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Racy Novels are the Best Calorie Busters!

...g still, they say. However, reading encourages the production of adrenaline, and thereby causes BMR to rise to up to 1.75 calories per minute. Jilly Coopers 770-page novel Polo, which involves sex and scandal, has been found to be the highest calorie burner by the researchers. They say if a person reads at ...

WHOs Plan of Global Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine Gathers Momentum

...working with countries to develop capacity for the production of influenza vaccines," he added. Further work i...s; and assistance to countries to increase vaccine production capacity, including research and promoting the transfer of technology to developing countries....

Cytokine Resistance Contributes to Pathology of Type 2 Diabetes

... response in that it steers macrophages toward the production of other anti-inflammatory cytokines. Boffins say when IL-4 binds to its receptor on a target cell, it sets off one of two cascades of intracellular events, the first of which signal transduction pathways, the Jak-STAT pathway. But the scientists w...

Canadian Court Rules Grocery Shops can Sell Cold Medications Containing Pseudoephedrine

...rafficking networks became heavily involved in the production and trafficking of methamphetamine. A rise in certain types of crime in British Columbia in recent years is attributed in part to the increased use of methamphetamines. Car theft, fraud and sex assault are all fuelled by the adrenaline rush from cr...

FDAs Failure Urges It to Reassess Its Policies

...inspect and regulate imported food and it domestic production . Last fall, grocers and shoppers were in a panic during an outbreak of E. coli-related illness linked to contaminated bagged spinach. Nationwide there were 204 illnesses, 104 serious enough to require hospitalization, and three deaths. The FDA con...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

... biology and physiology. "If physicians can reduce production of bad lamin A by as little as half in progeria pa...ther labs have shown that occasional errors in the production of lamin A may take place even in people with "normal" copies of the gene. Scientists suspect that a...

Protein Reduction Ceases Alzheimer's Advancement in Mice

...of Alzheimer's disease. They found that when the production of tau was retarded, it helped prevent seizures and memory deficits associated with the disease. "Amazingly, even partial reduction of tau prevented memory problems and premature deaths in our Alzheimer mice," said Dr. Erik Roberson, assistant prof...

Anti-inflammatory Drug Fails to Improve COPD Symptoms

...á, and a number of studies have reported increased production of TNF in COPD patients. This increased production has been linked to weight loss, muscle weakness and muscle loss. In addition, animal studies supp...

National Pharmaceutical Policy Referred to Ministerial Panel

...nd the public health system as also to promote the production and marketing of generic drugs in the country, said B.K. Handique, minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers and parliamentary affairs. The policy was taken up by the cabinet at its meeting on Jan 11 and referred to the GOM which had its fir...

Brazil Spider Offers Hope for Those Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction

...iochemical steps occurs, one of which includes the production of an enzyme dubbed cGMP. This enzyme causes the smooth muscles of the penis’ two cylinders to relax so that blood can rush in and fill up the now expandable tubes. (A human penis can hold about 10 times more blood when erect compared with its non-er...

Chinese Medicinal Compound Stops Formation of Cysts in Polycystic Kidney

...e development of cysts does not have to stop their production completely to be effective, says Dr. Crews. "If we were able to slow the rate of cyst formation by even 10 percent a year, compounded annually, patients would not die from this disease. A relatively small effect would have an enormous clinical ben...

Green Tea Compound may Be a Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) -- inhibited the production of several molecules in the immune system that con...ence of molecular events occurred that resulted in production of the bone-destructive molecules. But the scientists found that pre-incubation with EGCG was capabl...

Study Focus on Environmental Hazards Posed by IT Scraps

...hipmaker AMD has shown that 14 large-scale //power production plants must run worldwide just to provide electricity to computer centers. Then there are millions of PCs in private or corporate settings to be figured in as well. Not to mention the manufacture and disposal of the machines, all of which damage the...

Arcoxia Slammed –Nothing Better Than Vioxx Says FD

...zyme called COX-2. Blocking this enzyme blocks the production of the chemical messengers (prostaglandins) that cause the pain and swelling resulting from arthritis inflammation. Though they are supposed to be gentler on the stomach, making it easier for patients than traditional pain relievers, one has to c...

Vanishing Honey Bees

...as had an adverse affect on the economy too. Honey production is worth just $200m a year, but bees pollinate $15 billion-worth of fruit, vegetables and nuts, especially the $2 billion almond business. They contribute $15 billion to the nation's agricultural output. The U.S. Congress held hearings last month t...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

... kinase 5 (CDK5) protein, which stimulates insulin production and may influence other processes in the pancreas's insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells. In addition, excessive activity of CDK5 in the pancreas may lead to the degeneration of beta cells. CDKN2A and CDKN2B. The proteins produced by these t...

Scientists Explore ‘muscle’ in a New Drug to Assuage Muscular Dystrophy Symptos

...tation in the dystrophin gene, which obstructs the production of the protein. Expressing optimism over the potential of the new drug, lead researcher Dr H Lee Sweeney said, "This new class of treatment has the potential to help a large number of patients with different genetic diseases that have the same typ...

Kenya to Implement National Food and Nutrition Policy

...s follows: ? Forming a consensus on agricultural production and food trade issues ? Establishing a life-cycle approach to organize nutritional interventions, including a cross-generational approach for maternal-child nutrition issues ? Ensuring the new nutrition strategies are phased in three-to-five year ...

FDA Licenses First US Vaccine Against Avian Flu

...aluation of new adjuvants; the use of cell culture production processes; and assessing the ability of vaccine fo...sted in a major expansion of its influenza vaccine production capacity in both the US and France. Source-BioSpectrum/V...

Dry Eyes Are More Than a Nuisance

...protects the eyes. In people with DES, a decreased production of fluid can weaken the tear film, causing the eye to become dry, irritated and uncomfortable. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers discovered that DES can have a considerable and detrimental effect on e...

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