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This 'Grass' is Not Green - Say, 'No Thanks, I Am Fine Without Drugs'

...the only country cultivating opium for medical and scientific use. Despite strict regulation, some amount gets into the illicit route. Drug abuse is also becoming a problem at call centers and college campuses. The key challenge to curbing drug abuse in India hovers around controlling the use of party drugs ...

Fishes Use Threat of Punishment in Mating Process

...me of the worlds leading biologists as a must read scientific paper and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. Studying small goby fish at Lizard Island on Australias Great Barrier Reef, Dr Marian Wong and colleagues from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Ja...

Global Health Enriching the States Economy

...alth and building bridges around the world through scientific collaborations, philanthropic investments and direct services to communities." It has also been seen that Washington state citizens are involved in health, poverty, social justice, economic development, the environment and global learning accordin...

Flower Essences may Be the Best Stress-busters

...s it lead to any side effects or addiction, says a scientific study. Manufactured by Nelsons, Rescue Remedy contains five flower essences-Rock Rose to alleviate terror and panic, Impatiens to mollify irritation and impatience, Clematis to combat inattentiveness, Star of Bethlehem to ease shock, and Cherry Plu...

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

...t federal funding is that there is no substantial, scientific evidence that abstinence-only education is making teens safer. Besides many Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) that receive huge funds turn out to be dangerous conduits of false and fear-based information and a religious message. The United States ...

New Braincells can Be Induced by Exercise

...mulates new braincell formation. In a series of scientific reports, she has searched for the underlying biological mechanisms that explain why exercise can be a form of therapy for depression and has also compared it with pharmacological treatment with an SSRI drug. The experiment studies were conducted on...

Non Smoking Workers Absorb the Carcinogen Immediately

...ways met with success, the study notes that as the scientific evidence mounts, employers will increasingly be on the losing end. Employers are always talking about high costs of insurance and the need to reduce their potential liabilities, Ashe said. Voluntarily banning smoking and supporting state and local l...

IVF Tourism Marred by Ethical Differences in EU

...d to a womans womb also differ widely, despite the scientific consensus that the safest policy is to limit impla...as an urgent need for uniformity based on the best scientific advice, to secure access to effective treatments and to protect patients. He is setting up a task fo...

A Blood Test Developed in Australia to Repair DNA Damage

...to the community," Pyne said. "A growing body of scientific evidence has linked the degeneration of the human genome to an increased likelihood of degenerative diseases, such as cancer an Alzheimer's disease. "This test has the potential to revolutionize the way we approach attempting to prevent or delay th...

DelSite Working Toward Solving Delivery of Influenza Vaccine in Pandemic Situations

...nfluenza Conference concluded, Dr. Yawei Ni, chief scientific officer of DelSite, stated, "Our GelVac(TM) powder vaccine delivery platform was the only powder system at the conference, and I believe it can be used to solve or alleviate basic technology problems that would be created by a worldwide pandemic. We ...

VYVANSE(TM) Drug for the Treatment of ADHD in Adults

...ial for the treatment of ADHD in adults at a major scientific conference in Q4 2007. The FDA approved VYVANSE on February 23, 2007, to treat symptoms of ADHD in children aged 6 to 12. Additional information about VYVANSE and Full Prescribing Information are available at www.vyvanse.com. About ADHD Approxi...

DBT And IAVI Forge Partnership To Develop Next Generation Vaccine Candidates

...ng international collaborations and the sharing of scientific knowledge, can we hope to solve the complex biomedical problems of our times. According to Seth Berkley, CEO and President of IAVI, this new partnership will broaden ongoing efforts in India to find an AIDS vaccine. The Indian Programme will co...

Why Humans Fail to Act on Climate Change

... long-term variety." Ernst made his remarks as a scientific panel prepared to release a United Nations report on global warming, part of a massive effort every six or seven years by the UN to gather consensus among thousands of world scientists. This year's series has already raised alarm bells with the dir...

Over the Counter Drugs can Be Highly Addictive, Warn Doctors

...uprofen for many years. The authors searched the scientific literature, but could find no research into addiction to OTC drugs in the UK. Numerous websites are, however, documenting cases of addiction and offering support to those people trying to withdraw from these drugs, they say. One website illustrates...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...nd risk, and have contributed significantly to the scientific literature and to the development of public health guidelines and recommendations. Those studies confirmed the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, showed that obesity increases the risk of several cancers, and linked aspirin use to a lowe...

New Critical Path Report Highlights Research Needed to Foster Generic Drug Development

...c Drugs" report identifying many of the unanswered scientific questions that impede the development of generic ...he new report will help ensure FDA has an adequate scientific basis to review inhaler applications that use an alternative, hydrofluoroalkane. The report also c...

New Technique Dissects Stem Cells' Picky Likes, Dislikes

...ty to influence stem cell fates. Harvesting the scientific and therapeutic promise of stem cells hinges on establishing precise and reproducible conditions for growing them, says Kiessling. Although great strides have been made in this area, scientists are still searching for factors that will boost stem cel...

Diet for Autism

... lack factual basis and fall short of the required scientific evidence. Early studies did observe improvements in behavior and cognitive skills in autistic children who were placed on special diets. But the research lacked specificity, as it was not corroborated with a control study. As a health conditio...

Despite Being Effective Electroconvulsive Therapy is Underused for Severe Depression

...ffective treatments for serious mental illnessthat scientific studies confirmed the effectiveness of ECT. "The 'antipsychiatry movement' and the promise that drugs would cure mental illness contributed to a decline in ECT use in the ensuing decades," Dr. Taylor writes. Negative media depictions, as in the movie...

Study Report On Ill Effects Of Soft Drinks

...he said report is based on research carried out on scientific basis in various countries of the world. However, the group has noted that the studies to establish co-relationship between consumption of carbonated water and its effects on health are extremely difficult as it involves several compounding factors....

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