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Computers Assist Breast Cancer Screening

...diologists. Cancer Research UK has expressed the immense potential of the proposed system, which is capable of reducing the work loads by 50%. This will indeed be a huge step towards enabling state-of-art breast care. This novel method, labeled the Cad method will use computers to scan mammograms for anom...

Pain in the Back? Try Acupuncture

... that those who had received acupuncture expressed immense relief from excruciating pain. To quote the report "At three months, patients in the acupuncture group were significantly more likely to be 'very satisfied' with their treatment compared with usual care, and with their overall care. At 24 months, ...

Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies

...hools. Over the past six years there has been an immense rise in the use of pills, doubling in the past six years. However research from around the world has revealed that it has little or no effect on reducing unplanned pregnancies. This was the damning handed out by sexual health expert Professor Anna ...

Techniques for analyzing protein interactions aid in detecting the molecular basis of diseases

...in the new collection. These techniques will be of immense help to several cell and molecular biologists especially those involved in detecting the molecular basis of human diseases. The journal’s website: www.cshprotocols.org gives a free access to both these methods. Given the importance of characterizin...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

...own asunder many healthy lifestyles in its wake of immense competition and high stress. Nowadays, young professionals, executives, socialites, models and also housewives are caught in the mires of stress, so much so that they fallback on tranquillisers and stress relieving drugs. The National Addiction Resea...

Chronic pain can be cooled off !

...micals that enable feelings of coolness, and bring immense relief to chronic pain. This could pave the way for improved treatment measures for people suffering long-term pain, as compared to the present ones that demand long-term usage of painkillers, which are not without side effects. Scientists pro...

More People Seeking Treatment for Mental Illness in Strife-torn Kashmir

...st survivor group in Jammu and Kashmir, have shown immense resilience. But continuing violence is taking a toll on them. "Women who are biologically predisposed to depression and anxiety are now displaying schizophrenic tendencies," added Hussain, who attended a conference here on the role of women in Jamm...

Stern action against AIIMS Medicos, warns Ramadoss

...ll its next hearing in August. The strike caused immense hardship to thousands of patients who come to the country's premier healthcare institute. "Three people have died in last three days. We will enquire into the matter. Any doctor found guilty will be dealt with strongly," the minister said adding tha...

Nitazoxanide, potent drug to plug the purge caused by rotavirus

Nitazoxanide holds immense promise for kids infected with Rotavirus that triggers severe diarrhea, now infamous for causing half a million deaths// amongst youngsters from the deprived countries. Now, this drug has also received the approval from the FDA for its use in combati...

Increased Demand For Up-gradation Local Hospital In Tiruchy

...on, upgrading of the local hospital would be of an immense help to the residents of the district and neighbouring districts. Explaining that the facilities in the hospital were not adequate to meet the requirements of growing population, he is urging the centre to consider the inclusion of the hospital as th...

Pregnant? Time to get fishy!

London: A novel study has brought out the immense health benefits of fish oil for pregnant women, which steps-up the child's behavioral attributes, even before //they arrive into the world. Even risks of serious conditions like cerebral palsy are significantly lowered with consumption of fish oil by...

Osteoporosis – A New Treatmen

... the hyperactive NFATc in their osteoblasts had an immense increase in bone mass compared to normal mice, suggesting that the balance between bone formation and breakdown had tipped. When the researchers examined the cells in these mice, they found that up-regulating NFATc signaling in osteoblasts increas...

Medicos In Punjab, Haryana Contemplating 'Drastic Steps'

...ices in the region today remained crippled causing immense hardships to patients. 'Something drastic have to be done to draw attention of the Government. Our protests so far have simply not affected the Government. If it is sustained the Government will sooner or later have to listen to us,'Dr Subh Mohan Si...

'Mother and Child' Sculptor for Anti-Polio Campaign

...specially for children and mothers, which gives me immense pleasure," he told IANS. The Pondicherry government has invited Patnaik to come every year to organize a sand-sculpting event on its beach....

Is Music Therapy A Better Option To Treat Parkinson’s Disease

...urological Institute, if found positive will be of immense help and could be a better alternative for treating the patients. Studies already have shown that music therapy can have a greater impact than physical therapy on Parkinson’s patients, but Dr. Ron Tintner, a neurologist at the Methodist NI, is study...

Antiviral Coating On Bank Notes, Photocopiers Could Help Check Epidemics

...tes, vending machines and photocopiers could be of immense help in fighting the epidemics//. Materials researcher Guagang Ren at Queen Mary college, University of London, has discovered a coating of metal, metal oxide and ceramic nanoparticles that have strong antiviral properties, reported the online edit...

Greener Pastures Beckon the Philippines Medical Workers

... of this drain in nursing resources, fueled by the immense nursing vacancies and better pay packets in the United States. Infact most of the Philippine Nurses leave for the United states, lured by the opportunity to make big bucks A law that would stipulate a mandatory tenure of at least 6 months for the f...

Chirps of Wisdom: Taking a Leaf out Of Vietnam’s Bird-Flu Sag

...representative in Hanoi, firmly hold ground to the immense government dedication in Vietnam that helped combat the bird-flu crisis. In his words, "You should always start with widespread culling. Rapid action to cull poultry was taken in Vietnam, and that was because of decisions at prime ministerial level."...

Mass Spectrometry to Identify Viruses

...cause of their mass spectrometric method they have immense potential as a tool for biodefens. The results of the study is published in the April 2006 edition of Applied and Environmental Microbiology. In mass spectrometry is essentially a laser turns a sample into ionized particles, which are then acceler...

The Little Known Facts of Junk DNA

...sease formation because it is difficult to look at immense stretches of DNA. Traditionally, DNA sequences are supposed to look similar to function similarly. This is the best strategy used for studying similar species. But from an evolutionary standpoint, the last common ancestor of human and zebrafish li...

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