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Indian Government Asks the Supreme Court to Keep Off Environmental Issues

...t, 1980. But then this process also stipulates a role for the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) before the...e 1996, the Supreme Court of India has assumed the role of the principal decision maker so far as issues relating to forests and wildlife are concerned. Thi...

Young People And Doctors Building A Healthy Relationship

...All this week the AMA will be highlighting the key role that GPs play in the life of every Australian family in all stages of life....

Pregnant Women's Contest to Curb Infant Mortality

..." said Siddharth Agarwal, director of UHRC. "Our role is to create awareness among these people, especially women, and they are doing it with a mission. The pregnant women's contest is just an example of their innovation and dedication to improve their health condition," Agarwal, a doctor, told IANS. ...

Experts Identify Vaccine Target for HIV

...eukocyte antigen (HLA) system, which plays a major role in the immune system by identifying foreign invade...orphisms could ultimately be shown to play a major role when future analyses involving more patients are performed, the researchers said....

Weight Management Achieved by Controlling and Not Suppressing Food Cravings

...ravings, specific types of foods craved, and their role in weight control. Cravings are really normal; almost everyone has them, says corresponding author Susan Roberts, PhD, director of the USDA HNRCAs Energy Metabolism Laboratory. At the start of the study, 91 percent of the participants reported havi...

Japanese are Weighed Down by Deviating from Their Traditional Diet

... tofu, vegetables and rice is considered a healthy role model the world over, but a change of eating habits is weighing down the land of the rising sun. Japan's health ministry estimates that every second male and every fifth female over the age of 40 is obese and experts have identified a change in lif...

Website Offers to Help Women Raise Money for Breast Enhancement

...ce in which our clients and members play an active role in its day to day operations. Women come to us with the desire to enhance their physical appearance through cosmetic surgery. Our most common request, and thus our name, is breast implants. However, we do have relationships with a variety of cosmetic...

Jessica Alba Prefers One-night Stands!

...the Silver Surfer' hits theatres. She reprises her role as the blonde and beautiful Invisible Woman in it....

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

...cations of involvement in otosclerosis: it plays a role during embryonic development of the ear and is expressed in otosclerotic bone. They used SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) analysis, or looking at DNA sequence variations occurring in a single nucleotide, A, T, C or G, to study a large patient a...

Gene Study Throws Up New Targets for Leishmaniasis

...after infection, and the host genome plays a major role in clinical outcome." Another surprise was to find a small number of genes that have never been spotted before. Fellow investigator Chris Peacock described these novel genes as a "short cut" that could help the pharmaceutical quest. "Given their la...

Radiology Workforce Shortage

...n Sciences at Monash University, say extending the role of senior, post-graduate trained radiographers cou...Economic Affairs and Workforce for RANZCR, support role evolution within radiology but say it is responsible to delegate the role of reporting. The provis...

Nanoparticle in the Treatment of Glaucoma

...ty of an enzyme (hCAII) believed to play a central role in causing glaucoma. The disease involves abnormally high pressure of the fluid inside the eye, which, if left untreated, can result in damage to the optic nerve and vision loss. High pressure occurs, in part, because of a buildup of carbon dioxide...

Premature Vascular and Bone Changes Occur in COPD Patients

... There is also evidence that inflammation plays a role in osteoporosis. In this study, patients with osteoporosis had the greatest arterial stiffness. Increased arterial stiffness was present in patients with COPD over a wide range of severity of airway obstruction and was greatest in those with osteopor...

Memory T Cells Protect the Body from Viruses

...ng disease. While scientists have long known the role of antibodies in protection, whether memory cells, known as CD8 T cells, could prevent viral diseases has been debated. The new work by Fox Chase virologist Luis J. Sigal, D.V.M., Ph.D., and his Fox Chase colleagues in the virology and pathology prog...

Genetic Variations Leads to Fever After Smallpox Vaccination

...er genetic alterations linked to fever also play a role in more serious vaccine complications. About 12 percent of children who receive the MMR vaccine develop fevers over 103 degrees, and about 4 percent of them go on to develop seizures in the weeks that follow vaccination. There might be a real benef...

Some Common Human Injuries Also Common in Dogs

...ty, activity and genetic tendencies may all play a role in the dog's level of risk of a cruciate tear. Like surgery to repair a torn knee in humans, there are also surgeries available to repair cruciate ruptures in dogs. The most common surgery Roush uses to repair cruciate ruptures is tibial plateau le...

Rare Womens Lung Disease May Yield Insights Into Common Diseases

...rain, eyes, heart, kidney, skin and lungs, plays a role in the cause of LAM. Her current work involves looking into the role female hormones play in the growth and metastasis of LAM cells. Her tireless efforts have shed lig...

Etanercept Reduces Psoriasis

...ndividuals, suggesting that TNF plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease,' the authors write. Etanercept, which binds with TNF, has been approved to treat several inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis. Stephen Tyring, M.D., Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at H...

Body's Defence Mechanism Against Viral Disease Discovered

...or of the study, Dr. Luis J. Sigal, says while the role of antibodies in protection has been known for a long time, the ability of memory cells (CD8T) in preventing viral diseases has been debated. He claims that his team's work provides the basis whereby memory T cells prevent viral diseases. The body ...

Breathalyzer Tests for Cops Involved in Shootings

...sisted there was no evidence that alcohol played a role in Isnora's decision to open fire. A commander who spoke to him immediately after the shooting judged him "fit for duty." Since then, an advisory panel has concluded that mechanical breath tests are "the right thing to do," Commissioner Raymond Kel...

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