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Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas

... including Ayurvedic remedies and yoga postures to protect them from being pirated and copyrighted by foreigners. The data, which will be translated from ancient Sanskrit and Tamil texts, will be stored digitally and be available in five international languages....

Risk of Bladder Cancer Reduced by Broccoli and Cauliflower

...ntal data has recommended that these compounds may protect against the origins of bladder cancer. In the May 15th issue of the International Journal of Cancer, Zhao and colleagues from the Departments of Epidemiology and Urology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center report on an epidemiological study assessin...

Deep-sea Mining can Damage Marine Ecosystem

...t now to establish scientific and legal methods to protect these sensitive ecosystems and minimize the potential environmental impact of this industry. Imposing regulations after operations begin would prove very difficult, and some of the governments in the jurisdictions targeted by this industry have a poo...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...d public interest in the antioxidant. Antioxidants protect against free radicals, highly reactive atoms and molecules that can damage DNA and other important molecules in the cell. Since free radical damage increases with age, there has been a long-held suspicion in the scientific community that free radical...

Moderate Drinking may Lower Risk of Kidney Cancer

... maintaining a healthy weight are the best ways to protect from the disease. They noted that alcohol raises the risk of cancers of the oral cavity, larynx, throat, esophagus, liver and breast, and possibly the colon and rectum and the best way to reduce the risk is to say no to smoking and maintaining a he...

Australia Agonising Over the Problem of Cocaine Use by Lawyers

... take a more robust position on drugs: the need to protect the public.Random drug tests and annual medical checkups might be a sound investment in the reputation of the legal profession, says Ysaiah Ross, author of Ethics in Law....

Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

... dissolved medication is coated with a material to protect it in the childs stomach. This coating is also des...-approved biocompatible polymer coating that would protect the vaccine from stomach acid but release the medicine in the small intestine. The coating is pH-res...

Eating Apples and Fish During Pregnancy Benefits Babies

...t can be made to a pregnant mother's diet may help protect her child from developing asthma....

Green Tea may Protect the Bladder from Becoming Inflamed

...y study that looked at the ability of green tea to protect bladder cells from inflammation. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in Anaheim, Calif., found that components of green tea protected bladder cel...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...erts are calling for more stringent regulations to protect Canadians. They say the vast majority of weight-loss programs and products on the market are not effective, and warn that many are unsafe. Right now, anybody can set up a weight-loss centre and sell almost anything they want, says Arya Sharma, a pr...

Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India

...atent office as it believes that it has a right to protect its intellectual property. Indian pharma major Cipla has filed a pre-grant opposition against the patent application for Viread before the patents office. But Alton said: "We believe that protecting the intellectual property of companies who enga...

Avandia Could Increase Risk of Heart Attack, New Study

...sked the FDA to inform them of the agencys plan to protect the public from the drugs potential harm. The FDA has issued a safety alert for Avandia, but for the moment it is not asking Glaxo to take any specific action. FDA officials were not immediately available for comment....

A Drink a Day may Delay Dementia Progression

...onsible for why low alcohol consumption appears to protect against the progression to dementia isn't known, s... play a role in why alcohol consumption appears to protect against dementia. This would support other observations that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol ma...

Flash-heating Inactivates HIV in Breast Milk: Study

...a shorter period of time, a method known to better protect the anti-infective and nutritional properties of breast milk than the one typically used in human milk banks. Moreover, the low-tech materials used for this study are readily available in local communities in the developing world, and the heating ...

Regular Smokers are at the Risk of Developing Depression

...d successful smoking cessation in long run seem to protect from depressive symptoms. Though it is known that depression is associated with cigarette smoking, the nature of this association is discussed under various hypotheses. The first is that those who suffer from depressive symptoms smoke cigarettes in...

Women in Iraq More Unsafe Than Ever

...n an effort to separate the two, and apparently to protect Duaa from an enraged uncle and cousins, her father took her to a Yazidi priest's house in Bashiqa. Duaa remained there for a week until April 7, when the uncle and at least two cousins abducted her from the priest's custody. "There is a new Taliban...

Scientists Use Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure in Animals

...g levels of the protein S100A1 above normal helped protect animal hearts from further damage after simulated heart attacks. In some cases, the animals' heart function hardly changed at all even when a large percentage of the heart muscle had died. At the same time, other animals with heart cells lacking the ...

Circadian Clocks Triggered Chemical Reactions may Be Behind Jet Lag

...ensors to control production of carotenoids, which protect against damage from the sun's ultraviolet radiation just after sunrise. They studied a protein called vivid, which contains a chromophore, a light-absorbing molecule. The researchers say that the chromophore captures a particle of light, and the ca...

Pediatric Seizure Study Underway in US to Decide Between Diazepam and Lorazepam

...nment officials about this study to ensure that we protect patients safety, Dr. Baren said. The researchers have designed a public information campaign to inform the public about the study in the various communities where it will be performed, Dr. Baren said. They will hold community meetings to provide in...

US Halts Import of Chinese Toothpaste

...hat we believe a prudent and cautionary measure to protect the health of the American public," a US spokesman said. Diethylene glycol, or DEG, is a thickening agent used as a low-cost but frequently deadly substitute for glycerin, a sweetener commonly used in drugs. DEG was blamed for the deaths of at ...

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