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Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

...y-case basis. However, other experts are of the opinion that clinical trials must be conducted before the treatment is offered to the public....

Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

... the balance over cooling in the battle for expert opinion as to which way the climate was heading. In 1979..., says two other factors have been big in changing opinion in the United States. One is former US vice president Al Gore who "has changed elite opinion" with...

Inaccuracies in Cardiac PET-CT Scanning

...rtery disease, Gould recommends they seek a second opinion and request review of their PET-CT scans for these errors in matching the PET and CT images. Alternatively, traditional or pure PET without the CT component is less subject to this problem. However, Gould cautioned: Alternative non-invasive technol...

BMA Scotland Calls for Public Debate on How Best to Increase Organ Donation Rates

...aking a clear effort to determine what the publics opinion is on this matter. International experience shows that presumed consent improves donation rates and we would like to see a public debate on this issue to ascertain the best way forward....

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...improve the oversight of nanotechnologies. In an opinion piece published in the Boston Globe on Saturday (July 7, 2007), Davies and EPAs first administrator William Ruckelshaus wrote, Todays smallest materials pose a big opportunity and huge challenge for the Environmental Protection Agency. But what do ...

Lancets Report Condemns UKs Mental Health Bill

...l illness than in 1994. The Lancet comments: "This opinion is unsurprising. Mental illnesses are not perceived to be as serious as physical ones, by the public and government alike." According to critics, the Mental Health Bill passed by the House of Commons earlier in July, will trample on the rights of p...

India Plans Hospices for HIV Positive Women

...up with. "There is no harm about taking a second opinion on our module. But we want the message to be loud and clear for the senior secondary students to understand. There should be no shadowboxing about HIV/AIDS," she said....

Reason Behind Trouble Remembering in ADHD Kids Revealed

...r the condition worked. The researchers are of the opinion that a better understanding of the behavioural deficits in children with ADHD may be helpful in the development of new therapies that directly target these problem areas. "There's scope there now to try to train these children to recognise new inform...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

...enry Maudsley, a British doctor, reflected popular opinion when he observed that menstruation doomed girls to failure in college.Comparing boys and girls, Maudsley insisted in an article, was not a question of two bodies and minds that are in equal physical condition, but of one body and mind capable of sust...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...urs remain firmly left-handed. Klppel is of the opinion that he new study may reveal things about the brain beyond its involvement in handedness, as it shows how flexible the brain is in terms of which regions can do what. "The key thing is that there are areas that can be influenced by training and ar...

Jessica Alba Prefers One-night Stands!

...iss was bad, her second did nothing to improve her opinion of the embrace, almost turning her off kissing alt...und the man who she admits done much to change her opinion - her boyfriend Cash Warren. "(He) is the best kisser in the world," she gushes. The sexy star can...

Diabetes Drug to Carry 'black Box' Warning of Congestive Heart Failure Risk

...ys that science is often sacrificed and reviewers' opinion stifled in favour of drug makers, who push for speedy approvals. The US House of Representatives is mooting the legislation to boost the evaluation of drugs' safety after they go on sale....

Radiology Workforce Shortage

...edge to put it in perspective and the radiologists opinion usually influences and shapes complex medical treatment. It is not responsible to delegate this responsibility to other than radiologists, says Dr Kenny. Focusing on image reporting by non-medical personnel assumes that preclinical, clinical and sp...

Scientists Establish Link Between Foie Gras and Disease

... He further said that many researchers are of the opinion that meat derived from sheep and seemingly healthy cattle may represent other dietary sources of this material. He also said that people develop disease for many reasons. "Eating foie gras probably won't cause a disease in someone who isn't genetical...

Scientists Trace New Pathway That may Stem Antibiotic Resistance

...ded the study author. The researchers are of the opinion that the information about the similarities and differences between human RNA polymerase and bacteria RNA polymerase will help them get a more detailed picture of the structure of the essential enzyme. "Knowing how RNA polymerase differs in human a...

Australian PM Says No to Same-sex Marriage

...o interviewer. Howard's remarks came as national opinion poll found that 57 percent of Australians support same-sex marriage. The Galaxy survey of 1,100 Australians also found that 71 percent believe same-sex de facto couples should be entitled to the same legal rights as their heterosexual counterparts. ...

Scientists Find Evidence of Human-like Altruism in Chimps

... to be unique to humans. The team is now of the opinion that the evolutionary roots of human altruism may go deeper than previously thought, reaching as far back as the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees. The study, 'Spontaneous altruism by chimpanzees and young children' appears in this wee...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...It's best to be cautious and always seek a medical opinion before medicating a child. To be effective against motion sickness, most drugs need to be taken before the trip starts. Children will not always tell you when they are feeling sick but a good indicator is when they go quiet. They may also go quiet b...

Wild Bird Culls may Exacerbate Avian Flu Problem

...ummit on bird flu in Aviemore this week are of the opinion that culls of wild birds are not an answer to the outbreaks of avian flu. The summit was organised by the Avian Flu Task Force under the UN international convention on migratory species. Despite the fact that wild birds have been infected in s...

Sanofi Withdraws Anti-obesity Drug in US

...European Union. The FDA was expected to heed the opinion of the panel of experts and block the sale of the drug. Sanofi had previously forecast annual sales of 3.0 billion euros (4.0 billion dollars) for the drug. In a separate development, European regulators said they were reviewing data on the psych...

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