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Curry Ingredient Kills Plaque Leading to Alzheimer's

...roach relies on the innate immune system, which is present at birth rather than on antibodies produced by B cells, which is a later developed part of the active immune system....

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

...ement. Many of the potentially dangerous plant present in an ordinary garden include aloe, elephants ear, jade, peace lily (Spathiphyllum), philodendron and dumbcane (Dieffenbacchia), as well as foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), hellebore, vinca, rhododendron and chrysanthemum. Many of these dangerous p...

Kashmir Battles Alarming Increase in Suicides

..." said a doctor at the hospital. "Ever since the present violence broke out here, the people have been living on the very edge of life. They have to negotiate at every nook and corner. "Life has become so uncertain and dangerous that the easy way out for some is to walk out of it," said a sociologist.But...

The Queen Of All Contraceptives Released

...ess efficient workers than men. In any case, the present debate against such a pill is not a particularly profitable attitude for Wyeth, as it angles for its share of the $1.7 billion annual American market for birth control pills. So as business-savvy officials re-conceptualize menstruation as a disea...

Poor Ventilation may Cause Lung Disorders Inn Inuit Children

... of crowding and reduced ventilation. Smokers were present in 93% of the homes. In a related commentary, Dr. Pamela Orr notes that the results of this research come as no surprise to those who live, work and study in the Canadian North. However, it is not clear whether crowded housing and inadequate venti...

Medical Education in General Practice: A Way Forward

...rstone of the Australian healthcare system, and at present we are contending with a piecemeal approach to both funding and planning for training infrastructure. With Australia in the midst of a nation-wide shortage of doctors, more must be done to foster positive educational opportunities in the community-...

Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy Shows No Change of Taste

...en published, they conclude. However, based on the present results, taste loss after tonsillectomy seems to be a rare complication. For more information, contact JAMA/Archives Media Relations at 312/464-JAMA (5262) or e-mail mediarelations@jama-archives.org....

Health Sector Has to Keep Pace With Countrys Development: Ramadoss

...or Health and Family Welfare Panabaka Lakshmi were present at the meeting. The NRHM, a flagship programme of the Health Ministry, aims to provide accessible, affordable, accountable, effective and reliable primary health care facilities. The Mission seeks to hand over the planning, execution and evaluati...

China Vows to Improve Food Safety in Wake of Health Scares

... "Most reports have been factual, but some fail to present the full story," he said. In a sign of the growing foreing concern, top Japanese government officials and business leaders were to hold an emergency meeting Friday on import safety. China is Japan's second-largest supplier of food after the Unite...

Simple Chemical Reaction may Help Early Disease Diagnosis

...rbon atoms to provide insight into the metabolites present and the visibility of certain type of metabolites, amino acids, by chemically tagging the molecules of interest so that they were more easily visible. "We added a chemical that reacts with the amino acids and similar metabolites and forms a tag tha...

Beijing Legislator Calls on Government to Regulate Sexually Suggestive TV Ads

...er for minors. According to The China Daily, the present law on advertising, implemented 12 years ago, vaguely prohibits "content that is obscene, superstitious, terrifying, violent and evil; content that is discriminative against nationalities, races, religions and sex, but it has no details on how such a...

India Requires Over $200 Bn to Provide Quality Healthcare

... to bridge this huge deficit. "Unfortunately, at present there is a lack of regulatory framework and the sector attracts sub-standard private healthcare providers and quacks, there is slow implementation of the accreditation process that impacts the quality of healthcare, penetration of health insurance to...

Government to Toughen Its Anti-smoking Laws

... by him," Dasmunsi said. The tobacco law, in its present form prohibits smoking in buses, restaurants and trains, also prohibits mass media advertising of tobacco products except at selling points. It also bars sale of tobacco products to a persons below 18 years of age....

Around the World in 86 Days ... on Motorbike With Double-hand Transplant

...of prosthetic limbs, he told a press conference to present his latest motorbike tour around the northern hemisphere. After pleading with almost 50 surgeons in Austria and around the world, Kelz finally got his two hands in March 2000. He was the second person only to receive a double hand transplant, two m...

FICCI Proposes Models To Solve Indias Healthcare Crisis

... of paramedics by year 2012. "Unfortunately, at present there is a lack of regulatory framework and the sector attracts sub-standard private healthcare providers and quacks, there is slow implementation of the accreditation process that impacts the quality of healthcare, penetration of health insurance to...

Scientists Identify Previously Undetected Drug-resistant Forms of HIV

...limited to detecting resistance mutations that are present at levels of approximately 20 per cent or greater ...is study clearly shows that resistance HIV strains present at the one percent level can lead to premature failure of therapy. It is our hope that in the future...

Scientists Have Discovered Blood Protein That Could Spot Colon Cancer

...rchers have discovered proteins CCSA-3 and CCSA-4, present in blood that accurately identify colon cancer and precancerous polyps, which might be used to develop a blood test to identify at-risk individuals. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Robert Getzenberg at the Johns Hopkins' Br...

Genome Annotation by Mutation

...n one of every million cells, not enough cells are present in which subsequent steps can occur so that cancer develops. If we now improve that 10,000-fold, the pool of cells [with translocated chromosomes] may be large enough to create a mouse that develops the cancer, so the new method makes it easier to ...

Alzheimers Disease Enzyme may Interfere With Brain Function

... supplement to the current paper the investigators present evidence that sodium channel metabolism is altered in the brains of Alzheimers patients compared with non-demented individuals of similar age. Our study suggests that the BACE inhibitors currently being developed to reduce amyloid-beta generation i...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

...iven their lack of similarity to human genes, they present a limited repertoire of potential targets for drug and vaccine development, allowing researchers to optimise the use of limited resources." The Leishmania parasite is transmitted in the saliva of sandflies, who tuck in to a blood meal on humans, wi...

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