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Evidence Links Protein Damage to Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

...d in the November 3, 2000, issue of Science. The researchers said, "The protein, called alpha-synuclein, is one of the building blocks of the brain lesions characteristic in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative damage, normally occurs when the body's cells are overwhelmed by molecules that have...

Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects

...cts of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients, if researchers at National Institute of Health (NIH) are to be believed. According to Dr. Joannieshen MD, MPH, research associate at NIH, electro-acupuncture was more effective in controlling vomiting than just medication.Ian Cyrus, Director of Acupuncture and Or...

Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients

...y' is the treatment of CMC. This was announced by researchers at a meeting of American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, on Saturday Evening. The researchers added up to 30% patients have no traces of the disease after being treated with Glivec. Glivec come...

Ebola Virus - 'Outbreak' Claims More Lives In Uganda.

... in Gulu. There is no cure yet for Ebola although researchers in Paris last week reported successful vaccine tests on monkeys. Most victims die of shock after days of high fever, chest pains, vomiting and extensive internal bleeding. Doctors can do little except provide supportive rehydration therapy...

Startling Expose – Physicians Often Have No Regular Source Of Health Car

...the doctors around the world, a study conducted by researchers at the prestigious Yale and Johns Hopkins Universities has revealed that more than a third of physicians have no regular source of healthcare Dr. Cary P Gross of Yale University is New Haven, Connecticut says, ‘ these physicians without a regular sou...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

...is in dire need of being administered aspirin, the researchers say aspirin desensitization can be tried. This involves the use of leukotrienes (LT) modifying drugs, which block the bronchoconstriction provoked by aspirin. Aspirin desensitization has a role in the management of AIA, especially in patients who ne...

Want a Healthy brew? Have some Tea!

...t tea helps prevent cancer and heart disease. Also researchers have found that tea helps women in the menopausal age group by strengthening their bones by increasing their bone density. They say the anti-oxidants found in tea are 100 times more powerful than vitamin C and 25 times stronger than vitamin E. All t...

Mortality increased in Sporting enthusiasts!

...ting, and excessive smoking may also play a part," researchers say. Thus the factors that contribute to atherosclerosis are not the only risk factors to be managed but also a better understanding of the vulnerability of the individual to specific stressors is also required and needs monitoring. So next time y...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...in an early recovery. To justify this argument the researchers conducted a health survey just before coronary byp...n of their own health status, recovered better the researchers say. Dr. G. M. Lindsay, of the University of Glasgow, UK, and colleagues recruited patients awaiti...

When Celebrities Die

...g side effect of our "celebrity connection." The researchers say women are more prone to this than men and that this contagion factor in suicides is now clearly established. But there is help at hand. Dr. Jeremy Kisch, senior director for clinical education at the National Mental Health Association, based in A...

Want skin cancer? Please have a cigarette

...in cancers amongst smokers than non-smokers. The researchers also noted a significant dose-response relationship with the number of cigarettes and pipes smoked. However, cigar smoking did not significantly increase the risk of developing skin cancer. The authors opine that squamous cell carcinoma is caused d...

Contraceptives via Internet

...ilable. From Web sites based outside the US, the researchers were able to purchase oral contraceptives and levonorgestrel IUDs without a prescription. Many of the oral contraceptives arrived in the mail with little or no information about their proper use or the risks associated, the authors note. These oral...

Heart disease in the newborn is related to maternal malnutrition

...uses coronary heart diseases in the new born. The researchers studied 700 odd cases and compared maternal malnut...ependent of birth weight the scientists say. The researchers conclude that the incidence of coronary heart diseases in newborn babies can be controlled if the ma...

Fight anemia by fortifying crops with iron!!!!!!!!

In a path breaking idea researchers at the just concluded Indian science congress in New Delhi have called for a collaborative effort with agricultural scientists to combat anemia with iron fortification of crops. Almost 50% of women and 75% children under 3 years of age are anemic in ...

Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.

...most damage and make children very aggressive. The researchers advice parents to cut down on TV and video games. ...fter and more social than before. The reason the researchers attribute to this aggression is that children who spend more time on TV and video games may have ver...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...s of these long suffering hapless patients. These researchers studied two groups of patients. One was the immunotherapy group who received the injections the other group was the placebo group which received placebo injection whenever the other group received the vaccine. When compared after the two-year period ...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

... of these long suffering hapless patients. These researchers studied two groups of patients. One was the immunotherapy group who received the injections the other group was the placebo group which received placebo injection whenever the other group received the vaccine. When compared after the two-year period ...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

...g to researchers. Based on early studies in rats, researchers from the Stroke Lab and Alzheimer's Research Cente...iew, Frey said this finding is significant because researchers think this same substance may protect human brains from the devastating effects of stroke, but no on...

How do babies understand language?

...t babies do in fact learn from isolated words. The researchers analyzed hours of recorded speech from eight mothers to their babies. They put a tape recorder in a fanny pack that the women wore in around their home, and then they listened to the tape and analyzed speech patterns on a computer.The study started w...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

Canadian researchers say, that the morning after pill, which rescues ma...y contraceptive even after the 72-hour period. The researchers were surprised to find out that in almost 90% of the cases the morning after pill was as effective u...

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