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Singapore's Dr. Love Brings Good Sex to Indonesia

...veys, he complains, have sample sizes that are too small and answers that are unreliable as "talking about ...ove fearful of ruffling feathers among Indonesia's small band of radical Islamists? Not really. "Number one, we are not aligned with any religion... We are...

Scorpion Venom may Help Treat Cancer

... in tests on mice, it highlighted brain tumours as small as one millimetre in diameter. They are now preparing for human clinical trials. The researchers said the technique could be used in operating theatres in the US in as little as 18 months....

Worms are Killing the Planet

...Week: "The amount of worm composting is very, very small and the amount of landfill is huge. But landfill sites are quite well run these days and it is possible to extract about half the gas they generate and use it for electricity generation. "So the amount of nitrous oxide emitted by large scale worm c...

Dangers Lurking in the Garden in Britain

... toxin was ingested or the amount consumed was too small to be harmful. Dr. Lewis S. Nelson, Dr. Richar...r very attractiveness is what creates a hazard for small children, who may be tempted to put toxic berries, flowers or foliage in their mouths. Sometimes adu...

New Technology Transforming Life for the Deaf

...Communicating via sign language, she points to her small flatscreen phone which she has placed on her knees after first activating the vibration mode. "Thanks to that I can easily stay in touch through receiving texts and checking my voice mail," Minguet reveals. Minguet is in charge of the scientific ...

TB Traveler Underwent Surgery to Remove Infected Lung Tissue

...isted of inserting a video camera in a tube in one small incision in the right side of Speaker's chest, and putting instruments through another incision. The operation was a highly risky one not only for the patient but for everyone in the room. There was a risk of infecting the surgeons, nurses and obse...

School-based Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs

...said. A hypothesis among researchers is that in a small percentage of children we do know their anxiety level will increase, but studies have shown that these same kids are the ones who will get anxiety from any educational program. If its fire prevention, theyll be scared of fire, if its traffic safety...

Human Trial for Universal Influenza Vaccine Underway

..., the candidate vaccine is being administered to a small group of healthy people in order to verify the safety of the product and to provide an initial insight into the vaccines effect on the human immune system. Xavier Saelens, Prof. Emeritus Willy Min Jou, and Prof. Emeritus Walter Fiers are leading th...

World's Biggest Condom to Take Off to Spread Safer Sex Campaign

...GD at the Black Cross Festival in Lichtenvoorde, a small town near Almelo in the rural east of the Netherlands. "Awareness is necessary because the number of people infected by sexually transmittable diseases continues to rise," a GGD spokeswoman said. The balloon will also feature at a balloon festiva...

Chemotherapy Better for Non Small Cell Lung cancer

...ness of this therapy, but is based on a relatively small number of trials and patients,' says lead researcher Sarah Burdett. There was, however, insufficient data to break the patients down into sub-groups and see whether the effectiveness varies for different types of patients or stages of the disease. ...

Young Babies at Risk of 'sudden Death' Syndrome While Seated: Study

Very young babies face a small risk of sudden death when seated, and not only whe...th Center in Montreal, say the risk was relatively small and do not call car-seat safety into question. But extra care should be taken for very young babie...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

...inet and the floor; they trapped dirt, lint, and a small metal bolt. Now when it comes time for them to get married, the marriage pulls apart so easily, he said, trying to unite the grimy strips. Why? Because they gave the stickiness away. It was Mr. Robert Rector, fellow at the Heritage Foundation, th...

Prison Healthcare Continues to Fail Despite Emergency Measures, Warns BMA

...he BMAs dossier, 'Crisis in the Cells', provides a small snapshot of the nationwide and daily serious issues afflicting every stage of prison healthcare. Crucial rehabilitation services dealing with mental health and drug dependency conditions are beset with problems from a number of different angles. Th...

'Sweet Herb' may Be Green Gold for Paraguay

Paraguay is hoping a small herb that is not trafficked, addictive, or even fa...granddaddy of soft drinks Coca Cola, and its poor, small Latin American home is hoping the cash tills will soon start ringing. Coca Cola and Cargill, one o...

Manic Depression Linked With Shrinking Brain

... that as people with bipolar disorder get older, a small amount of tissue is lost in parts of the brain that are associated with memory and the co-ordination of thoughts and actions. The amount of brain tissue thats lost is greater in people with multiple episodes of illness and is associated with a declin...

Novel Method of Adult Stem Cell Growth may Help to Treat Cornea Disorders

...eye of the rabbit. Since the sample of cells is as small as 3 by 4 mm, it does not expose the contrateral eye to danger. The implantation of the adult stem cells so obtained in the damaged eye lead to the recovery of the corneal epithelium, and thereby, the transparency of the cornea. Experiments on ...

Mens Sexual Prowess Not Affected by Prostate Cancer Drug

...more dysfunction than did men given a placebo, the small effect diminished over the seven years. The study was led by Carol Moinpour, Ph.D., of the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle. The study grew out of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, a large double-blind National Cancer Institut...

Mother Has the Right to the Placenta, US Court Rules

...m by more traditional medical experts. But among a small but vocal contingent of expectant mothers and proponents, it is strongly believed that the organ created by the woman's body to pass nutrients between mother and fetus and is expelled after birth is rich in chemicals that can help mitigate fluctuatio...

Simple Chemical Reaction may Help Early Disease Diagnosis

...ich involves the simultaneous analysis of multiple small molecules, or metabolites, which occur in fluids and tissues in the body. The presence of a particular metabolite, grouping of metabolites or ratio of metabolites can indicate a response to biological stress or a specific disease state. "The met...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...stry, including power plants. The box can be built small enough to replace a car exhaust that will last for a full tank of petrol. At the moment they are using a box as big as a bar stool. This box is mainly used for demonstration. We've managed to develop a way to successfully capture a majority of the ...

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