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Osteoporosis to Be Detected During Routine Dental X-rays

...ntifying patients at risk of osteoporosis by using ordinary dental x-rays. // Professor Paul F. van der Stelt... a small area depicting the trabecular bone on the ordinary dental radiographs, dentists can predict the osteoporotic condition of the patients to the same exte...

Making Sense of the World Through a Cochlear Implant

...e published in the Journal of Neuroscience. In an ordinary setting, where background noise is minimal and a person's speech is clear, it is mainly the left and right temporal lobes that are involved in interpreting speech. However, the researchers have found that when hearing is impaired by background noise,...

Call for Organ Transplant Regulations in China

...f Health statistics. Most organs were donated by ordinary citizens upon their death after the voluntary signing of donation agreements. It is strictly prohibited in China for illegal organ transplant, said Huang Jiefu, China's vice health minister. Experts believe that the concept of dead-brain declaratio...

Nanoparticle Research Offers Hope of Artificial Retinas, Prostheses

... called PDDA. The scientists then added a layer of ordinary clay and a cell-friendly coating of amino acid, and placed cultured neurons on the very top. When light shines on them, the mercury-tellurium nanoparticle film layers produce electrons, which then move up into the PDDA film layers and produce an up...

Union Budget: Impact on Health Sector

...mplementation of these schemes, in order for the ordinary man to enjoy their benefits. RJA...

Homeopathy and Hypnosis Come to Dentistry

...one thing they all agree on. "We drill just like ordinary dentists," says Werner Becker of the Cologne-based German Federal Association of Natural Medicine Dentists. The important steps come before and after drilling, says Becker. "We don't just want to cure the symptoms, but look at the whole body." Inte...

Cancer Research May Help Biofuels

...ic code so the cells continue to divide past their ordinary stopping point. In the end, the genetic manipulation leads to increased seed size and seed count. In experiments, the technique has increased overall crop yield by as much as 20 percent. It also works in a similar fashion in different plants. "...

IRS Helps Curb Malaria in the Tropics

...ys lasts longer in homes built with mud thatch and ordinary bricks while those with painted surfaces, normally associated with richer people, do not last as long. Lluberas says treatment is provided to all people in a malaria-prone area, regardless of their incomes. Source: Bio-Bio Technolog SRI...

Oral Flu Vaccine On The Horizon In Russia

...mma interferon inductor that is closely related to ordinary cellulose. The initial clinical candidate form will include antigens from three inactivated viruses (A1, A2, B). An undisclosed component, permitting 12-month tablet stability, will be used to develop a vaccine in tablet form, said a spokesperson for...

Cancer Scientists' Gene Research Offers New Treatment Hope

...to prevent the growth of neoplastic cancer cells - ordinary cells which develop into tumour cells - such as in prostate cancer cells," Dr Akoulitchev said. "In fact, the first anti-cancer drug, Methotrexate, acts by binding and inhibiting the enzyme produced by this gene," he said. The Oxford study is to be p...

Role of RNA in Checking the Development of Tumors

... prevent the growth of neoplastic cancerous cells, ordinary cells which develop into tumour cells, such as in prostate cancer cells," explains Dr Akoulitchev. "In fact, the first anti-cancer drug, Methotrexate, acts by binding and inhibiting the enzyme produced by this gene." Dr Akoulitchev believes that und...

Indian American Doctor Fights for Information

...estigation' behind closed doors. RTI Act has given ordinary people an extraordinary power to fight this corrupt practice by the medical council,' Saha said. 'While separate 'criminal' and 'compensation' cases are still pending before the Supreme Court against these doctors, the blatant violation of RTI Act b...

Man Gets Compensation for Psittacosis

...hospital. His initial symptoms were very much like ordinary fever. But subsequent diagnosis revealed that he was suffering from psittacosis. While at work, though he did not have direct contact with the sick African Grey but he is said to have passed by it many a times. The sick bird had later died of infec...

A ‘Good Samaritan’ to the Aid of Lepes

...s two electric fans during summer. Thanks to Fu, ordinary people's fears about the rehabilitated village are melting away. People from all walks of life are showing greater understanding of the lepers and aid is pouring in. Leprosy has officially been eradicated in China. Once thought to be incurable, l...

Research on Bipolar Disorder Launched

... BPD is a mood disorder that goes beyond the day's ordinary ups and downs, becoming a serious medical condition and an important health concern in the United States. More than 2.3 million American adults are diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and research suggests that at least a quarter of a million children a...

Come Apart and Rest Awhile – It’s Christma!

...ulations it was evident that this baby born was no ordinary human, but a divine birth on Jewish soil. During Christmas, people decorate their homes with stars as a symbol of God, happiness and love in their lives. Tracing the roots of the Christmas tree, it is said that one day when Martin Luther, a well kn...

Blocking Glucocorticoid Prevents Stress-Induced Skin Abnormalities

...h group, the control group, remained unstressed in ordinary cages and without the continuous light and sound to which the other groups were exposed. Results confirm hypothesis The stressed mice that received RU 486 and antalarmin showed significantly better skin function compared to the stressed mice tha...

Special Footwear For Diabetics To Be Designed

...considerably reduced with proper foot care. // An ordinary running shoe is sufficient for most diabetic patients, but special footwear is required for patients who suffer foot deformities. The Diabetes Research Centre at the MV Hospital has tied up with the Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S for a researc...

Whet your appetite with “Mindless Eating”: A gourmet's deligh!

...gs" We may not eat much of the fried chicken in an ordinary restaurant, he suggests, but make it a place with reservations, a tablecloth, background music and a menu title like "Grandma's Special Recipe Southern-Style Chicken a la Brian" and we will fall for it like a ton of Twinkies. We tend to eat more than...

Advance Australia Active – AM

...t Australian Governments must do more to encourage ordinary Australians to incorporate more movement into their lives. “The Federal Government should move beyond support for elite athletes to provide funding and opportunities for all Australians to get more active and healthy,” Dr Haikerwal said. “The Gov...

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