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Study Finds the Effect of Alcohol and Aspirin in TBI Patients

...tion. When used in excess, alcohol damages brain structure and function. Besides the acute effects of alcohol consumption on the neurological function of the brain, there are physical changes that may result from moderate to heavy drinking of long duration. One concern is brain atrophy, which leaves more roo...

Child Abuse - When God’s Gifts Land in Devils’ Clutchs

... woven into the fabric of our communities—into the structure of our schools, hospitals, places of work, communities of faith, and childcare facilities. Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina is leading the effort to prevent abuse before it happens by developing family-oriented, community-based prevention, awarene...

Brain Structured to Make Human Beings Religious, Claims a US Scientist

The very structure of the human brain has something to do with god, religion and spirituality, Dr.Andrew Newberg, a US neuroscientist, says after a study// of brains of people belonging to different religions. The frontal lobe, the area right behind our foreheads, h...

Research to Protect Accident Victims from Epilepsy

...overy. You don't want to stop it. You just want to structure it in a way that it aids recovery without causing seizures," Dr.Temkin explains. It's not clear yet how to do that, so scientists instead are testing what's available -- seizure-controlling drugs -- as possible epilepsy preventers. Three old medica...

Switching Genes to Overdrive Improves Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms in Mice

...caused “a clear and substantial improvement in the structure and function of skeletal muscle in this disease model,” the scientists wrote. Source-Eurekaler SRM...

International Study Finds Ways to Maximize Effective Responses After Terrorism Incidents

... found that regions that had a pre-defined command structure and triage guidelines that their providers practiced regularly were able to successfully and quickly respond to events. For example, in London they practice "Triage Tuesdays," where every Tuesday responders triage every patient as if they were involv...

Penn Scientists Engineer Small Molecules to Probe Proteins Deep Inside Cell Membrane

...and information from existing protein sequence and structure databases. This study, which appears in the March 30 issue of Science, looks at how the binding of these designed peptides affects the crucial first steps in blood clotting. "We can now actually interrogate parts of proteins within the membrane," s...

'Smart' Sunglasses With Chameleon Powers

...organic materials, the elements are simple but the structure is much more complicated," Xu said. "We can add more branches to this structure and tune in colors." The prototype glasses change from dark blue to light blue. Xu and her colleag...

MIT Biologists Solve Vitamin Puzzle

...bout her research over coffee one day. The protein structure he developed clearly shows the 'pocket' of BluB where the DMB synthesis reaction takes place. Still to be explored is the question of why soil bacteria synthesize B12 at all, Walker said. Soil microorganisms don't require B12 to survive, and the pl...

Osteoporosis to Be Detected During Routine Dental X-rays

... of fragmentation, and the main orientation of the structure of the trabecular bone. In four clinical centers, 671 women with an average age of 55 years were recruited. To obtain the “gold standard”, the team measured bone thickness at the femur, hip, and spine, using the technique that is common for this ki...

Key Science Web Sites Buried in Information Avalanche

...neutral source of information. It has a particular structure that steers the search in directions that may not be intended by the user and so makes some sites more accessible than others. Search engines such as Google play an increasingly important gate-keeping role that will influence the information that is ...

How to Keep Away from Dust Allergy?

...me types are banned in most parts of Europe. Their structure is strikingly similar to that of PCBs, which are suspected of causing cancer. The most commonly observed health effects in people exposed to large amounts of PCBs are skin conditions such as chloracne and rashes, it has been found. Polychlorinat...

Nonsurgical Therapy Highly Effective for Pain and Infertility in Men

...wed constant improvement in sperm count, motility, structure and form. In the research presented today, a liquid alcohol (hydroxypolyethoxydocanol) was used in the procedure to sclerose, or close off, the faulty veins so they can no longer enlarge with blood, alleviating the symptoms. After the outpatient p...

Bacterium Could Treat PCBs Without the Need for Dredging

...the biphenyl compounds that make up the PCB atomic structure need to be broken, a process known as dechlorination. More than two decades ago, scientists discovered that PCBs were slowly being dechlorinated by naturally occurring microbes, but despite years of research, the exact microbes responsible have remai...

US Consulate to Start Hyderabad Operations Next Year

..., US Department of State, went around the heritage structure Tuesday. The delegation also called on Chief Mi...tion over the choice of Paigah Palace - a heritage structure that currently houses the office of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. "The temporary faci...

Severe PTSD Damages Children's Brains: Study

... decrease in the size of the hippocampus - a brain structure important in memory processing and emotion. Although similar effects have been seen in animal studies, this is the first time the findings have been replicated in children. The researchers focused on kids in extreme situations to better understand ...

Natural Antibiotics Yield Secrets to Atom-level Imaging Technique

...e it provides atom-level details of the molecule's structure in the complex and challenging cell membrane environment, Ramamoorthy said. "Just as an MRI produces a detailed image of our internal organs, solid-state NMR spectroscopy is used to construct a detailed image of a peptide or protein and to reveal how...

Antidepressants Improve Post-Stroke Mental Abilities

...However, antidepressants may be reorganizing brain structure and re-establishing neuronal connections that were lost because of the death of neurons due to the stroke," Paradiso said. "We expect this regeneration to happen in longer, rather than brief, periods of time. "We really appreciate the patients who ...

Natural Milk Protein Could Lead to Super Nutritious Foods

...ted, the tiny size of the micelles and the natural structure of the casein will facilitate an improved absorption/uptake of the nutrients they contain. Source-Newswse SRM...

Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use

...atures, including a highly branched polysaccharide structure consisting of a complex mixture of potassium, calcium and magnesium salts derived from arabic acid. The scientists found that gum arabic could be used to absorb and assimilate metals and create a "coating" that makes gold nanoparticles stable and non...

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