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Cells critical for asthma development found

...gest that maybe people with asthma have abnormally large numbers of NK cells in their lungs, or that their NK cells are abnormally responsive. Further research which targets NK cells will be a good new approach in asthma therapy....

SARS impact could be devastating

...na doesn't take in many foreign workers, but quite large numbers of Chinese go abroad, essentially illegally, to Japan and Taiwan. With the smuggling of Chinese workers into these countries, there is huge potential for spreading the disease. Japan has some 600,000 foreign workers. While SARS so far appeare...

Liver diseases: The enemy with an accomplice

...virus of hepatitis C was present in tumor cells in large quantities. Evidently, the mechanisms of their destructive effect are different; the patients though do not need to go deeply into such details. The main thing for them is the result but the latter is not consoling: the sluggish chronic viral hepatit...

Brain diseases an outcome of cannibalism

...ns to be clumped together. CJD is usually found in large numbers// in people who take flesh with infectious prions. These as a result kill the brain cells. This disease is found in about one in a million people. A disease called kuru common among the Fore people in Papua New Guinea was mainly due to eatin...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...sign the treaty, the United States and China- both large tobacco producers, made no immediate commitment to sining the treaty For more information contact:Helen Green - Information Officer Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Telephone: (+41 22) 791 3432 Mobile phone: (+41) 79 475 5572 Fax: (+41 22) 791 4832 ...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...sign the treaty, the United States and China- both large tobacco producers, made no immediate commitment to sining the treaty For more information contact:Helen Green - Information Officer Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Telephone: (+41 22) 791 3432 Mobile phone: (+41) 79 475 5572 Fax: (+41 22) 791 4832 ...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...sign the treaty, the United States and China- both large tobacco producers, made no immediate commitment to singing the treaty. For more information contact: Helen Green - Information Officer Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Telephone: (+41 22) 791 3432 Mobile phone: (+41) 79 475 5572 Fax: (+41 22) 791 48...

Protection from Dementia

... of high blood pressure can reduce the risk. Three large studies offered conflicting results: One suggested blood pressure treatment could reduce the risk for dementia but not cognitive decline, a second came out with the opposite finding, and a third showed a beneficial effect but included only a small nu...

Vitamin D May Aid Breast Cancer Treatment

...inst both prostate and breast tumors. Currently, a large European trial is testing EB1089 on human cancer patients....

Vitamins Harming, not Helping, the Heart

...ave yet to develop any vascular problems. Numerous large studies ensued hoping to confirm that finding. Investigators decided to review the results of eight large-scale studies involving beta carotene treatment and seven involving vitamin E. All trials included at least 1,000 patients. Patients in the stud...

Tea Pill Lowers Cholesterol

...l-lowering properties of tea in humans. Studies of large populations have suggested drinking tea has health benefits that include lower levels of LDL, or bad, cholesterol. Studies confirming the causal relationship between tea and lower levels of cholesterol have not been conducted.// This study included 2...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...glected diseases is a mere trickle compared to the large amount invested in R&D for possible blockbuster drugs for diseases like cancer and hypertension, or lifestyle disorders such as impotence, obesity and baldness. Some organizations from across the world are looking for solutions to ease the plight ...

Benefits of Vitamin Supplements Unclear

...adverse effects can occur if vitamins are taken in large doses. For example, researchers say moderate doses of vitamin A can reduce bone mineral density, and high doses may cause liver damage or harm a fetus. The Task Force does not recommend using beta-carotene supplements, either alone or in a multivita...

Work out to fight impotence

...cises had the same overall improvement as men in a large trial of Viagra. The pelvic floor is made up of layers of muscle and other tissues. This study included 55 men, average age 59, who had experienced erectile dysfunction for six months or longer. //The men were given five weekly sessions of pelvic fl...

Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy

... bleeding or other complications when we look at a large series of patients," say doctors....

Therapy Boosts Chemotherapy Effects

...in patients seem to back up this premise. However, large controlled studies have been lacking. In this study, investigators randomly assigned 640 patients with previously untreated AML to receive either standard chemotherapy or chemotherapy and treatment with a growth factor known as granulocyte colony-st...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

... undergoing such rapid growth, their bones require large amounts of calcium, and vitamin D is needed to help the body absorb it. Thus adequate vitamin D intake is crucial from ages 10 through 18, say specialists. "A mild form of vitamin D deficiency can be commonly unrecognized," say doctors, "but there m...

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

...aline solution. Two hours later, they were given a large buffet lunch. After the PYY dose, the obese ate 30 percent fewer calories than they did after the dummy solution. The lean people ate 31 percent less. The PYY continued to curb their appetites for 12 hours, with the obese eating 26 percent less and ...

Tea Prevents Skin Cancer

... "Drinking tea may help, but you’d have to drink a large amount to accumulate in the skin, perhaps as many as 10 cups a day. It’s easier to concentrate it in a cream form." The skin cream could be used alone or combined with sunscreen to maximize skin protection. Dr. Dong says testing in humans could begi...

Hidden Disease in Stroke Patients

... the link between the diseases can be found in the large vessels leading to the brain. They also note the r...n it is not obvious whether a stroke was caused by large or small vessel disease, doctors should evaluate whether the patient is at risk of a heart attack by...

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