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Effect Of Alcohol On Motor Skills

...ng in age from 21-25, were asked to maneuver a joy stick both while sober and when experiencing a blood alcohol level of 0.07 percent (just below the legal definition of intoxicated). Brain activity during this task was captured using functional magnetic resonance imaging, known as fMRI. The study was publ...

Hi-tech Walking Stick Developed For Visually Impaired

...f Technology (IIT) Delhi has developed a high-tech stick to make walking and commuting easier for the count...on blind population. // Called "smart cane", the stick will help the visually impaired to easily commute in city buses, walk inside a room without knocking...

Many Nonprescription Cough Medicines Proves Ineffective

...ough medicine works, it probably won’t hurt you to stick with it, even if what you’re paying for is a placebo effect rather than a proven remedy, states the Harvard Health Letter. Source: Newsise...

Indian Designers show lot of Talent

...s to the entire world. I don't believe they should stick to just exports of outfits, they should think of exports of talent." Arjomand is an American who lived in the US for 27 years before moving to Dubai two years ago. She left Iran after the 1979 revolution and began working for Saks Fifth Avenue 17 y...

Fruit And Vegetable Peels Are Rich Source Of Potent Antioxidants

... and catechins, tannins peculiar to green tea that stick to proteins, blocking bacteria from adhering to cell walls and disrupting their ability to destroy them. Scientists studied residues from apples, strawberries, pears and red beets used in juice production. They also examined waste from tomatoes, a...

Protective Protein Could Hold The Key In Fight Against Tuberculosis

...nt, without interruption. When the patients do not stick to their drug regime, the TB bacterium learns to outwit the TB antibiotics, making the drugs ineffective, eventually leading to resistant TB infection. When the bacterium becomes resistant to two or more drugs and is called multidrug-resistant TB or ...

Do not follow popular diets, stick to one that is best for you!

...ul weight loss, but the ability of participants to stick with the program for the entire year's time. The study showed that whether volunteers restricted carbohydrate calories or fat calories—whether they lowered intake overall, or balanced intake overall—everybody lost weight," says Schaefer. "Ultimately,...

Needle-Free Injection System Ideal for Pandemic Outbreaks

...estimates that there are 600,000 to 800,000 needle stick injuries per year in the U.S. alone, that could be prevented with the use of a Needle Free Injector. The Needle-Free Injection System also prevents the serious, often deadly medical problems that come from repeated use of the same needle in many 3rd ...

Will Teflon Regain Its Rightful Place In The Kitchen?

...re out how to make a nonstick surface and actually stick to a pan. This led to the movement of Teflon from ...d other bodies of water. Apart from this its non stick properties reduce the use of greasy groceries in dishes such as cookies and ice cream and fried eggs...

Courting Couples Use Valentine’s Day Threat to Their Advantag

...t, echoed similar sentiments, saying: "I hope they stick to their word and ensure my marriage with my boyfriend." Thoughts of elopement are banished as romantic partners are hoping they will have support in persuading their parents about the suitability of their life mates. Apart from making it easier f...

Tectonic Plates Colliding Can Cause Earthquakes

...ar. According to researchers, where the margins stick and then rip apart into earthquakes, displacements... reinforced the edge of the plate and caused it to stick directly above where the earthquake would happen so that it no longer deformed internally. The resea...

Chandy Undergoes Surgery In Switzerland

...surgery, even though he will have to use a walking stick for a couple of months. He appears to be keen on returning home at the earliest. Officiating Chief Minister Vakkom Purushothaman also told reporters that Chandy did not want any minister to fly out to Davos to meet him. Chandy's daughter, Achu Oom...

Websites Are Judged In Less Than A Second

... pages load quickly, otherwise customers might not stick around long enough to make that coveted first impression. Edited (NI)...

Scotland faces shortage of dentists questioning the dental facilities

...ore dentists and give them incentives so that they stick to NHS. The British Dental Association (BDA) has also warned the Scots that the measure undertaken was a very commendable task but it will not be able to fulfill it as a major change in the policy is needed. The Deputy Health Minister told the p...

Paralyzed Patients Can Be Trained To Walk With Robotic Treadmill

...e of them were even able to walk using just a cane stick that was otherwise not possible. The researchers analyzed the effectives of the robotic training in four patients affected by varying degrees of paralysis. The entire weight of the individual is being supported by the machine, which uses robotic de...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

...s and would be country specific and would strictly stick to our countries cultural and economic status and there would be no foreign agency involved in the committee deciding over the rules of the draft, which would ensure that all people have access to hospitals, patients would be made aware of the treatm...

Exercises Should Be Recommended During Pregnancy

...ct time for women to begin exercising because they stick with the habits they adopt during pregnancy after their babies are born. The promotion of exercise during pregnancy is an important public health issue that could significantly reduce the lifetime risks of obesity, chronic hypertension and diabetes ...

Plant – based Foods More Effective In Lowering Cholestero

...ight loss and the participants were all advised to stick to their usual exercise routine. In conclusion researchers say previous studies have suggested plant-based foods can lower cholesterol, but since these foods are naturally low in fat and don’t contain any cholesterol at all, it’s been hard to determ...

Plant – based Foods More Effective In Lowering Cholesterol

...ight loss and the participants were all advised to stick to their usual exercise routine. In conclusion researchers say previous studies have suggested plant-based foods can lower cholesterol, but since these foods are naturally low in fat and don’t contain any cholesterol at all, it’s been hard to determ...

Heart Patients Use Alternative Medicine

... more than the general population, even while they stick to mainstream drugs too.// "But they may not know that some of these substances could pose a hazard when taken with certain heart medications, and if they don't tell their doctors, the risk may go undetected,'' said Kline-Rogers, who presented the r...

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