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Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

...ly greater risk of fatal ovarian cancer. The risk persists for many years after therapy is discontinued, researchers from the American Cancer Society report// in the Journal of the American Medical Association.The study followed 201,681 postmenopausal women from 1982 to 1996 and found ERT (oestrogen replacem...

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

...the question is how long MDMA-induced brain damage persists and the long-term consequences of that damage,for the researchers to investigate in the days to come....

Identical twin breast cancer risk

...iversity of Southern California show that the risk persists after the menopause. They studied 1,202 pairs of identical and non-identical twins. They found that women who have an identical twin sister with breast cancer run a four times increased risk of developing the disease. This is a far higher risk than...

Brain damage affects artistic skill

...it's important to note that artistic ability often persists when other cognitive skills - like memory - have deteriorated. The surprising part is the emergence of artistic talent, following brain damage, among those who previously had little talent or interest....

Drug In Asthma inhaler Found To Counteract Benefits

...n of the (left) isomer of albuterol, which we know persists in the body three to four times longer than the beneficial (right) isomer, which is normally metabolized in about three hours . Specialists say it is now possible to make a version of albuterol that contains only the beneficial, right-handed isomer...

Does disparity exists between women and men victims of stroke?

...ove the results conclusively, and if the situation persists then it is important to use interventions like continuous education etc to clear the disparate scenario....

Prostratin- Drug to eradicate HIV

...icate HIV. Instead, the virus goes into hiding and persists in undetectable levels in the blood. Prostratin therapy could provide a means by which to flag the furtive HIV in its hiding place. Then, by driving out the HIV, the HAART drugs and the body's own defenses can seek out and destroy it. This may be th...

Malachite green adulteration in seafood exports

...omalachite is the product of malachite green which persists in fish tissues for long periods. In 1992, the Canadian Government found that Malachite green may cause cancer in the consumers and ordered that seafood should not contain malachite green and even a very minimum quantity of malachite green in fish wa...

After sugar it is salt’s turn to come under the scientist's eye

...ip between salty taste preference and birth weight persists at least through early childhood” "The development of practical and successful methods to reduce salt intake likely will not be possible without a more thorough understanding of exactly how humans detect salty taste and the factors that modify sal...

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center To Study Ways To Prevent 'Chemo Brain'

... report mild to moderate cognitive impairment that persists following treatment. These impairments have been reported across a range of cancer types and chemotherapy agents," said Brown. The study will be for duration of six months and participants will have to visit the Vanderbilt University Medical Center a...

EBV Might Trigger Multiple Sclerosis, Study

...ear antigen1 (EBNA1). Epstein-Barr virus usually persists life-long inside immune system B cells and is kept under control by virus-specific T cells. When B cells divide, the virus produces EBNA1 and uses it to slip its own DNA into the new cell. T cells that target EBNA1 are a crucial component of EBV-spec...

India's Economic Boom Pack To Waste Children Life

...uate storage and social injustice. Malnutrition persists in the midst of cultural traditions that are far harder to tackle than a simple lack of food like millions of women with poor education, who marry when they are barely out of puberty and have little or no say in the nutrition of their children. V. ...

Cancer-Causing Virus Synthesizes Protein To Help Sustain Itself In Host Cells

...es an unusual gene and also ensures that the virus persists in the host. // The study examines the function of a protein called HBZ, which is made by the human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), a retrovirus and a distant cousin to HIV, the cause of AIDS. The findings indicate that HBZ enhanced the ab...

Painkiller Based on Sea Snail Venom Made Available in Britain

...orally are the first resort those whose pain still persists can be treated with painkillers injected into the spinal fluid, using a pump worn by the patient. Prialt is a synthetic version of the venom used by the sea snail Conus magus, popularly known as the Magician's Cone Snail, to hunt prey. As a boy P...

It may be possible to switch off acute pain

...hen the activity of first and second order neurons persists after damaged neuron heals or the tissue inflammation subsides. It's been known for years that for chronic pain to persist, a master switch must be turned on inside the peripheral neurons, though until now the identity of this switch remained a myste...

Immune Response Linked to “Ghost” Parasites and Severely Congested Sinuss

...tive in people with severe sinus inflammation that persists even after surgery when compared to patients in whom surgery is successful. Sinus surgery is usually the treatment of last resort for those who do not respond to drug therapy. But nearly one in 10 of those treated see symptoms return within weeks or ...

Pre-Clinical Study Suggests How Steroid Can Reverse Post-Traumatic Stress

...g metal. “Except that instead of a brief spark, it persists for two seconds,” he said. “It’s more than enough to scare you, makes you react briskly, and makes you hesitant to touch the door handle again.” The mice were returned to the box two days later, and their fear, gauged by how long they “froze” in pl...

Emotional Problems Common Among Children With Developmental Disabilities

...tellectual disability is a phenomenon that largely persists through to young adulthood,” the authors write. “The observation that severe psychopathology was already present in a high proportion of the cohort at commencement of the study, and the persistence of these symptoms, suggest the need for effective ...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...sue is that the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation persists on time scales of 60 to 80 years, compared to just one year or a few years for El Ni?o," he said. Veblen said warmer temperatures in the West since the 1990s have exacerbated outbreaks of spruce and pine beetle populations, which have decimated mil...

Risk Of Soft Tissue Sarcomas In Hereditary Retinoblastoma Survivors

...of soft tissue sarcomas and finds that// this risk persists for decades after the original retinoblastoma diagnosis. The findings published in the January 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute emphasizes the importance of regular medical surveillance for these patients, the authors say. ...

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