Water Crisis Wreaks Havoc on Irish City
...e need to go to the source of the contamination to solve it," he added. GPL/M...Crucell's Rabies MAb Enters Phase I Trial in India
...rucell’s product will soon be available to help to solve the shortage problem and save human lives. Source: BioSpectrum SRM...Intensive Psychotherapy Effective in Treating Bipolar Disorder
...s or her daily routines and sleep/wake cycles, and solve key relationship problems. All participants were already taking medication for their bipolar disorder, and most were also enrolled in a STEP-BD medication study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine online on March 28, 2007. The researche...Lesser the Better- Minimally Invasive Surgery Breakthrough
...lly Invasive Surgery. He said the technology might solve the fundamental problem of guiding instruments through the abdomen for natural orifice surgery, which now inserts the instruments through the throat, colon or vagina. “The current state of the art for laparoscopic surgery requires four or five hole...Inflammation May Play Role in Metastasis of Prostate Cancer
...n and Signal Transduction, and colleagues may help solve the puzzle of why it takes so long for cancer to metastasize, as well as what causes it to do so. Furthermore, this new work may lead to development of anti-metastatic therapies. A major hypothesis in cancer research has been that whether the cance...A Call To Band Online Drug Pharmacies and Online Consultation by So Called “Cyber Doctor
...n, the promised wonder drugs – which can so called solve all their problems, and websites that provide online consultation with cyber doctors is in fact a matter of increasing global concern. Studies done by the United Nations show that the easy access to extremely powerful sleeping tablets, painkillers ...Researchers Discover Key to Body’s Ability to Detect Subtle Temperature Change
...ndings by Zheng and his colleagues promise to help solve the mystery of temperature sensitivity in animals once and for all. And, because the cells with these ion channels in their membranes are also the cells that sense pain, the basic knowledge they have provided may one day prove useful to scientists lo...Pigs Arrive at Bio-secure Center
...pplicability of islet transplants. Pig islets will solve this demand issue and are at the forefront of a far-reaching cure for patients with diabetes.' Pancreatic islet cells from the approximately 100 pathogen-free pigs at the facility will be used for transplantation into diabetes patients in clinical ...Scientists Produce Neurons from Human Skin
...research. "Producing neurons from skin cells could solve the problem of human neural cell availability for research," explains Berthod. "Since neurons do not multiply, researchers now have to rely on laboratory animal neurons to perform their experiments." In the longer term, the ability to produce neuro...Prolactin Comes to the Aid of MS Sufferers
...f MS. This finding could mean better treatments to solve the degenerative effects of the disease. The finding came to light after Canadian scientists drew a parallel between pregnant mice and virgin mice and the effects of prolactin on the formation of myelin. This has sparked hope amongst scientists a...Unknown Sickness Kills US Honeybees
...of Agriculture are currently involved in trying to solve this bizarre ailment of the bees. Some of the observations made by them are 1. The bees have flown away from their hive before dying and their bodies are not found around the hive or outside. 2. The bee colony appears normal from outside but a few...A new inhaler with a child-friendly design aims to solve the problem of dosage variance and patient compliance – key issues with inhaled drug treatments for children.// The new Watchhaler product from Activaero uses novel design features and has been designed to appeal to kids, with vivid colours and an ‘...Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal
...s should be applauded - the president is trying to solve this problem. Don't write it off. This is a serious effort, which I think is very progressive," said Breaux, now a senior counsel at the law firm of Patton & Boggs, whose lawyers advise clients on legal issues pertaining to energy and health care. ...A World Health Insurance Needed: Report
...lleagues say that a "world health insurance" could solve both of these problems by defining rights and duties for both rich and poor states. As a model for how such an insurance scheme might operate, they cite the example of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The creation of the G...Anti-rejection Therapy a Boon for Patients With "anti-donor" Antibody Levels
...er thinking, you’ve got to be kidding me. They can solve everything? And they’ve done it for other people?” Soraya’s kidneys were healthy until March 2003 when she underwent surgery for a congenital heart defect and a major vein was accidentally severed. The 24 units of blood she was given over the next ...Therapy Modulates Highly Sensitized Immune System to Let Mother Give Kidney to Daughter
...er thinking, you’ve got to be kidding me. They can solve everything? And they’ve done it for other people?” Soraya’s kidneys were healthy until March 2003 when she underwent surgery for a congenital heart defect and a major vein was accidentally severed. The 24 units of blood she was given over the next ...Researchers Discover Internal Compass of Immune Cells
...m bacteria and inflamed tissues. “These findings solve the long-standing puzzle of how neutrophils find their way and move toward sites of injury or infection in the body,” said senior author Wolfgang Junger, Ph.D., adjunct professor of surgery at UCSD Medical Center. His team set out to identify the ...Ways to Fight Childhood Obesity
...have brought together all the people that can help solve the obesity problem — not just health professionals, but also local councils, employers and schools.” So it is always to cut this problem from the roots. Source-Medidia SRM......relationship between it and other diseases. "If we solve this puzzle, it may very well lead to answers regarding other deadly diseases like heart and vascular disease, cancer and diabetes," Krymskaya notes. Source-Eurekalert PRI......t the health risks, chances are we aren't going to solve any problems.' Factors such as the need for social acceptance and plain old human defiance play roles in persistent bad habits, the study suggests. 'We get a sense of belonging that is important to us. We can see ourselves as part of a social struc...