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AIDS Disaster in India is Imminent

... AIDS crisis ravaging sub-Saharan Africa dominates much of the discussion at this week's XIII International AIDS Conference, researchers and AIDS workers are sounding the alarm for what many consider to be the next big trouble spot--India."We have a very serious catastrophe in the offing, and if there's ...

A Porcine Dolly

...e jury is still out on using pigs as a granary for much need organs for transplant....

Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions

...ons of people suffering from smoker’s lung breathe much easier. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or smoker’s lung, is an irreversible progressive illness caused by narrowing of the airways. It encompasses emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In tests involving 500 people who had suffered from CO...

Evidence Links Protein Damage to Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

...eic acids, proteins, and other cellular components much like oxidation causes rust damage to metal in cars and buildings. This damage has been implicated in causing neurodegenerative disorders. Alpha-synuclein itself is a target of oxidative stress, specifically nitration, within these lesions. This is th...

White Cells Count Can Predict Heart Attack Death Risk

...in what is considered a "high normal range" have a much higher risk of death after a heart attack than patients with lower white blood cell counts. But patients with elevated white blood cell counts who had previously undergone bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty to open clogged vessels such a risk o...

Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map

...indings on the human genome project , which is a much talked about topic, considering that the mapping of the genes will enable one to have the information to manipulate individual characteristics like the color of the eye or even skin. It will also help say whether a cell will function normally or not,...

Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

...ration of the brain tissue, might at last have the much awaited miracle cure round the corner. A vaccine made headlines sometime ago, as being efficient in reducing plaque formation in mice, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improves mental functioning. It has gone i...

When Celebrities Die

...n, based in Alexandria, Va., says "Suicide is very much an impulse of the moment, so anything you can do to create some postponement, some thinking process, will be helpful," What will work may vary from person to person, but anything that puts some pause between initial impulse and the action is a good i...

Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.

... the aggressive ones, who had cut down on TV, were much more softer and more social than before. The reason the researchers attribute to this aggression is that children who spend more time on TV and video games may have very little time to interact with others and may have very few social skills. Now...

Controversial Levis jean ad to be withdrawn

...ng the popular opinion the ad is being shelved. So much so for a jeans ad. In the end it was Levis, which was given a dressing down!!!...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

...ccording to Frey, means the drug reaches the brain much faster than it would if it were administered into a vein. In this study, Frey and colleagues administered the growth factor to 37 male rats in which the researchers induced brain damage that mimics strokes in human brains. They then tested various m...

Water - The silent killer!!!

...report says most of those who die are children and much of the suffering is needless. People in the developing world are particularly at risk for water-borne diseases. About 2.2 million people die of diarrhea caused by drinking contaminated water and 90% of those deaths are among children "Diarrhea can be...

Not all tooth pain may have dental origins!!

...er received its due importance from the masses. So much so that patients visit dentists only with terminal problems or when the pain becomes unbearable.A small problem is easier to cure but because of the lackadaisical attitude of the patients, the problem is allowed to mushroom into a major problem the t...

Development of AIDS vaccine -- Chiron Corp in talks with four Indian cos

...ts of the few available anti-AIDS drugs still very much beyond the affordability of the victims, a vaccine is being perceived as a welcome development. DBT and the Union Ministry of Health have already started a vaccine development project under the Indo-US initiative on HIV/AIDS....

Hemopurifier may revolutionise AIDS treatment

...s.In essence, the system filters out AIDS virus in much the same way a water filtration system removes lead and other impurities from drinking water. In the Hemopurifier case, Tullis removed HIV from several 10-milliliter samples of contaminated blood plasma. The inventor of the filter, Dr. Julian Ambrus...

Women suffer from sexual dysfunction too

... and Gynecologists annual meeting in Chicago, said much of the problem with female sexual dysfunction is due to the failure of patients and doctors to communicate about this problem that both parties may be uncomfortable discussing. As women age and go through menopause, the lining of the vagina loses a ...

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

... recently that people get on planes, drink far too much and just sleep - all bent up. That's all we've been drawing attention to here,” Scurr said. So the next time you have to travel long distance, don’t panic. Just see to that you get to walk every now and then and don’t be immobile for hours together....

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...entatives of Pfizer Inc. said they do not know how much the expanded 50-nation program would cost. However, they said that expenses of the project, called the Diflucan Partnership, would include drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...entatives of Pfizer Inc. said they do not know how much the expanded 50-nation program would cost. However, they said that expenses of the project, called the Diflucan Partnership, would include drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!

...bese , the researchers say. The risk of asthma is much higher among the girls who attain menarche before the age of 11.However ,the risk ,common in the girls who are obese at the age of 11 rather than at 6, the investigators note.In addition,the tests for asthma such as peak flow variability and bronchod...

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