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Follow Screening Regimen for Early Cancer Detection

...cians and the people being screened understand the importance of following an optimal screening regimen,” Dr. Henschke said. “Delay in the recommended diagnostic work-up detracted from the full benefit of CT screening, as it resulted in progression of the cancer in size, and sometimes resulted in a higher stage...

Autistic Children can Interpret Mental States by Facial Expressions: Research

...images that allowed the researchers to explore the importance of certain regions of the face in identifying mental states. In one experiment, 18 autistic children ages 10 to 14 were able to attribute a range of mental states to dynamic and static facial expressions, but they did not perform as well as non-aut...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

...ing very basic and did not immediately realize the importance of it, and subsequently the implications were found to be much more broad-reaching,' he said. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Merry Old Folks

...tion, older adults (above 55) tend to assign equal importance to emotionally positive information." The report was published in the journal Psychological Science. <BR...

A New Test Kit to Detect Spoilt Food

...s that no ‘freshness’ test will substitute for the importance of proper food safety, including optimal storage, cleaning and cooking. Funding for the study was provided by the University of South Carolina and Research Corporation, a private foundation that advances scientific research. Source-Eurekalet PRI...

Growing Older Has Its Own Positive Effects Too

...hat while older people were inclined to give equal importance to emotionally positive information, the younger group stressed more on emotionally negative information. According to Dr Michael Kisley, this sort of attitude goes a long way in decision making. He also wished to know if this type of outlook was u...

UN Secretary Emphasize Action Against Tuberculosis

...-resistant. Ban's message aimed at stressing the importance of World TB Day on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported about the rise in the extensively drug resistant strain of tuberculosis, XDR-TB, which threatens to derail efforts to bring the global epidemic of ordinary TB under co...

Rest for Doctors to Ensure Patients’ Safet

...l Association said that the NHS must recognize the importance of enough rest for doctors and keep them in view w... "When designing rotas, the NHS must recognise the importance of doctors having enough time to rest beforehand and afterwards. "They must also provide adequate ...

Key Science Web Sites Buried in Information Avalanche

...ishers have held a central position because of the importance of academic articles, but this is changing with increasing uses of the Internet and Web. The study focuses on how academic researchers in particular interact with the Web on topics including HIV/AIDS, climate change, terrorism, the Internet and soc...

Madhya Pradesh to Stop Sex Education in Schools

...statement before the chief minister explaining the importance of AEP that would be an effective tool to create awareness about AIDS and HIV did not work," an official told IANS. "Today you stop AEP, tomorrow you will say that teaching biology should also be stopped because the books also contain pictures of h...

Cross-country Mobike Expedition to Spread AIDS Awareness

...ched, at the same time glad that they realized the importance of education," said Shyamala. The group is scheduled to head back home March 23. Lt General Prakash Chaudhury who was here to receive the students in Delhi said: "At NCC we encourage students to undertake such expeditions, which not only helps b...

Eat Fruits- Keep Diseases at Bay

... possible." Increases in public awareness of the importance of and recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption are yet to be accompanied by increased intake, demonstrating the need for a reinvigorated effort to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. On March 19, 2007 ??Fruits & Veggies?aMore Matt...

Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery

...er imaging software, according to a report. “The importance of balanced facial proportions has been studied for centuries by architects, artists, physicians and dentists,” the authors write as background information in the article. It is essential for plastic surgeons to accurately analyze the face before sur...

Brazilian Boost for Bird Flu Vaccines

...in the face of a pandemic." He also stressed the importance of increased hygiene and isolation procedures as well as the building a stockpile of antiviral drugs. Marie-Paule Kieny, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Initiative for Vaccine Research, cautioned that results were still only availab...

Making Sense of the World Through a Cochlear Implant

...t and the Medical Research Council, identified the importance of one particular region, the angular gyrus, in decoding distorted sentences. The findings are published in the Journal of Neuroscience. In an ordinary setting, where background noise is minimal and a person's speech is clear, it is mainly the left ...

Bowel Cancer Screening Program

...enced the use of some guidelines, highlighting the importance of institutional factors. “The considerable variation found in the application of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s guidelines for colorectal cancer implies that better strategies are needed to ensure greater compliance.” In a ...

Black Children More Vulnerable to Tobacco Smoke Effects

...of Chest Physicians. "These findings underline the importance of eliminating environmental tobacco smoke in every setting, especially those where children are present."...

Vitamin C Could Help in Curbing Cancer

...y with citrus fruit, in the late 18th century, the importance of fruit and vegetables for the body's health had ...e-focusing medical and scientific attention on the importance of vitamin C in the diet, and as an adjunct treatment for disease. Source-IANS...

A New Pain Killer With Less Side Effects

...drug produces a number of unwanted side effects of importance from a clinical (e.g., depression of breathing, constipation and tolerance) and social (addiction) viewpoints. "Clearly there is a place for new morphine like drugs without these side effects and the University of Leicester Anaesthesia Division has...

Race Affects Tobacco Absorption in Children

...of Chest Physicians. “These findings underline the importance of eliminating environmental tobacco smoke in every setting, especially those where children are present.” SRM...

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