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Mentally Challenged Boy Kept in Chains in Jharkhand

...reatment for the past two years, there has been no marked improvement in his condition. Raja, with his hands tied, usually is taken to Ranchi for treatment by the male members of the family. When Raja first showed symptoms of abnormality his family took him to an exorcist. "There are several mentally cha...

Cellular System Causing Destruction Of Faulty Proteins In Cystic Fibrosis Identified

...n. The ubiquitin tag tells the cell to destroy the marked CFTR, a process overseen by a destroyer called the proteasome. This trash system is known as the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. "We've identified the trash collectors that recognize misfolded proteins, decide if they might be toxic to the cell and ...

More People Seeking Treatment for Mental Illness in Strife-torn Kashmir

...ck syndromes. Schizophrenia is a mental disease marked by disconnection between thoughts, feelings, and a...ther delegate at the convention, said: "There is a marked increase in cases of abortion, incest, infidelity, crumbling marriages and early menopause." On t...

Timely Detection of Type-1 Diabetes Crucial

...se and the sedentary, Type 1 is far more dangerous marked by a rapid decline in health. The basic reason for the occurrence of Type 1 diabetes still remains unclear; scientists are studying the genetic angle to this disease, most often the case with a number of patients....

Fittest Of Newborn Neurons Survive

...urons. Newly born neurons infected with virus were marked by a fluorescent dye enabling detection of neurons derived from those cells. A few weeks later, animals that received the virus showed fewer fluorescent neurons compared to mice injected with a benign virus lacking the shears, meaning fewer new neu...

Scientists Claim Developing A New Skin Test For The Early Detection Of Alzheimer’

...been explained that Alzheimer's disease is usually marked by inflammation that is caused by a variety of compounds in the body. More than 4.5 million people have Alzheimer's disease in the United States alone and 12 million worldwide and that there is no known cure. Alkon and Khan also found that the condit...

Woman in Toronto Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

...avivirus (genus Flavivirus) that causes an illness marked by fever, headache, muscle ache, skin rash, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis that is spread chiefly by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread WNV to humans and other anim...

Britain's Support for India's Health Programme

...ess concerns about procurement irregularities that marked the first phase of the Reproductive and Child Health Programme in which DFID had not participated. (Source: IANS)...

Residents Advised to Take Preventive Measures To Combat West Nile Virus

...avivirus (genus Flavivirus) that causes an illness marked by fever, headache, muscle ache, skin rash, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis that is spread chiefly by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected birds. Infected mosquitoes can then spread WNV to humans and other anim...

MitoChip v2.0 – the new Mitochondrial DNA sequencing too

... improved the rate and speed of the chip, the v1.0 marked the first mitochondrial resequencing microarray designed as a potential screening tool for cancer. "With mitochondrial DNA, there is a mass advantage," said Dr. Anirban Maitra, an author on this month's paper whose research is supported by the NIH's ...

High -tech Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Tool Updated

... improved the rate and speed of the chip, the v1.0 marked the first mitochondrial resequencing microarray designed as a potential screening tool for cancer. "With mitochondrial DNA, there is a mass advantage," said Dr. Anirban Maitra, an author on this month's paper whose research is supported by the NIH's ...

John Hopkins Develops An Online Tool To Help In Research Of Certain Rare Diseases

...lems and cognitive dysfunction. Although all are marked by aberrant cilia, the different symptoms associated with each syndrome affect individual patients differently. Many patients first go to the doctor because they experience vision problems, and they are treated for those vision problems. But the pati...

Finally, light at the end of the tunnel for those suffering tunnel vision

...gh-tech device, researchers found that there was a marked increase in the way the visually impaired were able to place their finger on objects. This contraption, which comprises of a small camera, pocket-sized computer and see-through computer display on a pair of glasses, may just be what the doctor ordere...

Prenatal Test and Miscarriage

...vasive screening tests for birth defects have seen marked improvement, according to Norton. While screening in the past was primarily available only in the second trimester, more recent studies have demonstrated that tests such as a specialized ultrasound of the fetal neck, known as "nuchal translucency " u...

Complex Apnea May Explain Sleepless Nights

... are obstructive sleep apnea or hypoapnea syndrome marked by physical causes of airway disruption, central a... are obstructive sleep apnea or hypoapnea syndrome marked by physical causes of airway disruption, central apnea-hypoapnea syndrome, and the Cheyne-Stokes bre...

Malpractice Worry Discouraging Medical Students From Taking Up Obstetrics And Gynecology

...medical liability in Florida may contribute to the marked decline of students specializing in ob/gyn. Half of the Florida students surveyed – 42 percent men and 58 percent women – responded. The respondents were divided into three groups – students who selected ob/gyn as a career (had applied to ob/gyn re...

Drugs Delivered Into CNS More Effective In Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

...oS Medicine. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease marked by chronic inflammation, leading to joint pain and destruction. Pain and inflammation in the joints are constantly monitored by the central nervous system (CNS, i.e. the brain and spinal cord). Scientists have long suspected that the CNS can regula...

Youth Of Canada Wary Of Cigarettes But Not Of Alcohol

... stated that the findings found that there were no marked difference in incidence of trying cigarettes between boys and girls, although boys were more likely to try other tobacco products. The report had also found that though the experimenting with smoking has declined among the youth over the decade, ther...

Burnout imminent with round-the-clock stress

...n diet related issues. Technology paced living marked by mobiles, internet and e-mail devices have blurred the distinction between workplace and home, costing millions, their health. Chris Rolland, director of healthcare at Legal and General said: "It is becoming clear that people are far more worrie...

Discrepancy in salt content on food labels

... popularity of rock and sea salts have resulted in marked decrease of iodised salt intake. Transtasman food regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand intends to require iodised salt to be used in baked cereal products. Responding to the test results, Green Party spokeswoman Sue Kedgley said: "Look,...

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