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Alcohol based sanitizer found to reduce illness in families

...ing higher amounts sanitizer usage (indicating 4-5 uses per day) were about 20 percent less likely to transmit respiratory illnesses, but this effect didn't reach statistical significance. A lot of other studies have revealed a protective effect against respiratory illness among families who used hand s...

Less Stomach Infections If Hand Sanitizer Gel Is Used

...r usage (more than 2 oz in 2 weeks, indicating 4-5 uses per day) were about 20 percent less likely to transmit respiratory illnesses, but this effect didn’t reach statistical significance. A related study from Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston, published in the April issue of Pediatri...

Next time somebody complains about your strange behavior, take it as a compliment

...zotypes were better able to creatively suggest new uses for the objects, while the schizophrenics and aver... the three groups again were asked to identify new uses for everyday objects as well as to perform a basic control task while the activity in their prefront...

New ultralight hand with better functionality and flexibility developed

...he functioning of the human thumb, the Remedi-Hand uses two motors – one to allow it to rotate and one to allow it to flex. The artificial limb offers superior flexibility and a great versatility in function. With the hand one can clutch objects such as a ball, or can move the thumb out to one side and g...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

...s to be created among women regarding the sale and uses of Emergency contraceptives and moreover awareness is also to be given to doctors as an earlier survey done by Delhi Medical Association showed that only 40% of doctors had awareness regarding Emergency contraceptives. Contraceptive awareness is also...

Proper Validation of Generic Drugs Could Save Millions of AIDS Patients

...n countries, mostly they are produced for domestic uses and some drugs are exported, the countries mostly manufacturing generic drugs are China, India, and Thailand. The manufacturing companies are wholly or partly owned by the government enterprises, and these companies can simply sell drugs to their own...

B-Carotene Increases Oral Cancer Risk In Smokers

...rotene is a nutrient found in plants that the body uses to make vitamin A. It's found mainly in deeply colored fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, squash, yams, peaches, apricots, spinach, collard or mustard greens, and broccoli. Beta carotene supplementation has been found to increase the incidence ...

Novel antibiotic dressing developed for improved wound healing

... quantities of these commodities. Other potential uses of the coating would be designing of special clothing for soldiers in the field who often don't have time to change or shower, manufacturing of hospital gowns and bedding to prevent spread of bugs....

Chest Pain Can Be Identified By New Tracer Chemical 30 Hours After Pain Relief

...ion of blood flow and oxygen. The heart normally uses fatty acid as its primary fuel source for energy. Decreased blood flow to the heart, caused either by narrowed or clogged arteries or increased demand on the heart during strenuous exercise, sets off a metabolic disturbance that slows down or halts t...

Skin Cancer caused by mutations in a single Gene

...e cause of cancer. The gene chip array technique uses a microscope which screens thousands of genes to identify the patched gene or mutated gene which is responsible for causing cancer. The researchers said, “That 70% of basal cell carcinoma tumors - a type of skin cancer - had mutations in the patched...

Using Eyes As The Line Of Reference For Fetal Brain Imaging

...ir unborn babies and newborns with MR imaging that uses no ionizing radiation. This enables diagnosis and ...t the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that uses the eyes as the line of reference, resulting in 50 % reduction in the time necessary to take MRI ima...

PET Scanning can help in early detection of Alzheimer’s diseas

...resence and extent of neurological conditions. PET uses very small amounts of radioactive materials that are targeted to specific organs, bones or tissues. Radiotracers (such as FDG) are injected and then detected by a special type of camera that works with computers to provide precise pictures of the are...

Conditioning preferences in children

...ndamental that it has been proposed that the brain uses it as a basic category for organizing information and activating approach or avoidance behaviors. Stimulus evaluation is also thought to be immediate, unintentional and linked to behavioral responses. Andy P. Field, in an article to be published in ...

Resilin Protein from Flea can be used for cardiovascular disease

...n the field of medicine. One of the most important uses of resilin would be in the field of cardiovascular diseases. It can be very useful tool in the replacement of damaged arteries; the resilin has characters of elasticity and can be used to replace the elastic material in the walls of damaged arteries....

Researchers Identify Sipa 1 Gene, Responsible For Cancer Metastasis

...uthors used a multiple cross mapping strategy that uses the shared haplotypes in different inbred strains of mice to reduce the number of candidate genes. This reduced the number of potential genes from 500 to 23, which were then prioritized base d on their known molecular function. After analyzing and di...

Another Victim Of Legionnaires' Disease

...ar type of air-conditioner, the window-type, which uses refrigerated air instead of evaporated water, cannot collect the bacteria and therefore presents no risk of Legionnaires Disease. In its own habitat it is not known to be harmful to humans. It is only when it is found in man made situations that th...

Aprotinin in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock trauma patients

...resent study and the data already published on the uses of aprotinin in situations where bleeding is of major concern, further studies are warranted to establish the possible use of aprotinin in the treatment of trauma patients....

Two screen test and treat screening for cervical cancer

...red by traditional approaches. The testing process uses Non-cytological techniques such as testing for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) DNA testing and/or Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA). The testing procedure is followed by treatment of lesions using Cryotherapy using nitrous oxide on lesions to free...

New spinal surgery technique developed by UCSF Surgeon

...surgeons at the USCF institute. // The technique uses advances in spinal instrumentation and reconstructive strategies to provide a direct approach to the removal of cervical spinal tumors with minimal, or no, neural manipulation. The technique involves a lateral paramedian transpedicular approach that ...

Surgery to remove tumors in the spine

...San Francisco have developed a surgery method that uses standard and innovative devices to first remove an...que called Lateral Paramedian transpedicular which uses advance spinal instrumentation and reconstructive strategies by which it is possible to remove the c...

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