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Anti-Bird flu surveillance stepped-up in Britain

... Thailand and Malaysia. This new strain has been named H5N1 Fujian-like to differentiate it from the previous variants in Hong Kong and Vietnam. This study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. According to the study, though human infection from this strain has b...

AIDS to be tackled through Computer Games

...ckling //the spread of HIV and Aids. The game is named as "What would you do?" (Ungefanyaje?) and it takes players through several different scenarios so that he importance of prevention and testing is understood. According to the UN estimates around 80% of young people do not know how to protect thems...

Herbal Twist: Plausible Cure for Diabetes 'Crops' Up

...atients suffering from Type 2 diabetes. The herb named as Milk thistle also called by the name silymarin, has been in use to effectively treat problems with the liver - cirrhosis, chronic hepatitis and ailments in the gallbladder. Fallah Huseini, employed at the Institute of Medicinal Plants in Teheran,...

Alzheimer's - From Curiosity To Worldwide Disease

...one million patients suffer from the brain disease named after the scientist. Worldwide over 20 million are said to have the disease. A four-day conference starting in Tuebingen on Nov 2 intends to illuminate history and future of Alzheimer's research. "When Alzheimer first announced his discovery, he o...

New Health Insurance Scheme for Diabetics Unveiled

...e scheme targeted for people with Type 2 Diabetes, named ‘Diabetes Care’ was unfurled on Saturday by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance//. Speaking at the inauguration of the joint initiative of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Dr.Mohan’s Diabetes Specialties Centre, Shikha Sharma, CEO and Managing Direc...

Preaching Health and Wellness from the Altar

...ty of Michigan have designed a nationwide program, named ‘body and soul’ by teaming with the African American churches// to extend its reach, and disseminate vital information about health and wellness. Through the program, researchers will enable educational materials to church leaders and resources to ...

Discovery of gene stirs hope for Crohn’s disease patient

...ohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The gene now named IL-23R has been implicated with many chronic illnesses associated with gastro intestinal system collectively referred to as Inflammatory Bowl Disease, reports the online journal Science Express. Dr. Richard Duerr, the study's lead author, commente...

Alzheimer's Vaccine- A Realistic Prospect

... a halt for safety reasons. The vaccine has been named AN-1792, and it consists of a synthetic beta amyloid protein which acts by stimulation of the immune response. It had successfully cleared the protein from the brain during the first trial. <br?Now the research team fom the university will be che...

High-Energy Clamp Simplifies Heart Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

...lotting, Damiano says. The Cox-Maze procedure is named for James Cox, M.D., former director of Washington University's division of cardiothoracic surgery, who led the St. Louis research group that developed the procedure in 1987. The procedure — which revolutionized treatment of atrial fibrillation — cal...

Remedy for Cervical cancer just a ‘shot’ awy

...them succumb to it each year in the UK. A vaccine named Gardsil have been developed which has been proved effective in protecting humans from the most dangerous strains of the common HPV virus thus also in the bigger perspective gives protection from cervical cancer. The vaccine is licenced for use amon...

New drug proven to tackle Type 2 Diabetes

...etes by 60%. The results of a 3 year long study named DREAM(for Diabetes Reduction Approaches with Medication )conducted at Royal Victoria Hospital led by endocrinologist Jean-Francois Yale have shown that in every thousand cases of “pre-diabetes” treated with Rosiglitazone,144 new cases were prevente...

First Major Study of Mammalian “Disorderly” Proteis

...is critical for function. For example, one protein named p27 initially looks like a Slinky? toy. However, when p27 goes to work, it puts a vise-like grip on an enzyme that otherwise would promote uncontrolled cell division. The St. Jude team developed a technique that uses heat to isolate IUPs in large, ...

NOTE surgery – to combat obesit

...nother revolution,” said Schauer, who was recently named president of the American Society of Bariatric Surgery.Natural orifice transendoscopic surgery, or NOTE, does not need any incision as devices, like long tubes with robotic arms and staple guns, can be inserted through the mouth and sent down through...

Scientists Have Developed Faster, More Accurate TB Test

...eloped by British, US and Peruvian researchers, is named as microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) test. It allows doctors to diagnose TB twice as quickly as previous gold-standard culture tests and to identify multi-drug resistance in a third of the time, reported the online edition of BBC New...

Robots Help Bring Specialist Doctors To You In A Trice

...te settlements in the blink of an eye. The robot named Eliza was created by the Centre for Online Health one of the world’s most renowned names in telemedicine research. Which is affiliated to the University of Queensland, Eliza has currently begun work at Mt Isa Hospital. Robots like Eliza can be w...

‘Evil’ Gene causing ‘glue ear’ in ids

...d a study on a mouse with hearing loss, which they named Junbo.This work was published in Public Library of Science. Otitis media causes recurrent glue ear in some kids. The mouse Junbo showed the same symptoms.Scientists have quoted the gene responsible for this condition as ‘evil’ gene in their publica...

DNA- A Dependable Determinant to Select Treatment Plan for Alcoholics

...ich works by means of the stress system. The drugs named here may not be sufficient for every patient. The query that was raised during the study was if the behavior patterns or characteristics of patient can determine which drug suits him. Source-Eurekalert...

E. Coli's Salad Days

...merican scientists in 1991. In 2003, Time magazine named him one of Canada's top five scientists to have influenced health worldwide. Finlay recently won the Flavelle Medal, the Royal Society of Canada's highest honor. Source-Newswise SRM...

Lung Cancer Drug effective in extending lives

...that when they were treated with the drug, not yet named and known as AS1404, they lived for 14 months on an average whereas the patients treated with chemotherapy alone lived for 8.8 months. Efforts to find an effective treatment have failed and unlike other cancers, such as breast cancer, the death rat...

Indian American Surgeon Wins US "Genius" Award

...tion. The inaugural class of MacArthur Fellows was named in 1981. Including this year's Fellows, 732 people...18 to 82 at the time of their selection, have been named MacArthur Fellows since the inception of the programme. Source-IANS...

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