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The Plight of Jharkhand's Mysterious deaf Village

... two of them are hard of hearing. We are unable to understand why the people of this village face a hearing problem." "Even treatment makes no impact on us," he said. Ahmad pointed out that there was hardly a house in the village without at least one hearing impaired. The problem has refused to go away. "...

Myths About Melanoma Could Lead to Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment

...common myths about melanoma could help more people understand their risk factors and be more aware of melanomas that dont fit the typical diagnostic mold. Despite our ongoing public education efforts on the causes and symptoms of melanoma, a number of misconceptions about this potentially deadly disease exist,...

New Brain Neuromarker May Shed Light on Autism and Schizophrenia

... social interactions opens up the potential to now understand how and why we as humans relate to each other the ...n collaboration with neuroscientists are trying to understand how patterns are generated in the human brain and their relation to behavior, said Dr. Gary Perry, d...

University of Arkansas to Ban Tobacco from Its Campus

... campus, particularly in the residence halls. We understand that this will be a significant change for a segment of our population, said Serafini. About 20 percent of our students report frequent use of tobacco; the percentage is higher for University employees. We want to give them all the help we can to adj...

Nanomedicine Gives the Way for Nerve Cell Regeneration

... these challenges be overcome even before we fully understand them at a molecular level "why axons in central nervous system do not regenerate"" Dr. Mauris N. De Silva describes the novel nanotechnology based approach designed that includes the use of magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fields for addressing th...

Genetic Marker Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

... age than white men. These findings will help us understand the mechanisms underlying prostate cancer, said Brian Helfand, M.D., an assistant research professor of urology at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, a co-principal investigator of the study and a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital....

Sleep Apnea may Increase Risk of Diabetes

...lth challenge. New approaches are needed to better understand the risk factors for diabetes in order to develop additional preventive strategies. Understanding the link between sleep-disordered breathing and diabetes may represent one such approach....

Repetition Is Like Chanting The More It is Heard the More You Believe It

...ledo and Harvard University, researchers sought to understand individuals' accuracy in identifying group norms and opinions. The experiments included dividing students into three groups, (three person control group, single opinion group and repeated opinions group). Participants in the three-person control g...

Vegetarian Diet Could Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

...rther demonstrate how researchers are beginning to understand the links between digestive diseases and lifestyle most notably, diet," he added....

Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy During Menopause

...ts for cardiovascular disease. Today, researchers understand that the WHI was not designed to address younger w...f that this study will go a long way in helping us understand the complexity of estrogen and related hormones in humans. It is critical that we continue to system...

Study Refutes Theory on HIV's Effect on White Blood Cells

...ls, and means that further studies are required to understand the mechanism behind HIVs distinctive slow process of cellular destruction," he added. The researchers believe that one possible explanation for the slow pace of the process may be that the virus slowly adapts itself over the course of the infectio...

Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study

...from what they did in 1300 A.D. that would help us understand how people are going to have to deal with any kinds of similar sorts of changes that might take place in the Asian monsoon during the process of global warming?" Aldenderfer asked. Scientists credit the Asian monsoon with bringing much-needed summ...

14-year-old Killed in School Shooting in Canada

...gic end. "The guy was so calm. That's what I don't understand about it." Experts noted, "The school shooters tend to be white kids in small towns in rural areas who identify with other white kids in small towns in rural areas and they sort of see their own experience and concerns and grievances in the actions...

Scientists Create Synthetic Proteins

...hetic evolution. "The goal of our research is to understand certain fundamental questions regarding the origin and evolution of proteins," said Chaput. "Would proteins that we evolve in the lab look like proteins we see today in nature or do they look totally different from the set of proteins nature ultim...

Use of Inhaled Steroids on Daily Basis may Not Control Childhood Asthma

...ver, conceded that further studies are required to understand what makes some children not to respond to steroids. "But this issue hasnt been looked at closely in children. Further studies are needed to see what is different about children who dont respond to steroids, to see if there is a way to predict whe...

Obesity Might Lead to Severe Persistent Asthma Attacks: Study

...re not playing a role in the results. To further understand how obesity may impact the severity of asthma, researchers looked at the association of body mass index (BMI) to quantify a patients body size with the following measures of severity: respiratory symptoms, healthcare utilization (emergency room visit...

Circadian Clocks Triggered Chemical Reactions may Be Behind Jet Lag

...ycle in humans. "We were interested in trying to understand behavior at the molecular level. This a great example of chemical biology, in that we can perturb the chemistry of a single molecule in a particular way and actually change the behavior of a complex organism," said Crane. The study has been publis...

Drink, Binge and the Genetic Link

...e ensured that adequate research is carried out to understand the underlying causes of all complex biological issues, including alcoholism . Unfolding the pattern of inheritance is the primary step towards understanding them. Alcoholism is the compulsive consumption of alcoholic beverages. This dependence...

Research may Yield Improved Treatment for Diseased Lungs

...or organs, researchers just recently have begun to understand that the properties of large "conduit" arteries are important to left-ventricle function. "Changes can occur to large vessels that alter the way that pulse waves travel in the circulation and can end up overloading the left ventricle - not by incre...

Using Drugs as Weapons can Never Be 'non Lethal', Say Doctors

...who may be considering the use of drugs as weapons understand the fundamental scientific, legal and ethical considerations surrounding such use. Work to promote the norms prohibiting the use of poisons, and therefore the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [BTWC] and the Chemical Weapons Convention [CWC]...

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