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Electric Field Therapy to Zap Cancerous Tumours

... Institute of Technology. The fields disrupt the movement of a cell's inner building blocks during division, so that it dies off before proliferating. Cancer cells typically divide at a much faster rate than most normal cells, making them a prime target for TTF. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiati...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...mbrella organization for the event is a new global movement under the name Save Our Selves (SOS). It will begin at 1.10am British Summer Time in Sydney, Australia, then roll around the globe with concerts in Tokyo, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Hamburg, London's Wembley stadium, New York and finally, at 8pm, Rio ...

Napoleon Love Letter Seduces Bidders at Manuscript Auction

...he Indian government. In the letter, the freedom movement leader pleaded for religious harmony in the newly independent India. "It is wrong to ruffle Muslim or any other person's feelings," Gandhi said in the seven-page document. Along with the Napoleon and Newton manuscripts, other notables whose lette...

Great Lakes Fish in Canada Heavily Polluted

... must insist on aggressive measures to prevent the movement of toxic chemicals into fish and equally aggressive measures to revitalize the Great Lakes basin ecosystem, said Dr. Gail Krantzberg, director of the Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, and a professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontari...

New Strategy to Counter Problem Drinking

...ndence, but in the last 20 years, there has been a movement to consider harm reduction or drinking reduction as a goal equal to abstinence. Alcohol dependence is nowadays recognized as a chronic, recurring disorder where relapses almost inevitably occur during and after the treatment, Karhuvaara said. So fo...

Sleep Disorder Leads to Road Accidents

...rs such as obstructive sleep apnoea, periodic limb movement disorder and associated conditions will be identified by the software. The software will enable patients to enter their information at home, allowing specialists to conduct a preliminary diagnosis and develop a database for follow up consultations....

New Device to Treat Snoring and Sleep Apnea

...gans and the resulting sound due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. The sound may be soft or loud and unpleasant. It can sometimes be frustrating for patients and their loved ones. There are several medical or surgical treatments available to help people who snore. Almost all treatm...

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...ry. The commercial software does not account for movement in the lungs and heart while the patient is breathing during the test, Gould said, and as a result, the PET and CT images dont always match or co-register. Consequently, the images have big holes or gaps where the processing is incorrect in areas whe...

Somerville, A Town Committed to Tackle Obesity Among Kids

...at have had an impact on health - the anti-smoking movement in the US was an example - in the hope that these could be transferred to the area of nutrition. The result was "Shape Up". It didn't take long to convince Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who himself would like to get rid of a few pounds, that the programme...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...ing. Zuka was a leader of the fledgling gay rights movement in Pristina, and he was featured last year in a British gay magazine article called "Europe's Hidden Homos." Zuka, who speaks fluent English and exudes casual self-confidence, said his public profile led to unbearable pressure and a series of threa...

FDA Approve S Robotic Device to Help Stroke Patients

...pital in Tampa, Fla. It is not yet clear whether movement therapy using a surface-controlled device like the...of the motor cortex and subcortex, this means that movement therapy may help the brain to use other, nearby neurons or even neurons in the opposite brain hemis...

Scientists Find New Way to Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

...ucial role in conjugation. It starts and stops the movement of DNA between bacteria. It was found that bisphosphonates could block the spot where the enzyme handled DNA. The researchers say that the drugs steal the DNA binding site, preventing relaxase from handling DNA. Although the researchers are sti...

Parkinson's Targets Two Distinct Brain Networks, Finds Study

... Parkinson's modify the areas that are involved in movement but not those that regulate cognition. The network that grows abnormal over time includes an called the pre-frontal cortex, known as the brain's executive secretary; organizing, planning and carrying out tasks in order of importance. It's the same re...

Envisat Captured Breath of Volcano

...ws scientists to track small changes in the Earths movement that improves their ability to predict volcanic eruptions. Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, InSAR for short, involves mathematically combining different radar images, acquired from as near as possible to the same point in space at different...

Neoprene Sleeve in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery

... instructions. They are intended to limit abnormal movement of the knee and prevent excessive strain on the ACL or new graft. They generally provide a rigid support to restrain the knee, although they may also improve neuromuscular control of the knee. Most laboratory studies suggest that different types of...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

...d spell disaster in the present day with increased movement across borders. Since Hepatitis is a silent disease, the existing drawbacks in testing and diagnosis could multiply the problems in combating hepatitis. Stigma and lack of awareness of hepatitis still poses a global problem. Often, people do not...

Determining the Sex of the Baby in Wild West Way

... Bianchi has spent more than 20 years studying the movement of fetal cells and nucleic acids between the fetus and its mother. Fetal stem cells and white blood cells can remain in the mother's blood for decades, which means the fetal cells found in a pregnant woman's blood could be from a prior pregnancy, Bia...

Move To Ban Asbestos Welcomed

...nt. "Obviously this is a very important part of a movement in Canada of public interests and social justice organizations to put the ban of asbestos or the asbestos issue on the political agenda, Sass was quoted."Up to now it has not been put on the political stage either by provincial governments or by the ...

Alien Hand Syndrome Causes Random Hand Movement

...) is a rare neurological disorder that causes hand movement without the person being aware of what is happenin...e brain involved in both voluntary and involuntary movement and found that neural activity was restricted to the primary motor cortex during the unconscious mot...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...a second set of brain regions involved in planning movement continued to act like those of left-handers in people who had switched to right-handedness. These regions were also more active in converts than in those who stuck with left-handedness. "They still look like left handers, but even more emphasised,...

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