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Red Wine Helps Fight Heart disease

...ch diet. //Scientists say they have discovered the key component in red wine. The explanation is pigments... overproduction of the compound is thought to be a key factor in why arteries clog with fatty deposits. The pigments are not present in white wine or rose,...

Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

...ase. Working with mice, scientists have restored key chemicals in cells to levels that should ease symptoms of the fatal disease. Still, it's too early to know whether the same technique will work in people. In this study, scientists at the University of Iowa used a harmless virus to carry a corrected ...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

...challenge of helping women secure better access to key healthcare services and increasing the availability of needed healthcare providers. After the release of the report, four states made improvements in women's access to health coverage, while five states improved benefits for pregnant women. Many st...

Baby Talk Better Than Adult Speech

...researchers used this computer program to pick out key vowel sounds in English. They chose "o", "oo", and "ee" because these sounds were felt to be very unique. Then 10 mothers were recorded saying the words "sock", "shoe", and "sheep" in two different ways. The first go around the moms were talking to a...

Dyslexia due to cerebellum abnormality

...ngs indicated "strongly" that the cerebellum was a key structure affected in dyslexia....

A new study surpasses Gene Therapy Hurdle

...en as the target, Chengh said, because they play a key role in regulating the immune system. Using the new system, he said, it would be possible to genetically modify the APCs so, for instance, the immune system was less likely to attack a transplanted organ. The "holy grail" of gene therapy has been to...

Burden of lung disease

...s, more than cancer or coronary heart disease. The key issue is that the diversity of lung disease has ye...r killer of women.Stopping promotion of tobacco is key to preventing lung cancer. Researchers say that 93% of people with lung cancer will be dead within...

Drugs control and industry departments to share a common e-platform

...uld see all the taxes being remitted online by the key industrial sectors in the state. If the departments are already having online payment gateway, those services will be integrated with the new portal....

Immune cells halt round in space

... normal Earth sneezes, for example. Looking at the key immune cells, researchers have found that B-cells, which produce antibodies to flag invading micro-organisms for destruction, and T-cells which actually physically attack them, have both been found to behave differently in space. In space, T-cells d...

The brain wave

...shows that the inferior parietal cortex may play a key role in whether a person attributes an action to the self or to another person. By imitation we may feel what another person felt, which is the very definition of human empathy. Imitation also is nature’s way of conveying culture. It naturally occur...

Anthrax vaccine produced

.... It is made up of harmless mutant forms of three key proteins that together make the toxin that does the damage to humans infected with anthrax. The protective antigen, lethal factor and edema factor. Individually, the proteins are non-toxic, but in combination they can be deadly. The vital protein is ...

AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

...ory of drugs called protease inhibitors that are a key ingredient of the pill combinations.// New research raises the possibility that life saving AIDS drugs may also increase the risk of heart trouble, though experts say the medicines' benefits outweigh any danger. Researchers are at odds over whether t...

Vitamin E decreases high blood pressure in kidney failure

...ss, known as oxidative stress, now looks to play a key role in high blood pressure. In the latest study, they also show that giving the animals vitamin E, a known antioxidant, reduces the high blood pressure. The vitamin seems to work by restoring levels of nitric oxide, a natural hormone which can rel...

FDA Approves New Anti-Clotting Drug

...e lungs. The drug works by inhibiting Factor Xa, a key component involved in blood clotting. The major side effect of Arixtra is serious bleeding. Arixtra is not to be used in patients with severely impaired kidney function or in patients who weigh less than 110 pounds, because they may have an increase...

Honey curbs bacteria in the oral cavity

...me in honey that produces hydrogen peroxide is the key to the antimicrobial activity of honey, according to Dr. Peter C. Molan, associate professor of biochemistry at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Research results from University of Waikato show that honey can stop the growth of dental plaque...

Nicholas buys ICI’s drug business for Rs 70 c

...towards transaction costs. The deal includes ICI’s key brands and its manufacturing facility at Ennore, n...The acquisition of the ICI business brings with it key brands in the cardiovascular segment, such as Tenormin, Inderal, Zestril and Tenochlor, which will c...

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...disrupt production of insulin, the hormone that is key to diabetes, the researchers said. "In the pancreas, the cells responsible for insulin production can be damaged or destroyed by high levels of cytokines," said Dr. Anthony Iacopino from the Marquette University School of Dentistry. "Once this happen...

Arthritis drug can prolong life

... increased risk of heart disease. Methotrexate, a key drug for rheumatoid arthritis, could help people with the crippling disease live longer, possibly by decreasing their risk of heart disease. Researchers says that the study supports the growing evidence that inflammation might play a role in heart at...

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

...gs' success rate, alternative treatments and other key information. The pharmaceutical industry argues the ads inform and educate consumers, prompt many to see their doctor about an untreated health problem and prod others to take their prescription drugs more faithfully. Sixty percent of the print and ...

DNA helps in cellular function

...have found a previously unknown chemical site on a key enzyme that regulates production of the genetic messenger known as RNA. When the chemical site is occupied, it markedly speeds up the// process by which the information contained in DNA,is converted into functions critical for maintaining life. ...

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