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New Conditions That Will Increase the Risk of Alzheimers Identified

...ral lobe or damage to blood vessels in the brain, says a study of older adults. The study, published i... cognitive scores, education or health conditions, says study author, Dr. Caterina Rosano. This study, because it focused on healthy, cognitively normal ...

Genetic Factors Behind Mosquitoes Resistance to Malaria Identified

...arhead to study its binding properties. Dr. Baxter says that further research is needed to determine what other elements of the mosquitos immune system are activated once TEP1 binds to an invader....

Bagpipe Cured Scot Teen of His Asthma

...pipes for the purpose of battling asthma. Janet says that her sons condition has improved dramatically within weeks, and he has become an accomplished piper. "He wheezed all the time and could not do any exercise, the Scotsman quoted her as saying. "The change since he started the bagpipes has ...

Discourage Less Educated Women from Conceiving , Says New Zealand Academic

... the birth rate of its most highly educated women, says a world-ranked expert on intelligence. He said easier methods of contraception, or even contraception in the water supply, could be used to reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies to less educated women. "The lower down the educational scale y...

Tobacco Firm's Research Funds Spark Protest in SKorea

...was quoted by local media as saying. Kim's group says research funded by tobacco companies is banned in major universities in Western countries. Jang said his research was endorsed by the university's institutional review board. Other hospitals have also secured approval from their own review boards. ...

Protein That Absorbs Lipids may Provide Future Weight-loss Strategies

... tissue and skeletal muscle tissue. Dr. Abumrad says that the intestine makes large amounts of CD36, an... was not possible to identify a difference. She says that CD36 normally absorbs fatty acids in the upper, or proximal part of the intestine, but in its a...

Prions Capacity can Be Aggrevated by Solid Particles

...d infectious agent bound to these soil particles," says Aiken, the senior author of the new study and a pr...o resolve one puzzle: Oral transmission of prions, says Aiken, tends not to be very efficient. "This is a dichotomy in our field, and maybe (the new resea...

Australian Injured as Spain Begins Annual Bullrunning Festival

... for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) for what it says amounts to gratuitous cruelty....

British Woman Who Has inherited Breast Cancer Wants to Spread Awareness

... middle of the M25 waiting for a lorry to hit me," says Shirley McQueen, 44, who runs an upmarket clothes ...ome home from England and that she was dying," she says matter-of-factly. McQueen's childhood was punctuated by the deaths of other female relatives and s...

European Commission Seeks To Dispel The Darkness Out Of Sunscreens

...risk of developing skin cancer. Cancer Research UK says that the skin cancer rate has more than doubled in 20 years, with more than 75,000 new cases diagnosed last year. Recent tests by Which? -a consumer association, found that many sunscreens failed to offer the protection or even the SPF promised on...

A New Study Throws Limelight in HIV Vaccine Production

...mune system attacks the virus, and how it responds says Dr. Richard Harrigan, Director of the Centres Rese...tremendous promise in terms of global HIV efforts, says Dr. Zabrina Brumme, the studys lead author. Achieving a more in-depth understanding of the ways i...

Risk Factors for Alzheimers Disease

... cognitive scores, education or health conditions, says study author Caterina Rosano. This study, becaus...high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, says Rosano. Since we know that prevention of these conditions can lower risk of heart attack and strok...

MedAir AB Announces the Launch of Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

...rtance of oximeter accuracy cannot be overstated," says Sigvard Weisbjerg, managing director, MedAir AB. "Emergency medical and clinical health care providers need the ability to accurately measure blood oxygen saturation to determine precisely when and how to deliver care. It is equally critical that pat...

Neurotransmitter That can Yield New Insights in the Fight Against Diabetes Identified

... a research assistant professor at the university, says that knowing how neurons relay hypoglycemia warnings is critical to understanding the overall glucose sensing mechanism in the brain. "That's why I'm interested in this system, because it's very poorly understood," Khan said. "If we don't know h...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Spreading Its Tentacles in Massachusetts

...te to see this happen to someone else." Phillips says she is living proof that the spraying is worth it. A former longtime Quincy resident, Phillips moved with her husband last June to Wareham, where she spent her free time gardening and enjoying the beach down the street from her house. Toward the en...

Chromosone Disorders - Unrevealed Facts

...osome disorders are so common in female sex cells, says Professor Christer Hg, leader of the study. The research might eventually lead to new medical treatments able to reduce the risk of foetal damage. Over 0.3 per cent of children are born with some kind of chromosome disorder. Most develop Downs Syn...

Global Warming Threatens Tibet

...e visited the area in the 1980s and the 1990s, and says that his recent visit, confirms the alarming climatic deterioration of the area. "There are four stages in the disappearance of a glacier. Sadly, this glacier is already in the last stage," Li said. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau used to boast 36,00...

Selenium Supplements Could Increase Diabetes Risk

... Dr. Saverio Stranges, lead author of the study, says it's not clear why selenium would be associated wi...s and at high levels, may be toxic. Dr. Guallar says most people have adequate selenium in their diet. "Moreover, taking selenium supplements on top o...

Global Warming: Lessons of History Help the Future

...ollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed," says "ecocide" -- ecological suicide -- plays a greatly...eography at University of California, Los Angeles, says in his acclaimed book. "Obviously, though, this grim trajectory is not one that all past societies...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

...r seatbelts because their stomachs get in the way, says a study commissioned by the Transportation Researc...of all occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says truck drivers account for nearly 15 percent of all worker deaths in the most recent data available, ...

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