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Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

...announcing the exclusion of five models. Despite initial criticism, the policy of the Pasarela Cibeles is "now being accepted" on the international level, said Leonor Perez Pita, director of the fashion show. "The fact that the world's main fashion shows have followed our initiative shows that there is a...

No Survival Benefit for CT Screening for Lung Cancer

... Instituto Tumori in Italy. Each study provided an initial CT scan and then at least three subsequent annual exams. The researchers followed the volunteers to see how many had cancers detected by screening and how many had surgery to remove them. They then used government death records to follow the study pa...

Researchers Discover Breakthrough in Malaria Treatment

...he researchers found that both treatments provided initial cure from disease. However those receiving a treatment which stayed in the blood stream for longer were three times less likely to have another episode of malaria within 42 days and were less likely to be anaemic. MSHR scientist, Dr Ric Price, said...

DU Test Finds UK Troops Uranium Free

...he 1991 Gulf Conflict, though the extent of actual initial exposure of tested individuals to DU is unknown. Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product from the manufacture of enriched uranium, used for fuel in nuclear reactors or in weapons. It is 60 per cent as radioactive as natural uranium. Because of ...

Genetic Tests to Reveal ‘substance Abuse’ Tendencis

... Adoption Studies and nine controls to perform the initial profiling. They then used data from 94 adoption study subjects to check for pattern matches at the gene level. Madan acknowledged the ethical issues, yet potential gains, for individuals' health care. "Blood is the one substance that passes throu...

Diplomat’s Body To Be Exhumed For H5N1 Clue

...read to other organs from the lungs which were the initial seat of infection. They also want to study if there is a distribution of this virus to other organs like the brain, respiratory tract etc. Once clarity on this subject is achieved, the therapeutic line for H5N1 can become a little lucid. Overreacti...

Antidepressants Improve Post-Stroke Mental Abilities

... of treatment. It took another 21 months after the initial treatments for the antidepressants to have a detectable effect," Paradiso said. The investigators hypothesize that antidepressants may foster recovery of neural tissue not directly destroyed by the stroke, yet because the process is slow, it takes ...

Science Builds Behind Pomegranate Extracts for Health

...omotion of health," wrote the researchers. This initial study will undoubtedly be followed by larger and longer human interventions to further investigate the potential of the pomegranate extract to promote health. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Weather Forecasts Spring Pollen Allergy Severity

...ounts Decrease And Increase: Rain can provide some initial relief by reducing tree pollen counts, but is also can spur the growth of grass later in the spring and in early summer, producing more pollen. Rain in the preceding fall or winter may increase tree pollen amounts the following spring. ? Wind – Pol...

Scientists Tout New Prostate Cancer Test

...ical Center, where he works. All the men had clear initial prostate biopsies. But 112 were later found to have cancer, 52 of them aggressive tumors that can be deadly. The scientists found that "PSA density, by itself, was the best discriminator between guys in the high-risk group and the guys in the low-r...

'Baby Blues’-no Tiny Proble

...one month and no longer than three months after an initial assessment. Treatments may include counseling or anti-depressants, with the health worker explaining how medication may affect breastfeeding. Says Steve Pilling, consultant clinical psychologist at University College London, "Children who had ...

Diesel Exposure Model Reduces Allergy Risk Assessment Errors

... and the type or number of passing vehicles—in our initial assessment. This allows us to create ‘buffers’ around specific sample sites and control for factors influencing that location’s overall diesel exposure levels." Specific models are needed for evaluating exposure levels in large cities to accuratel...

Vandetanib Study Enters Third Phase

..., Dr Peter Langmuir, 'After treatment failure with initial therapy, response rates to further treatment are low in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. 'The effect of combining novel targeted agents, such as Vandetanib, with chemotherapy needs to be explored in order to further progress treat...

Chikungunya Make a Comeback in Kolkata

...have found Shakil had no fever or pain now. "The initial test was positive but more tests are required for confirmation. And even if the (confirmatory) tests are positive, it will be considered an old case," S.N. Dutta, joint director, public health, told reporters. No other chikungunya case has been rep...

South Africa: Nigerian Man Treated for Lassa Fever

... are similar to Marburg disease and malaria. Its initial symptoms include fever, nausea, headaches, sore throat, muscle pains and a general feeling of weakness. "Severe cases may progress to show facial swelling, fluid in the lung cavity and bleeding from the mouth and nose," explained Dr Rahman. Human...

New Cost-cutting Cancer Drug Delivery System

...DT plans to invest in further research beyond this initial stage to investigate the carrier's efficacy with a wide range of drugs in multiple disease models. Source-Bio-Bio Technoloy SRM...

Cancer Drug Avastin Fights Brain Tumors too

...th malignant brain tumors that have recurred after initial treatment," says the lead researcher whose findings appear in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

“Bridge” Protein Spurs Deadliest Stages of Breast Cancr

...st cancer, but whether it controlled metastasis or initial tumor growth was unknown. Gab-2 is one of a group ...s. The mutant mice showed minor effects from the initial growth of breast cancer cells, Feng and his team found, indicating that Gab-2 has little effect on i...

Tamoxifen Yields Long-term Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk

...tamoxifen or a placebo daily for 8 years. In their initial analysis in 1998, the researchers reported that there was no difference in breast cancer rates between the two groups, when using about 6 years of follow-up data. In the new analysis with a 20 year follow-up, the researchers again found that overa...

Cancer Drug can Extend Survival in Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors

...th malignant brain tumors that have recurred after initial treatment," said James Vredenburgh, M.D., a brain ...tudy of Avastin to corroborate the results of this initial study, Vredenburgh said. Kate Carr, president and chief executive officer of Accelerate Brain Canc...

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