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Busting the Exam Blues

...ents must learn to develop a positive attitude towards life, and condition themselves to look at failure as a stepping-stone to success, and not to sacrifice their lives at exam's alter. The student community is the wealth of the world. Therefore parents, teachers, and counselors alike, must come togethe...

An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite

...whiz past E.M. Bypass on the city's eastern fringe towards the airport, a signboard on the left indicates the Kolkata Municipal Corporation's dog pound// now run by Maneka Gandhi's People for Animals (PFA). It is here that the adage every dog has his day comes true. This sprawling pound aims to restore th...

HL7 Announces Industry’s First Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S

... The EHR Clinical Research Profile team is working towards producing a set of functions and criteria in order for EHR systems to be used as a source of data for clinical research. The EHR/CR Profile team is the first international team working with the HL7 EHR-S Functional Model and includes a European co-le...

Specially Treated Prawns for Seafood Allergy Sufferers

...eaction. Researchers have taken a promising step towards removing from prawns the proteins that cause an allergic response without resorting to genetic manipulation, reports Lisa Richards in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Li Zhenxing led the research at the Ocean University of China. The ...

WHO Urges Higher Priority for Neglected Diseases

...emented. International funds tend to be directed towards childhood immunisation and treatment of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis — the three diseases that kill the most people globally. "Other communicable diseases, including leprosy, filariasis, leishmaniasis and yaws are not the headline news, nor a...

Health Officials Approve Plan for New ￡28m Maternity Hospita

... the available services. This is definitely a move towards creating a 'Gold standard' in maternity, child and adult healthcare. Dr Jonathan Coutts, clinical director for neonatology, at the Queen Mother's Hospital, said: "We looked at a number of options to achieve the best possible links with the new chil...

Anorexia Linked To Genes

...fects young women with the risk pointer indicating towards the age group between 11 and 14. People suffering from this disease have a dislike for food and have a distorted body disposition. JYT...

Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care

...ent in PTSD-related avoidance symptoms and a trend towards improvement in other measures of mental health. A follow-up study published in 2006 showed that mothers continued to improve after the termination of treatment, showing significantly better scores in overall symptoms than mothers in the control gr...

Genetic Test for Type II Diabetes Moves Closer

...one that their genetics mean they are pre-disposed towards Type II diabetes, they will be much more motivated to change things such as their diet to reduce their chances of developing the disorder. We can also use what we know about the specific genetic mutations associated with Type II diabetes to develop b...

Faith May Help Stroke Victims

...al distress where people are not strongly oriented towards religious faith. JYT...

Gene Test to Spot Adults Who Might Get Diabetes

...eone that their genetics mean they are predisposed towards type 2 diabetes, they will be much more motivated ...ch are published in the journal Nature, also point towards at least one potential cause of the disease. One of the five genes, SLC30A8, is involved in trans...

Now Fight Iron Disorders With a Drug Against Hypertension

...ine's effect on iron transport would be a big step towards developing it into an effective therapy that can be used on patients," says Martina Muckenthaler, an EMBL alumna who is now at the University of Heidelberg. "Taking nifedipine from bench to bedside could be quicker than for other substances, because ...

Scientists Discover New Gene

...resources to outstanding young scientists pays off towards diagnosing and treating disease and human suffering," states CSHL President Bruce Stillman. Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Pregnant? Check Your Thyroid Secretion!

...en affect its functioning. Antibodies, directed towards the thyroid cells, may result in thyroid inflammation known as lymphocytic thyroiditis also known as Hashimoto's disease, which leads to hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism affects fertility of women by causing an increased frequency of menstrual perio...

Chlamydia Vaccine a Step Closer to Reality

...0 to continue its research into Chlamydia and work towards developing a vaccine specifically targeting adolescent women. Professor Peter Timms, from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), said a team of researchers had already identified certain proteins that were able to protect again...

Soldiers Readying to Fight Stress With Yoga

...sonnel at Gokulnagar. While sharing his concern towards long separation of soldiers from their families coupled with high professional challenges, Ramdev stressed upon the concept and benefits of a joint family system in society. Significant enthusiasm was witnessed among the paramilitary troopers when...

Marked Increase of Cancer Cases Among Aging Population

...tral and Eastern Europe, but increasingly targeted towards women, especially in Northern Europe." Breast, colorectal and lung cancers have the highest incidence Since the previous estimates for 2004, breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the commonest cancer to be diagnosed overall, with 429,900 ne...

Mercury can Kill

...oped nations to provide new and additional funding towards mercury reduction in developing countries. "We are pressuring the government and working with hospitals to switch over from mercury-based thermometers. Some hospitals in Delhi have already started using non-mercury thermometers." A branded mercur...

On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale

...by the donor, by reason of affection or attachment towards the recipient or for any other special reasons, such human organ shall not be removed and transplanted without the prior approval of the Authorization Committee.’ It is the highlighted part of the clause that creates the required loophole and all...

'Cancer Prevention' - In Your Hands

...s and policy decision-makers, to go the extra mile towards inculcating healthy lifestyle habits in children, so that they grow up to be healthy adults. Tobacco and Cancer: A smoke-free environment forms the basic premise of any cancer prevention programme. Nearly 30% of all cancer deaths are caused by...

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