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Was the Warning of a Severe Reaction To a Drug, Overlooked?

...ear indication in a scientific journal regarding a plausible adverse reaction of a drug undergoing clinical trial//, the drug was tested on human participants, which turned awry triggering a severe drug reaction. But for the timely emergency care services, the participants would have been history. A Dutch r...

Genetic susceptibility in viral encephalitis

...g these findings extend to neurons, they provide a plausible mechanism for herpes simplex encephalitis. "We and our colleagues have identified recessive UNC-93B deficiency as a genetic etiology of herpes simplex encephalitis in otherwise healtalpha, ihy patients," said Professor Bruce Beutler, M.D., one of t...

Changes in Solar Brightness Too Weak to Explain Global Warming

...low-frequency changes are unlikely. 'There is no plausible physical cause for long-term changes in solar brightness other than changes caused by sunspots and faculae,' says Wigley. Apart from solar brightness, more subtle influences on climate from cosmic rays or the Sun's ultraviolet radiation cannot be e...

Plateau Reached in the Battle against Breast Cancer

...so many years, that increase has stopped." "It is plausible the number of women who went off hormone- replacement therapy could have impacted the number of breast cancers that are being reported," Edwards said.Several experts said the leveling off was consistent with other trends. "The fact that the incidenc...

Women Are More Likely To Die Than Men When On Oxygen Therapy

... in the study by Dr. Machado and colleagues, it is plausible that the observed differences may have been related to these or other COPD-related complications that differ between the sexes.” He concluded: “Does sex influence survival in COPD? This is still an open question. This study suggests that women with...

Migraines with Aura Associated with Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

...ciation with other cardiovascular disease (CVD) is plausible but has not been firmly established. Tobias Kurth, M.D., Sc.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues evaluated the association of migraine with or without aura and subsequent risk of overal...

Laryngeal Cancer Added to Asbestos’ Crime Lis

... 1.37. The IOM stated the following biologically plausible reasons for the link between asbestos and laryngeal cancer: 1. The larynx lies anatomically in the direct path of inhaled asbestos fibers. 2. Squamous-cell carcinomas of the lung and larynx are both clinically and histologically similar. 3. Inf...

Researchers Identify The Cause To Obesity

...ason this is so. Their argument seems all the more plausible since CRP also is elevated in obese people. CRP, which is produced by the liver and typically rises as part of the immune system's inflammatory response, is gaining favor as a marker for hypertension and heart disease risk, known complications of obe...

Birds of a Feather: Children, Activists and Bird Lovers Join To Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day in Kenya

...gh it is easy to zero in on the migratory birds as plausible conveyors of infection, yet not enough evidence is available to hit the nail on the head. Some experts are casting a big doubt on the poultry trade in Africa, which poses a far greater risk of spreading the avian flu infection....

The Brain behind Facial Recognition

... computational implementation of a physiologically plausible neural model of face processing can quantitatively account for key data, leading to the prediction that human face discrimination is based on a sparse population code of sharply tuned face neurons. "In particular, we have shown that a shape-based m...

Poor Quality of Cabin Air in the Plane Can Cause DVT, After A Long Flight

...ay's issue of the Lancet journal seems to throw up plausible risk factors risk factors. Low cabin air pressure and poor oxygenation can increase the risk of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in passengers who are prone to this problem, according to the study. The airlines, though, beg to differ on this and have said...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

... help them put down the Maoist rebellion, it seems plausible that the resultant military and economic dependenc...s a traveler’s vaccine at best." The fear seems plausible since in the 1980s, the same Walter Reed Army Institute of Research sponsored the development of a t...

Problem in physical exertion, in obese, could have a GI reason.

... key, exercise or gastrointestinal symptoms. It is plausible that if a physician put a patient on an exercise program to lose weight the GI problems experienced might hamper the patient's ability to exercise." She said. The results revealed the following problems that people had: 19 percent said they had abd...

Discovery of a built-in 'fat sensor'

.... The fatty acid transporter CD36 appeared to be a plausible candidate for this function since it has a high affinity for long-chain fatty acids and is found in lingual papillae in the rat. Experiments were conducted in rats and in wild-type and CD36-null mice. The findings from this study demons...

Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

...e, restoring the microbial balance may represent a plausible therapeutic approach in the treatment of UC. Experimental studies have shown that luminal antigens are involved in chronic intestinal inflammatory disorders. Bifidogenic growth stimulator (BGS) is a prebiotic preparation produced by Propionibacteri...

Olive oil can do more good than just adding taste to your dish

...eocanthal's anti-inflammatory properties, it seems plausible that oleocanthal plays a causal role in the health benefits associated with diets where olive oil is the principal source of fat. Although it will not cure a headache, regular olive oil consumption may provide some of the long-term benefits of ibupr...

Arsenic May Have Been Responsible For The Madness Of King George III Of England

... arsenic in a sample of the King’s hair provides a plausible explanation for the length and severity of his attacks of illness; and contamination of his antimonial medications is the probable source of the arsenic. We propose that exposure to arsenic would exacerbate attacks of porphyria in a genetically predi...

The Link Between Larger Birth Weight And Cancer Risk

...ings may have arisen by chance, but they say it is plausible that the associations between birth weight and adult cancer are related to some aspects of the fetal environment or the number of cells at risk for carcinogenesis....

The Harmful Effects Of Stress in Young Adults

... to the article, researchers say exercise may be a plausible way to reduce stress risk....

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