The MRSA Superbug May Yet Be Overcome
...onge. The Heriot Watt University’s researchers are trying to identify the manufacturers of the sponge. If the clinical trials of the antibiotic were to be completed successfully, the threat of the superbug could come to an end once and for all. There is also a possibility that a strain belonging to the MRSA...Scientists Discover Secret Of Curly Hair
... according to L'Oreal’s researchers. They are also trying to find the reason for the whitening of the hair.// The hair bulb is hook-shaped for curly hair and straight, for straight hair. To get to the root of the shape of hair, researchers led by Bruno Bernard, head of hair biology at L'Oreal, grew curly...China reveals new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
Even as China is trying to contain Bird flu, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease forced the killing of 91 cattle in the northeastern part of the country this week // . The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Cattle on a farm in Shandong province developed symptoms...Youth Smoking Sparked By Multiple Factors: Study
... as does finding cigarettes pleasurable when first trying them. Being a “novelty seeker” also tends to lead children and teens to smoke. Overall, according to the study, minority youth are less likely than white to try cigarettes, become daily smokers once they do try cigarettes and become dependent on ni...Black Actor Confesses Sex Cult Past
...ing and living with us. In the same bed. They were trying to make it work... It was a meltdown. She ended up leaving because she knew that I was crazy for her and was not into the weird unhealthiness of it." The childhood life of many black celebrities has been either weird or traumatic and this includes t...Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa
... poor Indian state of Orissa. Now a rationalist is trying to educate people and tell them how this is practiced//. Narendra Naik, the President of Federation of All India Rationalists Association, is presently on a 13-day campaign in the villages of Orissa to spread awareness against witchcraft. In a typ...Herbal Medicines with Animal, Human Body Parts! - Swami Ramdev Accused
...” He further added that some vested interests were trying to malign him. Turing on to the other side, Mrs. Karat confronted him with charges of using dried and powdered testicles of certain animals as a treatment for impotence. She had come to know about this illegal manufacture at Divya Yog Pharmacy, Ris...The HIV Bug infects and alarms Beijing
... In order to avoid the condition China has been trying to distribute condoms and set up needle exchange a...t programs in the worst affected areas. It is also trying to provide more free antiretroviral drugs. "We have a huge task," said Mr Wu. "These two behaviors...Melbourne at cutting edge of fight to find bird flu vaccine
... Two other projects in France and the US had been trying to develop a vaccine for the virus. Prof. Nolan said the French project was a couple of months ahead of Melbourne and preliminary results were encouraging. The strain used in the Melbourne project was taken from a bird flu victim in Vietnam and neutr...Indian Hospital Recruits UK Based Doctors
...to staff a severely under-manned NHS. Now India is trying to woo them all back as well as attract European-born staff." Roy said AMRI Hospital was prepared to pay for interested doctors to fly out to India and spend a few weeks working in the plush hospital in the heart of Kolkata. "They will get full...Marine Reserves Protect Coral Reefs
...he health of the system. Caribbean reefs are still trying to recover from the devastating effects of an El Nino bleaching event in 1998 which caused widespread damage to coral around the world," Mumby added. The researchers found that marine reserves might provide exactly the right conditions to allow th...Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor
...h public money to buy expensive medical equipment, trying to keep pace with developed countries, and offering exclusive services that few can afford, Health Minister Gao Qiang said at a national health conference Saturday, says a Xinhua report. "This year the Ministry of Health will tighten the control o...Omega-3 May Help Special Children
Researchers are trying to find out if fish oil supplements, namely omega-3, will help special children who suffer from behavioral and learning difficulties.// The Omega-3 contains a fatty acid EPA which serves to help the brain to transmit messages between the different ce...Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa
...ove the poverty level. Suni Naik’s family is still trying to recover after losing their third child, which d...only getting 10 days' wages in a month. I am still trying to provide him a good diet. I have lost two children. I won't let my third child die," she says mise...Life Beyond Cancer - Delhi Woman Tells How
...hers afflicted with the deadly disease. She is now trying to publish her autobiography and screen a short film regarding her fight. The courage and determination the assistant news editor at Doordarshan television here displayed since she was declared a victim of cancer in 1998 made the Outlook magazine n...Scientists Closer To Identifying Gene Connected To Alzheimer's
...mer's disease, but we're getting closer. We're now trying to nail down which one of these six genes is the most likely to be involved," Goate said. --(ANI)...Mystery Of The Placebo Effect, Yet To Be Solved
...fect is very confusing for the researchers who are trying to point out the exact site of action of the placebo. Two different experiments were conducted one in which Dagfinn Matre showed that there is an alteration in the spinal processing of the pain due to the placebo effect. It is seen that this effe...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Be Prevented?
... showed fewer stress symptoms. Hence McGaugh is trying to convince the federal government to fund for further studies. Meanwhile Brunet and Pitman are conducting experiments in Montréal including participants who were traumatized as long as 20 or 30 years ago by child abuse, sexual assault or a serious a......arged with substance abuse and has ever since then trying to make amends with both her drug abuse problem and with her business associates. Reports say that Kate has instead opted for a low-key dinner party. (Source:IANS)...