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fMRI Offers Insight Into An Infants Brain

...ated with increasing levels of speech should prove useful in the study of developmental language disorders, which are the single largest handicapping condition of childhood. Specialists also hope that the mapping of specific brain-language relationships will foster understanding of the mental processes unde...

A New Addition Could Help Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

...avor with both neurologists and geriatricians as a useful addition to Parkinson’s disease therapeuics....

PET Scanner detects more Vaginal cancer than CT scans

...lucose to show up on the PET scan. "CT scans are useful in many cases, but they have a limit to their resolution," says Grigsby, who sees patients at the Siteman Cancer Center and is affiliated with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children's Hospitals. "When you're evaluating lymph nodes for cancer using CT, ...

Healthy Feeding Guidelines for Children Ages 0 to 24 Months Issued

...ion. The new guidelines will provide practical and useful recommendations based on scientifically evidence. This will certainly help parents in establishing healthy eating patterns during a child’s infancy and toddler-hood. It is the right time for such a review as slowly inappropriate foods are entering ch...

Top Ten Super Food Items That Can Help In Avoiding Cancer

...l antioxidants and shown in numerous studies to be useful in lowering risk of many cancers of the body. 7) PUMPKIN: contains carotenoids called beta-carotene and alpha-carotene and protects against lung and ovarian cancers. Other food rich in carotenoids include: carrots, yams, squash, melons and sweet ...

Anti-fungal drug - Griseofulvin may help treat cancer

...fections. It has now been discovered that it maybe useful in treating cancer as it has been shown to inhibit growth of cancer cells in the lab. This was reported by international team of scientists. Leslie Wilson, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, The...

Pulmonary rehabilitation program effective for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

...that pulmonary// rehabilitation programs are often useful for patients of this disease to have improved daily functions and activities. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are lung diseases involving restricted airflow and conditions like lung tissue destruction, airway inflammation, air sac enlar...

Cognitive rehabilitation holds promise for schizophrenic brain function improvements

...es used by normal people to remember things may be useful for schizophrenia patients as much in remembering information. This process may also start the return of normalcy in remembering and retaining information in the brain by these people suffering from the disease. Schizophrenia is a chronic severe dis...

Preserving the DNA of a loved one

...ellmark . Orchid says the DNA information would be useful for medical, legal and genealogy issues as well as generation of reports. An individual's DNA can provide a wide range of information such as protection against future estate or lineage issues, tracing family genealogy and identifying ancestry. How...

Folic acid retards mental decline in middle aged

...ose who received a placebo. This can be especially useful when treating patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The role of vitamins B6 and B12 are also being investigated for reducing the level of homocysteine in blood. ...

Warning issued by FDA over "Liqiang 4 Capsules"

...ese language publications which also promote it as useful for the control of diabetes and being derived from only natural ingredients. All consumers, healthcare providers and care givers are urged by the FDA to report any adverse events related to this product to MedWatch, the FDA's voluntary reporting pr...

Folic Acid Retards Mental Decline In Middle Aged Subjects

...se who received a placebo. This can be especially useful when treating patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The role of vitamins B6 and B12 are also being investigated for reducing the level of homocysteine in blood. ...

Yoga Can Be Good For Breast Cancer Patients

...orward and for the first time seen how yoga can be useful for cancer patients. They are very much impressed". A breast cancer patient said: "Yoga gives mental relaxation. I am suffering from breast cancer. I have been doing Yoga as prescribed by the doctors. It has helped me a lot. I can sit and concentrat...

Pomegranate juice delays prostate cancer

...ned after the trails proved encouraging and can be useful in treating this form of cancer. Pomegranate jui...ant substances called phytoestrogens that could be useful in combatting prostate cancer, in particular. The study was conducted on 48 men with rising PSA le...

Grape fruit seed extracts can heal stomach ulcers

... in the conference that the extracts would be very useful for the patients who do not want to take anti-secretory drugs. Grapefruit juice can interact with some drugs, including cholesterol-reducing statins, and calcium channel blockers, given to heart patients....

Lung Cancer Deaths Declining In Men But Not Women In European Countries

... central and eastern Europe. The figures provide a useful yardstick to measure a population’s exposure to smoking, especially among 35-54 year olds. Although among men the figures of death from lung cancer are falling the mortality from lung cancer in women is still rising in most EU countries, except for...

Molecular markers for early diagnosis of breast and ovarian cancer

...indications that these markers may also one day be useful for prognosis of the disease course," he said. Early detection is crucial for effective treatment, particularly for ovarian cancer. "If we can use a simple blood screen to identify this cancer at a very early stage, we can almost certainly make a...

Neurological Disorders Overcome By Proteins

Proteins have been known to be useful in muscle repair and buildup. They have an important role to play in the metabolic activities// of the body as well. Scientists have discovered a new protein that controls development of brain cells and could eventually lead to medical interventions...

Researchers Gather Stem Cells From Discarded Placenta

... help people convert a medical waste into a highly useful source for numerous treatments in the cases of transplantation and regeneration of cells. With millions of live births every year, sourcing cells from the placenta can be relatively easier than sourcing stem cells from any other parts of the human bo...

DNA Directory Under Construction For Indian Criminals !

...opment of such a database is expected to be highly useful and effective in the criminal investigation and justice delivery system in our country. Currently, DNA test findings are presented as expert evidence under the Indian Evidence Act, but have no statutory recognition. The introduction of this system i...

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