Researchers Discover Protein That Causes Malaria
...reatments for the disease. The EBA-175 protein and others related to it appear to be unique to Plasmodium, so they are excellent drug and vaccine targets, reported the researchers. Source: Newswise Medindia on Malaria: Further information Malaria: Malaria is a disease caused by parasites and is sprea...FDA Diminish Hopes On ‘Female Viagra
...s applauding the FDA for its cautious approach and others charging it with setting a higher standard of safety for drugs designed to increase female sexuality. Procter & Gamble remained confident that the hurdles could be overcome. "We're in talks with the FDA, working out a practical approach to addres...Obesity better handled with gastric bypass surgery
...g a second surgery for reduction of skin flaps and others land up in depression following failure. In view of the facts mentioned above perhaps more studies and research might be needed by the FDA to prove that the benefit outweighs the risks and complication involved in the gastric bypass procedure. And ...Arthritis risk reduced by exercise
...ate that exercise can help people avoid relying on others for help// in these ordinary activities.Penninx and her colleagues looked at 200 participants ages 60 and older. When the study started, all could perform normal activities, despite osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis is characterized by progr......ished out through a series of enriching steps. But others think the selection process actually creates the MAPCs. Stem cell researchers say it is too early to tell whether the ultimate stem cell has been discovered and most believe research with embryonic stem cells must continue....Gene treatment maintains normal Heart Beat
...t failure in the elderly. Specifically, Hajjar and others hypothesized that abnormal calcium flow inside heart cells, impairs the ability of those cells to contract and relax or beat normally-restored normal function to damaged heart cells by genetic manipulation of a cardiac protein called phospholamban, w......may be behind the unique quality to sympathise for others and help the needy.Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy have now found brain regions involved in learning by imitation. They have also identified a network of brain regions that are involved in human imitation and specific brain areas that ...Prohibited diet medicine found in Chinese herbs
...nd some plants may be accidentally substituted for others (such as happened when Arisolochia was substituted for Stephania, leading to the outbreak of Chinese Herb nephropathy in Belgium), or may be in short supply and substituted or omitted from preparations. We need to ensure that the products sold have u...Newborns Know how to make eye contact
...us, Farroni said. Early sensitivity to the gaze of others facilitates social development, she added. Farroni and her colleagues believe that the new study could help scientists figure out what goes wrong in children with autism. According to him, individuals with autism have difficulties with many forms o...Brain defect may play role in stammering
...en who stutter go on to become fluent speakers and others must endure persistent stuttering through adulthood. Dr. Anne Foundas, a neurology professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, has studied stuttering and also found structural differences. Foundas felt that they found that there were differences ...Doctor demonstrates `psychic surgery'
...nt. Some of the physically handicapped people and others with various ailments who had gathered in the city for his treatment had to return unhappy as a city court slapped a notice on him and the organisers of the event. Orbito had said that with `negative energy' flowing, he could not perform more than t...Laughter – best medicine to good healt
...a mental pledge: "I will not get angry and provoke others to become angry. I will keep smiling through the day and pray to the Almighty, Nature and my ancestors for good health and a peaceful life.'' After "alternate nostril breathing," "side breathing," "chest massage" and "vertical breathing," follow diff...Cut meat to cut blood pressure
...parative study - some with high blood pressure and others with normal blood pressure levels - and each of them// was made to fill up a questionnaire which had questions about their eating habits, alcohol consumption, physical activity, smoking status, and medical history. The participants were then categori...A man who lost both of his arms in an accident
...odes implanted in the brain or in the scalp, while others have experimented with detectors outside the body,... was worth the uncertainty at first if it can help others later."If this benefits another person then it is well worth it," Sullivan said. "And it has benefit...Mumbai Alert: Possibility Of An Epidemic Outbreak
...epto victims died of respiratory failure while the others of suspected dengue fever. Blood samples will be sent for analysis tomorrow to the National Institute of Virology, and B J Medical College, Pune to confirm the cause of death. The incubation period for leptospirosis is about 12 days, so there’s t...SNUPPY – Woo Suk Hwang reveals World’s first dog cloe
...e pregnancies resulted: one miscarried// , and two others went to term. One of the clones died from pneumonia at 22 days old. “Professor Hwang and his colleagues are to be congratulated on another great success,” says Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep, at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Hwang’s tea...Influence of Celebrities on Breast Cancer Awareness
...reatment of cancer, but it can create problems for others leading to unnecessary testing and treatment. Celebrities have powerful impact on the public and that their influence can be used for early detection of cancer// More than 40% of adults surveyed in a study published in the Journal of the National C...Gene Decides How Much Exercise In Needed For The Elderly People
...g more than 1,000 calories a week in exercise; the others were inactive. The researchers found that the exercisers were significantly less likely (33 percent) to report mobility problems than the non-exercisers. More than a third of adults in the USA in the age group of 70 and older report having difficul......gle predictor of happiness is Physical health. The others like income, education and marital status only fol...s," said Firebaugh, "that the higher the income of others in one's age group, the lower one's happiness. Families whose income earners are in jobs with flat i...The Growing Rise In Clinical Research Could Lead To A Compromise In Quality Of Research And Ethics
...ompromising quality and ethical standards. However others like Dr Chetan Tamhankar say that efforts should be made to form a body that can be relied on for unbiased feedback....