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Discourage Less Educated Women from Conceiving , Says New Zealand Academic

...to a "decay" in genetic quality. "If you imagine this as a long-term thing, extending over three or four generations, it would be a cause for some alarm," he said. Unplanned pregnancies by less educated women could be reduced, perhaps by future scientific advances. "I do have faith in science, and s...

Eleven People Hospitalized in South Africa After Anthrax Scare

...dio. "The envelope was filled with powder ... At this stage we cannot confirm that the contents were anthrax," said Kilian. The scene had been decontaminated and those affected have been taken to hospital for medical treatment, she said. The envelope was taken to a police laboratory in the capital P...

Indian and Pakistani-origin Scots More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks

...owever, noted that they are more likely to survive this trauma in comparison to their non-Asian countrymen. As part of the study, the researchers linked information on individual ethnic groups from the 2001 Census to Scottish hospital discharge and mortality data. Researchers used a one-way encryptio...

John Sundahl Publicly Announces His Romance With Britney

... after leaving rehab at Promises in Malibu earlier this year (07), and then started attending AA meetings he staged. He further said that Spears' estranged husband Kevin Federline might be devastated by the new of their romance, as the aspiring rapper's lawyers his romance initially him to testify again...

Britneys Confession - 'I'm Not a Virgin'

...e W magazine,. "We were together so long and I had this vision. You think you're going to spend the rest of your life together. Where I come from, the woman is the homemaker, and that's how I was brought up - you cook for your kids." Spears returns after a gap of almost 18 months said she now realizes ...

Bra-less Britneys New Affairs

...r claims he is her new found love. Britney has this habit of revealing herself bit by bit. With her ne... after leaving rehab at Promises in Malibu earlier this year (07), and then started attending AA meetings he staged. He further said that Spears' estrange...

777 Couples Married on 7.07.07

...ating for nine years before they decided to choose this auspicious date for their marriage. Chua said: "We..." The number is considered lucky by many and on this date many global events were organized including the ceremony of seven wonder of the word at Lisbon ...

Researchers Say Brain Region Responsible for Pain's Ability to Seek Attention

...to seek attention. The new study has found that this pain-related brain region is distinct from the one... The study theorized that the best candidate for this region was one called the rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) known to be involved in the brain...

Protein That Absorbs Lipids may Provide Future Weight-loss Strategies

...'s clear that some of us have different amounts of this protein in different tissues, and some individuals don't have any of it," she added. The study has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry....

Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

...ed behavior, according to their study. "I think this will help us make sense of how there can be so man...technique called voltage-sensitive dye imaging for this model. This technique allows intact brain circuits to be viewed in real time, enabling the researche...

Liver Cancer More Prevalent in Males

...liver injury than males do, and that production of this protein is suppressed by estrogen, may point the way to therapies to reduce the incidence of liver cancer in males. IL-6 contributes to the chronic liver inflammation that leads to cancer. The research team was led by Michael Karin, Ph.D., professo...

Africa's Men Urged to Step Up AIDS Fight

...rus, a tenfold increase since December 2003. But this was still less than a quarter of the estimated 4.6 million people in need of the drugs, the conference heard....

Combination of Tratuzumab and Chemotherapy Yields Better Results for Breast Cancer

...type. The level of effectiveness demonstrated by this analysis is largely unprecedented in the treatment of solid tumors, the authors say, and highlights the potential of implementing targeted agents with cytotoxic chemotherapy. More information about ECLU is available at http: www.esmo.org/activities...

Top China Official Pessimistic on Fixing Food Safety Woes

...f serious food safety risks and our task of fixing this is extremely arduous. Despite some recent improvements, the food safety outlook is no cause for optimism,' he was quoted as telling a Beijing food safety symposium. Sun's comments contrasted sharply with the government's so far upbeat response to a...

Star Health Grants Boon To India's HIV-Affected

...ividuals, because people are ashamed of accepting this deadly disease, due to social stigma. Thats why w...r Health to adopt the institutional route to offer this cover. In addition, the company has also come out with a product called `Red Carpet' for senior ci...

New Cancer Fighting Virus

...safety and efficacy results and a case report from this ongoing clinical trial in patients with colorectal...ction in the tumor masses was really impressive in this patient, Dr. Mescheder said. The hepatic masses almost disappeared.The patient survived for 12 month...

Dutch Customs Deploys Special Bird Flu Dogs

...gs have been working on Schiphol airport since May this year. In Europe only the Czech customs are also wo...ties here said. According to the customs service this year they have already confiscated 1,626 kilos of prepared poultry meat, 203 kilos of raw poultry me...

Doctors Not Exempt from Competition Law, Australian Commission Warns

...tors must sometimes work "in association" and that this did not mean "collusion". "The ACCC needs to look at the context of doctors working as a group ... where its rulings can conflict with clinical scenarios," Dr Ford said. For example, he said obstetricians working in a maternity unit could provi...

British Woman Who Has inherited Breast Cancer Wants to Spread Awareness

... you don't really need to do a gene test. Women in this category are offered regular screening and some op...on in the next few months. She's been told that this move will dramatically reverse the odds for her - without the surgery there is a 90 per cent chance ...

No Flu Outbreak Here , West Australians Told

...ident that there is no link between the three, and this has been an unfortunate circumstance that's clustered in time. "We are maintaining our advice to parents in Perth that if their child is lethargic, has a fever and is unwell with a cough, that they should seek early medical attention. "However, i...

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