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West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...ia, Scientists tracked an infection called white syndrome on the Great Barrier Reef. Coral colonies live atop limestone scaffolding, which is built from the secretions of the coral creatures called polyps. The vivid colors of the coral come from the symbiotic algae that live in the polyps and supply th...

Intake of Cherries Could Cut the Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Disease

...rich cherries may help lower the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, suggests a new study. ... further clinical studies in humans. "Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of traits that can greatly increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabe...

RFID Use can Avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

...ies in US alone who succumb to sudden infant death syndrome each year. Hung Cao, a graduate assistant at th...ome up with a new solution for sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS. Hung Cao, along with his friends developed a device that can warn a parent when the bab...

Renal Transplantation in Children Younger Than 6 Years Old

...tal/hereditary disease in 10% and hemolytic uremic syndrome at 12.5%. Prior to transplantation, 5% were on hemodialysis, 85% on peritoneal dialysis, and 10% were preemptive transplants. All the children were followed for at least 6 months posttransplantation, except 2 who died in the first month. In 75% of ...

Understanding Inherited Cancer Genes

...nown to cause a condition called// Saethre-Chotzen syndrome is now associated with the risk of breast cancer. ... Chotzen syndrome, is a rather uncommon congenital syndrome at the rate of 1 in 25,000-50,000 live births. The condition causes an early end to one or more sutu...

Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness

...isorders, adjustment disorders, alcohol dependence syndrome and depression". The armed forces have witnessed a spurt in suicides - 21 this year alone - prompting the defense ministry to take a series of counter measures including counseling and yoga classes to help soldiers cope with stress. "Training cap...

Gene Behind Breast Cancer Found

...at women possessing a certain hereditary deformity syndrome carry a pronounced risk , almost twenty times, of ...org scientists have now found that women with this syndrome have an elevated risk of contracting breast cancer. Saethre-Chotzen is a syndrome that primarily inv...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Nerve Damage

... neuromuscular conditions, including carpal tunnel syndrome and small fiber neuropathy, which causes pain and lack of feeling in the feet. Those with bowel disease were also more than six times more likely to also have a disorder called sensorimotor polyneuropathy, a nerve disease that can cause weakness, pai...

Qigong Help Chronically Ill People to Cope With Anxiety and Discrimination

...pular therapy when SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome – hit Hong Kong" explains lead author Judy Yuen-man Siu, who carried out the research in the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. "Chronically ill people, like the ones in our study, were particularly at risk during th...

Dry Eyes Are More Than a Nuisance

Dry eye syndrome (DES) is a condition characterized by an insufficiency in the amount or quality of tears. For the millions of Americans// who do suffer from DES, it can get in the way of daily living. Our eyes need tears to keep them healthy. In most people, a cons...

Right Treatment Could Cure Chronic Cough

... of chronic cough in adults are upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also known as postnasal drip syndrome), asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The treatment described as the most effective cough resolution involves testing for all three conditions and treating them simultaneously. “Unfortun...

Autoimmune Diseases can Be Prevented by Green Tea

.... "Since it is an autoimmune disease, Sjogren's syndrome causes the body to attack itself and produce extra antibodies that mistakenly target the salivary and lacrimal glands," Hsu said. There is no cure or prevention for Sjogren's syndrome. Source-IANS/L...

Counseling to Mothers Against too Much Shaking of Children

...erts point out. Nearly 70 percent of shaken baby syndrome cases are caused by fathers or other males, according to Lt. Cmdr. Maile Kalinowski, a 15-year Navy nurse. Babies who do not feed well or who are born prematurely are at higher risk of suffering from Shaken Baby Syndrome, because they tend to cry a...

Woman Says Irritable Bowel Drove Her to Shoplifting

...ble bowels. A new side-effect of irritable bowel syndrome seems to have been discovered in the USA. It cou...ive system that makes and stores stool. The word syndrome means a group of symptoms. IBS is a syndrome because it can cause several symptoms. For example, IBS...

Mild Head Injuries Increase Risk of Sleep Disorders

.... Of those, eight people had a delayed sleep phase syndrome with problems falling asleep and waking up, and seven people had irregular sleep-wake patterns. “The frequency of sleep disorders in this study is considerably higher than the rate of these disorders among people attending sleep clinics for insomni...

Genetic Technology and Eugenics

...ans that causes progressive disability. The Down syndrome individuals, on the other hand, can enjoy a better health status leading to a greater life span. It therefore becomes difficult to decide on the hereditary traits that 'need' to be retained and the ones that 'need' be eliminated, as some of these d...

Constipation Drug Linked to Heart Attack Pulled Out

...short-term treatment of women with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation. It could also be used by those suffering from constipation but below 65 years of age. It had been available in the market since 2002 and the FDA approval was granted in September 2004. Interestingly right at the time it was gran...

Hypertension, Diabetes and Obesity, a Deadly Trio

... and obesity generate a condition called metabolic syndrome (MS). It is also known as insulin resistance syndrome and is defined as a cluster of the most dangerous heart attack risk factors. ISH President Dr Sri...

Babies and Drinks Don’t Mi

...als warn of subsequent risks such as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) characterized by mental retardation, among others. There have been protests from the liquor lobby that say that the government is sending out mixed signals. As of now, there are no clear official guidelines like that of the US, where abst...

Study Identifies Risk Factors for Spread of Respiratory Infections in Hospitals

The 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China has lessons to teach hospitals on how to prevent the spread of other respiratory diseases// , according to new research appearing in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online. Hospitals ...

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