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Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

Just a short walk from some of Tokyo's most chic addresses, the smell of fish permeates the air. But not for long, if the government gets its way . In one of the most jarring scenes in Tokyo, fishmongers carry baskets loaded with their fresh catch at Tsukiji mark...

HIV Awareness Increases as Condoms are Distributed in Gujarat Theatres Screening Porn Films

...afe sex are printed on the back of the tickets and short films on the subject are screened before the shows. To make condoms easily available at any time of day, social workers have also roped in small shops selling tobacco products outside the cinemas. The move has paid off. Mr Prajapati said: "People n...

Bio-fuels Would Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Says Senior British Scientists

... shop. He said: The G8 has a record of putting the short term interests of rich countries before those of the environment and developing countries and this year was no exception. Bio-fuels come from plants: bio-ethanol from sugars and starches, bio-diesel mainly from rapeseed and palm oil. They are blended...

Insufficient Sleep Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Study

...ger group and further analysis, it may suggest why short sleep duration is associated with a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality." The findings are consistent with previous research showing that shift workers are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease due to the fact that they get...

Body Parts Industry Of U.S Under Investigation

...ation and Research. However, the FDA often falls short of its inspection projections. The agency estimated it would inspect 463 tissue firms in 2005, but only ended up checking on 270, according to FDA budget documents. The issue of who cuts body parts out of cadavers made headlines in late 2005 with t...

Aerobics Turn Enlarged Heart into a Trimmer, More Efficient Organ

...emodelling. As a result, patients typically become short of breath even with very little activity. For many years, doctors recommended that people with heart failure avoid exercise. In some cases, patients were even put on bed rest in an attempt to relieve the heart of any extra stress. Over the last dec...

Life Functions Governed by Circadian Rhythms-new Research

... important." Ptitsyn also discovered alternative short and long copies of some genes oscillating in the opposite phase. These genes are essential components of leptin signaling system, responsible for the sensation of satiety after eating. The oscillating pattern varies in different organs and determines...

Drug Surveillance System Needs to Be Fixed

...ry process, where postmarketing surveillance falls short of the standards the agencies set for themselves. This is exemplified by the case of rosiglitazone, which comes from a family of drugs with well documented side effects, he writes. However, postmarketing safety data seven years after regulatory app...

Doctor Advises Caution Over Flu Drug

... otherwise healthy people is usually modest and of short duration, so they should be encouraged to use conservative strategies such as resting, increasing fluid intake, and taking simple analgesics. In people at higher risk of serious complications the potential benefit of treatment seems greater, altho...

Thailand Unfazed As US Worries Over Copyright Violations

...verride patents of two HIV/AIDS drugs, but stopped short of threatening action at the World Trade Organization. The U.S. Trade Representative's office (USTR), said it was elevating Thailand to its "priority watch list" because of an "overall deterioration in the protection and enforcement" of intellectua...

Hazardous Medical Waste Discovered Again In San Jose

...onder about the frequency of the mix-ups in such a short time period, and why the untreated waste has so far been discovered only at one landfill in the county. Landfills across California have stepped up their monitoring of incoming trash in recent months over environmental concerns and potential health...

Vitamin Extends Life in Yeast, Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Find

...t is vital for all life. The factor, called NAD, short for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is elevated by calorie restriction. So the researchers set out to develop an intervention to elevate NAD, using yeast cells, whose genes are easy to manipulate. “It’s surprising that no one was be able to elevat...

Is It Worth Having Surgery to Remove Your Tonsils?

...ats may benefit from having a tonsillectomy in the short term, but the overall longer term benefit is// still unclear, and any benefits have to be balanced against the side effects of the operation. A small study of adults from Finland showed that tonsillectomy significantly reduced the likelihood of fu...

Anti-inflammatory Drug Fails to Improve COPD Symptoms

...hey also concede that six months may simply be too short a time period to see improvement. However, an increased number of malignancies observed in infliximab-treated subjects, the authors said, raised concern about the safety of this drug in lung patients. Although the malignancies may have been present...

Good News for Sufferers of Heart Attack, Chest Pain

...in the rate of heart failure and death over such a short time in this population. The study finds that the change occurred at the same time that hospitals increased their use of certain drugs, tests and procedures that have been proven to help reduce the immediate and long-term impact of acute heart pro...

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...missions, but not to this extent, and after only a short period of time," said study team member Yuxuan Wang of Harvard University. But contrast this with what is happening to Los Angeles. It has once again topped the American Lung Association's bad air list of most polluted cities in America. The ...

Brazil Spider Offers Hope for Those Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction

... Tx2-6, the compound turned out to be a relatively short string of amino acids called a peptide. Then, they injected the venom-chemical into rats stimulated to begin an erection. A tiny needle-like device inserted into each rat’s penis measured the pressure change, which corresponds with the increase in ...

Swami Ramdev to Hold Yoga Camps in U.S.

...ted to the UN, he stopped over in Chicago and at a short notice we could get 1,500 people for a day's programme by him. So, this camp will be a success, no doubt." At the venue, a sports arena, they plan to have artificial grass on the ground to provide the right ambience for yoga, said Anu. While in...

Chemo Brain- Nothing Forgettable About It

...unusual activity in regions of the brain governing short term recall. Another such suggestion is the rapid onset of menopause after cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy. This fast-forward to menopause without a woman getting time to go through it naturally could be one reason to cognitive problems. Another...

Brief Intervention on HIV and Alcohol Risk Encourages Safer Sex

...th, as well as alcohol and other drug use. Several short questionnaires were also administered, to assess understanding of HIV risk and prevention, HIV-related stigma, intentions of behaviour change, risk-reduction self-efficacy, and expectations of alcohol use. Overall, the experimental counselling ses...

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