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India Needs To Get Its Act Together To Curb the Rise of HIV/AIDS

...Notwithstanding the recent study, that had shown a marked decline in AIDS cases in Southern India, she recommended that utmost caution be exercised in the understanding of the results According to her, India has reached this unenviable position owing to population explosion, poverty and illiteracy which...

Lack Of Social Skills Linked To Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

...ouses and two of faces. Scans showed there were marked differences in the brain activity of the two groups, the study appeared in the journal Neuroimage said. In the unaffected group, paying attention to pictures of faces caused a significant increase in brain activity. But for people with ASD, paying ...

High Dose Of Vitamin D3 A Boon for Patients Suffering From Heart Failure

... function was also measured in all participants as marked by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) there was no difference between both the groups. In conclusion the researchers said that a daily supplement of 50 micrograms vitamin D for nine months is able to increase serum concentrations of the anti-i...

Depression And Diabetes Are Mutually Exclusive.

...ase of the study, it was observed that there was a marked relationship between depression and diabetes control. The significant pointer was that depression did not cause an alteration in blood sugar control in patients, irrespective of whether they were part of an intervention program or underwent the usual...

Human Intelligence Gene Identified By Scientists

...dividuals afflicted with schizophrenia; a disorder marked by impairment of cognitive skills and compared this with those of normal individuals. This lead to the discovery that the dysbindin-1 gene (DTNBP1) may be linked to general cognitive ability. The result of this path-breaking work conducted by resea...

Surgical Intervention to Solve Obesity and Related Problems

...ic band patients lost roughly 45 pounds. There was marked improvement in their health and quality of life. At the two years they had regained much of their lost weight but had lost about 12 pounds of excess weight. Paul O'Brien, director of the university's Centre for Obesity Research and Education said t...

Doctors Join Hands To Spread Awareness Against Maternal Mortality

...d Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) Friday marked the successful conclusion of its first such effort - a 2,400 km walkathon 'Suprabha Ganga Yatra' led by gynaecologist Shirin Venkat along the Ganges. The walkathon from Gangasagar to Gaumukh and Gangotri covered five states - West Bengal, Uttar Pra...

Survey Finds That Autism Is Becoming More Widespread

...round them. There is a large spectrum of symptoms, marked by poor language skills and an inability to handle social relations. As of now there is no cure, but many problems can be bettered by intensive behavioural therapy. ...

How To Prevent A Stroke

...valuating people for sleep apnea. This disorder is marked by extremely loud snoring, daytime sleepiness and is associated with an increased risk of stroke. Sleep apnea sufferers stop breathing several times a night, rousing to gulp in air in a pattern that disrupts normal sleep. "We know that treating slee...

Women With Breast Cancer Can Now USE IVF To Spare Their Daughters

...A1 or BRCA2. Many critics feel that the move has marked a further step down a “slippery slope”, which was permitting screening for ever less serious genetic traits. Patient groups, however, welcomed the recommendation as a measure that would help families that have suffered genetic disease in several gene...

Rubella Outbreak Grips Vietnam

...reported. Rubella, or German measles, is a virus marked by fevers and rashes. Symptoms normally pass in about a week. ‘Rubella is only dangerous if contracted by pregnant women,’ said Nguyen Van Nghiem, an official with the department of health in Ho Chi Minh City. ‘A high percentage - between 50 to 7...

Clopidogrel Allergy Can Be Tackled By Methodical Desensitization

...edication clopidogrel develop an allergic reaction marked by rash, itching, hives, or swelling of the tongue and airway. A small number of patients even develop an anaphylactic reaction and go into shock. Physicians generally discontinue a medication that provokes an allergic reaction and prescribe an alt...

UNICEF Facts & Figures About Maternal Death In India On The Eve Of Mother’s Da

May 14 which is marked for the celebration of Mother’s day reveals a sad picture on the status of motherhood in India. According to the statistics released by UNICEF// in India every five minutes a woman during childbirth. When compared to the world scenario this accounts ...

PI-103 Effective against Brain Cancer

...approval five years ago of the cancer drug Gleevec marked a promising new strategy against cancer. Gleevec was the first drug on the market designed to block ubiquitous signaling molecules called protein kinases – enzymes known to trigger normal cell proliferation, and in the case of cancer, the growth of t...

Undetected Cases Of Diabetes Boom In The US

...ed diabetes cases. Diabetes is a group of diseases marked by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. It is the most common cause of blindness, kidney failure, and amputations in adults and a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Over the years ...

Crucial to regulate your body pH, key determiner for good health

...d 6. Probably the reason why cancer patients see a marked improvement in their health, after making changes in their diet and lifestyle. The root cause of many diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, may be linked to a protein-rich diet. That is why, in developing countries, where pl...

Well-Planned Surgeries Also Carry Health Risks

... an animal model of sickle cell disease, a disease marked by systemic inflammation, he’s studying the host’s defense to microbial products such as lipopolysaccharide. He’s found a resulting transformation of macrophages, which typically work like garbage collectors for the immune system, into large, pro-i...

Mad-Cow Resistant Calf Cloned in China

...sistant to mad cow disease. The success story was marked by the birth of a 55-kg calf //in the eastern province of Shandong Researchers at the Laiyang Agro-Science Institute in Shandong claimed to have used gene-transplant technology to introduce the genes to the calf cloned from cells of an adult cow. ...

Britons Turn to Alcohol Due to Work Stress

...e impact on family life and relationships was also marked - one in 10 experienced a loss of interest in their family or partner while 15 percent reported a lowered sex drive, the study said. The legal profession was the most stressed occupation with 38 percent suffering severe or extreme stress, followed ...

Use of Anti-Depressant Does not Help Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

...ating disorder primarily affecting young women and marked by an extreme fear of becoming overweight that leads to excessive dieting to the point of serious ill-health and sometimes death. It is a serious psychiatric illness with a lifetime death rate arguably as high as that associated with any psychiatric ...

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