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Asthmatic Children Still Not Breathing Easier, Study Says

...ge or the household's income level. "The bottom line is that there's much work that needs to be done in making sure that children with asthma receive appropriate and effective care; it's more complex than one might think," Halterman said. "Asthma care involves coordination on everyone's part. Parents a...

Garlic Plus Vitamin C may Reduce Blood Pressure

...nitric oxide (NO) in endothelium cells (cells that line the walls of blood vessels). NO is a molecule used by the endothelium to signal surrounding muscle to relax, thereby dilating the blood vessels and increasing blood flow. Indeed, measurements of NO levels after garlic administration showed a two-fo...

Gene Therapy To The Aid Of Cystic Fibrosis.

...ene which is responsible for this condition. Their line of work is engaged in developing vector-viruses which can incorporate the right gene into the abnormal and diseased body cells. Suzie Buckley, the geneticist from UCL will be presenting her work at the British Society for Gene Therapy conference at...

Expert Panel Sets Limits on Pesticide Residues in Soft Drinks

...ticides in colas. Stating that its report was in line with the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the matter, the expert panel warned that higher consumption of colas could lead to numerous ailments including weakening of bones, formation of kidney stones, osteoporosis and chi...

India to Market Female Condoms

... first phase at a cost of Rs.180,000 in its second line of defence against HIV/AIDS, said a Tamil Nadu State Aids Control Society (TANSACS) official here. The project will reach out to 11,000 sex workers in the country with the help of 400 civil society groups. The first part of the initiative, to cover...

Seven Polio Cases Detected in Bihar

...cent of Bihar's population lives below the poverty line and hundreds of thousands of poor people migrate to other states to earn a livelihood. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral infectious disease spread from person-to-person via the faecal-oral route. In recen...

Parents Should Do Their Homework to Aid Autistic Child's Education

...e, teaching the child to select graphic symbols or line drawings appropriate to his or her needs or feelings, and electronic speech-generating devices. "Tantrums and inappropriate behaviors at home and school, such as biting or hitting, are very often a result of when a child with autism is frustrated w...

Researchers Discover New Molecular Path to Fight Autoimmune Diseases

...late this regulatory cell population.” “In this line of investigation, we have learned how to turn on or off this regulatory immune cell population – which is normally needed to prevent autoimmune diseases – using drugs that are approved for other purposes, but work on these enzymes” notes co-author Sa...

Medical Personnel Can Save More Lives by Screening for Oral Signs of Disease

... same. "Dental health providers can be the first line of care when it comes to oral health," she says. “The mouth is the portal to the body and a reflection of general health. We as health providers need to be able to recognize things like a yeast infection that doesn’t go away or specific tumors and be...

Biologists Trace Cause Of Early Blindness To Tissue Defect

...ing to complete blindness by middle age. Using a line of mutant zebrafish developed by Rockefeller University’s Jim Hudspeth, Perkins and Texas A&M biology graduate student Bryan Krock zeroed in on a specific protein, the Rab escort protein-1 (REP1), which helps regulate intracellular traffic in the pho...

New Study Suggests Special Cocoa may Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function

... include Dove? Dark Chocolate and CocoaVia?, a new line of heart healthy snacks that are guaranteed to contain at least 100 mg of cocoa flavanols per serving. One of the newest CocoaVia products is a cocoa beverage, available in select stores. See www.cocoavia.com for store locations. Source-Eurekalert S...

Children Under Stress Develop More Fevers

...s before a new germ is introduced; it is the first line of defense for the body until the immune system adapts to fight a specific bacteria or virus. "It may have something to do with the fact that children’s immune systems are still developing," Caserta said. "Or maybe they’re compensating for a defect...

Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

...cell. During kidney development, cells destined to line a kidney tubule grow and divide until the tubule is formed, as sensed by fluid flow in the tubule. Fluid flow bends the primary cilium, giving a signal to stop cell growth. PKD is caused by a mutation in the PKD1 or PKD2 gene causing the cells to mis...

Lifestyle Changes Suggested To Latin Americans

...smoking, obesity, and high cholesterol are next in line to contribute to cases of heart attacks. According to Dr. Sidney C. Smith, of the University of North Carolina, a worldwide accent must be placed on lifestyle changes reiterating the importance of healthy diet and exercises. He also added that the ...

Diplomat’s Body To Be Exhumed For H5N1 Clue

...arity on this subject is achieved, the therapeutic line for H5N1 can become a little lucid. Overreaction in Sykes’s immune system or the cytokine storm would also be examined. This is nothing but the inflammation of the lungs and other organs triggered by the overreaction of the immune system which resu...

Umbilical Cord Blood Banking of Negligible Value: Experts

...l transplants and has even failed to provide first line drugs. So, why are we thinking of third stage treatments? It's really beyond logic," Kumar, who organised an all India haematology conference at AIIMS, told IANS. There are currently four major umbilical cord blood banks in India - Reliance Life Sc...

Excessive TV Viewing Linked to Poor Eating Habits in Children

...rs per day, so most children in this study were in line with the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation of zero hours of screen time up until age 2 and no more than two hours per day after age 2. “We don’t really know from this observational study whether kids are substituting unhealthful foods ...

Natural Antibiotics Yield Secrets to Atom-level Imaging Technique

...rogs to humans. AMPs are the immune system's early line of defense, battling microbes at the first places they try to penetrate: skin, mucous membranes and other surfaces. They're copiously produced in injured or infected frog skin, for instance, and the linings of the human respiratory and gastrointestin...

Technology Changes in Glucose Monitoring Implants

...volutionary, rather than revolutionary. The bottom line is that, after years of disappointment, this time the new age in diabetes management should arrive on schedule.' Yet, there are limits set by the FDA. These implants are not to be intended as an alternative to traditional self-monitoring of blood g...

Chemicals Used To Make Synthetic Color Can Cause Cancer And Permanent Blindness

...otect the consumers rights. However, the bottom line is that people need to become more concerned with what they are buying and from whom they are buying. As a community one requires to boycott the buying of substandard colors. There are several organizations that are trying to create awareness on h...

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