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Children Using Slide in Playground Treated for Exposure to Poisoning

...t Kilda playground have those symptoms they should present to hospital for a check-up," the spokesman said. Police and Country Fire Service volunteers have conducted a major search of the St Kilda playground and samples have been taken of the substance for further investigations. Salisbury Mayor Tony Za...

UCLA Researchers Discover Link Between Parkinsons and Narcolepsy

...ons and depression. All of these symptoms are also present in narcolepsy. In the study, the researchers examined 16 human brains from cadavers five from normal adults and 11 in various stages of Parkinson's and found an increasing loss of hypocretin cells (Hcrt) with disease progression. In fact, said Si...

Slowing the Racing Heart

...earchers demonstrated that an enzyme called Pak 1, present in high concentrations in the heart, signals depression in the action of adrenaline and adrenaline-like chemicals on the pacemaker cell, playing an important role in slowing down the heart rate. "The enzyme works through calcium and potassium chan...

Estrogen is Important for Bone Health in Men as Well as Women

...d idea to measure estrogen levels in older men who present with low bone mineral density or osteoporosis," Villareal says. "Not only does estrogen and its metabolism affect bone health in men, but it may also influence the risk for prostate cancer."...

Inherited Genes Linked to Toxicity of Leukemia Therapy

...looked for 16 polymorphisms previously known to be present in genes linked to drug pharmacodynamics. Using a variety of statistical analyses, the investigators identified links between specific polymorphisms and gastrointestinal, infectious, hepatic (liver), and neurologic toxicities during each phase of tre...

Making Change: The Cost of Being Transgender

...ds. Wealthier parents with a child who begins to present as transgender, sometimes as early as 5 years old, will seek information on the Internet, with a family physician, or through a community organization. But many low-income parents can't afford access to those resources. Children from poorer familie...

National Rural Health Mission Project Requires 200,000 Nurses

...yal, Secretary Health and Family Welfare were also present at the function....

Million Mentally Ill in India

...n mental health. Members of Parliament who were present at the meeting were: S/Shri Chengara surendran, R. Chandra Sekar Reddy, Virendra Bhatia, Vikram Verma, Dr. Karan Singh Yadav. Dr. Narayan Singh Manaklao and Smt. Supriya Sadanand Sule....

Gene Variant Responsible for Acquiring Intellect and Memory in Humans Identified

...ut not by lesser apes and old-world monkeys. Their present study proves that even orang-utans and chimpanzees do not produce it. According to the investigators, KLK8 is the first human-specific discovery of a "splice variant", a gene that is roughly the same in different species but is "cut and pasted" dif...

Mammogram Rates On The Decline In America

...mfort. Cancer experts are of the opinion that at present mammography is the only commonly prevailing, convenient and economically feasible method of detecting cancer, MRIs notwithstanding. The American Cancer Society recommends that women from 40 years and over go in for mammograms annually and all other w...

Higher Intake of Fish and Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Age-related Macular Disease

...against AMD or its progression. The results of the present research warrant further investigation for confirmation of the vitamin D-AMD association in other population studies."...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

...ancer. Of the identified compounds, 73 have been present in consumer products or as contaminants in food and 35 are air pollutants. Some of the common chemicals linked to breast cancer include benzene, a constituent of vehicle pollution, acrylamide, which is created when starchy foods, such as French fr...

More Than Four Percent of US Adults Have Some Form of Bipolar Disorder

...r disorder received appropriate medication "The present results reinforce the argument of other researchers that clinically significant sub-threshold bipolar disorder is as least as common as threshold bipolar disorder," the authors write. "Although most individuals with bipolar disorder receive treatment...

Adding Milk to Black Tea Wont Ruin Its Antioxidant Effects

...not spoil the antioxidants effects of polyphenols present in it. Earlier studies have suggested that milk can ruin the beneficial properties polyphenols, found in black tea. However a team of researchers led by Janet Kyle at the University of Aberdeen, UK, carried out a study that debunks the earlier f...

Number of Children Hospitalized With Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise: Research

...spects of society. We believe that the findings we present in this paper may be the first such data reported on national rates and trends in hospitalization of children with this disease, says senior researcher on the study, Michael Weitzman MD. Using nationally representative data derived from hospital disc...

Soy Products a Double-edged Sword for Breast Cancer

...effects of isoflavones, a class of plant estrogens present in high concentrations in soy. Much of his work has focused on a single isoflavone, genistein, which occurs in varying concentrations in soy products or ingredients such as tofu, soy protein isolates, soy flour and some estrogenic dietary supplements...

Death and Disability from Brain Injury Reduced, Emory Researchers Report

...rotective effects on human tissue. It is naturally present in small but measurable amounts in the brains of males and females. Laboratory studies suggest that progesterone is critical for the normal development of neurons in the brain and exerts protective effects on damaged brain tissue. The research team...

Gardasil Effective in Preventing Vaginal, Vulvar Cancers, Study Finds

...tively. According to HealthDay News/Forbes, HPV is present in about 80% of the 6,000 vaginal and vulvar cancers diagnosed annually in the U.S....

Moves To Improve War Veterans Health Taken

... toward veterans from the Persian Gulf War through present and future conflicts, aims to help those veterans who have health problems that appear years after they have completed military service. The committee by voice vote approved a substitute amendment to the legislation that would expand health care av...

Hair Relaxers Not Linked With Breast Cancer Risk

...nt and of long duration. This is good news. The present study is definitive that hair relaxers dont cause breast cancer, as much as an epidemiologic study can be, Rosenberg said. The findings of the study were published in the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention....

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