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Australian Government Charged With Under-funding Public Hospitals

...r Tony Abbott remains unfazed and says the report itself is politically motivated. He contended that the $1.1 billion figure was incorrect and that the federal government was honoring all of its commitments under current health care funding agreements negotiated in 2003. He said the report had been rel...

Ancient Ancestors Might Have Had a Clue to HIV

...st HIV. The ancient virus, PtERV1, left relics of itself in the DNA of modern chimpanzees. All primates make TRIM5alpha, which protects them from viruses in the same broad category as HIV. But each species makes a slightly altered version, making them immune to different combinations of such viruses. The ...

Doctor Migration Has Limited Impact on Health Care in Poor Countries: OECD

...ible, would alleviate the problem, it would not by itself solve the shortage issue," the OECD maintained. The report argued for increased financial assistance from the developed world to health care sectors in poor countries and backed a WHO initiative to draft a "global code of practice" governing the in...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

..., the origin of the problem mostly lies in the ear itself and in the internal auditory passage. Neverthele...n order to discern if the noises come from the ear itself or not. On occasions, tinnituss appear accompanied by other manifestations that oblige the interve...

Potential Cure for HIV Discovered

...s HIV so deadly, however, is its ability to insert itself into the body's cells and force those cells to produce new infection. "Consequently the virus becomes inextricably linked to the host, making it virtually impossible to 'cure' AIDS patients of their HIV-1 infection," Engelman explained. That coul...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...erapy on Multimodality Oncology in Rome. The study itself was performed by Professors Zamboglou, Tunn and Baltas from the University Hospital in Offenbach, Germany. By uniting a multidisciplinary team of urologists, radiation oncologists and clinical physicists working closely together, they were able (and ...

Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study

...ncrease in social and economic stress can manifest itself in suicide or homicide and can also cause physical strains which can lead to heart attacks. "It seems as though there is a physiological embodiment of stress from being in a competitive environment," Kruger told AFP. Kruger compared the mortality...

Early Indicator of Kidney Disease May Also Predict Risk of Pre-Diabetes

...creened for early signs ofkidney impairment, which itself is a major chronic illness and cause of much morbidity and mortality." The study was supported by a grant to Donahue from the NationalInstitute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases....

Useful Parasites

... host a boost in its fertility, in order to spread itself in nature. This new study reveals the Symbiotic ...utionary change. The fact that Wolbachia can alter itself so quickly might also help explain why the germs have such a diversity of effects on their hosts, We...

Should Menstrual Suppression Be a Lifestyle Choice?

...ual cycles throughout adult life, this does not in itself mean that monthly menstruation is unnatural, much ...ruation is better, she adds. Menstrual suppression itself is unnatural; a drug chronically overrides the physiological changes associated with the menstrual c...

Scientists Discover Rare gene-for-gene Interaction That Helps Bacteria Kill Their Host

...duces a special phenoloxidase inhibitor to protect itself against this particular defence. They identified the inhibitor as a small molecule called 1,3-dihydroxy-2-(isopropyl)-5-(2-phenylethenyl)benzene, known as ST for short. This molecule is also an antibiotic and Photorhabdus produces it to kill off ...

Galliker Dairy Issues a Product Recall on Half-Gallons of Acidophilus Plus Reduced Fat Milk

...form routine bacteriological tests on the raw milk itself to determine the presence or absence of all pathogens and thereby ensure that it is free of infectious organisms. Only products with the code date of May 13, 2007 are involved. The product comes in a 64-ounce (One Half-Gallon), plastic package mark...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

...specific remedy than most vitamins. Though aging itself is not a disease, Brenner anticipates applications in conditions associated with aging including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, and elevating good cholesterol. There are also indications that NR could be a treatment for one type of C...

Novel Technology to Locate and Treat Tumors

.... pHLIP acts as a molecular nanosyringe, inserting itself into the cell membrane and injecting compounds into cell, said co-author Yana Reshetnyak, of the University of Rhode Island. The transported molecules can be therapeutic or toxic to the cell, depending on the intended outcomefor treating cancer, the ...

Diet for Autism

...cated in autism,little is known about the disease itself or its real cause(s). Gastrointestinal abnormalities are common in autistic children causing abnormally high quantities of by-products to be leaked into the body resulting in the leaky gut syndrome . According to one hypothetical theory, the by- p...

Students Join Hands to Save Green Cover in Delhi

...ersity ground near Vijay Nagar in the north campus itself can be used for this purpose. The petition reminds the mass felling of putranjiva (Putranjiva roxburghii) and saptaparni (Alstonia scholaris) species of trees for university sports complex before the 1982 Asian Games was a major loss. "Trees tha...

Spit Test Kit on the Cards to Ascertain Pre-eclampsia Risk

...s the risks of pre-eclampsia in the initial stages itself so that repercussions on the health of both the mother and the baby can be averted. This test may not offer any cure for the condition apart from monitoring the health problems of expectant mothers and their unborn babies. Pre-eclampsia is blamed f...

Honey, I Shrunk The Abscess!

Honey has earned itself many accolades for promoting good health. The latest news about honey could leave a sweet taste in diabetics' mouth. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin have discovered that applying honey on diabetic ulcers could heal the infection and a...

WHO's Guidelines Lack Evidence, Lancet Says

... Now is a fabulous opportunity for WHO to reinvent itself as the technical agency it was always meant to be....

Bipolar Spectrum Disorder may Be Under-recognized for Spectrum Disorder: Study

...ectrum disorder. "Bipolar disorder can manifest itself in several different ways. But regardless of type, the illness takes a huge toll," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "The survey's findings reiterate the need for a more refined understanding of bipolar symptoms, so we can better target treatm...

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