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Scientists Find New Way to Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

...ria on birth control , the technique that may help stop the spread of drug-resistant microbes. According to the researchers, the key to their discovery is a weakness in an enzyme that enables "fertile" bacteria to swap genes for drug resistance. They say that drugs called bisphosphonates, widely prescr...

Two In One Drug For Smokers And Drinkers

...which has already proved safe for people trying to stop smoking, is now a potential drug to fight alcohol dependence." In the study, the researchers trained rats to drink alcohol and measured the effect of varenicline once the animals became the lab equivalent of heavy drinkers. They found the drug curb...

Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky

...the chromosomes become unstable. The cell may then stop dividing or die. The scientists compared the twins and found that participants with high numbers of moles - more than 100 - had longer telomeres than those with fewer than 25 moles.The difference between the two groups was equivalent to six to s...

Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns

..., from Glamour to Cosmopolitan, requesting them to stop running the ads for the cigarettes. Aggressive efforts to battle current marketing efforts and litigation from the tobacco industry are vital to keep the best media campaigns from disappearing, Ibrahim said. The efforts put forth by California an...

Canadian Cancer Society Calls for Ban on Asbestos

...ng-held federal policy on asbestos and asked it to stop the export of the fire-retarding mineral still bei...he society believes that exposure to asbestos must stop so that asbestos-related diseases can be eliminated," Barbara Whylie, CEO of the Canadian Cancer Soc...

Gays Who Dabble With Death

...ger safe-sex campaign to reinforce the message and stop the rise in infections....

Understanding HIV Interference With Infected Cell Division

... cellular protein complex targeted by HIV-1 Vpr to stop infected cell division. This protein complex, designated DDB1-CUL4-VprBP, is involved in a process called ubiquitination. Ubiquitination is a mechanism by which a small protein called ubiquitin is conjugated to cellular proteins in order to modulat...

Research Reveals Anatomy of Suppressed Memories: Study

... specific portions of the brain, they were able to stop the retrieval process of particular memories," Depue said. The authors of the paper said they hope that their work will promote further research into better therapies and possibly even drug treatments for people suffering from conditions such as PT...

Research into Suppressed Memories Could Help Treatment for Depression

... specific portions of the brain, they were able to stop the retrieval process of particular memories," Depue said. The authors of the paper said they hope that their work will promote further research into better therapies and possibly even drug treatments for people suffering from conditions such as PT...

President Bush Not for Expansion of Child Health Insurance

...re kids in need, Baucus said. The president should stop playing politics and start working with Congress to help kids, through renewal of this program....

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

...were seeking to lose weight, prevent hair loss, or stop the effects of aging. Prosecutors say McGlone advised his customers which drugs they should take and then forwarded their requests to Santi and a second doctor, Victor Mariani. Mariani pleaded guilty in March.Prosecutors say the scheme spanned from...

Move To Ban Asbestos Welcomed

...he society believes that exposure to asbestos must stop so that asbestos-related diseases can be eliminated, says Barbara Whylie, CEO of the Canadian Cancer Society. Canada has been strongly criticized by a number of United Nations organizations for its efforts to block an international asbestos ban proh...

Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined

...her efforts to avoid Lyme; for example, they might stop wearing light-coloured clothing that makes ticks visible. If they reduced this behaviour only to the level of unvaccinated individuals, their risk would stay the same. Brewer calls this regression. Alternatively, people might become disinhibited by...

Prostitutes Fume as Norway Bids to Criminalise Sex Purchases

..."The law will end street prostitution but it won't stop women from working indoors or from going abroad" to work as prostitutes, Liv Jessen, director of the Pro Centre, an Oslo-based support group for prostitutes, told AFP. It is estimated that about 40 percent of prostitution in Norway is conducted on ...

First Drug for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

...ic attacks stem from the inability of the brain to stop experiencing the fear associated with a specific incident or series of incidents. For some people, upsetting memories of traumatic events do not go away on their own, or may even get worse over time, severely affecting their lives. Treating these d...

Village Panchayat in Tamil Nadu Bans Tobacco Consumption

... had stopped using tobacco items. I advise them to stop consuming tobacco in any form," said Nagendran. Ladies in these villages have welcomed this initiative. "It is good for our children's future, claimed Rupavathi. The Government earns around 32,000 crores of rupees as excise revenue from tobacco p...

Complaining Girls Faces Higher Depression, Anxiety Risk

Girls really should stop complaining about their problems with their pals, for a new study has found that those who do so, are at a greater risk of developing anxiety and depression . Amanda Rose, associate professor of psychological sciences in the College of Arts and Sci...

Character Test for Australian Visa Subjective

...t around their failure in Brisbane this morning to stop Haneef from getting bail, by using the Migration Act to achieve this end," he said. "Andrews could have made a decision on Haneef when he was charged over the weekend - why wait until now?" he said. "It is doubtful that Andrews' decision is reaso...

Double Amputee Finishes Last, but Still Looks Forward to Beijing Olympics

...more detailed testing and we hope he will actually stop the sort of confrontational attitude he has with us and realize we are also doing our job," Davies said. "The whole world does not centre round Oscar Pistorious. We have all our other work to do but we want to be fair to him and give him a chance."...

Additives in Baby Products Raise Fresh Concerns in New Zealand

...NZFSA) has issued a warning to the Kiwi parents to stop using a popular baby formula for fear that it has additives not cleared for use in New Zealand . This warning has raised fresh concern regarding the safety of baby food in the country. The NZFSA raised concern that the food has a laxative-type ingre...

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