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US Reviews Risks Of Tamiflu After 12 Children Die

...ut of his house and jumped over a railing into the path of a lorry in February 2004, shortly after taking the medicine. In the second case, a 14-year-old apparently fell from the ninth floor of his apartment building in February 2005. In a statement issued last night, the EMEA said it had asked Roche to ...

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

...he fetus has a condition. "Or they can go down the path of IVF and use PGD to test the embryo before they are implanted and select an embryo that is free of the genetic condition." PGD can be used for sex selection only if the couple fear passing on a gender-linked condition such as haemophilia. Till da...

Surgeons in India to Mend ‘Pakistani Hearts’ by treating 70 Childrn

...rt treatment. This one gesture is likely to pave path towards many more similar gestures and result in a harmony between the two countries that politician on both sides of the border have failed to deliver in the last 50 years. These young poor Pakistani heart patients will be operated upon by two sur...

East Or West Yoga Is The Best

...the US but most of these do not really lead to the path of concentration and meditation, the real essence of classical yoga," he says. Professor Ingo Froboese, head of the Cologne Sport University's centre of health, says Asian body arts can help in relaxation, strengthen muscle system and improve the h...

Gene Therapy Gives Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

...ir recent discovery could be the first step in the path for a treatment for humans with muscular dystrophy. They say for the first time they have found a successful way to deliver gene therapy // to all of the muscles in a mouse. Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy has been a hopeful treatment idea. How...

Computer-Assisted Knee Surgery

The path to middle age has taken its toll on active baby boomers. Arthritis followed by knee replacement surgery could become the norm //for many of the 78 million middle-aged Americans. Now a new technique offers hope for active years ahead. Michael Baroli ...

Smokers more prone to depression

...t more studies are needed before a definite causal path can be established. A study of cross-sectional data obtained from the US National Household Survey on Drug Abuse(collected from different respondents each year from 1994 to 1996) was conducted. A total// of 13,827 young people aged from 12 to 17 year...

Resurgence Of Botulism

...gerated ready-to-eat foods follows in the culinary path of food processors in Europe, who have been using the process for the last 30 years. "It's a concern. As new foods are developed, it's important that they are developed safely," Michael Peck, a researcher with Britain's Institute of Food Research, sa...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Directly to Brain

...er in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that “a direct path from the nose to the brain” could breach the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, including drugs. Senior investigator Dr. William H. Frey II said that his team used a nasal spray to deliver insulin-like growth fact...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

...er in St. Paul, Minnesota, reported that “a direct path from the nose to the brain” could breach the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, including drugs. Senior investigator Dr. William H. Frey II said that his team used a nasal spray to deliver insulin-like growth fact...

Fight anemia by fortifying crops with iron!!!!!!!!

In a path breaking idea researchers at the just concluded Indian science congress in New Delhi have called for a collaborative effort with agricultural scientists to combat anemia with iron fortification of crops. Almost 50% of women and 75% children under 3 y...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...thampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK. In a path breaking research, the two doctors have extensively studied the syndrome called aspirin induced asthma (AIA). When exposed to the offending drug, asthmatics develop a triad of symptoms- rhinitis, sinusitis, and asthma. But apart from being one of the...

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