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Tag: "theory" at medical news

Understanding The Role Of Olfaction In Taste

...orant chemicals - butanol and farnesol - to test a theory that the olfactory system distinguishes molecules according to whether they are more water soluble (butanol) or oily (farnesol). Their results showed that the chocolate smell activated different brain regions according to the route of administratio...

Mad Cow Disease Has Roots Traceable To Man

...d University of Edinburgh, UK, had proposed a new theory consisting of three hypotheses, that human TSE-contaminated material was the cause of BSE; that this was transmitted orally via animal feed; and the infective material originated from the Indian subcontinent. The authors had presented substantial cir...

Teaching the immune system to fight diseases is the key to reducing childhood infections

... more effectively than the earlier exposure. This theory holds good in the development of immunity to asthma as well. Scientists believe that knowing exactly which type of dirt provides the best 'education' for the immune system, could be key to providing new treatments for diseases such as asthma. Resea...

Risk Of Pre-eclampsia May Be In The Genes Of The Parents.

...son, write the authors. These results support the theory that both the mother’s and the father’s genes contribute to the risk of pre-eclampsia, say the authors. The risk through affected mothers is higher because they carry their mother’s susceptibility genes and also transmit independent genetic risk fact...

Walnuts a source of the Anti –oxidant Hormone Melatoni

...s humans would need to eat in order to benefit, in theory researchers say they expect it to reduce the incidence of cancer, delay or make less severe neurodegenerative diseases of aging, including Parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease and reduce the severity of cardiovascular disease....

Nobel For Ulcer-Defying Aussie Scientists

...s from the Land of Oz refused to subscribe to this theory and set out to prove that ulcers are indeed bacter...er scientists refused to accept a bacterial origin theory for the ulcers since it was felt that bacteria could never survive in acidic environment. The fact t...

BCG vaccine for both Protection and treatment of Tuberculosis

...gues from University of Oxford, UK has found a new theory from the results of their experiment in which BCG ...lity. Dr Lalvani states: “Contrary to prevailing theory that BCG vaccination protects only against tuberculosis disease, our results suggest that the vaccin...

Teens not interested in early sleep

...tal Sleep Laboratory, Brown University has found a theory that may be the reason for teens going to bed late. Study has found that teens are not interested to go to bed until 11 PM //and they get up early in the morning resulting in a reduction in sleeping hours. Professor Carskadon has published her work ...

Autism nothing more than an extreme form of male brain development

...lieve that a deep insight into the above mentioned theory would help in better understanding of the disease process. Boys' brains grow more quickly than girls'. In the brains of people with autism, this growth appears to occur to an even more extreme degree. The findings are consistent with the fact that ...

Scientists breaking theory of cortex formation

...and University of California are finding out a new theory on the formation of brain cortex through a rich array of signals which connect other brain regions forming a new processing network//. The cerebral cortex is a sheet of around 10 billion neurons divided into distinctly separate areas that process p...

A warning for children consuming hamburgers: Asthma

...l activity and increased pollution. The pollution theory does not stand to reason. Tokyo has a higher pollution, but lower asthma rate, while a higher incidence rate of asthma is found in the Scottish island of Skye where there is almost no pollution. "The high salt content in hamburgers may increase the...

Researchers discover mechanism behind protein folding

...derstand the mechanism of protein folding. The new theory on protein folding unfolds the mystery of // how a protein is incorrectly folded which leads to diseases and the study is to be published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers used a technique called Fluore...

Swimming With Dolphins Can Help Ease Depression

...ression.// This new form of treatment supports the theory of biophilia that illustrates the dependence of human health on our relationships with the natural environment. Nearly 30 patients with mild to moderate depression were chosen for the study and were randomized into two groups, the experimental grou...

No need to hassel with children at meal time, just eat when pregnant!

...g than those who were not. Dr Mennella tested the theory by giving carrot juice to expectant mothers. The basis was a French study which revealed the children of mothers given anise-flavoured drinks while breast-feeding later liked the flavour of aniseed more than other babies. In the words of Dr. Mennel...

Law To Govern Acupuncture

...se professionals. Acupuncture works based on the theory of electromagnetic field of the body that influences the growth, maturation and cell division of the body. By activating the acupuncture points in the body the neurotransmitters of the body is activated leading to proper functioning of cells. The O...

Study supports century-old cancer theory

...hat oncology researchers consider the 100-year-old theory that tumor cell hybridization with white blood cells as a major reason cancer metastasizes.// 'Cancer cells exhibit a remarkable number of traits normally attributed to white blood cells known as macrophages, including the ability to migrate to lym...

Poisonous Gas Caused Mass Extinction

...iments, they are derived from land, supporting the theory that a massive soil erosion resulting from destruction of land vegetation caused them to end up in the sea. The excessive supply of soil materials to the oceans provides a direct link between terrestrial and marine ecological crises, suggesting th...

Colour Identification Lies Wholly On the Left Hemisphere of the Brain.

...e of green. The researchers went on to test their theory by asking the subjects to memorize a series of words during the visual tests. With their left brain's language centre otherwise occupied, there would be less opportunity for it to influence visual perception, and so, as expected, the subjects picked ...

Soft Drinks May Reduce Esophageal Cancer Risk

...evelopment of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. The theory was based on factors including similar time trends...nated soft drinks with heartburn at night. "The theory that soft drinks could be causing this cancer was picked up by the media and widely disseminated. Ho...

The juice of our very own tomato might be helpful in protecting lungs

...obacco smoke exposure,' they wrote. A different theory relating this phenomenon to beta carotenes was put forth by scientists from US. The study will appear in the February issue of the AmericanJournal of Physiology-Lung Physiology, published by the American Physiological Society....

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