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Easing Fears Among Asthmatics

...ng the bones of youngsters who take them. The fear stems from research showing a link between oral forms of the drugs and osteoporosis in adults. Other studies have suggested a similar link between bone problems and the inhaled forms, but the evidence has not been conclusive. In the current research, inve...

Low birth weight in babies may mean health risk for fathers

...t poor fetal growth that leads to low birth weight stems may lead to higher risk of cardiovascular diseases. However this may be a genetic condition coming from the parents. Hence parents of the children with low birth weight may also be at more risk of death from cardiovascular causes. The study had anal...

Need for better support for chronic pain in children’

...hould also note that the medications for this pain stems only from the medications for the adults. Professor Eccleston added that pain management requires clinical trials focusing on efficacy and safety. Although the incidence of chronic pain is similar in both children and adults, more action in the form...

Nanotechnologists Specify Limitation For Devising Small Machines

..." Perreault said: "I think the impact of our work stems from the intersection of the fields of atom optics and nanotechnology. It answers the question of how far you can miniaturize an atom optics device - for example, a device that guides atoms on a chip to form a very tiny interferometer - before this n...

US Airlines Worried About Bird Flu In Passengers

...fected birds." The main cause for all this panic stems from the fact that the H5N1 virus is thought to be the deadliest of the bird flu viruses and could mutate to a form, which can spread easily from person to person. In the event of this happening, experts have predicted millions of casualties since th...

Hot or cold: Chocolate milk is the answer for longetivity

...bility of people to create energy and perform work stems from structures that exist inside our cells called mitochondria. As we grow older the amount of mitochondria we have decreases and with it our respiratory capacity. This decline is determined by the turnover of proteins in the mitochondria. We hope ...

Disturbance in Serotonin Levels Result in Reduced Gasping In Kids with SIDS

... the deadly syndrome. Experiments with the brain stems from mice showed the researchers the net result of what happens when the brain's level of oxygen is depleted and the levels of the hormone serotonin are disturbed in so-called pacemaker cells. These cells are a specific group of neurons responsible f...

Australia Ready to Meet the Challenges of Bird Flu

...a's strict biosecurity laws and tight surveillance stems the spread of the disease. The H5N1 strain of avian flu originated in Asia and has since spread to the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe. Most affected countries have recorded the deadly disease only in birds, but nearly 100 people hav...

Tiniest Nanoscale Test Tubes Corked; Holds Promise In Cancer Treatment

...drug-carrying nanotubes or nanoparticles. ‘Nano’ stems from nanotechnology, the fast-growing science of making objects or devices that approach molecular dimensions. One nanometer equals one-billionth of a metre. To ‘cork’ the test tubes, the researchers applied an amino chemical group to the mouth of ...

PI-103 Effective against Brain Cancer

...g cancer cells. The unique effectiveness of PI-103 stems from its ability to attack two separate steps in the series of signals that trigger the spread of cancer. The dual blockade proved to be a safe and effective inhibitor of cancer cell proliferation in mice with the human tumors, the scientists found. ...

Healthcare System Remodelled - Iraq

...ssion. Malnutrition was also a serious concern. It stems from both prolonged political sanctions in the region and mismanagement that impeded the success of the United Nations' oil-for-food program in the country during the 1990s. ‘The feedback provided by the nurses in this study demonstrates clear prio...

Cardiogenic Shock is the Leading Cause of Death for Heart Attack Patients

...2001. The latest report from Dr. Hochman’s group stems from an international trial funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute called SHOCK, which enrolled 302 patients between 1993 and 1998 at 29 tertiary care centers. All patients were initially treated with medications and IABP to support ...

Aspirin and other NSAIDS Proved Less Effective in Long-Term Smokers

... NSAID use.’ The link between smoking and cancer stems from the fact that cigarette smoke contains hundreds of carcinogenic metabolic products that may damage DNA. ‘This accumulated damage might not be reversible,’ Chia said. ‘NSAIDs act to suppress inflammatory processes and may help limit the progressi...

Stress and Pollution are Major Cause of Infertility Among Urban Couples

...ertility. The final nail of course is stress which stems from work, from relatives as well as from peers," said Agarwal, who has set up Care IVF earlier with Sadhana Desai of Mumbai. Desai is one of the senior-most IVF (In-vitro Fertilisation) specialists in the country who is credited with the second IVF ...

Crusade Against Malnutrition

...tter able to contribute to society." The program stems from one started in 2001 by Mark J. Manary, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Manary's Project Peanut Butter, which uses the same nutrient-rich mixture, fed 1,000 Malawi children in the first two ...

MitoChip v2.0 – the new Mitochondrial DNA sequencing too

...growing area of scientific interest. This interest stems from data that suggests natural sequence variations and/or mutations in each person's mitochondrial DNA could be biologically informative in fields as diverse as cancer diagnostics, gerontology, and criminal forensics. According to Dr. Joseph Calif...

High -tech Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing Tool Updated

...growing area of scientific interest. This interest stems from data that suggests natural sequence variations and/or mutations in each person's mitochondrial DNA could be biologically informative in fields as diverse as cancer diagnostics, gerontology, and criminal forensics. According to Dr. Joseph Cali...

Designer babies

...ple assume that the very notion of designer babies stems from the desire of prospective parents for their children to be healthy," said Dr. Hampton."However, the picture is complicated by the shifting meaning of 'healthy' and confusion about when the manipulation of children's physical, psychological or so...

Environmental Toxin Causes Heritable Adult-Onset Diseases

...oded in the DNA sequence. Instead, the information stems from small chemicals, such as methyl groups, that become attached to the DNA. In epigenetic transmission, the DNA sequences – the genes – remain the same, but the chemical modifications change the way the genes work and when they “turn on” and “turn ...

Post-Operative Pain in Breast Cancer Surgery

...factor for acute, post-operative pain. Most pain stems from damage to the intercostal brachial nerve, which runs under the arm and rib cage. But many other triggers exist as well: scarring, post-operative radiation therapy, some chemotherapy drugs, and the unusual sensations often associated with phantom...

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