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El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

... 11-month time lag from the start of an ENSO event near the equator and a peak in cholera incidence. A separate analysis of climate variables including humidity in the troposphere layer of the Earth's atmosphere, cloud cover and the amount of absorbed solar radiation -- suggested that the 11-month lag res...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...he deadly chronic myeloid leukemia (CMC) and their near and dear ones, there's some good news. One of the deadliest forms of leukemia - commonly called 'blood cancer' - kills thousands across the globe. Chronic myeloid leukemia was one of the deadliest killers around and still continues to be one. B...

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...ring the social neglect and being unwanted even by near and dear ones have this major handicap - they just... few precautions. This way they can start living a near normal life and initiate a process of getting on with their lives. However before traveling they n...

ZD1839 Proves Effective - A Breakthrough in fighting Lung Cancer

...elude to better outcomes for NSCLC patients in the near future." No novel toxicities were seen with ZD1839 treatment in combination with standard chemotherapy. In a second study, which addressed intermittent dosing of ZD1839 in Japanese patients with advanced lung cancer, more than 20% of patients showe...

Noise tampers hearing

...ch may be affected, says Sievers. If children are near a firework display or some distance away, the sound is still loud enough to create atleast a temporary threshold shift, which will cause muffled hearing and ringing in one's years. So it's always better to wear a pair of throw-away ear plugs in such ...

Test-tube babies show no emotional problems

...wouldn't be here," said Susannah Hedgley who lives near Belfast. Courtesy : The New Indian Express, July 5, 2001...

Blocked viens block eye sight

...n the probe. The tip of the probe could be brought near the vein and by shooting the drug into the vein it will dissolve the blockage. Planker stated that the hole made by the bullet will heal quickly. He further stated that the probe has advantages over the other surgical needles as this probe does not ...

A sunscreen from the sea

...unscreen, which is likely to hit the market in the near future. Corals have developed natural sunscreens to cope with long-term exposure to the high-intensity ultraviolet radiation penetrating shallow reef waters and, in the 1980s, AIMS discovered a natural ultra-violet (UV) blocking compound in reef cor...

Acupuncture for conception

...ar. Some herbs are taken orally, others are burned near certain parts of the body. Acupuncture treatments can be once or twice a week and are designed to help restore the flow of energy that acupuncture specialists say will prepare the patient for pregnancy,as the news states....

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer recurrence

...fe by reducing the rate of cancer recurrence at or near the original tumor site in the rectum. In about 15% to 45% of patients who undergo conventional surgery to remove rectal tumors, they return. To prevent recurrence, surgeons have developed a technique called total mesorectal excision, in which the t...

Stress can make you overweight

...e to waning sex hormones. Therefore people who near 40's should take care of their diet avoiding avoid refined starches like white bread, pasta, rice and potatoes. A high fibre diet, garins, fruits and vegetables is a better alternative and it also breaks the cycle that stimulates hunger....

Blood clots likely in long travel

... and colleagues, from Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny near Paris, studied all cases of pulmonary embolism needing care// on arrival at France's busiest international airport, Charles de Gaulle, between November 1993 and December 2000. There were 56 cases of confirmed pulmonary embolism out of more than 130 ...

Short stature -a problem

...achieving lower grades at school, the children had near average IQs, and neither IQ nor achievement test scores changed with treatment. However, after hormone therapy behaviour problems improved. The children were less anxious, attention improved and they were more open. Dr Beens said: "There are severa...

Biotechnology on the lead

...us Diseases. He said a release of anthrax bacteria near a city of half a million people would cause up to 93,000 deaths within a week. Part of the problem would be identifying anthrax as the cause of death, however. Dr Craig Hunter, CEO of Celera Genomics, which has just published a version of the human...

Why running noses are a good thing

...posure or predict who might develop anthrax in the near future. Nasal swabs, if given soon enough, can help show whether anthrax was present in a particular location, but they do not tell doctors anything about an individual's risk. So far, the single most important information is the patient's job. Doc...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...titute for Longevity Sciences in Aichi Prefecture, near Tokyo, tested the IQs of 2000 people between 40 and 80 years old. Men who drank less than 540 millilitres of sake or wine a day had an IQ 3.3 points higher than men who did not drink at all. Women drinkers scored 2.5 points higher than teetotallers...

Almost a death experience

...rs there is no obvious medical explanation for the near death experience reported by some patients during cardiac arrest. The near death experience (NDE) has received quite a lot of attention in recent years.// It involves a feelin...

Acne Drug linked to suicide attempts

...men who become pregnant while taking the drug. And near the end of 2001, more concern was raised about the potential for depression and even suicide. In October 2000, the FDA said the drug had been associated with 44 suicides since 1983. The FDA also had reports of 110 US Accutane users hospitalized for...

Microchip gives blind a chance of sight

A computer chip implanted near the eye’s retina is well on its way to offering so...o the flexible silicon biochip surgically attached near the retina.The chip electronically stimulates the healthy cells of the retina, which sends the signa...

Scientists found ancient Human Germ Killer

...mal studies. We are looking forward to that in the near future.'' He added: ``I truly believe this molecule has a lot of promise.''...

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