Tag: "probing" at medical news

A Centre for Glycemic Index Testing Opened in Chennai

... a GI database for Indian foods could be useful in probing linkages between a high GI and diabetic complications, especially diabetic retinopathy. The basic-level testing facilities set up at the MDRF would to begin with screen 10 general foods of South India for their GI value. According to the internat...

Physicists Unite To Develop Anthrax Detection Method

... broadband preparation and time-delayed narrowband probing yields a very sensitive and robust technique that allows us to identify bacterial endospores, such as anthrax, in real time,” Scully explains. “We refer to this technique as hybrid CARS for short.” Using the new method, Scully and his colleagues us...

Primitive Yeast Yields Secrets Of Human Cholesterol And Drug Metabolism

By first probing the way primitive yeast make cholesterol, a team of scientists has discovered a long-sought protein whose human// counterpart controls cholesterol production and potentially drug metabolism. The collaborative study by investigators at Johns Hopkins...

Hundreds of Turkeys Die Due to Bird Flu

Government vets are probing an outbreak of bird flu in a poultry farm in Suffolk, following the death of hundreds of turkeys. Reports of an ‘unexplained’ illness// had many experts visiting the farm to investigate. Confirmation has been received from The Department of Environ...

Breast Density and the Risk of Cancer

New Canadian research is probing the link between breast density and its implication on the risks of breast cancer. // A novel study on 1,112 women has brought to the fore, the key challenges involved in preventing breast cancer in women with dense breasts. The study revealed that...

Dog’s Death During Demonstration Creates Uproa

...s sent to U.S. Department of// Agriculture who are probing this incident now. A neurosurgeon was conducting an experiment to test a medical device in the presence of twenty five sales personnel on this mixed breed dog when the animal developed aneurism and had to be euthanized subsequently. A letter descri...

Consumption of Raw Oysters Cause the Death of Two Women in Savannah

...wo women after consumption of raw oysters. Further probing revealed that the women also had previous history of health problems.// Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin commenting on the deaths said “The bottom line is they did something they shouldn’t have done and they lost their lives.” In his opinion, ra...

Preventive Action Intensified to Control Chikungunya Spread

... specialists are on the job at the affected areas, probing into the details of the outbreak. Vector control programmes are already on in full swing along with measures to plug the source of the infection as well as redouble fogging, to contain the spread of fever. SAV...

Indian Australian Doctor not to Contest the Allegations

...e continuing," she said. The medical tribunal is probing 11 complaints made against Sood over a period of four years from 1998. The tribunal is also considering allegations that the doctor practised while suspended, made false and misleading statements to an earlier medical board hearing and was not of ...

Techniques for analyzing protein interactions aid in detecting the molecular basis of diseases

...basis of all living organisms, techniques aimed at probing protein interactions have come to the forefront in recent years. The new methods published today by CSH Protocols will be useful for researchers seeking to identify the molecular partners--such as other proteins or DNA--to which specific proteins bin...

Brain protein expression can be damaged with prolonged alcohol exposure

Researchers at the University at Buffalo probing into the effects of alcohol on the brain, and studying the zebra fish as a model, have zeroed in on many proteins in the central nervous system//, that are impacted negatively with severe alcohol exposure. The scientists were now confident about the ...

Woman Critically Ill After Getting Wrong Blood

...wal has ordered a probe into the incident. "We are probing the matter. The guilty will not be spared," he told Leela Devi's family. Two months ago in the same hospital, a Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) constable underwent a knee operation after he was mistaken for somebody else. Source-IANS...

Cell Behavior Better Understood with Nano Probe

...x and intricate cellular communication pathways by probing cell activities in the natural cellular environment.” The SMS probe offers the capability to gently pull biomolecules (proteins, metabolites, peptides) precisely at a specific point on the cell/tissue surface, ionize these biomolecules and produce ...

Salmonella Affected Cases Rises to 31

...said the Health Protection agency. The Agency is probing the increased number of cases. The chocolate maker Cadbury had withdrawn about a million chocolate bars after contamination in the lot produced in one of its factories. However the Agency has not linked this outbreak to any food. The HPA has repo...

Undiagnosed cyst lands GP in trouble.

...ctor’s part in properly recording the symptoms and probing the problem of indigestion, bloating, abdominal distension and weight problems. The doctor, who should have ideally recommended further investigations, had instead prescribed a weight reduction pill called Duromine for nearly 4 months. Additionally ...

Smell Decoding System In Brain –Research Find

...nput is smell, sight or sound. Shea suggested that probing the olfactory system could help scientists better understand, for example, how the various biological and neurological components underlying perception formed and evolved. (Source: Eurekalert)...

Ramadoss Urges Celebrities Not To Endorse Soft Drinks

... He said that there is already a committee that is probing as to whether there is any pesticides present in the drinks, but he stated that whatever be the outcome of their findings these soft drinks were harmful for the children. Ramadoss has however not called for any ban on the commercials of the soft dr...

Marathon Kid Budhia’s Health Not Compromise

...he orders of the state Child Welfare Council (CWC) probing allegations that coach Biranchi Das was exploiting the boy for his personal gains. Budhia had on Tuesday run 65 km - from the temple town of Puri to Bhubaneswar - in seven hours 2 minutes to find a place in the Limca Book of World Record. He had co...

Effect Of Alcohol On Motor Skills

Researchers at Dartmouth are probing into the effects of alcohol on the brain. The findings show how the brain processes information even when reeling under intoxication.// It is noticed that people under the influence of alcohol do manage to retain certain motor skills and are able to ...

Vital Facts of Short Term Diets - Catch The Vitamin Behind An Ample Waist!

...tion capacity in short term diets. Researchers are probing further on the reduced oxidation of fat found in cases of vitamin C depletion, which could have a bearing on the fat levels amongst non dieters. Source :Eureka Alert...

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