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Pond in High Artic Drying Up Due to Global Warming

...rted a drying of nearby wetlands. "The ecological ramifications of these changes ... will cascade throughout the Arctic ecosystem. ... Lower water levels will have many indirect environmental effects, such as further concentration of pollutants," the researchers wrote. The ponds are the most common source of surf...

Irish Outsourcing of Smear Test may Result in Cervical Cancer Being Undetected

...al smear tests to the US, as it could have serious ramifications for women with abnormal smears. The Irish system is plagued with long delays and this was the main reason that HSE decided to out source tests. Well Woman Centre Chief Executive Ms Alison Begas said the move by the HSE was purely system driven ...

Colitis More Common in Hospitalized Patients

...ortant first step in controlling the public health ramifications of this important and morbid nosocomial [hospital-...ortant first step in controlling the public health ramifications of this important and morbid nosocomial [hospital-acquired] infection, they conclude....

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

... young Marines he led in war. He worried about the ramifications of seeking help, personally and professionally. "He felt like that was the end of everything for him," Kim Ruocco recalls. "He felt like his Marines would, you know, be let down." Ruocco ended his life in February 2005, a few weeks before he was to r...

Brain Inflammation A Friend for Alzheimer's Patients

...hat many people think it is. The work could have ramifications for the development of a vaccine or other strategy to protect against or fight off Alzheimers. Work on an Alzheimers vaccine has at times been promising, reducing the number of plaques in the brains of animals and a few people with the disease, but i...

Study Finds Dietary Fat Interacts With Genes

...that a high fat intake may potentially have health ramifications other than increased weight. However, in terms of weight, “It seems there might be a lucky few — in this study, 13 percent — who can eat any combination of food and maintain a healthy BMI. Whether they eat cheesecake or four pieces of whole wheat bre...

Children of Bhopal Gas Victims Suffer from Deformity

...esearch into the possible genetic and reproductive ramifications of gas exposure, and now of exposure to contaminated water, have seriously marred efforts to respond to the effects of poisonous gases on the next generation in those affected by the gas leak," said activist Rashida Bi who is a gas victim herself and...

Researchers Estimate Significant Fatty Liver Disease in Children

...on children. The scale of the problem has enormous ramifications for the future health of these children.” Schwimmer and the research team presented several key findings. They discovered that the major risk factors for fatty liver in children are: ?Age: They found that fatty liver prevalence increased with age...

Iraqi’s Gripped with Insecurit

... Sunnis is most dramatic, and may have significant ramifications for the influence of religious extremists to recruit among them. Moreover, only 53% of Sunnis think Iraq is better without Saddam. "The restoration of public order and...economic security" should help reverse the levels of inter-ethnic mistrust and...

Personal Growth and Success Dependent on Prenatal Health

... adulthood. This study is important because of its ramifications on health programs that seek to make changes in the life of children that can have far reaching impact in adulthood, much more than conventional investments. "The key distinction for policy purposes is that whereas heredity is immutable, congenital...

Seroxat Heart Abnormalities Risk Doubted

...never be stopped abruptly as this can have serious ramifications for the mother," he added....

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

..."These questions have serious social and political ramifications and this court will deal with it appropriately," the Bench said while deciding to examine the effect of the implementation of the policy. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, who accepted the notice on behalf of the Centre, said the court...

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

..."These questions have serious social and political ramifications and this court will deal with it appropriately," the Bench said while deciding to examine the effect of the implementation of the policy. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, who accepted the notice on behalf of the Centre, said the court...

Prestigious Gairdner Awards for medical research in 2006 Goes To Two Yale biologists

...ments in our understanding of our cells with major ramifications for cancer, nutrition, auto-immune disease, atherosclerosis and hormone action.' Joan A. Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, will be honored for her 'discove...

Prevention better than fire-fighting. Hong Kong Beefs Up Precaution Against Bird-Flu

...ures against bird-flu, having fully understood the ramifications of the bird-flu crisis on the economic health. After bouncing back with an envious economic health, // a bird-flu crisis is the last thing needed so authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the flu never enters, even by fluke! A ne...

Anonymous Sperm Donor Traced On Internet

...nd the implications could have tremendous forensic ramifications too. Police could perform similar searches to identify a criminal's surname, giving vital leads in a case....

Enzyme Responsible For Congenital Blindness

...kthrough in understanding the visual cycle. It has ramifications for several inherited blinding diseases caused by mutations in visual cycle genes. The newly identified isomerase enzyme plays a crucial role in the regeneration of rhodopsin visual pigment in the retina after light exposure. Rhodopsin contains a li...

General Anesthesia Safe For Children On Ketogenic Diet Suffering From Epilepsy

...esser God. The physical, mental, moral and social ramifications of these hapless children are beyond words. One stumbling handicap in the surgical treatment of such children was the feasibility of administering General Anesthesia to these children. In many cases the anesthesia times ranged from 1 to 10 hours wi...

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