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Cord Blood may Hold Potential Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes

...und that during the first six months, the children required significantly less insulin and maintained better control of blood sugar levels than children of comparable age with type 1 diabetes who were randomly selected from the clinic population. The researchers also noted that the children who received co...

Cabinet Approves Bill to Regulate Clinics, Hospitals

...ng laboratories and related establishments will be required to register with it and function according to the regulations prescribed by it. Dasmunsi, however, added that "health being a state subject, the bill could only act as a guiding principle and states may follow suit. Four states, namely Arunachal Pr...

Impotence and Incontinence Greatly Reduced With New Prostate Cancer Treatment

...pital. An additional benefit is that the equipment required for the new technology is much less expensive than that used in conventional treatment methods. The Prostrate Cancer Treatment of the Future? According to Professor Zamboglou, the advanced new image-guidance technology "stands out through its ea...

DNA Transplant Brings Creation of Artificial Life a Step Closer

...into the genome, although further studies would be required to achieve this objective. During the experiment, published in the journal Science, the researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville in Maryland first extracted DNA from the donor bacterium species, Mycoplasma mycoides. Thereafter, ...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...very 5 years but set at a lower level than what is required of a trainee at their end of training certification examinations. In the UK while a debate is currently on, it is agreed that for now re-certification will be achieved with on the job annual appraisals as the mainstay; the annual appraisal is a very ...

Sanofi Withdraws Anti-obesity Drug in US

...ecessary discussions with the FDA to determine the required modifications to its file." The FDA's expert panel concluded that suicidal thoughts appeared to be a side-effect of taking Acomplia, which has been authorised in the European Union. The FDA was expected to heed the opinion of the panel of experts...

New York Bans Trans Fats in Restaurants

...r 18 years the US Food and Drug Administration has required all food to have the nutritional information labeled on the back of products. "If that listing was working, why do we still have obesity today?," Sampson asked. But the New York health commissioner disagreed. "It is unfortunate that some restau...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

...s get worse. "Optimal intake of key nutrients is required if cells in the body are to make accurate copies of DNA and produce healthy daughter cells." Federal Minister for Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said the new blood test was a major step forward in preventative medicine. "Preventing disease is an oppor...

DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations

...djuvant. 4. A way to reduce the number of months required to produce necessary antigen, if different from stockpile. Currently, chicken eggs are used in the U.S. for production of vaccine antigens. This egg-based manufacturing process requires a minimum of six months. The newest technology available uses a ...

NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions

...during a mission, and whether astronauts should be required to sign living wills with end-of-life instructions...d whether astronauts of reproductive age should be required to bank sperm or eggs because of the risk of genetic mutations from radiation exposure during long t...

Taking Low-calorie Soup Before Meal Will Help Cut Calories at Meals

... increasing the thickness or the amount of chewing required may have made certain forms of soup more filling, results of the study show that low-calorie soup is filling regardless of its form. "Consuming a first-course of low-calorie soup, in a variety of forms, can help with managing weight, as is shown i...

Testosterone Cream Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivors

...mental estrogen to women who are postmenopausal is required to obtain a benefit from androgen therapy, then it does not appear that androgen supplementation would be a viable option for women who must avoid (estrogen) replacement."...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

...ence to unravel the underlying molecular programme required for increased longevity in response to calorie restriction," said Andrew Dillin, of the Salk Institute in San Diego, California. "It's likely to play a role in the human condition, although we still don't know whether calorie restriction really works...

Rural Doctors Had It Enough

...information for better policy in rural health.They required better equipments and more funding to run the services. It is clear from the survey that in many respects rural doctors simply need more support to do their work and look after the health of their communities, he said. People are wanting to have go...

Should Menstrual Suppression Be a Lifestyle Choice?

...rug Administration, but long term research was not required for approval and the long term safety of menstrual suppression remains uncertain, she warns. Some proponents have argued that menstrual suppression is safe, even beneficial, because monthly menstruation is unnecessary, even unhealthy. They believe ...

Ontario Grants Fast-Track Compensation Rights for Work-Related Illnesses

... not able to refuse unsafe work conditions and are required to enter environments with over 70,000 different chemicals and 70 million different chemical combinations to perform their work, according to Paul Atkinson, the workers compensation representative for Toronto firefighters. The WSIB has routinely de...

Hazardous Medical Waste Discovered Again In San Jose

...sh load of several tons, the surgical facility was required to remove the entire load of contaminated trash and send it to a medical waste treatment facility for disposal. Estimates of the weight of the truckload of trash ranged from 4,000 to 9,000 pounds. It included surgical tubing, bloodstained gauze and ...

Recent Research Holds Wealth of Promise to Bone Marrow Patients

...Further testing and research of this new method is required before it can be employed, researchers said....

Once-a-year Drug Reduces Fractures from Osteoporosis

...ON study showed no such findings at the lower dose required for osteoporosis treatments. The study did observe a small increase in the incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients who received zoledronic acid (1.3 percent for zoledronic acid versus 0.5 percent for placebo). Atrial fibrillation is a conditio...

New Technique Dissects Stem Cells' Picky Likes, Dislikes

...e question is 'What are the exact signals that are required to keep stem cells in an undifferentiated state?" she says. "It's a complicated problem, but when you distill it down, these are all just molecules. So, that's where chemists can make a difference."...

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