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Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed by Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students. During a two-semester course, ...

Teenage Self Confidence Can Translate Later into Material Wealth

...t material well-being later in life. In light of popular beliefs that kids from middle- and upper-class families have it made, it is surprising to see what little positive impact socioeconomic status has in the absence of self-esteem, Judge said. Research has shown that positive people who believe in the...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...effective before hitting stores. One of the most popular and dangerous weight-loss supplements in the early 2000s relied on chemicals in a shrub native to China and Mongolia. Ephedra sinica, or Ma huang in Chinese, contains ephedra alkaloids that, when combined with caffeine, caused weight loss. Consum...

Repetition Is Like Chanting The More It is Heard the More You Believe It

...ffect on listeners perception of the opinion being popular as hearing multiple people state his/her opinion. Researchers examined the underlying processes that take place when individuals estimate the shared attitude of a group of people and how that estimation of collective opinion can be influenced by r...

My Space Pressured into Sharing Data on Sex Offenders

... on in the US to rein in sexual offenders misusing popular networking sites and thus make the internet safer...in many cases, browse other profiles. The hugely popular MySpace had initially balked when attorneys general from eight states demanded data on registered se...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

Avandia, the popular anti-Type II diabetes drug, increases heart attack risk by 43% -- and increases risk of death from heart disease by 64%, says a new study. However, the overall risk was small. Among the 15,560 Avandia patients there were 86 heart attacks and 39 d...

Study Refutes Theory on HIV's Effect on White Blood Cells

...ciplinary research has thrown serious doubt on one popular theory of how HIV affects these cells, and means that further studies are required to understand the mechanism behind HIVs distinctive slow process of cellular destruction," he added. The researchers believe that one possible explanation for the sl...

Resistance to Scientific Explanations By Children and Adults

...ionary accounts confusing and implausible. Other popular nonscientific beliefs, said Bloom and Weisberg, include the view that unproven medical interventions are effective; that out of body experiences are mystical; that supernatural entities such as ghosts and fairies exist, and that astrology, ESP, and d...

Link Between Gastric Bypass Surgery and Neurological Conditions

...le Rock has found a link between the increasingly popular weight-loss surgery known as gastric bypass and several serious neurological conditions. Katalin Juhasz Pocsine, M.D., associate professor in the UAMS Department of Neurology, is lead author of the study. The study concludes that patients who unde...

US Consumers Warned Against Toxic Chinese Fish

...abitats. Puffer fish is becoming an increasingly popular delicacy in the US. But the country most people associate with the puffer fish, also known as blowfish, is Japan where it is called "fugu". In Japan about 100 to 200 people get poisoned by eating puffer fish every year, and about half of them die. ...

Soft Drink Additive Could Cause Cell Damage

...velations that a common preservative found in such popular brands like Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA. That would mean serious cell damage. For when parts of DNA are disabled, as it were, it could eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases suc...

Ban Smoking Indoor Workplaces and China Cause for Concern WHO

...e environments. Legislation of the kind has proved popular among both smokers and nonsmokers, according to WHO, whose policy recommendations set broad goals for its 193 member states but are not legally binding.As for China, it has become the focus of international health concern as it is seen as a nation of...

Cure for Reading Glasses?

...month's Review of Ophthalmology, LASIK is the most popular elective surgical procedure in the U.S. LASIK treats nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, conditions which interfere with distance vision and which unlike Presbyopia, do not occur in all of the population. Of those who could benefit from ...

Beer Bashes of Teens Spinning Out of Control in US

...o? Anguished cries are heard these days after a popular 17-year-old football player leaped to his death on... a girl who strapped a bottle of Captain Morgan (a popular rum brand) to her chest with a belt for easy access, like a gun in a holster. The brazen youth ha...

Stop Smoking, Start Living: World No Tobacco Day

...re commercially available in several forms but the popular ones are the ubiquitous cigarettes and cigars ....sha or water-pipe smoking is getting increasingly popular among teenagers. Many believe that it is relatively safe because the smoke passes through water. Ho...

Indonesian Teenager Dies of Bird Flu

...uman deaths from the virus in 2007, and banned the popular practice of keeping poultry in the backyards of homes in the capital Jakarta. But 22 people have perished this year after contracting the virus. The latest death comes after officials started to distribute kits containing masks, gloves and bars of ...

Iceland Introduces Smoking Ban in Bars and Restaurants

... on the pavement,' Arnar Thor Gislason, owner of a popular Reykjavik bar and restaurant, told AFP. Due to everchanging Icelandic weather conditions and a fairly chilly climate even in summer, many bar owners have set up gas heaters on pavements and some restaurants will be lending blankets to customers. Mo...

Ayurveda Resorts in Kerala Gear Up for the Monsoon Season

...accommodation and the treatment charges. But the popular ones are slimming, stress management and beauty packages - all using oils, herbal powders and leaves. Praveen George of Poovar Island Resorts, also situated near Kovalam, said their ayurvedic spa that opened in February has already got substantial ...

New Probiotic Supplement, Promotes Digestive Health and Boosts Immune System

... time, they're only now becoming increasingly more popular in the U.S. as people discover their benefits and adapt healthier lifestyles. However, to have any health benefit, a significant number of probiotic cells must reach the intestinal tract and be prolific colonizers. The two-billion probiotic cells of ...

Drugs Lure Hong Kong Youth Across China Border

... the West. "That's when party drugs began to get popular among the youths here. They follow it because they...from fewer than six to 1,845 -- it is now the most popular illegal substance -- and ecstasy has undergone a similarly sharp rise. Ah Yan, who said her parents ...

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