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Researchers Have Found Clue to How Fear Changes into Phobia

...ople get anxious, or really scared when faced with situations that may not turn out to be dangerous? Well resear...entified a neural circuit that makes mice perceive situations that could be potentially dangerous but not necessarily so, as threatening. The researchers found ...

Breast Cancer Drug Curbs Heart Disease.

...lar drugs that can be used as protective agents in situations where the heart is stressed for periods of time, such as during heart attacks, coronary artery bypass surgery or angioplasty. Such a drug could even be used to preserve cardiac function in hearts being harvested for transplant, he said....

Younger and Violent Sex Offenders on the Rise

...engage in sexual activities with other children in situations that involve some pressure or coercion, one or two might be charged. If you label the kids who get caught deviants, then you are labeling a lot who don't get caught as well, said Dr. David Kolko, director of the collaborative program for juvenile s...

Right Side of Brain Play a Vital Role in Stroke

...l lobe following a stroke may struggle in everyday situations which require attention to be switched flexibly from one thing to another. This study highlighted the role that the right-hand side of the brain has in keeping track of our own actions and helping us to notice when we have made mistakes, Dr Hodgson...

Therapist Arrested For Breaking Lives

...s is absolutely one of the worst child molestation situations imaginable. Bleyle worked at the well-regarded hospital for 25 years, including 10 at the convalescent facility, and was considered by former colleagues as an engaging, hardworking therapist who volunteered for extra shifts, reassured parents and s...

Should Menstrual Suppression Be a Lifestyle Choice?

...n this case, as in so many others, a wide range of situations may be “normal.” Further, why women menstruate is unknown. We do know that a menstruating woman is a healthy, probably fertile, woman, while unhealthy, malnourished, or massively stressed women are more likely to skip periods. Even if prolonged ...

Sex Education In Schools

... them acquire life skills so that they avoid risky situations like HIV infection and drug abuse and develop healthy and responsible behaviour. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shri M.A.A. Fatmi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. Source-PIB/V...

Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident

...n. But hospitalization and such other emergency situations can be prevented by the sustained use of inhaled medicines. The quick-relief medications are taken to achieve prompt reversal of an acute asthma "attack" by relaxing bronchial smooth muscle. The World Health Organization recognizes that asthma ...

Green Tea Compound may Be a Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...lecules under both normal and rheumatoid arthritis situations are well studied, and the researchers were able to trace the effects of the green tea compound infusion to see that it worked by inhibiting these pathways. Ahmed says that these studies suggest that EGCG or molecules that could be derived synthetic...

Dining Out is Risky for Food-allergic Consumers

...ergency medications, avoiding dishes or restaurant situations that are likely to be problematic (such as buffets and sauces) and suggests allergic diners have a written “Chef Card” listing their allergies which can be handed to the restaurant staff for starting a conversation to better ensure a safe meal. Th...

Health Expert’s Appeal to Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB and Malari

...ght create "Medicines Without Doctors" situations: situations in which the medicines to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are available, but not the doctors or the nurses to prescribe those medicines adequately." It would be a strategic mistake, say the authors, for the Global Fund to create such a "Medici...

Stress may Make Cancer Cells Resist Treatment

...ds, are sharply increased in response to stressful situations and can remain continuously elevated during persistent stress and depression, according to previous research. The goal of the current study - reported in the online Journal of Biological Chemistry - was to determine whether there is a direct link ...

Ray of Hope for Women on Motherhood Day

...in skills required during childbirth for emergency situations with the support of a functioning health care referral system. Most of the deaths occurring at childbirth and after are due to lack of adequate medical support. In response to this, the union health ministry had released guidelines for antenatal...

Ibuprofen Risky for Heart Patients?

...But whether such a practice will work in real life situations is a different question altogether. One more trial to finally solve the question of Ibuprofen risk is on, but the study won't start returning results until 2010. GPLB...

Public Libraries Turning into Shelters for the Homeless in the US

...ians with adequate knowledge of handling emergency situations involving the danger-prone mentally ill among the vagrants. The librarians have to take care of the homeless who troop in once the library opens and have to take care of them. If they pass out, other authorities have to be alerted. Many times libr...

Breakthrough in Converting Blood Groups

...tantly run low because it is used in all emergency situations where there is no time to determine the patient's own group. An additional pressure on type-O blood, particularly in the United States, comes from the mismatch between blood donors and recipients. Most US donors are Caucasian, amongst whom 45 per ...

Charity To Cancer Patient’s Rescu

...els that if charities don’t help these people, the situations are sure to get worse. Macmillan's research suggested that as patients are not getting proper access to the financial benefits which they are entitled to, they are forced to incur additional expenditure. This research also points out that in Northe...

Computer Based Therapy For Depression

...a local library. Effective handling of stressful situations and negative thoughts are taught by these programs. Fear Fighter is said to treat people who have phobias or suffer from panic attacks. Beating the Blues helps people suffering from mild to moderate depression. Ms. Hewitt also reported that they wa...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

...ic research, Walker said. 'I've been in many other situations in research where we did something very basic and did not immediately realize the importance of it, and subsequently the implications were found to be much more broad-reaching,' he said. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Program Helps Reduce Binge Drinking

...itor their drinking, drink in moderation and avoid situations that can result in overdrinking, the number of students in the BASICS program considered “at-risk” for binge drinking has dropped by two-thirds, according to preliminary study results. “The impact our program has had has been very encouraging,” sa...

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