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Fat Substitutes

...essed foods can contain a variety of fat replacers made from starch, protein, or fat. Most fat substitutes are chosen for specific functions like retaining moisture or modifying the texture and mouth feel of foods to make up for lower fat content. Things like pectin or guar gum are dietary fiber; olestr...

Laser dental treatment

...aste can be inserted into the tooth through a hole made by a more powerful laser and then the tooth can be sealed....

New cholera strain identified

... sea food was unknown and unexplained till Indians made the discovery. “We received calls from the US asking us to help them identify what was causing a new type of cholera and diarrhoea in coastal areas of the country. The germ was simultaneously active in coastal areas of Japan,” said director of Nation...

The issue of urinary incontinence

...r medical research. Anyhow, much progress has been made and, in fact, an old people's ward need not smell at all. Professor Malone-Lee and his team helped introduce the incontinence pad and, after many years of research into absorbent materials, have banged upon a synthetic polymer. The technology came ...

Gene testing kit specific for Doctors

...lts within 15 to 20 minutes. The device has been made small the size of a shoebox for ease of use in doctors' offices or drugstores. Initially, it's thought that it will be used to test for viral DNA, to see what kind of infection the patient has. But it could also be applied to prescribing. Some people...

Back pain treated with Opioids

... powerful relievers of suffering and deserve to be made available wherever someone might benefit. The team of researchers hope that there will now be better clinical trials into the use of opioids in back pain, for the subject has been under researched....

Better diabetes treatment promises Vanadium

...dium and Maltol, on diabetic rats. The rats were made to develop non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus by injecting a compound called streptozotocin. Reporting their findings in the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, the scientists said the treatment with BMOV normalized increased glucose levels ...

Emotional intelligence in Cancer

...and social constraints. Emotional intelligence is made up of three components. They are attention to feeling, clarity of feeling and mood repair. The goal was to determine which components of emotional intelligence is most important and how they relate to the other categories examined. After reviewing t...

Conserving the larynx

...e patient has to learn to speak through an opening made in the throat. It may be a life-saving option, but it's one that has a drastic impact on the quality of that life. Researchers at the University of Dallas have been looking into other treatment approaches for laryngeal cancer. In a study involving ...

Risk of heart disease prediction needs updating

...on fraction - a measure of heart muscle strength - made the models even more accurate. The study should help doctors give heart patients better information about their future health, which will guide treatment and lifestyle decisions....

Brain cells protected by new compounds

Pharmacists have made compounds that can terminate the natural death of brain cells and could treat an extent of neurodegenerative diseases. The protein p53 plays// an important role in getting damaged cells to kill themselves. Its known to be important in cancer - where ...

Decrease in calories slows aging of the heart

Researchers from University of Wisconsin made a study on middle-aged mice which shows that a low-cal diet keeps the heart young. Calorie restriction is the only proven way of extending the lifespan// - and this has been found in primates, mice, spiders and other animals. They show that a low-cal...

Treating acne with laser

...er normal circumstances, sebum, the oily substance made by the sebaceous glands, travels up the hair follicle and out to the skin’s surface. However, with acne, sebum is trapped within the follicle and skin bacteria multiplies within the clogged pores. Acne develops on those areas of the skin where sebac...

Physiotherapy helps amputation

...er limbs. This is important because the patient is made to walk with the help of mobility aids i.e. crutches, walker etc. for which the patient requires more energy. Additionally, strengthening exercises are given to the unaffected limb, as this has to bear the weight of the body when patient tries to amb...

Smoking may be influenced by Parents

...s, but 55.8 percent of children said their parents made that request. The Center for Disease Control recently reported 16 percent of 13- to 16-year-olds around the world currently smoke cigarettes. In addition, the report revealed nearly 25 percent of students who smoke tried their first cigarette by age...

Drinking wine beneficial in dementia

...y substances in wine may one day be identified and made into medications to treat the disease. They speculate it is the flavenoids in the wine that offer the protective effect. Doctors studied 1,567 people and determined their drinking patterns from the 1975s. Then they looked for signs of dementia or Al...

Keep fit with salads

...e, its ‘dressing’ is important. Though normally we made do with a dash of lemon juice, other dressings are vinegar, whipped yoghurt, spicy raw mango chutney, buttermilk, olive oil, salad oil, sesame oil etc. Readymade salad oils are also available. In Europe a platter of cheese and salad is often a health...

Causes of weakness in the aged

...searchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical School have made one of the first attempts to define the condition. They report from the Cardiovascular Health Study, involving nearly 6,050 people aged 67 or older. This shows that those who are frail are more likely to have inflammation, altered carbohydrate metabo...

Misinterpretation living wills

...the US looked at a small group of patients who had made a living will. They found that none of them wanted...t do CPR or insert a tube into any patient who had made a living will - whether they wanted it or not. However, two of the physician group said they would d...

Acupuncture for cystitis in women

...ional Chinese medicine (TCM) had a condition which made it hard to empty the bladder. According to TCM, the other women's problems arose from either overweight and slow metabolism or irritability of the bladder. These women did less well on acupuncture. The study suggests that acupuncture may work well fo...

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