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Photographs as a parameter

...people who are at high risk of suffering a stroke, say US researchers. They say their technique is cheap enough to be used by opticians and GPs to mass-screen patients.Strokes are ...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

...m muscle, bone, cartilage and fat. The researchers say they were very surprised to find the cells could be persuaded to turn into neurons//, it flies in the face of much of what we know about development of tissues and organs. However, once the right growth factor cocktail had been concocted, it took j...

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

Researchers say that the age at which your mother started menstruation could affect whether you suffer allergies.This is due to the influence of the mother's hormone levels on the development of the child. The study of Finnish families was based on measurements ta...

Stay away from strenouous work

... shift work - could face more childbirth problems, say scientists. A major study in the US showed that this heavy work was associated with premature delivery, high blood pressure and underweight babies. Jobs which involved long periods of standing up, shift work and fatiguing work were also significant...

A need for new stem cell lines

...a, umbilical cords and adult cells, but scientists say those derived from human embryos are most useful for therapeutic and research applications. If implanted in a patient, they could grow cells afresh, offering cures for intractable diseases like Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and diabetes. One issu...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...to take their toll on the body as early as age 14, say researchers according to a recent study. The study was In adults, high blood pressure is linked to an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. Researchers wanted to determine if high blood pressure is related to other heart disease ...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...reported. However, as a result of their study they say that the antibiotic should be used only with prudence in the first two weeks of life.The IU School of Medicine study also showed that babies who received an erythromycin eye ointment, a common treatment for conjunctivitis, did not have a higher risk ...

Left handed have better episodic memory

...han they remember facts. As a result, the authors say that memory studies should factor in the familial and probably personal handedness of participants (having a weak versus strong hand preference may also matter). Further research may help explain why episodic memory benefits from the two halves worki...

Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

...llegal drugs with stimulant effects. Researchers say the findings support studies of children with the disorder that showed those treated with stimulant drugs were less likely than untreated children to abuse illicit drugs later on. They found that rats given methylphenidate (Ritalin) appeared to have ...

Birds breed viruses

...d, there is insufficient information to be able to say how severe the illness might have been in the population if it had spread. Causes were due to:-1.Poor sanitation of the wholesale markets for poultry and the chicken stalls in the retailed outlets .2.Chicken stalls and markets in close proximity to ...

Music in link with epilepsy

...zart, could have a therapeutic effect on epilepsy, say scientists. Short bursts of Mozart's Sonata K448 have been found to decrease epileptic attacks.Professor John Jenkins, who has reviewed the international research on music therapy, said it was very probable that work by other musicians could also tri...

The henna allergy

...te of allergies that are affecting people we would say to people to proceed with extreme caution and if they think they are slightly allergic they should not go for one at all."Dr Hausen's findings appear in Deutsches Arzteblatt, the Journal of the German Medical Association and New Scientist....

IVF technique May Increase The Risk Of Birth Defects

...chers from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, say that men whose infertility is genetic are likely t...created by ICSI containing the defects. The team say that mutations in the Y chromosome may be a sign of genetic instability, and if a baby inherited a ...

Warm yourself to sleep

...gulate sleepiness and wakefulness. The researchers say that a hot water bottle at the feet may not directly act on the central nervous system to cause sleep, but it can trigger widening of the blood vessels, which in turn switches the body's sleep mechanism on. If the extremities are cold, inhibiting t...

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...so shortens horizontally with age. The researchers say the next step is to study whether men suffer more frequently from lower eyelid disorders. The Dutch study also found that forehead wrinkles drag up the position of the eyebrows, the effect of which was more noticeable in men as eyebrows are around 2....

Sniff out flatulence

...ng, the researchers put paid to a cruel myth. They say it is not true that men produce more violent smell... the medical journal Gut, the American researchers say the Toot Trapper may be too unwieldly to provide much comfort to regular fans of pinto beans, brocco...

Genetic disorder related with sleep patterns

...ists have discovered a genetic disorder which they say is responsible for people who find it impossible t...sion. The researchers from the University of Utah say people who cannot stay awake much after 8.30pm and who wake up around 5.30am may be suffering from a...

Strokes increased during squatting

...her defecating or not, raises blood pressure. They say the rise was especially significant in people with... that defecation can bring on a stroke.They do not say everyone should change to using different positions when they go to the toilet. But they do suggest ...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...an 100 times more infectious than HIV. Researchers say Keezhanali - or Phyllanthus Amarus to use its botanical name - stopped the Hepatitis B virus from multiplying and cleared up symptoms within a month in 30% of all cases they studied. Hepatitis B is common in Asia, particularly in the sub-continent ...

Red Wine Helps Fight Heart disease

...e, another staple of the French diet. //Scientists say they have discovered the key component in red wine. The explanation is pigments known as polyphenols. Polyphenols inhibit the production of a peptide that contributes to hardening of the arteries. Polyphenols in red wine decreases the amount of th...

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