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Biocon Unveils Renal Therapies for Kidney Disorders

...ave revealed that kidney disease has grown to be a silent epidemic in the 21st century. Every year millions of people across the world are diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) necessitating kidney treatments. "The total market size for nephrology products is about Rs.3 billion and is growing by a...

NCPAP Decreases Cerebrovascular Risk in OSA Patients

...matory markers, as well as lesions associated with silent brain infarction//, have an elevated risk of strok... of Medicine in Tokyo, and nine associates studied silent brain infarction, brain tissue death from lack of blood supply, in 50 male patients with obstructive...

Now Scientists Create a Sheep That's 15% Human

...ut scientists playing God, with the possibility of silent viruses, which are harmless in animals, being intr...ional lecturer on biological trends, warned: 'Many silent viruses could create a biological nightmare in humans. Mutant animal viruses are a real threat, as w...

Anemia Eradication During Adolescence

...oving health of the future parents. Anemia is a silent epidemic; however it is a preventable condition. 12 by 12 initiative for controlling adolescent anemia is an implementable, effective and sustainable nation building exercise with far reaching benefits in terms of safe motherhood and healthier future...

Breast Cancer Drug may Offer Hope for Treating Ovarian Cancer

...ll cases of ovarian cancer, which is also called a silent killer are triggered by oestrogen, it still offers hope to thousands, reports Daily Mail. The study that involved 44 women found that the drug stopped oestrogen supply to tumours for almost half a year, in 25pct of the women. In one-third of the...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

...tests that I had prior to the marathon detected my silent heart disease, and I knew there had to be something better out there."...

Are Physicians Hesitant to Diagnose Depression?

SAN MATEO, Calif., Providing a voice to an often silent disease, Epocrates, Inc. surveyed 500 clinicians to identify trends in depression diagnosis, prevalence and treatment. People dealing with stress, whether in the workplace or at home, should take note; nearly all clinicians identified stress as the ...

Even at Four Months, Babies can Tell When Speakers Switch Languages

...hs from bilingual homes. They showed each group silent video clips of three bilingual French-English speakers, who recited sentences first in English or French, and then switched to the other language. Their findings suggest that visual information alone will prompt the babies at four and six months to...

Angioplasty Reduces Long-term Cardiac Risk in Heart Patients With 'silent' Ischemia

...of PCI on the long-term prognosis of patients with silent ischemia after a heart attack is not known. Paul...es long-term outcome of asymptomatic patients with silent ischemia after a heart attack. A total of 201 patients with a recent heart attack, silent myocardi...

Research Reveals Way to Speed Up Treatment of Deadly Malignant Hyperthermia

...esthesia for surgery or some other procedure, this silent disorder can turn deadly. Treatment with DS, a muscle relaxant that restores a healthy level of calcium in the muscles and reduces high body temperature, prevents mortality when administered properly. The study, titled "The Icarus Effect: The Infl...

Bihar Under the Grip of Kala Azar

...istricts hardly report to health centres and die a silent death," said Thakur, an internationally reputed expert of kala azar. He said the official figure of 30,000 kala azar cases is far from reality. "Those are only the reported cases of kala azar. What about those cases that go unreported in rural ar...

Diet for Autism

...oponents of the theory to associate the schemingly silent killer Cho Seung Hui with autism? Autism is a developmental disability that affects the central nervous system at a very early age and is characterized by impaired social interaction, communication, cognitive skills, restricted imagination and ...

Egypt Outlaws All Female Circumcision

...l priority". Powerful religious leaders, usually silent on taboos relating to female sexuality, have also started to speak out against the practice which many Egyptians believe is a duty under Islam and Christianity. After the death of Shaker, chief mufti Ali Gomaa declared female circumcision forbidden...

New Book Gives Gruesome Account of India Girl Killings

...t. A whole gender is getting exterminated. It is a silent and smoothly executed crime which leaves no waves in its wake," Aravamudan writes. The author said it was not an easy subject to tackle. "Some of the communities had very militant people. There was a lot of hostility. They thought an outsider lik...

Hepatitis Day of Reckoning for a Happening Virus

...seek medical help when it is already too late. The silent killer, as it is called simply eats up the liver, ...ased movement across borders. Since Hepatitis is a silent disease, the existing drawbacks in testing and diagnosis could multiply the problems in combating he...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Decreased Pain Perception in Heart Patients

...ated a correlation between high blood pressure and silent ischemia. But the current study provides further v... effects of stress, non-adherence to treatment and silent myocardial ischemia," she says. "Further research will be needed to better understand the relatio...

Insights into Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

...d differentiation, demonstrating that RXR is not a silent partner but a critical determinant of transformation. In addition, our observations suggest that dysregulated sumoylation induced by PML/RARA may contribute to altered gene expression and APL pathogenesis," explains Dr. de The. Taken together, re...

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