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Infectious Diseases of the Wild to grow

Infectious diseases involving animals, such as SARS, Avian flu and AIDS are likely to grow as people travel more and have increased contact with wild life, says a scientist.//Of the pathogens causing infectious diseases, 75 percent are zoonotic that are able to transmit from anim...

Not Blinking Enough In Front Of The Computer Can Cause Dry Eye

...siderable increase in an ache or burning sensation involving the eye. In short, sensations of dryness, irritation and tearing were reported more among those who blinked less often. Infact the average blink rate (15 blinks/minute) reduced by as much as 7.5 blinks per minute when there was a 5 % squint to just...

Relaxation In Donor’s Age for Blood Donation in Scotlan

...te blood to their loved ones. One such is the case involving blood donation from a father to his daughter (afflicted with ALL). Blood donors who continue to touch the lives of a millions worldwide have appreciated the relaxation rule. Though a law, such as this can meet the demand on a temporary basis, initi...

Parents Of ADHD Children Suffering Sleep Problems

... 5 hours or less on the average night. The poll, involving 100 parents of ADHD children aged 5 to 16, suggests that tens of thousands of parents in the UK could be struggling by on minimal sleep as they try to cope with a hyperactive child. According to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excell...

Risk Of Birth Defects Slightly Increased Due To IVF

...vation to babies born through IVF. Several factors involving the infertile couples and the treatment modality are believed to play a role in the increased risk for birth defects. Although previous studies conducted across different regions of the world, suggested a greater possibility of birth defects in IVF...

Drug-Eluting Stents Ensure Patency Of The Saphenous Vein Grafts

...ompared with percutaneous interventional procedure involving the native coronary arteries. The new stents were found to reduce the risk of re-stenosis by as much as 4 times compared to commercially available stents. Out of the 223 patients who underwent angioplasty for treatment of diseased saphenous vein g...

Self help scheme to reduce risk of HIV in women

...00 by selling jewelry and the women reported after involving in the project more than 30% of women stopped taking drugs and in sex trade. The authors feel that the innovative economic enhancement program for women not only reduced the risk of HIV transmission in women they also increased the self esteem in the...

Link Between Hepatitis C And Liver Cancer Unraveled By Scientists

...ation and protein production. Experimental studies involving the replicons have enabled researchers identify a tumor suppressor protein, named NS5B. This protein has been found to play an important role in breakdown of the retinoblastoma gene by attaching to it. This molecular mechanism is very similar to the ...

Bird Flu Infection Of Chinese Girl Prompts Fear Of Spread Across Asia

...nth. Another confirmed case of the deadly disease, involving a 9 year-old boy in the southern Hunan province was reported previously. He is said to be recovering from the illness. The country, which has been witnessing more than 30 outbreaks of bird flu this year alone, has been rendered a helping hand by Be...

Meningitis is rocking the capital again

...lammation. Meningitis is therefore an inflammation involving the coverings that protect the central nervous system. Meningitis of bacterial origin can be effectively treated with anti-biotics, if diagnosed early. The microorganism Neisseria meningitis bacteria serotype A is being held responsible for causing...

Indonesian boy with huge neck tumor was surgically removed

... Surgeons in Singapore at Mount Elizabeth Hospital involving different specialties. The tumor had developed due to an Iodine deficiency which is an endemic problem in Sumba. The 7.87 inches tumor developed from the size of a quail’s egg and the patient feels relaxed after the surgery and was found to breathe...

A herbal drug addiction releiver

...was investigated in a small inpatient study (n=15) involving non-treatment seeking cocaine-dependent subjects. In this phase of research, subjects were asked to look at pictures that were either neutral (e.g., trees, boats) or cocaine-related (e.g., drug paraphernalia). Those individuals treated with NAC repor...

IT Raids Target Chennai Doctors And Hospitals

...er". The operation was codenamed Operation Crush, involving about 300 IT department officials. "The cash, bank balance and jewellery totalled about Rs.2 crore (Rs.20 million). Investment papers showed about Rs.6 crore (60 million) million in assets. We are yet to open and evaluate 15 lockers," the IT chief ...

HPA Says Hepatitis C Infection Is On The Rise

...tly also appear to be infected. Blood transfusions involving infected blood are also responsible for this. If it is left untreated, the Hepatitis C virus can result in liver failure or cancer, or cirrhosis. As no symptoms are produced by the virus, it can remain undetected in a person for several years. Th...

Happiness Plays An Important Role In Success

.... Lyubomirsky. The researchers examined studies involving three different types of evidence, cross-sectional, longitudinal and experimental designs to determine how happiness and positive emotions are related to culturally valued success. They chose to use these different types of evidence to bolster the...

Cancer Clinical Research in India

... their funding to cancer clinical research, mostly involving cancer prevention and early detection. There would be an increased testing of new drugs on cancer patients in India. In a recent initiative in clinical research a new collaboration has been signed between University of Oxford and GlaxoSmithKline (G...

A success for the Indian pharmacy: gets licence to manufacture Tamiflu

...ve the skills to make Tamiflu, a year-long process involving fermentation of E-coli bacteria. The company says Hetero Drugs is among the first to demonstrate that it is technically capable of making a reliable generic version of Tamiflu....

Skin Cancer Risk Increases With Ultraviolet-B Radiation Exposure

...olleagues measured the chromatid breaks in a study involving chromatid breaks having melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. 329 cancer-free patients were used as a control. researchers found that as the number of chromatid breaks increased so did the risk of developing skin cancer, but not melanoma. "These f...

Guidant sold defective defibrillators with full knowledge

...wyers in connection with a personal injury lawsuit involving the defibrillator known as Prizm 2 DR. The records appear to be the first internal Guidant documents to have emerged in court filings since the company began facing a wave of lawsuits this year. Guidant officials have maintained that the company di...

Milk Thistle Not An Effective Cure For Liver Disease

...alyzed the results of 13 different clinical trials involving the use of milk thistle in patients with liver disease due to alcoholism or hepatitis B or C. According to the predefined criteria, data pertaining to 6 different placebo-controlled, double blind studies were taken into consideration. Following ana...

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