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Sniff out flatulence

... pigs wore specially designed gas-tight pantaloons made of metallised nylon which prevented any smell leakage. A catheter was attached to the subjects' anus. In addition to finding that the charcoal-coated cushions reduced the bad smell levels produced by hydrogen sulphide to almost nothing, the researc...

Antidepressants-important role

...epression during nine months of treatment - but it made little difference which drug they were on. This is good news - because individual patients may not respond to one of these SSRIs or find they have side effects. The doctor can now switch them to one of the others, knowing there is a good chance the a...

New treatment for depression

...th Carolina,the chief researcher said,"What really made us sit up and take notice was the fact that the symptoms completely vanished in about 20% of the patients." A two-year follow-up study found that patients who did not show signs of improvement in the early trials had reported a reduction in symptoms ...

Lancing tumours into the body

...less than a millimetre in diameter, each magnet is made of a neodymium-iron-boron alloy.Ishiyama made two prototypes to test his idea. The first was designed to move in liquids and had a short section o...

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

...eport concludes that just a handful of states have made moves to tackle diseases affecting women, includin...rs. After the release of the report, four states made improvements in women's access to health coverage, while five states improved benefits for pregnant ...

A way to calm the heart rhythm

...ercise. All three practices slowed breathing and made it more regular than with normal conversation. At six breaths per minute, the respiration rate was linked to a healthier heart rhythm. The findings lead the researchers to speculate whether the practice of the Rosary and yoga mantras may have evolved...

Genes for Vision discovered

...or genes expressed int he retinal cells, which was made in mice, could also lead to new methods for preserving and restoring the vision of those affected.// Photoreceptors - cones, which are activated by light, and rods, which operate only at night - are susceptible to a wide variety of inherited diseas...

Control of inflammation

...y abates. Adenosine and its membrane-bund receptor made attractive cnadidates for signal and sensor, Sitkovsky notes. A simple molecule that leads a busy life, adenosine is the core of the cell’s energy-containing compound, ATP, and elevated levels of it in the brain appear to cause sleep. Despite its nu...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...ent the return of kidney stones. Kidney stones are made of a chemical called calcium oxalate and one approach to preventing this painful condition// is to reduce the amount of calcium in the diet. But since calcium is important for keeping a healthy level of bone density and controlling blood pressure, th...

Third artificial heart patient introduced

...rd man to receive an experimental artificial heart made his first public appearance, three-and-a-half months after getting the device.// Bobby Harrison appeared at a news conference with members of his surgical team from the Texas Heart Institute, where he underwent surgery on September 26, 2001. The A...

Panacea Biotech To Market Anthrax Vaccine

...ld be in the market in 3-4 months. The Company has made a milestone payment to JNU for the exclusive rights. In addition, it will pay the university a royalty on sales. However, the company is yet to make any projections on the business the vaccine is expected to generate.// The vaccine is different fro...

Medications for depression

...eople get better, but more effort could perhaps be made to give patients a choice of treatments for depression....

Babies Need Vaccination

...rics. The recommendation for hepatitis B shots was made out of concern that some infants of mothers mistakenly thought to be disease-free might be falling through the cracks, said Dr. Julia McMillan, a member of the AAP committee that helped create this year's list.Doctors also worried that some infants w...

Handbook cum diary on regulatory information

... state drug advisory committee. The novel approach made by the drug inspectors in the state is in tune with the overall policy of the state government to facilitate better and speedy performance in all its departments. The Association has sought the cooperation of the industry and the trade by requesting...

Organs made from cloned embryos

...ney cells. While it is still unclear whether these made from cloned embryos can perform all the duties of the ordinary variety, the researchers said they work well enough to produce urine. "It's one of the more provocative pieces of news that I've heard from this whole area. We can't evaluate the claim ...

Computers may become surgeons

... and other complicated medical procedures could be made safer and faster in the future by using computers. Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles are examining the way people use vision// to interact with their environment and are attempting to design computer systems based on their fin...

FDA approves first pocket-sized EKG machine

...e of a handheld computer. In fact, it's actually made from a Compaq hand-held personal digital assistant. Manufacturer MicroMedical Industries embedded that off-the-shelf PDA with miniaturized versions of the software and hardware that run full-size EKG machines. Twelve leads, the electrodes that stick ...

New Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

Preliminary results from a study on a vaccine made from the immune system cells of prostate cancer patients show it to be a promising. Dr. Johannes Vieweg, associate professor of urology and an assistant professor of immunology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, tested the vaccine on 13 men...

Breast feeding can alter hormones

...mones given off by the mother - or their infants - made the cycles significantly longer or shorter, claims Dr.Mclintock lead researcher, from Ohio University.// She suggests this is due to the body attempting to maximise its chances of fertility as part of a human's desire to raise children in social sur...

NBE to conduct test for medical students from abroad

...gher standards amongst doctors, the government has made it compulsory from //the 15th of next month official sources said today. The new regulations, which were published in the Indian Gazzette yesterday, specify that students who want to enrol in MBBS course abroad will have to take an ‘eligibilit...

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