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New Analytical Tool to Unravel the Cause of Diabetes

...sh into flat sheets, then coil into fibers. "No matter how fast they're moving, we can take pictures of them. We need tools that not only allow us to probe the molecular structures, but also look at how the structures change in time," says Zanni. Though often depicted as static blobs, proteins are mor...

Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas

...g an invention is understood but patenting organic matter like turmeric, neem and then knowledge like yoga is very unfortunate," he added. Saying that yoga belongs to the country and the entire human race, yoga guru Swami Ramdev also echoed Johar's thoughts on the patenting issue. "Yoga can't be owned a...

Doctors Urged To Help Close Indigenous Health Gap

...s and non-Indigenous Australians. Unity on this matter as a profession sends a powerful message that we are both willing and able to make the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a top health priority, he says. Dr Wenitong suggests that a united medical profession could shift public...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

..., the nerve fiber growth was enhanced 5 fold. In a matter of just 5 days, nerve fibers had extended 4 millimeters from the nerve tissue in a bipolar fashion on the bioactive aligned nanofiber scaffolds. Thus, this technology can induce, enhance and direct nerve fiber regeneration in a straight and organized...

Steroid Scam: Sylvester Stallone Gets Away With a Light Punishment

... of the two charges and no prison time because the matter was heard in a local, not federal, court....

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...ontinue taking the drug until they can discuss the matter with their doctor. "This is not an immediate risk. It is the absence of an expected benefit and the possibility of harm over the yearsPatients should talk with their doctors and see if they are getting the benefit they expected. Doctors can look at...

Astronauts can Now Feed on 'radiation-eating' Fungi

... long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use. "The fungal kingdom comprises more species than any other plant or animal kingdom, so finding that they're making food in addition to breaking it down means that Earth's energeticsin particular, th...

Choice is a Key Element in Success for Smokers Who Want to Quit

...f you do something positive for your mate, does it matter why? The answer is yes according to Patrick's research. She found that both small sacrifices, like doing the dishes for your partner, and big ones, like moving across the country for a new job he or she really wants, mean more if you do them because ...

Breast Cancer Patients Follow-up Devalued

...ng when and how to discharge patients is a complex matter and specialists take a number of factors into account; these include the level of perceived risk to the patient from the disease and its treatment, the patients own preferences (they may feel safer with follow-up by specialists rather than GPs), and ...

Australian Children Sleep Less, Perhaps Not Well Monitored

...pecially do not seem to be properly monitored is a matter of concern. The very group who should work harder to survive and move up the ladder is getting distracted....

Multinationals Exploit Groundwater Sources, and People Suffer

...the state's wild fish. "It is unique -- it doesn't matter if you like to fish or hike or walk -- it is a really pristine watershed of mixed conifers with amazing wildlife -- some of which is threatened or endangered." The plant will also affect not just the McCloud River but an entire watershed, reducing ...

Surge in Cancer Incidence in Asia Feared

... are stacked against those diagnosed in China. "No matter if you're rich or poor, if you get lung cancer you die. There's no treatment at all." While Americans and Europeans have been abandoning smoking, an estimated 300 million men are puffing away in China equal to the entire U.S. population. If nothin...

Activists Urge Greater Medical Support for Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Sarin Gas

...ed at higher levels had about 5 percent less white matter than those who had little exposure. White matter volume varies by individual, but studies have shown that significant shrinkage in adulthood can be a...

Forceps Left in Woman's Abdomen

...tack's chief district medical officer to probe the matter and submit a report at the earliest, Orissa Health and Family Welfare Minister Duryodhan Majhi told IANS. If the doctors who operated on the woman four years ago are found guilty, the state government will initiate action against them as per law, s...

Gay Gang in Netherlands Lures, Rapes and Infects Fellow Homosexuals With HIV/AIDS

...hed the news across its front pages yesterday. The matter came to light when police arrested three seropositive homosexual men after four victims, men aged 25 to 50, accused them of rape and premeditated bodily harm. Ronald Zwarter, the police chief in the northern town of Groningen, where the alleged cri...

Brain Tumor Patients Survival Depends on Predicting Treatment Responses Earlier

... these patients with brain cancer," she noted. "No matter one's age, number of times cancer recurred or number of prior drug treatmentsFLT-PET was the most powerful independent predictor of survival," she said. The drug bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic agent, which inhibits the development of blood vessel...

Australian Catholics Rebel Over Stem Cell Vote Warning

... Pell told reporters. "But it is a serious moral matter and Catholic politicians who vote for this legislation must realise that their voting has consequences for their place in the life of the church." Pell said he was not threatening to excommunicate Catholic lawmakers who voted in favour of the bill, b...

U.S. Army Developing a Robot to Rescue Injured Soldiers

...ing a variety of positions. To keep it steady no matter what position it adopts, Bear is fitted with accelerometers to monitor the movement of its torso, and gyroscopes to detect any rotation of its body that might indicate it is about to lose its balance. Computer-controlled motors adjust the position of...

Stay Young by Practicing Zen Meditation

...ct the normal age-related decline of cerebral gray matter volume and attentional performance observed in healthy individuals. Researchers measured gray matter changes in 13 regular practitioners of Zen meditation and 13 control subjects matched for age and ed...

Transplant Patient Gets a New Lease of Life

... let go their loved ones. Further complicating the matter are the differing obligations of the personnel involved in the process: physicians and nurses, who have a responsibility to provide the best care for a living patient, and representatives and surgeons from an organ procurement organization, who have ...

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