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New Treatment Found For Pancreatic Cancer

...gure. The therapy contributes towards reducing the size of the tumors in addition to reducing the risk of the disease recurring. Reducing the size of the tumor helps people to undergo surgery who were formerly categorized as inoperable. As there a...

After sugar it is salt’s turn to come under the scientist's eye

...onell Director Gary Beauchamp, Ph.D. The sample size was 80 healthy babies weighing at least 5.5 lb. (2.5 kg) at birth. They were given separate bottles containing plain water and salt water. When the amount of salt water the babies drank was compared to the amount of plain water, preference for the sa...

Brain cells by millions die during a stroke

...n imaging, which allows precise measurement of the size of a typical stroke. The second is stroke treatment, which has given us the first good evidence of how long it takes a stroke to evolve in humans. The third is quantitative neurostereology, a three-dimensional cell-counting technique that gives th...

Stroke Destroys Nearly 32, 000 Neurons In Just A Second!

...sive research on brain imaging (helps quantify the size of a stroke), stroke treatment and quantitative ne...t a small proportion of the brain tissue about the size of a pea would die every 12 minutes. This period gives sufficient time for life saving interventiona...

Fewer Breast Cancer Patients to Get Chemo

...umor. So far all decisions were being made on the size of the tumor and the involvement of the lymph nodes. The treatment differed according to the amount of cancer one had.Under the new rules, hormone status — whether a tumor's growth depends on estrogen or progesterone — becomes the single most importa...

A cholesterol warning for young adults

...ey have risen in the 25-to-34 age group.The sample size was more than 2,500 adults in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for two decades. "However, the decline is not uniform across age groups," said study author Donna K. Arnett. "Young men and women ages 25 to 34 have not shown any significant change in tot...

Indonesian boy with huge neck tumor was surgically removed

...in Sumba. The 7.87 inches tumor developed from the size of a quail’s egg and the patient feels relaxed after the surgery and was found to breathe normally. The cost of the operation was around €9,600 which was funded by the charity organization and Wahangara will return to Indonesia after he recovers from...

Visually impaired prefer specially enhanced TV

...ble. Moving the mouse in one direction changed the size of the detail to be enhanced, and moving it in the...nces. Each patient repeatedly selected a preferred size and a specific level of contrast enhancement. They also found that patients who selected smaller det...

Skin Cancer Research To Go Global

...ill be much more powerful partly because simply of size (pooled, much larger amounts of data) and because GenoMEL brings together expertise together from three continents,' observed Professor Newton-Bishop. Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer and is the cancer detected in almost 3 percent o...

Predictor of child's sex : Conception Time

...y was performed by Dutch reserachers. //The sample size was 5,283 women who gave birth to single babies between July 2001 and July 2003. Among the 498 women who took longer than 12 months to get pregnant, the probability of male offspring was nearly 58%, whereas the proportion of male births among the 4...

Another healthy aspect of tea: ovarian cancer prevention

...varian cancer in study participants. The sample size of the researchers was 61,057 women between 40 and 76 years of age. These subjects were studied for tea consumption and ovarian cancer risk. During 15 years of studies that began in the late 1980s, 301 women in the study group were diagnosed with ...

Detecting Brain Abnormalities in Babies Using New Brain Scanners.

...the important issue regarding MONSTIR is its large size and the time it takes to deliver results. This new scanner is thought to reduce the size to one by two of its original size and the deliver results five times faster than the present instru...

Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists

...er to meet the waiting list it has to increase the size employ more people rather than spending money on the existing consultants. Many surgeons also believe the funding should be invested in long-term capacity. Statistics show that there were 1,249 inpatients still in the waiting list for treatment. an...

Dance An Important Factor In Choosing Mate.

... The animated figures were faceless, were of equal size and gender neutral. Then their peers were asked to access the dancing abilities of these animated figures. Body symmetry also played an equally important role in attracting a potential mate. Hence in this research also body symmetry was taken int...

Big Brained People Are More Intelligent

...patial intelligence was also correlated with brain size in women, but less strongly. It said that in men, ...e distinct. Studies further revealed that brain size decreased with age in men over the age span of 25 to 80 years, but age hardly affected brain size in...

Mirrors An Enigma for Humans

...om this subjects were requested to approximate the size of their head in the reflection as it is seen on t... But actually the image on the surface is half the size of the person because the mirror is placed half the distance between the person and the image that i...

Nigerian girl recovering well after removal of brain tumor

... Hospital, where doctors removed a brain tumor the size of a grapefruit, the biggest the surgeons had seen. The tumor took up more than half the right side of Faridah's brain, causing the arm to snake oddly when she held it out. About a month ago, she started dragging her left leg when she walked. Nigeri...

Reduce risk of osteoporosis in children by taking Vitamin D during Pregnancy

...elate these maternal characteristics to their body size and bone mass. Giving women supplements of vitamin D, particularly if they are pregnant during the winter months when sunlight levels are low, should help their children's bones grow stronger. In the words of Prof Cooper, "These findings provide ...

Senile Dementia Can Be Detected In Its Early Stages

...cal researchers. This can be done by examining the size of two parts of the brain, according to the study....es of General Psychiatry. Both parts decline in size with the years as a result of the death of brain cells, say researchers at the Erasmus Medical Cente...

A taxi could increase your exposure to pollution

...lated, present in traffic-dense areas. Their small size and large surface area make it possible to inhale them in large quantities, which makes them particularly hazardous. The researchers looked at five modes of transport—walking, cycling, car, taxi and bus—and measured levels of exposure to ultra fine ...

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