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Scorpion Venom may Help Treat Cancer

...s as small as one millimetre in diameter. They are now preparing for human clinical trials. The researchers said the technique could be used in operating theatres in the US in as little as 18 months....

Additives in Baby Products Raise Fresh Concerns in New Zealand

...A's ruling. The NZFSA and Nutricia say they will now go to court to seek a judicial interpretation of the laws involved....

Feeding Programme Gives Hope to Tribal Mothers

...oli village of Koraput district, Raibali's son has now come down to grade one. Bhanu Nayak, 16, is also not worried about her one-year-old son, who belongs to the grade two category of malnutrition. "I am taking him to the Anganwadi centre, which provides him with special food," she says. Bhanu had e...

Men Under Knife to Reduce Bulging Waistline in Britian

...selves is totally distorted. He said society was now fixated on looks, adding: The people who have lots of money can afford plastic surgery and then, as a result, are putting more of a focus on looks and outer beauty. In 2003, Britain's then most senior soldier, General Sir Mike Jackson, 63, had surg...

Reason Behind Trouble Remembering in ADHD Kids Revealed

...y target these problem areas. "There's scope there now to try to train these children to recognise new information or remember things differently to help overcome these learning disabilities," Keage said....

Human Membranes Crystal Structure may Help Tailor Asthma Drugs

...h, have been identified. With this knowledge it is now achievable to shape new molecules that can block the LTC4 synthase. The new results are also very important as they can lead the way for the development of new and more effective therapeutics against other diseases. Some 40 percent of the protei...

TB Traveler Underwent Surgery to Remove Infected Lung Tissue

...or eight weeks. The diseased part of the lung is now off to microbiology and pathology, where it will be cut up for examination....

Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients

...sity of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, and now of Lahey Clinic, Burlington. Mass., and colleagues...sity of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, and now of Lahey Clinic, Burlington. Mass., and colleagues analyzed discharge data from a database of U.S. h...

Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

... central districts of the state and the disease is now spreading to the northern districts as well. Alappuzha district of Kerala, a favorite tourist destination with its popular houseboats appears to be worst hit with the maximum Chikungunya deaths. The other tourist destinations affected by the disease ...

Differences in Brain Functions Results in non-contact Knee Injuries

... and anxiety, Swanik added. A follow-up study is now under way in UD's state-of-the-art Human Performance Laboratory with support from the University of Delaware Research Foundation. We're trying to identify people who are or are not 'caught off guard' during different landing tasks. Then we'd like t...

Lost And Found -Tooth In A Sportsman's Head

...ously embedded in his forehead . Czislowski, who now plays for Wynnum Manly in the Queensland Cup, had ...y energy."I realize why my energy levels were down now because my body would have been constantly fighting it." Czislowski is fortunate the infected too...

Probable Health Monitor Sends SMS of Emergency Alerts and ECG

...-being and quality of life." The researchers are now working on how to enable global-positioning system, GPS, in the modified cell phone, so that the medical centre can more quickly pinpoint the patient. They also hope to improve the level of detail that can be sent from the cell phone to the emergen...

Health Sector Has to Keep Pace With Countrys Development: Ramadoss

...need immediate attention, he added. The NRHM has now completed two years and during this time the health sector in the country has seen far reaching changes, he said. A series of initiatives covering areas of infrastructure, manpower, logistics, management, decentralisation and community participatio...

Reason Behind Sleepy Feeling During Sickness Found

...tile ground for research. "We've known for years now that TNF-alpha induces changes in sleep patterns. This is the beginning of connecting it with genes involved in circadian rhythms, Johnson said....

Harmison Ruled Out Off Test Series Due to Hernia

...Unfortunately for him the hernia has come back and now it's all about getting the operation done as quick...ship match against Sussex at Hove last week and is now set to miss the remainder of England's summer. Harmison retired from one-day internationals last w...

Men Could Overcome Erectile Dysfunction Through Group Psychotherapy

...g at the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil. We now need some large randomised trials with longer follow-up periods in order to measure exactly how effective psychosocial therapy can be. This research will need to group the men carefully, and also consider different forms of psychosocial treatment, sa...

Spraying Saline Water into Nose may Reduce Nasal Passage Infections

...aline into the nose to relieve symptoms, and it is now often recommended as part of a programme of treatment in conventional medicine. A team of Cochrane Researchers considered the data presented in eight separate randomised trials and 16 other studies, involving a total of 1659 patients, that examined ...

FDA Approves First Artificial Cervical Disc

...hat people with cervical degenerative disc disease now will have another surgical option for treating this condition," said Daniel Schultz, director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA. "This device will help relieve pain and restore function." Cervical disc degeneration is a common cause ...

Gardasil Could Be Effective, but Aggressive Marketing Raises Ethical Concerns

...s." Dr. Harper adds, "We also have some evidence now that Gardasil is losing efficacy after five years. So if you need a booster shot later, are we really providing the best protection by vaccinating at an early age?" Efficacy could be declining before the girl even becomes sexually active, and if a ...

Hospital Provides an Oppurtunity to Quit Smoking

...portunity to stop smoking. Because hospitals are now smoke-free, any smoker has to stop temporarily while in hospital. People who are in hospital, especially those with smoking-related illnesses, are often highly receptive to the suggestion that they should try and break their habit. Consequently, th...

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