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The American Dream Comes True for 105-year-old Cuban

...outlive the ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro he once plotted to assassinate. "He's far less healthy than I am, he can hardly talk," Temprana said of the 80-year-old communist leader who has been recovering from intestinal surgery for almost one year. Beaming with pride, a US flag sewed onto his lef...

Uganda Bans Plastic Bags, Still a Tough Battle Lies Ahead

...ne at Chitezi in Ugandan capital Kampala. Instead, once discarded, they are blown in the wind, washed into drains and water courses and eventually ground into the earth. The country is blessed with some of the richest soil in Africa, but around the towns and villages it is laced with plastic. New str...

RNA Play a Vital Role in Gene Activity

...for ferrying protein-coding instructions from DNA, once thought to be the master molecule of the genome, to the cell's assembly factories. But cracks in this theory began to appear when it became evident that many RNA molecules aren't capable of making protein. While more recent research has shown that ...

Workers Compelled to Stay in Shape to Avoid Pay Cuts

...oman Kim Schuette said. While wellness programs once offered counseling or education to only the sickest workers, they're now preaching prevention and more cohesive services that address a range of issues. This is now fueling the rapid growth of the niche industry of wellness advisers who provide ev...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

... test would shift the focus from treating diseases once they had manifested to actively preventing them. "This world-first advance in preventative medicine can now give people a glimpse into their future health and equip them with the knowledge they need to stay healthy," he said. "In most cases, huma...

Male Pheromones Build Brain Cells in Female Mice

...as saying. "Seeing an increase in both areas at once was surprising, but then mate selection is an intrinsically important behaviour," he adds. The researchers believe the pheromones bind to specialized receptor proteins, which then signal to another brain region called the hypothalamus, triggering ...

Lohan Leaving Her Happening Sierra Towers Address to Stay Booze Free

...drunken car crash has decided not to go back there once she completes her therapy. "The Sierra Towers is party central," New York Daily News quoted a source, as saying. "Lindsay has made the decision not to be around that when she gets out," the source added. A source has also revealed that the 'Me...

90% Young Clubbers Have Symptoms of Hearing Damage After a Night Out

...to shout to be heard. Such night visits took place once a week. While a quarter of the study subjects reported that the music in such places was too loud, one-third believed that the hearing loss would affect their lives. Dr John Low, Chief Executive of RNID, says that most people who have experienc...

Early Indicator of Kidney Disease May Also Predict Risk of Pre-Diabetes

...e. Information on health indicatorswere collected once again. Analysis determined that 91 people who hadnormal glucose levels in 1996 had developed pre-diabetes since then. Levels of cystatin C then were measured in the blood samples taken atbaseline of these 91 and were compared to cystatin C levels i...

Surface Logix Commences Phase 2a Clinical Trial of SLx-2101 in Raynaud's Disease

...codynamic profile of repeat oral doses of SLx-2101 once daily for up to 14 days. The primary objective of this trial is to investigate the severity of secondary Raynaud's disease-related attacks during the dosing period. Secondary objectives include evaluating the frequency and total daily duration of dis...

Human Induced Global Warming Drying Up Arctic Ponds

...e the same again, since many of the organisms that once lived in the ponds have probably died," he added. The study appears in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)....

Day Care Centres Possibly Give Rise to More Infection, an Australian Study

...nal babies and toddlers had been admitted at least once because of infection. The most common were respiratory infections, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, ear infection and gastroenteritis, according to the study published in the Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal . Dr Deborah Lehmann, who heads the i...

Barbeque Lovers Warned To Load On Fruits And Vegetables

...n of smoked, grilled or barbecued meats -more than once a week - had a 47 percent greater risk of the disease compared with women who ate the least amount of meat -once a week or less. Significantly, post-menopausal women who ate plenty of barbecued or smoked meat but few fruits and vegetables (less t...

FDA Warns Against Buying of Counterfeit Drug Through Internet

...e is different. Sibutramine has to be administered once and the xenical thrice in a day. It seemed that both the drugs are combined to form anew drug which is highly dangerous. There is lot of risks involved in buying and consuming these counterfeit drugs obtained from the internet. Some times the valid...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...s over several generations, said Dr. Calle. We are once again looking to the dedication, compassion, and generosity of Americans to come through and help us provide answers that we know will save lives and improve the outlook for future generations....

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

A treatment for osteoporosis delivered once a year is as effective as current monthly or weekl...re currently available and most commonly used as a once per week or once per month pill. "For the first time, women could have the option of being treated...

Preserving Kidneys on a Pump May Promote More Organ Sharing

... by UNOS in 2002 so that higher risk donor organs, once considered unsuitable, could be transplanted safely. The category includes kidneys from deceased donors over age 60 years or those over age 50 with health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke or elevated levels of a protein called creatinin...

Experts Call for Warning Lables on Fruit Juice to Save Kids' Teeth

...e of drink. She said their teeth should be brushed once a day, at bedtime. Mother-of-three Kerstin MacNevin encouraged all parents to get regular dental check-ups for their children. She said her son, Jackson, had required multiple fillings and extractions when he was four. "He needed to go under...

Denim, Not Cotton, Apt Wear for Summer

...ot to apply sunscreen properly, only putting it on once they have already been exposed to the sun and applying too thin a layer. And they add: 'Sunscreens should not be abused in an attempt to increase time in the sun to a maximum.' Dr Kat Arney, Cancer Research UK's senior science information offic...

Water Quality At Western Yamuna Canal Meets The Desired Water Quality Standards

...ownstream, Panipat downstream and Sonepat upstream once a month for the laid down core parameters. The monitoring results are being submitted by PCRI to the Ministry of Environment and Forests on a regular basis. To abate pollution in the river Yamuna, Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) Phase-I has been implemen...

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