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Passive Smoking Makes Kids Prone To Respiratory Illness

...oke promote oxidative stress, which is involved in numerous inflammation processes in the body. TNF-alpha plays a role in those processes, and researchers suspect that variations in the TNF-alpha gene might intensify the body's inflammatory response. (Source:ANI)...

Social Bonds And Good Sleep Help The Elderly

...e women who participated in the study submitted to numerous blood tests, gave general information about themselves and spent a night in a clinic where researchers tested their sleep patterns. The researchers plan a second study designed to determine whether high levels of IL-6 can rob older people of sleep,...

Green Tea Consumption Found To Improve Clinical Outcome In Cancer Patients

...the effects of green tea, which is claimed to have numerous health benefits and found that three out of four adult leukemia patients who drank the beverage had an improved clinical outcome. An improvement in the while blood cell (WBC) count was also noted. The four study participants are believed to have sw...

Georgia: Indian doctor's license cancelled

...aveerappa and his assistant, Dan Bartoli, injected numerous patients with unapproved and misbranded drugs, including Dinithrophenol, a weed killer and other insecticides. The two men also submitted false insurance claims, which disguised the types of drugs and treatments they were providing. Shanthaveerappa...

Boy Refused Compensation For HIV Infection Following Hospital Admission

...been an increase in the number of lawsuits against numerous health agencies in China over HIV-tainted blood in... HIV virus have received financial compensation in numerous instances. The number of HIV-infected people in China is believed to be over 1 million, although the...

$30 M Aid in the pipeline by WB for bird flu in Turkey

...in aid to Turkey.// This follows a high level and numerous evaluations by the World Bank. But all this bore fruit and according to latest reports World Bank (WB) concluded Turkey might deserve $30 million in bird flu aid. As said by Jurgen Voegele, Bank's Eastern Rural Development Region Director, "A joint...

Europe Seeks Indian Expertise

...clinical tests at very competitive prices covering numerous tropical diseases. Edited IANS...

Passive smoking declared as Toxic in California

... second-hand smoke to premature births, asthma and numerous health problems in children. The study found that about 16 percent of all Californians smoked, but that 56 percent of adults and 64 percent of adolescents were exposed to second-hand smoke. According to WHO, smoking is a greater cause of death ...

Experimental Therapy Effective Against Malignant Melanoma in Horses

...se oil is an extract from fermented plants and has numerous chemicals like boswellic acid, which is a recognized anti-cancer chemical. However the exact mechanism by which the oil acts is not known. Contact: Jeffrey Douglasjdougas@vt.eduVirginia Tech...

Clean Blades To Be Provided To Self-Harmers

...orce between parents can lead to self-harm. From numerous studies conducted on self-harm, it has been found that young girls between ages 15 to 19 are more susceptible to harm themselves. The same trend is also being observed amongst men in their early twenties. At the present, nurses who deal with such pat...

Nutritional Labels are the order of the day!

...oups such as National Consumer Council which claim numerous different labels will confuse consumers. Chief of PepsiCo for the UK and Ireland Mr Glenn said: 'What we plan to do is give people the information to make judgments about their own diets.' He branded the FSA's traffic light system as 'wrong-headed'...

Betterment Of Health In Case Of Gay And Lesbian Civil Partnerships

.... // Civil partnerships for gay couples also offer numerous advantages. Professor Michael King, of London's Royal Free and University College Medical School, in a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health said that such marriages apart from health benefits would also bring about be...

Treatment Resistant Tumors Can Be Targeted Better Using Botox

...own to cause intestinal poisoning. The toxin has numerous clinical applications such as relieving facial spasms, strabismus and treating muscle hyperactivity. The toxin acts by blocking release of acetylcholine and norepinephrine (neurotransmitters). It is hypothesized that this neurotransmitter release i...

International Teleradiology: The Future Of Radiologic Diagnosis

...can soon offer a solution to the silent prayers of numerous radiologists whose eyes crave for nothing more than a good night’s sleep. // It is not an uncommon sight to find patients being subjected to middle of the night CT scans or other forms of radiological examinations following arrival at the emergency ...

Men Might Get Their Share of Cervical Cancer Vaccine As Well

...ociated cervical cancers. It has been found form numerous studies that 80% of the population is exposed to HPV at some point during their lifetime. A majority of this goes unnoticed, as there are no symptoms. The immune system may be effective in getting rid of the virus. A small group of people however dev...

Novel Technique For Identification And Treatment Of Neurodegenerative Diseases

... produce high intensity X-rays). The equipment has numerous applications in the physics related experiments. The researchers from University of Florida incorporated lenses and mirrors to the usual set up to enable analysis of brain tissue. The depth of examination and precision are main advantages of this dev...

Whirlpool Bath Tubs Contain Potentially Lethal Bacterial Strains

...of 2.17 million bacteria. These could result in numerous diseases such as urinary tract infections, septicaemia, pneumonia and several types of skin infections. Due to the whirlpool action these microbes are forced into the lungs, or open cuts. Dr Moyes also said that the best way to prevent such bacteri...

Trafficking of Women from Asia and East Europe For Flesh Trade

...5-year-old Lithuanian girl who was bought and sold numerous times after being repeatedly raped and forced to work in saunas, brothels and massage parlours up and down Britain. The girl finally escaped the hands of her traffickers in Yorkshire after breaking down in the toilets of a Sheffield nightclub and b...

Peer Rejection Leads To Reduced Participation In Classroom Activities

... senior researchers involved in the study. While numerous studies have shown that children who withdraw themselves from social activities are more likely to be excluded by their peers, bullied or victimized, the study is the first of it’s kind to establish that rejection has a strong and consistent associat...

Air Pollution Exposure Increases Risk Of Heart And Respiratory Disease

...tion and health disorders have been highlighted by numerous environment based studies. Of late, the effect of air pollution on human health is being perceived as a major public health problem, demanding for establishment of stricter standards regarding permissible levels of particulate matter in the outdoor s...

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