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New Approach to Treating Precancerous Esophagus Condition

... light into the esophagus, and the light kills the target cells. However, patients must avoid direct sunlight for several weeks, and up to 30 percent of patients experience scarring of the esophagus severe enough to affect swallowing. "So far, radiofrequency ablation seems to be less invasive than surgery...

Lions Club Plans to Increase Free Healthcare for Poor

... under-utilised by the patients. We have now set a target to reach out to more number of people by increasing our free services," Lions Club International's senior functionary K.N. Gupta told a press conference Tuesday. "We have also made a plan to develop medical infrastructure in our existing hospitals ...

WHO Plans Global Campaign Against Alcohol Abuse

... World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday agreed to target alcohol and alcohol addiction worldwide with a campaign warning against the risks of abuse. European countries are the greatest consumers of alcohol, with the Czech Republic consuming more beer than any other country and Luxembourg more wine, acco...

One-sixth of Europe's Mammals Face Extinction, Warns Conservation Experts

...an Union will not be able to meet its self-imposed target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010. Of the roughly 250 mammal species that live in Europe and western Russia, some 15 percent are classed as 'vulnerable' or worse, according to the IUCN's criteria. This means that they face a "high risk of extinc...

Scientists Create Synthetic Proteins

...ed protein was not only stable, but could bind its target molecule ATP twice as tight as naturally evolved ones. The researchers say that they now have a technology potential with which they can improve the stability and function of any of the natures proteins. "We have the distinct advantage over nat...

Psychological Bullying Hits Just as Hard

... study looks at how other forms of aggression that target victims relationships and peer standing can lead to school-related problems. Contrary to other work in this field, it also looks at the effect of witnessing relational aggression, rather than simply focusing on victims. There is already strong evide...

Experts to Develop New Weapons Against Food Poisoning

...terium-eater' are naturally occurring agents that target and destroy bacteria with a high degree of efficiency, and do so selectively and specifically, without affecting beneficial bacteria or gut cells. The term is commonly used in its shortened form, phage. Both GangaGen and The University of Nottingha...

Aspirin may Help to Prevent Colon Cancer in High-risk Individuals

...cer, and demonstrated that such drugs specifically target those individuals whose tumor development is encouraged by the action of the COX-2 enzyme. "The compelling evidence that chronic use of aspirin or certain NSAIDS can substantially lower the risk of colon cancer has important implications, especiall...

New Reforms Could Cut the Number of Unexplained Infant Deaths

...sts, says the writer, as they are increasingly the target of complaints. Yet, says Professor Fleming: Now at least we will be (protecting children) within a recognized and accepted framework, so in theory we can be criticized only if we have failed to do what we should have done, rather than merely for b...

Using Drugs as Weapons can Never Be 'non Lethal', Say Doctors

...and Ethics, said: It is important to remember that target groups are likely to comprise people of varying weights, sizes and ages; some may be pregnant or have pre-existing medical conditions. It is virtually impossible to control the amount of a drug delivered or to ensure it acts without producing toxic e...

Why Malaria Parasite Affects Red Blood Cells Deformability Revealed

...ngs may lead to the development of treatments that target the parasite protein. The RESA protein has long been suspected to be involved in the early stages of that process. The parasite produces RESA during the first stage of malaria, and then transports it to the cell surface. During the study, the res...

Most Pediatric Chemotherapy Mistakes Reach Patients

...als and future quality improvement research should target medication administration safeguards for these high risk medications and consider different and specific solutions for inpatient and outpatient pediatric oncology units respectively....

How Plague-Causing Bacteria Disarm Host Defense

...hool of Medicine have identified a novel molecular target for an effector protein called YpkA, one of severa...he UCSD School of Medicine. Identifying this new target is the first step to developing effective strategies for preventing disease, including means to figh...

Brain Cells Activity: New Treatment Target for Psychiatric Diseases

...logy at MCG. "Now we have identified another novel target of neuregulin-1 which is the inhibitory synapse." Together the findings reveal a check and balance for brain cell activity managed by neuregulin-1 in the brain's prefrontal cortex, where complex reasoning and decisions about appropriate social beha...

Blood from Bird Flu Survivors Provides Breakthrough in Treatment of H5N1

...ul able to kill H5N1. They were purified to better target the virus. Then came the real tests: Subbarao's ... infected; still others were given antibodies that target different diseases, not influenza. Mice given the non-H5N1 antibodies died. The H5N1-targeting ant...

Fibroid Symptoms in Women can Be Relieved by Focused Ultrasound

... surgery (MRgFUS) allows radiologists to precisely target fibroids without harming healthy surrounding tissu...re-treatment MR imaging to identify and define the target fibroids. Radiologists then used MRgFUS to locate and treat the targeted fibroids while monitoring t...

Researchers Training Rats To Diagnose TB

...that it involves associating a "food reward with a target scent." The rats, which have an average life span of six to eight years, are indigenous in many parts of Africa and are resistant to local diseases, according to the Times. Low-cost, rapid TB screening using the rats would be valuable in Africa, pa...

Stop TB Partnership Has Provided Treatments for Ten Million People in Six Years

...s and partners, we are moving steadily towards our target of treating 50 million TB patients between 2006 and 2015," he added. There were 8.8 million new cases of TB in 2005 and 1.6 million deaths from the disease. In the majority of cases TB is drug-sensitive, meaning it can be cured with four standard, ...

UP Plans to Plant Ten Million Saplings on a Single Day

...nterest in afforestation efforts," he added. The target for Lucknow division is one million saplings; for Faizabad division 1.3 million and for Meerut division 557,000 saplings. Yadav said it would be one of the most ambitious projects the forest department has undertaken. "Schools, colleges, governme...

Device That Targets Brain Cancer Shows Promising Results

...n cancerous brain cells. This allows the device to target cancer cells without affecting the healthy cells. The 10 patients who were being treated with the device were suffering from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor. Researchers found ...

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