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The Cancer Rumour mill working over time

...rt from AIDS or HIV should be cancer!!!!!!!!!! The mere mention of the word is enough to bolster people to sit up and listen. But should we really accept all that is heard and said about the disease? Or should we use our gray cells and analyse the pros and cons and then decide? Should we believe all that ...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...ll of a 6 year old ewe. The 277 attempts yielded a mere 29 embryos, and only one of them survived to term. Multiple flawed embryos are likely to occur with humans as well. Commenting on plans for a human cloning clinic. Drs. Zawos and Antinori emphasized that they would offer the technique only to infert...

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

...tter where they were or what they were doing. The mere presence of the significant other calmed blood pressure. Surprisingly, Dr. Gump said, the quality of the intimate relationship did not matter in this study. People who were dissatisfied with their partners also experienced blood pressure dips in th...

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...le levels of second hand smoke. "Far from being a mere annoyance or a minor discomfort, exposure to second-hand smoke causes cancer and contributes to various lung and heart diseases," said Brundtland, adding that it can cause "asthma and other respiratory illnesses in children" and also has been implica...

Hidden influenza virus protein found

...closely, they noticed it was suspiciously long for mere junk.Wondering if this molecule might be a bonafide protein, Dr. Yewdell’s team decided to see how much of it was created in cells infected with the flu virus. If it were junk, there should be only random copies of the peptide. If it were a protein,...

Fame brings wealth but not health

...er life expectancy - by an average of 4 years than mere nominees. This is despite having longer and more successful careers, which would normally be reckoned to have a protective effect. Oscar winning actors and actresses, by contrast, live longer than those who are nominated. It may be that winning scr...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...of the global disease burden however ironically, a mere 10% of global health research is devoted to these ...). Investment in drugs for neglected diseases is a mere trickle compared to the large amount invested in R&D for possible blockbuster drugs for diseases lik...

Wound healing affected by Psychological stress

...tion, feel pleasure, or maintain interest is not a mere case of the blues. It is an illness. Researchers have demonstrated that it results from biochemical imbalances in the brain. For more information read: http://www.medindia.com/patients/ patientinfo/depression_about.htm ...

Kidney Cancer Vaccine

...op the cancer in its tracks. Faith was more than a mere crutch for Rev. Jerry Burnside when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. "I was not afraid of dying. My faith sustained me in that, but I dreaded the process of dying," he says.// Kidney cancer is highly curable if it's caught early, but it does not...

Asthma aggravated by thought processes

The mere mention of a stressful word like "wheeze" can activate two brain regions in asthmatics during an attack, and this brain activity may be associated with more severe asthma symptoms, according to a new study by researchers. // The study reveals a funct...

Protection against Alzheimer’s could be as simple as drinking green te

...orders can be made very simple and affordable by a mere supplementation of antioxidants. Green tea consists of the leaves and delicate young leaf buds of an evergreen bush Camellia sinensis, widely cultivated in Asia. Green tea enjoys worldwide consumption due to the innumerable health benefits associate...

Conjoined Indian Twins See Hope On The Horizon

...rgo the complex surgery, the rate of survival is a mere 20 percent. ...

Irritating Noise Increases Risk Of Heart Attacks

...esearchers say that the noise levels cease to be a mere irritant and affect the physiological functioning of the heart. The din of the traffic affected both men and women and increased the risk of heart attack by nearly 50 percent in men and three times in women. Workplace noise affected men by a third, w...

Vatican’s Message For World AIDS Day Condemns ‘Pansexual Cultur’

...al culture that devalues sexuality, reducing it to mere pleasure without any further meaning. Previously, the Vatican has opposed condom campaigns, asserting that they do not actually protect against transmission of the disease and may end up encouraging promiscuous sexual activity. Those who advoca...

Three meals daily Keeps 'Kerala's elderly Healthy

...on (above 60 years) in the country. It rose from a mere 5.9 percent of the total population in 1961 to more than 15 percent in 2001. (IAN)...

DAPIC Project to Prevent Amputations

...PIC)" programme at Maragal Kandigai village out of mere curiosity, the special shoes came as a boon. DAPIC seeks to prevent diabetic foot amputations in the State. Every year four million people across the globe get foot ulcer and one in every six people with diabetes develops a foot complication, accor...

Poor Andhra Women Enable Bypass Surgery Paying 50 Paise Each

...y the local leadership of the SHGs to contribute a mere 50 paise so as to raise Rs.60,000. In the end, some gave even one rupee, netting a total of Rs.61,100. Nobody declined to chip in, despite their own grinding poverty. "The women were surprised by what they achieved and when they realised what they ...

Christmas, Carols And Unique Indian Christianity

...festival that long ago surpassed the boundaries of mere religion, but also for the many millions who have studied in missionary schools. Come December and even the smallest local market begins stocking Christmas tree decorations. And most urban Indians may not go to church for Christmas mass or wake up t...

Rehabilitate Sex Workers - Mata Amritanandamayi

...hough the relief fund earmarked for Sri Lanka is a mere 30 million rupees, her followers have undertaken projects for nearly 2 billion rupees. Her hermitage is a place for people from all religions -- Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. All get the motherly hug of Amma as she symbolizes the composite...

Need of the Hour: Viable Strategies against AIDS

...ly not working and much more needs to be done than mere rhetoric // on a global basis if the disease is to be contained from spreading beyond the recognized risk groups of sex workers and drug addicts. It is here that testing for AIDS assumes massive importance. Individuals the world over, both in deve...

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