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Radiation Cocktail May Reduce Risk of Damage To Other Organs In Breast Cancer

...ose that occur in the breast, physicians have been turning to mixed-beam radiation therapy (MBRT), which employs separate beams of electrons and photons (x-rays). The two types of radiation complement one another, as electrons generally travel to shallow depths while the x-rays can penetrate to deeper parts...

Supermarket Chains In UK To Ban The Use Of Trans Fats

...ating vegetable oil to a very high temperature and turning it into solid form is the method for obtaining hydrogenated oils. Authorities at Sainsbury's have said that they have set January 2007 as the target by which they plan to totally remove hydrogenated vegetable oils from its entire range of own-brand’s...

Finally, The First Ever Treatment for Drug-Resistant HIV

... new class of inhibitors and sees it as a possible turning point in HIV therapy. "This will save many lives of patients suffering from drug-resistant HIV," he said. "This is encouraging." Ghosh said he hopes this approach could be applied to other viruses, and he is currently involved in research into the...

Discovery In "Bubble Boy" Disease Gene Therapy

... them from inserting themselves into oncogenes and turning them on. The St. Jude XSCID mouse models will then be used to test these new vectors. The (Arf -/- gamma C -/- ) mouse models were developed using Arf -/- mice provided by Charles Sherr, M.D., Ph.D., co-chair of the St. Jude Department of Genetics...

Research Leads to First Treatment for Drug-Resistant HIV

... new class of inhibitors and sees it as a possible turning point in HIV therapy. "This will save many lives of patients suffering from drug-resistant HIV," he said. "This is encouraging." Ghosh said he hopes this approach could be applied to other viruses, and he is currently involved in research into th...

Bitter Pill: Thrills That Kill

...ecessary quantities.' leading to the drug abuser turning entirely dependent on the contents of the drug, bordering on psychic dependence or addiction. Some of the most commonly abused drugs are alcohol, anabolic steroids, amphetamines, analgesics, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, caffeine, cannabis, cocain...

Cellular System Causing Destruction Of Faulty Proteins In Cystic Fibrosis Identified

...it in the molecular trash bin. The team found that turning off these components – the cell's trash collectors -- extends the life of faulty CFTR proteins and thereby enables some of it to assume a functional shape. The trash collectors newly identified by the Cyr group are two different ubiquitin ligases,...

Childhood Obesity Tackled in Arkansas

...way from being able to state nationally that we're turning the corner." In 2004 in Arkansas the students were weighed to determine their body-mass index which is an indicator of whether people carry an appropriate amount of weight for their height. States such as California, Florida and Pennsylvania, have ...

Maoist Leader-Turned Social Activist Passes Away

...working from a village in Jehanabad. His dream of turning the face of rural Bihar did not work, but he did manage to create awareness among the landed laborers. Source: IANS...

Turn the volume down to save your ears!!

...ontrol and has to resist the temptation to keep on turning it up." Thus, the earplugs have to be used judiciously. The Royal National Institute for Deaf (RNID), which is running a three-year campaign to raise awareness about the damages of loud music, has supported this band’s decision. The 'Don't Lose the...

Family cares taking women away from male-dominated fields

Women are turning away from entering male-dominated fields, including math and science fields, due to their concerns about balancing career and family// , says a study. Researchers at RTI International, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and Murdoch Uni...

Adult stem cells are sensitive to responses from the environment

...tem cells seem ineffective in fixing the damage by turning into replacement cardiac muscle. "The cardiac t... not recognize the microenvironment as a guide for turning into heart muscle," Discher said; "however, our studies show that it might be possible to 'prime' st...

Lakhs Affected As Chikungunya Sweeps Across The Nation

... could be in an incubation period, with more cases turning up in the next few weeks. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) have announced that 3 of the 6 blood samples collected by them have tested positive for the deadly disease. The officials also mentioned that all the 3 patients who we...

Plateau Reached in the Battle against Breast Cancer

...ly reached a plateau, probably indicating// that a turning point may have reached in the nation against the f...alition said, ‘It's too soon to know whether we're turning the tide. It appears to be leveling off, but to confirm that you need another data point." While mo...

Latest Weapon in Battle against Drug-Resistant Bacteria

... behavior changes dramatically, become aggressive, turning on virulence genes to cause infection. Besides that several bacterial colonies also set up defenses by the secretion of mucus-like substance that forms a slimy, protective "biofilm" around them, which makes them nearly impervious to antibiotics. In...

Indians might be spreading Polio

... whole."The state of Uttar Pradesh specifically is turning out to be the exporter of the disease," he said adding cases of polio reported in Bangladesh were also of Indian origin. Refuting the Uttar Pradesh Government's argument that vaccination was not an effective method to control polio, he said, "The v...

Canadian teens keep problems to themselves

...is led to eating more in over 40% of the teens and turning to alcohol or drugs in 10 % of them. Embarrassment and fear of judgment or punishment are the main reasons according to teens for not talking openly with their parents. According to Dr. McDougall, it is essential for parents to develop an open relati...

Anabolic Steroids for Today’s Young Me

...has revealed that young men are today increasingly turning to anabolic steroids to improve their looks as well as to boost their self-confidence.// According to DrugScope steroids that were traditionally used by body builders and athletes to improve their performance, were nowadays becoming more popular amo...

The Bald Truth: Men Better to Cut Short Thinning Hair

...Some find toupees or hairpieces uncomfortable, but turning the remaining hair into a combover is rarely an attractive option either. The best look remains a short, simple cut. "By age 50, about 50 percent of men have some hair loss, but in many different ways," said Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, head of the Clinic...

Better Nutrition in Schools Boosted by $12m Fund

...rn. She said, "We hope this is the first step in turning that around." Some of the staple items that were found in the menu of the school canteens were pies, chips, doughnuts, fizzy drinks and oversize cookies according to the survey conducted by the Greens Party. Ms Kedgley alleged that such food item...

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