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Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...me the list grew exponentially. It is an era which modern world is in a hurry to forget. The olden method ...breeding to produce better beings has given way to modern techniques like Preimplantation genetic Diagnosis (PGD) done on an embryo, prenatal testing ...

A Homeopathic Cure for Cancer Under Trial in US

...rnative medicine for treatment of cancer under the modern system of medication," he said. Dr Prasanta Banerjee, widely recognised for homeopathic treatment of cancer, said that in more than 40 years of practice he had repeatedly seen the efficacy of homeopathy for treating cancer, including brain tumour....

Weight Gain in Pregnancy Linked to Overweight in Kids

...hat greater gains promote better birth outcomes in modern developed nations. More weight gain may cause undesirable birth outcomes, such as increased rates of babies born at high birth weight and cesarean section, and is associated with higher postpartum weight retention and later risk of maternal obesity. ...

New Device Against Harmful Compounds in Air

...r than with a conventional catalyst system. Most modern air-purification systems are not particularly good at breaking down organic pollutants at room temperature. Source-IANS...

Bob Woolmer Was Strangled With A Towel

...dies say. Woolmer, reputed for introducing many modern techniques in coaching, was found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica, West Indies on March 17, less than 24 hours after Pakistan was knocked out of the World Cup by debutants Ireland. He was declared dead at the hospital. After preliminary i...

Sex – Three Hundred Years Ag

...to the writing which you might struggle to find in modern erotic fiction or top-shelf pornography. "It is very different to today's erotica," she said. "It is more humorous, more literary and more engaged with the wider issues of the life and politics of the times." Its metaphors mirror the passions of the ...

Jolie-Pitt Donate $100,000 for Sudan Hospital

...0,000 of their money to help// construct the first modern medical facility in Duk County, Sudan. They made the donation to the Duk Lost Boys Clinic through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, reports www.hollywood.tv. The clinic will open in the spring and serve more than 150,000 people. The clinic was founded ...

Breakthrough in MRI Scanning in the Near Future

...scovery of X-rays in 1895. MRI has become one of modern medicine's most important diagnostic tools all over the world since the first scan to highlight the tumors on the patient's liver was done. The developments by Professor John Mallard and his team in 1980 earned Aberdeen University tens of millions ...

Kerala Youth Die of Carbon Monoxide Inhalation

..., often up to 25 per cent of the exhaust gas. Most modern day vehicles, such as the Maruti Zen, are equipped with catalytic converters that minimise CO emission (CO is often a product of ineffective combustion). The car was idling for more than an hour in the enclosed space and the engine got deprived of...

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect of Smallpox Vaccine

...m of smallpox vaccination. The vaccinia virus in modern smallpox vaccines is closely related to an older form of vaccinia called cowpox, the disease English doctor Edward Jenner used in the late 1700s to develop early methods of vaccination. The boy has received the primary treatment for eczema vaccinat...

TB Vaccines: Ring Out the New, Bring in the Old

...Roland Brosch of the Institut Pasteur opine that modern BCG or bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccines used in...n than three newer strains that are used in 66% of modern immunizations. Study leader, Dr Roland Brosch, senior researcher at the Institut says: "The earlie...

Transcendental Meditation Can Help

In this high-tech age of modern medicine, could it be possible to treat the leading cause of death in the U.S. through the power //of meditation? According to a study, a widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique can significantly reduce the severity of congestive heart...

Retiring Government Doctors to Be Reappointed to Overcome Paucity of Specialists

... in Alappuzha in the state, equipped with the most modern facilities for conducting tests for various diseases. Hospital management committees would be constituted for all public hospitals in the State, she said. The minister in a separate statement in the state Assembly said that the government would ...

Trial Run of Copper to Combat MRSA

...ilizations, is now been increasingly considered in modern day //hospital settings. Scientists of the NHS who are trying to root out MRSA and other superbugs, which are taking over many hospitals across U.K, are planning to put the anti- bacterial properties of this metal to use. Selly Oaks hospital in ...

Zolpidem Might Assist Patients With Akinetic Mutism

... of zolpidem of post-anoxic brain injury using the modern methodological standards of clinical pharmacology." The authors demonstrated increased brain activity in the frontal cortex, which is associated with higher cognitive performances, with zolpidem. They suggest that the mechanism may be due to an ac...

Dry Eye Syndrome Affects Visual Functions

...esent study shows that crucial daily activities of modern living such as reading, computer use, professional work, driving and TV watching are all negatively impacted by DES." Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

...he study is finished. "It is not reasonable in a modern society to create stereotypes of beauty that do not correspond to social reality," Health Minister Elena Salgado said. The Spanish senate had recommended measures to change the beauty ideal already in 1999, but the time was not yet ripe. In the m...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

... by the U.S. child health system is analogous to a modern business ignoring the Internet, Windows and new Pentium processors and running their operations using MS-DOS on separate and unconnected 286 machines,” Halfon said. “It worked in the past, but it is not very effective and efficient for a competitive ...

NICE Gives the Final ‘NO’ to Roche’s Tarcva

... the fires of controversy over access to expensive modern cancer treatments, as it follows bickering over whether Herceptin, another Roche product, should be given to women with early breast cancer. Calling the action as ‘perverse’ and ‘flawed’ Roche is claiming a soon- to -be -followed appeal against ...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

... by the U.S. child health system is analogous to a modern business ignoring the Internet, Windows and new Pentium processors and running their operations using MS-DOS on separate and unconnected 286 machines,” Halfon said. “It worked in the past, but it is not very effective and efficient for a competitive ...

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