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Concern Expressed Over Poor Quality Bird Flu Vaccine Used in Nigeria

...s. In the countrys commercial capital Lagos one person died of the virus in February. Bird flu experts are concerned about reports that large-scale farmers around Lagos and in the north of the country have been buying the imported vaccines through local markets that are poorly regulated and frequently ...

Essential Tones of Music Rooted in Human Speech

...first two formants and you can't understand what a person is saying," Purves said. The frequency of the first formant is between 200 and 1,000 cycles per second (hertz) and the second formant between 800 and 3,000 hertz. When the Duke researchers looked at the ratios of the first two formants in speech sp...

Vaccine Hope for Malaria

One person dies of it every 30 seconds, it rivals HIV and tuberculosis as the world's most deadly infection and the vast majority of its victims are under five years old. Now, just over 100 years since Britain's Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for ...

Emory Participates in Study to Slow Progression of Parkinson's Disease

...it can improve exercise performance so long as the person is also exercising regularly. It is important to note that creatine is no substitute for exercise and its short-term use in PD does not directly affect motor symptoms, says Dr. Juncos. Creatine also acts as an antioxidant to prevent damage from com...

Choice is a Key Element in Success for Smokers Who Want to Quit

...rux of Self-Determination Theory: A self-motivated person derives more satisfaction in completing a given task, and is more likely to do it well. The research presented at the conference will explore motivation in human development, education, work, relationships, sports, health, medicine, virtual environme...

MRSA, the Super Bug Spreading to Urban Poor in US

...ng cellulitis. If the staph infection spreads, the person may develop a fever, sometimes with chills and sweats, as well as swelling in the area. Antibiotics are used to treat these infections. But there's been a gradual change in how well these antibiotics are working. While most staph infections used to...

Death Due to Drowning can Be Identified With the Aid of 'Virtual Autopsy'

...(MDCT) can aid forensics teams in determining if a person has drowned, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology . MDCT is comparable to conventional autopsy in demonstrating airway froth and sediment that are indicative of drowning. "Our findings show that MDCT can be used either to...

Brain Activity Reflects Variation in Types of Anxiety

...affects both the psychology and the biology of the person these findings are a reminder that you might want to assess people carefully before you embark on a particular type of treatment. The study was supported mainly by the National Institute of Mental Health and also by the National Institute on Drug ...

Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years

...ly high. Both MDR-TB and XDR-TB can be spread from person to person. The 10 million mark was reached with first-line treatments for people with drug-sensitive TB. Since late 2006, the Global Drug Facility has also been supplying countries with the second-line drugs needed to treat MDR-TB, after the Stop ...

People With Physical Disabilities can Now Play Music With Their Nose!

...tient's range of motion. In "keyboard mode", the person stays within the rectangle, touching on keys to illicit notes. While in "percussive mode", he can move outside the rectangle to set off a snare drum or cymbal sound. During the pilot, children who used the instrument paid more attention to their mo...

Cure for Reading Glasses?

... Presbyopia occurs in everyone, so eventually, any person can be a potential customer. Financial analyst, Gary Hager of Manalopin, New Jersey and Palm Beach, Florida, states, "Wall Street would love to embrace a technology that could create an entirely new industry." However this will not come cheaply. He...

Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day

... According to the WHO, in every eight second a person is dying of a smoking-related disease such as canc...ing. There is no known triggers that induces a person to start smoking. On the contrary there are several reasons why it should be avoided. The following...

Surge in Cancer Incidence in Asia Feared

...low-income countries where you have $20 a year per person for health expenditures." Regular screening, such as Pap smears and mammograms, is too costly for many poor countries. Treatment with radiation or chemotherapy is unfathomable for most. And in Asia, many patients seek help from hospitals in the la...

Now, Natural Looking, Energy Efficient Robotic Ankles for Amputees

...ow the human ankle stores and releases energy as a person walks. When an able-bodied person walks, the heel contacts the ground in front. Next, the ankle extends until the foot becomes flat. T...

Gene Mutation That Increases the Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Found

...discovered an inherited gene mutation that makes a person more vulnerable to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). The study shows that the inherited mutation greatly reduces the gene's protective activity. Furthermore, a second kind of change occurs later that turns the gene off altogether, leading to l...

Genetic Testing Helping Cancer Survivors Fight For Their Loved Ones

...curate genetic test can determine whether or not a person has a disease-related gene mutation that may increase the risk of certain cancers. Patients are asked to: -- Complete a personal and family medical history along with a counseling session. -- Provide a small blood sample for testing. -- Following...

Dietary Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate, may Decrease Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Leans

...pancreatic cancer risk. All we can say is that a person who has reason to be concerned about their risk of...imulate growth. That might be especially true if a person did not take in enough of these nutrients consistently through diet, and then suddenly started takin...

TB and Measles Scare in Canada Now

...d," she said of the students. "Because of that one person having some symptoms it's a signal that the end of...ties who can issue orders to prevent an infectious person from travelling. Federal officials can invoke the Quarantine Act, as they did in this case, to sto...

Implanting Electrodes in the Brain Could Help Treat Severe Depression

...l activity in the brain in a parallel way to how a person might reboot a computer to terminate a problem. The system consists of a neurostimulator, a device about the size of a hockey puck that is rooted in the chest wall. Wires attached to the stimulator run under the skin to two electrodes that are put ...

Smallpox Alert in Northeast

... He also urged the people to be careful about any person crossing over to India from neighbouring Bangladesh with symptoms of smallpox - like fever and rashes - and requested them to report to the health centre immediately. The official said the Indian High Commission in Dhaka had informed the external a...

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