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Recent Study On Rats May Lead To Future Robotics

...e findings of a recent study done on rats has shed light on how brain controls movement say researchers. By activating a single brain cell in a rat can make its whiskers twitch, a discovery researchers say //could help decipher how the brain controls movement. Eventually this could help scientists develop ...

Getting A Suntan The Easy Way

... four who were given a placebo for 10 days. A UV-B light was used to tan the volunteers’ necks. In the second study, 12 volunteers received MT-1 with a higher dosage than the first study. UV-B radiation was given to the volunteers’ buttocks. And in the third study, eight volunteers were randomized into two...

Night Light Found To Increase The Risk Of Leukemia

...be a pitch-black room as researchers say increased light at night may put children at risk for leukemia.// ... breast cancer, further supporting the theory that light at night is a risk factor for leukemia. Researchers have determined that light at night is found to...

Treating Autism More Effectively

... researchers believe their findings would shed new light on autism and the notion that autism might be more a collection of related disorders with overlapping symptoms than a single disorde....

The Potential Of Cadaver Transplantation Programme In India

... life carries on till another such episode come to light and the same act is repeated. Since the act was passed everyone - doctors, hospitals, authorization committee have been accused of promoting unrelated activities, in this midst no one has actually looked at some of the other countries who have quiet...

Skin Cancers in Young People on the Rise

...ers, caused largely by overexposure to ultraviolet light from the sun, usually develop in older people who have spent many years outdoors. The study was conducted on basal and squamous cell carcinomas, cancers that are almost always curable and that together afflict 1 million Americans a year. Although u...

The question of who is the actual father

...to a recent study. This finding has been thrown to light with the wide spread use of paternity testing for medical // and legal reasons. A majority of the tests are instigated at the demand of the Child Support Agency to resolve who should be paying child maintenance. Others are done to investigate inher...

Enzyme Responsible For Congenital Blindness

...on of rhodopsin visual pigment in the retina after light exposure. Rhodopsin contains a light-absorbing mol...yde, related to vitamin A, which is converted upon light absorption to all trans retinaldehyde in a process called photo bleaching. This conversion is the fi...

Researchers Develop Device For Detecting Atherosclerotic Plaques

...edical Center had developed a device that will use light emissions from body tissues to detect the inflamma...s, a device that stimulates, collects and measures light emissions from body tissues has been able to detect the presence of inflammatory cells that are asso...

Addicted To Getting Tanned?!

... those interviewed were classified as “ultraviolet light (UVL) tanning dependent.” The DSM-IV criteria indicated an even greater proportion of beachgoers with UVL tanning dependence — 53 percent. Souce: Newswise...

The Sale Of Expired Drugs In A Hospital In Chandigarh

...test report. The criminal operation was brought to light // by a news team, which exposed and captured unethical conduct on camera. As soon as the accusation was made those involved first went into denial mode immediately after being caught. But with evidence staring them in the face they soon realized ...

Radio-guided Neurosurgery for treatment of Brain cancer

...ncerous tissue in the brain, making it glow like a light in the darkness. By using the glow caused by the gamma probe the brain tumor is detected and removed effectively. Radioisotopes are elements such as carbon or technetium, which have been manipulated, in a nuclear device called cyclotoron. These dev...

Effective Treatment Of Drug Abuse Dependent On Feelings Of Shame Or Guilt

...in dragging them for treatment. A new study throws light on the very little // focus, which is given to identify the victim’s feelings of either shame or guilt, both of which can have significant implications on the treatment outcomes. Shame is the tendency to feel bad about yourself following a specific ...

T-waves to sweep over imaging technology

...quencies from 0.1 to 10 THz, just between infrared light and microwave radiation. The waves have already invited research in a multitude of diverse sectors such as the semiconductor materials, medicine, manufacturing, space, and defense industries. T-ray applications that could enable the label-free chara...

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement- a revolution in Cardiac Surgery

... in Canada either under local anaesthesia or under light sedation. Reports regarding the valve performance have been excellent and there has not been a single case of valve failure when the valve was successfully placed (80% of the cases). High mortality during follow-up has been related to non-valvular ca...

Junior Doctors Working Long Hours May Perform Poorly

...tended work hours. The residents were tested after light call rotation (four-week rotations averaging 44 hours per week), light call with alcohol, heavy call (an average of 90 hours per week, every fourth or fifth night, 80 hour...

New ultralight hand with better functionality and flexibility developed

A new ultra light hand, called the 'Southampton Remedi-Hand' has been developed by scientists that can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available. // The human hand has 27 bones and can make a huge number of complex movements and actions. T...

Role Of Estrogen In Breast-Cancer

... retinoid and thyroid receptors. The study sheds light on the impact of estrogen on certain cells, as well as how tamoxifen works as an anti-estrogen to facilitate recovery of N-CoR. Understanding more of the mechanisms involved could lead to the development of other related agents that might reduce some...

Popularity Among Peers Increases Susceptibility To Smoking Habit Among School Children

...easily influenced by peers // . A new study throws light on the fact that teenagers who enjoy popularity are more likely to smoke than less popular classmates. The study has been conducted among popular students in 16 Southern California middle schools. Over 1,486 students in the sixth grade were surveyed...

Self-Applied Acupressure May Reduce Sleepiness And Increase Alertness During Class Hours

... five relaxation points. The regimens consisted of light tapping with the fingers, and massaging with thumbs or forefingers. The class was divided into two groups. One group of students was asked to self-administer acupressure to the stimulation points on the first day, followed by relaxation points on d...

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