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Mental Illness Foremost Reason for Absenteeism

...health problems in less demanding or reduced hours roles as part of their rehabilitation." A return to work plan is essential to maintaining patient employability. Not doing so may have a negative impact on a person's physical health, as well as social and economic circumstances. University of Colorad...

Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke

...s has furthered our understanding of the different roles of the left and right sides of our brains. The research focused on damage to the frontal lobes, the front part of the brain which is known to be responsible for aspects of language, decision making and learning. The team found that people who had d...

Kolkata Homoeopaths Offer Medicines for US Lunar Mission

...ls when placed on our tongue to execute beneficial roles in our body. "Ultra-diluted medicines are also non-toxic, with extended shelf-life, non-addictive, with negligible weight and volume, low-cost, and easily administrable," he added. Malapert Base on the moon is being designed to house a revolvin...

World Blood Donor Day

...our fellow men'. - Herman Melville As humans our roles could be small and limited, but there are times when small is big. A simple act of blood donation could save the life of another fellow being. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something! Make a difference - Donate safe blood....

Men and Women Change Attitudes to Sex When in an Intimate Relationship

... found that both men and women change their gender roles when they are in an intimate relationship. The ... one of the studys researchers. Expected gender roles give way to partners romantic feelings for each other, which turn out to be a lot stronger than soci...

Blood Test Reveals Colon Cancer Proteins

...off from dead cancer cells. Although the proteins' roles are not entirely clear, the Johns Hopkins scientists say they are part of the scaffolding that supports structures within a cell's control center, the nucleus. Alteration of such nuclear scaffolding is a hallmark of cancer cells that is easily dete...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

...—dubbed anti-aging gene products for the important roles they play in longevity and energy expenditure, although the precise mechanisms are still being figured out. His team found that providing a newly discovered vitamin activates the yeast anti-aging gene product Sir2, which resembles sirtuins found in...

Survey Finds the Impact of the Digitization of Information in Health Service

...s between technology design and deployment and the roles ands relationships of the users of that technology," comments Ann Blandford. Source-Eurekalert SM/B...

The Mental Health Bill Will Not Help Vulnerable Patients, Say Doctors

...is proposing to change this and widen professional roles within this field. Under the new Bill, it is pro...y, there should be recognition of the professional roles involved but the Government’s proposals go too far. He added: “A decision to detain a patient i...

Glucose Causes Death of Brain Cells in Rodents Following Hypoglycemic Coma

...nt research, Swanson is investigating the possible roles of glucose and NADPH oxidase as agents of oxidative stress in a rodent model of ischemic stroke. 'So far, the results are very promising,' he says. Source-Eurekalert SA/B...

Stem Cell Finding Could Help Reduce Transplant Rejection

...ine and senior author on this study. “The specific roles of these cells in chronic lung diseases are yet to be fully defined, but will be an active area of research in years to come.” Source-Newwise SRM...

Kerala Sees Medical Tourism Soaring

...port on Kerala's potential in medical tourism, the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and other factors. The report is expected to be ready soon. E.M. Najeeb, executive director of KIMS Hospital here, said the need of the hour was for a society similar to that of the Kerala Travel Mart Society - ...

Major Gene Study Uncovers Secrets of Leukemia

...ions were also found in other genes with important roles in B-cell differentiation including “EBF1” and “Ikaros.” “Although the identification of such a high frequency of mutations in this pathway was surprising, it is important to note that the approach used provides a lower limit of the true frequency ...

India, China Trying to Fight Disease With Nanotechnology

...d, "will play increasingly critical and beneficial roles in improving the way we diagnose, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer and other diseases". To help the international community support the application of nanotechnology to critical sustainable development challenges in developing countries, includ...

Researchers Urge Regulators to Rethink Strategies for Soot Emission

...turned to earth. Both clouds and sunlight play key roles in climate change. The effects of particulate matter were identified as key to uncertainty in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) summarizing the state scientific knowledge on the impacts of human activities on glo...

Yale Researchers Named Ellison Foundation Senior Scholars in Aging

...teins and RNA-protein complexes that play critical roles in these processes,” said Wolin. “Our work has revealed unexpected connections between RNA misfolding, radiation damage repair and autoimmune disease.” Damaged RNAs have often been detected in the brains of aging animals and patients with neurodeg...

Cancer Cells Forming Blood Vessels Send Their Copper to the Edge

...h is copper, a vital nutrient that plays important roles in many life processes. Compounds that reduce copper in the body without disrupting the body's normal functions can inhibit the growth of blood vessels — and some of these compounds are even in clinical trials for use in cancer therapy. Yet, the biol...

“Bridge” Protein Spurs Deadliest Stages of Breast Cancr

... involved in obesity and diabetes, has studied the roles played by Gab-2 and its chemical cousin Gab-1, in ...appears that Akt and Erk pathways have distinctive roles in mammary tumors; initiation and growth for Akt and metastasis for Erk,” said Feng. “We suspect tha...

Smoking Alters the Human Brain Like Those in Animals Using Illicit Drugs

... changes have not yet been observed to play causal roles in addiction-related behaviors, or were altered in brain regions where their effects on behavior are unknown." Source-Eurekalert...

C-Reactive Protein Induces Hypertension

... in the artery wall, which has multiple beneficial roles in the cardiovascular system, as well as made a connection between nitric oxide and the proteins responsible for angiotensin II activity. "Whether these same processes are operative in humans is yet to be determined," said Dr. Vongpatanasin. "We ar...

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