include ground-level ozone and small particulates. It is also said that about a quarter of Canadian resi...

Early Detection Of Primary Liver Cancer Would Save Millions Of Lives

...e liver are more prone to develop liver cancer and hence highly sensitive tests are required to detect the disease and prevent it among the patients suffering from liver cirrhosis. Professor Philip Johnson said that through this research they were able to distinguish people who had early liver cancer fr...

Viro-therapy against cancer

...eron system. Interferons are anti-viral substances hence these variant viruses prefer attacking the cancerous cells. Chemotherapy is effective against the cancerous cells but affects the healthy tissues, such as the hair, skin, digestive and immune systems. On the other hand the NDV-HUJ virus enables d...

A journal’s report on stress, among pregnant wome

...ls have increased 14.73% in the last two years and hence the health acre officials have put the stress management as the top priority in the list. Researchers are studying the effect of genes and other factors on the stress syndrome especially in pregnant women. But overall it is better to hav...

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