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Researchers Identify Five Distinct Subtypes of Alcoholism

... alcoholism in the samples used for them, as those projects focused primarily on individuals who were hospitalised or otherwise receiving treatment for alcoholism. Young Adult subtype included young adult drinkers with relatively low rates of co-occurring substance abuse and other mental disorders, a low ra...

Pre-kindergarten TB Testing Costs High

...g kindergarten. Over a 20-year period, the study projects that only two additional cases of tuberculosis would result from screening the pre-kindergarten group. Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH, research fellow in the UCSF Department of Pediatrics, is principal author of the report, which appears in the July is...

The DNA That Spells Double Risk of Heart Attack

.... The latest findings are a result of two research projects which, for the first time has spotted a common DNA sequence that is behind the increased risk of heart disease. During the first study, Icelandic scientists drew a comparison between the genetic make-up of 1,600 men and women who had suffered hear...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

... addition, the report highlights possible research projects that might lead to new modeling and simulation too...pportunities Report listing 76 specific scientific projects that, if undertaken, would help modernize the Critical Path sciences. This companion document focuse...

ISRO Chief Concerned About River Pollution

.... Addressing the students, he said ISRO's future projects included an experimental space capsule recovery platform especially designed to receive returning space vehicles and capsules safely to enable their reuse. The present practice of landing the capsules and satellites in the sea leads to substantial...

Biotechnology Will Dominate The 21st Century

...rlier, Members also sought the action taken on the projects and progress, which were discussed during the last Consultative Committee Meeting. Concluding the Meeting, Shri Meena said that Bio-technology has the potential for ensuring food security, decreased pressure on land use, increased crop yields and red...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

... "Hundreds of people have benefited from the green projects run by our local Mind associations but if prescribing ecotherapy was part of mainstream practice it could potentially help the millions of people across the country who are affected by mental distress." Mind's recommendations include: * Ecotherap...

Six Towns in India Selected for Eco-City Project

...in the pilot phase of the Eco-City Programme . The projects undertaken under the pilot phase of the Programme ...ementation of identified environmental improvement projects in the selected towns/cities. The specific objectives of the Programme are to identify the enviro...

Significant Differences in Stroke Prevalence Among U.S. States & Territories - CDC Report

...at address stroke. CDCs WISEWOMAN program funds 15 projects across the country that provide low income, underinsured and uninsured women (aged 40-64 years) with risk factor screening, lifestyle intervention strategies and referral services to reduce their risk for stroke....

A Fresh Alternative to Painful Chemotherapy Developed in UK

...ntistry, combined the results of 16 other research projects into LHRH agonists and breast cancer. When all the different results are added together, the overall findings offer a more reliable indicator as to how well the treatment works. They found that pre-menopausal women given LHRH agonists did as we...

UW Establishes Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center

...lly important, the researchers note, as key campus projects such as the Interdisciplinary Research Center and the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery evolve. "We see strong links between the various programs through collaborations and funding programs," Kamp explains. "Given the wide interest in stem cells a...

Green Campaigners Concerned About Yamuna's Shrinking Floodplains

...ter and solid wastes into it, and mismanagement of projects to clean it. Water in this river remains stagnant for almost nine months, making the situation worse. Yamuna's floodplain is being converted to fit uses like power plants, metro stations, the Akshardham temple and the Commonwealth Games Village "...

Myths About Hydropower Projects Exposed

Shattering the myth of big hydropower projects being clean, a new scientific study has revealed that large dams in the country are accountable for at least 19 percent of India's global warming emissions, especially methane. According to the study, Indian dams are larger methane emitters and to...

Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US

... 16 percent to 20 percent annually. The analysis projects that, by 2009, spending on medicines to treat diabetes could soar by 60 percent to 68 percent from 2006 levels.Spending on diabetes treatments increased 14.5 percent from 2005 to 2006 and the use of diabetes drugs increased 5.1 percent. The U.S. sale...

DNA-damage Test Could Aid Drug Development

...ological Engineering department, and collaborative projects like this are what the department was intended to do,' comments Griffith. 'This is an example of taking fundamental lab science and doing something useful with it,' says Lodish, whose lab has extensively studied the process by which red blood cells...

Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

...in film vaccine system was among the undergraduate projects introduced to the public this month at the universitys annual Biomedical Engineering Design Day showcase. 'The idea is that you would place one of these dissolving strips on the infants tongue,' said Hai-Quan Mao, the teams Johns Hopkins faculty ad...

Yale F&ES Graduation to Offset Gas Linked to Global Warming

...of Forestry & Environmental Studies will invest in projects that sequester carbon dioxide or develop renewabl...to global warming. Carbon offsets are generated by projects that either sequester greenhouse gases or help directly reduce emissions elsewhere. The intent is ...

Nervous Systems of Insects may Offer Clues on Neurodegenerative Diseases

... her lab is involved in two collaborative research projects exploring the glycosylation process that could eventually play important roles in producing therapeutic drugs more efficiently and understanding neurodegenerative diseases such as epilepsy and memory loss. Proteins in higher organisms, from fruit f...

How to Cope With Side Effects from Pelvic Radiotherapy

...are planning to work together on a number of joint projects and to develop new ways to give people the information they need....

UP Plans to Plant Ten Million Saplings on a Single Day

... Yadav said it would be one of the most ambitious projects the forest department has undertaken. "Schools, colleges, government departments and NGOs all over the state will be involved on July 31," Yadav told IANS. "Specific sites with required free land and water and also volunteers have been identifie...

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