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Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

... The researchers can observe how different stimuli received by the animal, such as a dose of an antidepressant drug, affect circuit operation. The researchers used slices of rat brain, Deisseroth said, "like a computer repair technician would take out a circuit board" to test its functional properties. The ...

British Woman Who Has inherited Breast Cancer Wants to Spread Awareness

...of breast cancer, 14 days later. Treatment she had received in London had failed to halt the rampage of the di... One aunt was given radiation treatment, but she received too large a dose and her breast was burnt by it; another had a huge hole in her breast which relativ...

Grandparents' Care Makes Grandchildren More Caring for Them

...ndchildren, who stayed with their grandparents and received their care and concern, were more likely to look after them, as compared to others. "Even little things, like occasional babysitting for a few hours were enough to make grandchildren want to return the favour to grandparents," said Dr. Ahuva Even-...

Significant Advances in VCJD Prion Detection

... emerged in early 1990, including three people who received blood transfusions from donors who later developed the disease. There is therefore an urgent need to develop tests that may be used to screen blood donations for vCJD infectivity, backed up with confirmatory tests, to prevent further examples of dis...

Ships to the Rescue of Medically Deprived Assamese

...pite all the hindrances, the project has been well received by the people. Now, C-NES is planning to launch another two ships to extend the services further. Akha alone has reached about 5,000 people including a large number of children and women. "Ignorance and superstitions were challenges initially, bu...

Mutated Gene Zaps Pancreas Cancer in Mice

...s without treatment, while at least half those who received the aggressive BikDD mutant gene survived for 14 months with no signs of cancer. "This vehicle, or vector, is so targeted and robust in its cancer-specific expression that it can be used for therapy and perhaps for imaging" that could lead to early...

Sugary Diet can Be Helpful in Shedding Off Pounds

...ty or both. A fourth group acting as the 'control' received no advice. Measures of body fat and markers of heart disease risk (such as waist circumference and cholesterol levels) were collected at the beginning and end of the trial. The advice followed healthy eating guidelines and recommended: a reduced...

A Spoonful of Sugar can Melt Away the Pounds

...ty or both. A fourth group acting as the 'control' received no advice. Measures of body fat and markers of heart disease risk (such as waist circumference and cholesterol levels) were collected at the beginning and end of the trial. The advice followed healthy eating guidelines and recommended: a reduced...

FDAs Gesture for Firm Manufacturing Drug for Cushings Syndrome

...The US drug manufacturers Corcept Therapeutics has received orphan drug status for its Corlux from the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.). Cushing's Syndrome is a disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body's tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Symptoms vary, but most people have hi...

Selenium Supplements may Increase Type 2 Diabetes Risk

...s who participated in the study, half of the group received a 200-microgram selenium supplement and half received a placebo pill for an average of 7.7 years. The researchers found that those who took the seleniu...

Hormone Inhibitor in Prostate Cancer Treatment

...The first study treated men who had not previously received chemotherapy. So far 34 men have been treated, of whom 22 have seen their PSA levels drop at least 50% after 2 months. Some patients have also had shrinkage of their tumors (partial response). This represents significant anti-tumor activity, the re...

Early Parkinsons Show Hallucination,sleepiness

...ho had early Parkinsons disease. Half of the group received the drug levodopa; the other half took pramipexole. No one reported having hallucinations at the beginning of the study. The study found nearly one-fifth developed hallucinations, more than one-third of the participants developed sleepiness, and nea...

Listening to MP3s During Lightning Could Be Disastrous to Your Brains

... 37-year-old Vancouver man was out jogging when he received such a side flash from a tree that had been struck. Listening to an iPod while jogging, he was struck by lightning. The earphones conducted the electricity through his head, bursting his eardrums and fracturing his jaw. He was thrown over two me...

Kylie Almost Doubled Earnings in Breast Cancer Year Off

...ing to the accounts of her company Darenote, Kylie received a salary of 1.85 million pounds, expenses of 42,366 pounds and other earnings of 2.63 million pounds. The 39-year-old was diagnosed with cancer in May 2005; however her business showed a profit of 142,807 pounds for the year from April 2005 to Marc...

Navigating Healthcare

...rt bypass surgery. It found the best-paid hospital received about $97,000 on average, compared to about $18,000 on average for the lowest-paid. Nothing substantial was achieved by the patient paying more. In fact, the Patients in both had comparable lengths of stay and death rates. This report was controver...

Steroid Drugs to Preterm Delivery Mothers may Cause Risk

...d not deliver within this time frame. Many mothers received multiple courses of corticosteroids during the 1990s and early 2000s. But now two researchers warn that methodological problems in these analyses mean that this conclusion may be wrong and the practice of repeating courses was not based on any good...

Bak Protein Sets Stressed Cells on Suicide Path

..., or induce it to kill cancer. Dr. Dong recently received a 1.1 million dollars, four-year renewal grant from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases to further study the structural changes of mitochondria during apoptosis and normal physiological conditions....

AIDS can Be Prevented by Using Diaphragm During Intercourse

...ew HIV infections in the two study arms: those who received a diaphragm plus lubricant along with male condoms for their partners and those who only received male condoms. In the context of a comprehensive HIV prevention package provided to all participant...

Sciton Receives FDA Clearance for Lipolysis and Wrinkle Treatment

...on announced that the new ProLipo(TM) laser module received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati... lipolysis, and its BBL(TM) broadband pulsed light received clearance for the treatment of wrinkles. ProLipo represents the latest technological advancement ...

Three Doctors Charged So Far in the UK Bombing Case

...e police investigation had begun only when the AFP received information about a possible Australian link to the UK attacks. "Of course having established that there was an individual of interest, the police then have to examine all of the material," Ruddock said. "And the law envisages, particularly when ...

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