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Is Music Therapy A Better Option To Treat Parkinson’s Disease

...already know that rhythm can make people move. The question is, ‘Are there particular rhythms that work better for these patients?’” said Tintner, co-director of the Movement Disorders Clinic at the NI. Tintner is also a participating physician in Methodist’s Center for Performing Arts Medicine program. The...

Panama hat making a slow comeback

...rices range from 50 to 1,000 euros. "It is all a question of quality. The finer the fibres, the more expensive the hat," explains Katt Schweizter-Nacken of the federal hat-makers guild. The customers are usually men aged over 30 but the clientele could change with the hat already being worn as part of the "...

Molecular Basis Of ALS Found

...ultiple lines of the mouse models developed, a key question remains to be answered: How does the genetic mutation alter this incredibly stable protein to make it so toxic that it kills motor neurons and causes neurodegenerative disease? The presence of aggregated proteins is common to many neurodegenerative d...

Pramod Mahajan Continues to Battle for His Life

...fighting for his life now for five days. //The big question which is in back of everyone’s mind is - if he is going to make it. Mr.Mahajan continues to be critical despite some reduction in the drugs that are maintaining his blood pressure. Earlier Medindia has published a special report on his bullet injuri...

FDA Not In Favor Of Legalizing Medical Marijuana

...ical use." This stand taken by the agency also pus question marks over states like Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington that have legalized the use of marijuana as a medicine. The FDA is not in favor of legalizing the use of marijuana even if it is for m...

Nurses Are Furious but the Exact Reason Is Not Clear

... which was a great ally until a year ago. But the question is why and what are they furious about? There are 70,000 nurses and their number keeps increasing day by day. Their pay has also risen considerably over the past three years. Les Miles worked in the neo-natal department as a practice nurse. She says ...

Lack Of Insurance Means Worse Care For Uninsured

...as a surprise to the study authors, also call into question the suitability of recent policy initiatives. Stat...t because it'd been identified, he said. The major question he felt is who should assume more of the costs. Dr Ross and his team are of the opinion that any ty...

Nurses Outsmart Surgeons When It Comes Safety And Team Wok

...ians, 170 anesthesiologists and 121 CRNAs. On each question on teamwork, participants were asked to rate themselves and their peer groups on a scale of 1 (very low) to 5 (very high). The overall response rate was 77.1 percent. 'The results have already led to improvements in the OR,' says Makary. 'Before ev...

A connection Between Cry Babies and Postpartum Depression

...other: “How inconsolable is your baby?” The new question appeared on Rhode Island’s first PRAMS survey, administered in 2002, and again in 2003. A total of 4,214 new mothers got the questionnaire and 2,927 responded. The majority of mothers were white, married, had household incomes over $40,000 per year a...

Pepsi company in a lawsuit(soup)!

...e cancer-causing chemical benzene//. The drink in question is Pepsi Twist drink, and it is the first time one of America's 'big three' soft drinks firms has been drawn into a legal battle. Lawyers Howard Hewell and Howard Rubinstein, allege in the lawsuit, "Pepsi Twist has been falsely promoted as a safe co...

British Varsities To Outsource Admin And Research To India

...research at competitive prices. It is not simply a question of outsourcing backroom jobs. It would involve genuine partnerships based on complementary strengths. "The prime minister's initiative, and particularly the Indian initiative, offers a framework within which to develop this theme, including throug...

How To Prevent A Stroke

...d trials." The guidelines suggest that physicians question bed partners and patients -- particularly those with abdominal obesity and hypertension -- about sleep disorder symptoms. Other risk factors such as inflammation, infection and migraine are all mentioned in the guidelines as areas in which research ...

Alzheimer's-linked apolipoprotein E produced by neurons, Gladstone study

...ls. Controversial for the last decade has been the question of whether or not neurons, which make thought and memory possible by transmitting electrical signals, can produce apoE. The Gladstone study, published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience and highlighted in its ‘This Week in the Journ...

Merciless Lathi Charge of our Meritorious Medicos

...or a dialogue on this issue by the Government. The question we need to ask is can the minorities be helped by other means. Can there be a fair system for all. A high profile committee led by Sam Pitaroda (appointed by the Prime Minister) also felt that this policy will hinder the growth of the country; howeve...

White House recipes doing the rounds for commoners!!

...being a donor but worth it they say! The man in question is Chef Walter Scheib, 52, who cooked at the White House for 11 years under the Clintons and the Bushes. The charge one has to pay is $250-300 per head - plus the cost of food and wine - for the honour of making and serving the White House fare and s...

Child Minding Still Not Up to the Mark

...th their child minder. The 1065 child minders in question were ordered to make changes. There were a total of 115 complaints from these child minders. Legal enforcement action was taken against 43 of them, which led to four getting shut. The commission mentioned that plans were being laid for more unannou...

Novel Anti-HIV Drug Being Trailed In Sydney

...of the University of NSW. He said that the drug in question could potentially halt the infection, but cannot change the disease once it has affected a person. "This vaccine is not being tested for therapy, and we don't want to give people false hope," he said. "The therapies for HIV have improved remarkably...

Arjun Singh Softens Stand on Quota But says Reservation Irrevocable

... Arjun Singh said in the parliament "There is no question of going back on what we have proposed. What we can try to do is make efforts to not to create any more tensions and come out with a balanced solution." Meanwhile there were widespread protests in the country on the issue of reservations and now th...

Indonesia’s Bird Flu Death Toll Reaches 3

...here is no proof of human-to-human. There is a big question mark. Blood samples from all kinds of animals from chickens, ducks, geese, birds, pigs, cats and dogs turned out negative so far. Manure has also been checked. The result is negative,’ said Nyoman Kandun, a health ministry official. Indonesia, at t...

Schizophrenia impairs body language comprehension

... has not been studied in detail. Paradiso said the question is an important one to be examined at a neuroscientific level -- to see whether, with adequate rehabilitation, regions of the brain can take over and support social perception abilities. "The idea of other circuits taking over the brain for specifi...

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