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Recd Number of Abstracts Submitted for Sci Cong on Osteoporosis

... to be held in conjunction with the Congress, nine prominent women from around the world will call for action by policy makers, health professionals and individuals to fight the silent epidemic of osteoporosis. Themes to be covered during the five-day IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis include 35 oral presen...

Elderly Become Conscious About Their Looks

...nose reshaping, eyelid reduction and correction of prominent ears. It has increased their self esteem and they enjoy it thoroughly....

Shapelier Knee Replacements for Women

...e in the front of a woman's knee is typically less prominent than in a man's knee. Therefore, when a traditional implant is used to replace the damaged bone, the joint may end up feeling and functioning better than before surgery but still feel ‘bulky,’ which may result in pain and decrease optimal function. T...

Insulin Crystals Holds Promise In Diabetes research

...ough the first and second discoveries, proposed by prominent American scientist and founder of modern thermodynamics J.W. Gibbs and by Russian scientist V.V. Voronkov, respectively, only recently demonstrated their applicability to real systems.Vekilov and Georgiou have already experimentally proved this lates...

Campaign to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

...eld in Paris, France this week. The event featured prominent researchers and officials and advocates of public health from around the world. The Women in Government is a non-profit, bi-partisan organization. Its president, Susan Crosby, presented the organization's initiative in fighting this preventable can...

Watch Out! Eye Glass Related Injuries On The Rise

... found that injuries to the eyeball were much more prominent among people age 18 to 64, compared to children and older adults. Xiang and his colleagues report their findings in a recent issue of the journal Ophthalmic Epidemiology. Xiang conducted the study with lead author Sara Sinclair, a research associat...

Bird-Flu Claims Its 12th Human Victim In China

...fe. Contact with infected poultry remains the most prominent cause of the spread, according to widespread reports. Though the virus cannot transmit easily from one person to another, there is a lurking apprehension of the virus mutating and sparking of a pandemic in global proportions....

Indian Training Company To Train Children In Dubai, Sharjah

...nd performances. The company currently enjoys a prominent space in training children and over 4,000 people in five places in India and the UAE. The firm also has a training facility in Chennai and offices in Bangalore and the Knowledge Village in Dubai. OnlySuccess's first programme in UAE targeted Ind...

Nepal: Doctors Treating Protestors Being Deported

...small group of people Tuesday when they stood at a prominent square, holding improvised placards asking for the restoration of democracy and peace. Nine tourists, including citizens from Germany, Britain, Israel and Russia, were taken to the police station and released after questioning. On Thursday, the s...

Future of Canadian Medical Association Journal Threatened

...ary Canadians were no longer certain that the most prominent medical journal in Canada continue to challenge the medical profession without being compromised by the pharmaceutical companies which advertised in its pages. Dr. Hoey and Ms. Todkill had signed confidentiality agreements, which prevented them fro...

Hormone Can Foretell Presence Of Potentially Fatal Pulmonary Hypertension

...period more frequently had elevated BNP levels and prominent pulmonary hypertension with significantly impaired right heart function," Dr. Behr said. "Despite the mixed nature of the study population, our data allows an estimation of the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in a 'real life' setting of patients...

OpenMED Nominated For Stockholm Challenge 2006 Award

... technical documents. The Stockholm Challenge is a prominent global networking programme for information and communication technology (ICT) entrepreneurs and its award is given away in the Swedish capital in the summer. It aims to show how IT "can improve living conditions and increase economic growth in all...

Henda and Nipah viruses should fret: as there is hope for a vaccine.

...uses is that Hendra virus emerged in 1994, killing prominent Queensland racehorse trainer Vic Rail and 16 horses in Brisbane. Thereafter the trainer of Vo Rogue, died from respiratory problems soon after he caught the virus from his horses in 1994. Another Nipah virus has killed hundreds of people in Malaysia,...

Anthrax Spores May Resist Water Treatment

...e chlorine concentration. The effect would be more prominent at higher chlorine concentrations. In addition, it was found that after 6 hours, 20-40% of anthrax spores had successfully attached themselves to the interior of pipes, when the contaminated water was made to flow through a continuous loop (copper...

Calcium and exercise prevents Osteoporosis

...orosis mostly occurs in old age people and is more prominent in women than man it is caused by the weaning bone which has low levels of calcium and phosphate which is required for strong bone formation. If low levels of calcium and phosphate occur it leads to weaker bones which become more fragile and brittle ...

Different Parts Of The Brain Are Involved In Memory Retention

...r the shock. This proves that the amygdala plays a prominent role in consolidating memories. ...

British Columbia Has The Best Health Record

...se revelations. Money does not appear to play a prominent where good healthcare is concerned, as both Manitoba and British Columbia spent the same amount per capita in 2002. Big spenders like Labrador and Newfoundland do not come anywhere near the first place either. The Canadian Institute for Health Inform...

COX-2 inhibitors Lessen Breast Cancer Risk

...nsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) play a prominent role in the prevention of breast cancer. The researchers observed that while daily use of selective COX-2 inhibitors was associated with a 71% reduction in the risk of breast cancer, non-selective COX-2 inhibitors, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, a...

Punjab Government Told To Explain Illegal Kidney Transplantations

...atter by Jawaid Laiq, a human rights activist, and prominent members of the legal profession like Ram Jethmalani, Ashok Kumar Singh, Kamini Jaiswal and Lataa Krishnamurthy. It has also been alleged that the victims were imprisoned after the ordeal they had to undergo....

Men Are More Vengeful Than Women

...y, which proves that the sex of the person plays a prominent role when it comes to seeking revenge. Volunteers who were offended were studied as a part of the experiment. An investment game was played by 32 subjects along with four actors, of whom two behaved in a stingy manner and another two played a fair...

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