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Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of ‘Huntingtons’ Disase

...adual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which is responsi...

Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of Huntingtins’ Disese

...adual deterioration of the same, initially causing symptoms such as involuntary movements and balance problems and later on leading to declination of functions of speech as well. All these days, until now, it was thought that this disease is due to a mutated form of the protein 'huntingtin' which is responsi...

Increase in sugar...decrease in brain function!!!

... than 100 adults with type 1 diabetes hwo had four symptoms which included, being sleepy; having dry eyes, nos...their mouth and needing to urinate, which were the symptoms of high blood sugar, were studied by the researchers from the Center for Behavioral Medicine Researc...

Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children

... analgesic medications and found that the headache symptoms decreased after 2 months.Inspite of the fact the exact roll of these analgesics was not known, it is proposed that these analgesics suppress the intrinsic effect of the brain to produce pain-killing chemicals on its own. "The more of these medication...

New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery

...rform. The time interval between the first stroke symptoms and the MRI gives doctors an indication of critical changes in blood flow to the brain. "This allows us to be more certain about the probability of recovery, and to put a number on that probability," said Dr. Steven Warach, a neurologist at the NIND...

Soluble IL-4 Receptor - A new boon for asthmatics

... and colleagues randomly selected 62 patients with symptoms pertaining to moderate persistent asthma. They were stopped from inhaling corticosteroids and were divided into two groups. In one group IL-4 receptor were given and to the other group placebo was given. It was found that, after a 12-week trial, tho...

Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed

...told.Leptospirosis, which is a 'great mimicker' of symptoms is being misdiagnosed by majority of the private d... in on time. If there is delay death occurs." The symptoms of this disease include high grade fever, headache, diarrhoea, pain in the joints or muscles. The di...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...early stages of CML, most patients do not have any symptoms of cancer,but the disease progresses slowly. In the chronic phase, bone marrow transplantation is the only known cure. But there are many problems and side effects regarding the tranplantation which makes it more difficult to perform. Gleevec has...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...early stages of CML, most patients do not have any symptoms of cancer,but the disease progresses slowly. In the chronic phase, bone marrow transplantation is the only known cure. But there are many problems and side effects regarding the tranplantation which makes it more difficult to perform. Gleevec has...

WORM! WORM! all the way

...steroids, which can have serious side effects. The symptoms returned when the patients stopped drinking the mixture said Weinstock, professor of internal medicine. The importance of contact with environmental organisms is supported by studies of mice specially bred to be germ-free, said Dr. Fergus Shanahan, ...

Roller coaster takes brain for a big ride!!

...atomas, after riding several roller coasters. The symptoms of blood clot includes difficulty in walking, vomiting, changes in mental abilities seizure and sometimes causes death. It usually occurs in older men who are alcoholics, diabetic or hypertensive. They can also be caused by head trauma, falling to a ...

Pregnancy Blues

...ound that women report higher levels of depression symptoms during pregnancy than after having a baby. A...o pregnancy, with 13.5 per cent of women reporting symptoms indicating probable depression// at this time, compared to 9.1 per cent eight weeks after birth, and...

Early detection of prostate cancer

...ines, set by the NH&MRC, advise that only men with symptoms (such as problems with urinating, or blood in the urine) be tested. The first stage of testing includes both a rectal examination and a blood test for PSA levels. A diagnosis of prostate cancer is then confirmed or excluded using a biopsy. That sam...

Young womens woes

...tly, experts say. While these include such classic symptoms as chest pain, gray colour and increased sweating, women can also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depre...

Young women's woes

...tly, experts say. While these include such classic symptoms as chest pain, gray colour and sweatiness, women can also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, s...

Depression and heart failure

...eart failure for depression. They found depressive symptoms in 35.3%,with 13.9% being classed as// suffering from major depression. Patients who were not depressed had a mortality rate of 5.7%at three months and 13.7% at one year. For the depressed patients, the rates were 13% and 26.1%. Depression also inc...

Chaste plant a boon

...it had a 50 per cent or greater improvement in the symptoms of premenstrual symptoms. Agnus castus (Vitex agn...ls in the body slightly, which both alleviates the symptoms of PMS and may also help increase fertility. The plant also contains a substance which controls lute...

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

... with heart disease are more likely to have severe symptoms and possibly a heart attack at the beginning of th...at the time of the month can profoundly affect the symptoms of migraine, asthma and cardiac arrhythmia.The early follicular phase - the week during or immediate...

Iron supplements proves helpful in dry cough .

...plementation with iron. The subjects scored their symptoms on the basis of its severity which ranged from no cough (0) to severe cough that persisted and interfered with daily activities and sleep (4). Participants were then given either a daily morning tablet of 256 mg ferrous sulfate or placebo for 4 weeks...

Relieve hot flashes

...ck cohosh seems to alleviate hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, and is approved for this purpose in Germany. Vitamin E, at a dose of 800 international units (IU) per day, is modestly effective in reducing hot flashes, the team reports, on average cutting the number of hot flashes by one per day. V...

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