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Sex Ends as Seasons Shift and Kisspeptin Levels Plummet

... Endocrinology. The paper is now accessible online via the journal's rapid electronic publication service. The researchers present evidence that kisspeptin, a recently discovered neuropeptide encoded by the KiSS-1 gene, mediates the decline of male Siberian hamsters' libido and reproduction as winter a...

Racists Attack Indian Nurses in Liverpool

...been a dedicated officer who works with the nurses via the hospital for more than a year now and she will be continuing to work with those in the local community". Source-IANS...

Robotically Assisted Colo-resection And Gastric Bypass Surgeries Are Becoming Popular

...called minimally invasive surgeries, are performed via several tiny holes rather than one long incision. ...inci, a four-armed robot controlled by the surgeon via a joystick. DaVinci can provide better camera views and more precise surgical manipulations than are...

Effects Of Age-related Vascular Diseases Can Be Reduced By Inactivating TNFa

...ulation of blood pressure. Second, blocking TNFa via chronic etanercept treatment decreased cell death in aged vessels, demonstrating that increased TNFa levels likely contribute to age-related cardiovascular disease. Similar cell-protective effects were found when anti-TNFa antibodies were used in cel...

Prior Experience to Stress Acts as an Immunization

...y and gene expression in cells of the alarm center via chemical monitoring and brain mapping techniques. Increased secretion of serotonin (a mood regulating chemical) and gene expression in the alarm center, as well as the depression-like behavioral changes, no longer occurred following an uncontrollable...

Gene Therapy for Hereditary Immunodeficiency Diseases

...as the introduction of genes into tissues or cells via gene transfer, with the purpose of deriving a therapeutic or preventative benefit from the function of these genes. Gene transfer is achieved using a vector – a kind of vehicle that carries the gene. Somatic gene transfer only targets body cells (som...

Brain-child of Natus Medical, “Cool Cap”, Protects Brains of Babies Born With HE

...ap system ensures a consistent flow of cool water, via a cap, positioned on the infant’s head, which helps in cooling the head. According to researchers, when oxygen is deprived to the baby at the time of birth, it could cause serious damage to the brain, which may occur in just a few hours or may take...

Telemedicine Offers New Possibilities in Health Care

... and sleeping position. The data are transmitted via short-range radio with Bluetooth technology to a b...cting in the lungs. The physician is then notified via a mobile-phone text message. Health Manager, a device by the Stuttgart-based company Biocomfort th...

Pros and Cons of Therapy for Lead Exposure

...em to moderate- and high-lead levels (administered via mothers' milk). A third group -- the control -- was not exposed. Exposures were followed by a treatment with succimer or placebo. Immediately thereafter, the researchers conducted automated tests over six months on the rats' attention, memory and abi...

Gene Discovered by Researchers Tied to Pancreatic Cancer

...nvolved in the architecture of cells, specifically via the actin cytoskeleton, a polymer protein complex that provides much of the basis for cell shape,” Otey said. In 1996 Dr. Teresa A. Brentnall, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington, became aware of a family in which 18 ...

“Erectile Dysfunction” Drugs Heighten Natural Anti-Cancer Activiy

... -- which are key to triggering immune suppression via MDSCs. Borrello’s team found that the arginase enzyme, which metabolizes a dietary supplement called L-arginine, also contributes to dampening the immune system through MDSCs much like nitric oxide, and its production can be reversed by sildenafil. ...

Impotency Drugs Help to Unmask Cancer Cells

...e - which are key to triggering immune suppression via MDSCs. Borrello's team found that the arginase enzyme, which metabolizes a dietary supplement called L-arginine, also contributes to dampening the immune system through MDSCs much like nitric oxide, and its production can be reversed by sildenafil. '...

Costliest Lawsuit for Chinese Hospital

...ing in poverty. Fifteen persons were contaminated via transfusions of blood during operations carried out at a provincial hospital of northern China in 2004. Three of them passed the virus to their spouses while one parent infected its child. The blood was got from illegal blood vendors; a married cou...

Dusted and Polished

...in it reaches out to almost the whole population// via local governments, food service providers etc. It‘s small wonder that the press has already lapped up a draft edition of the to-be –revised guide. The Food Guide has been around for sixty years and was last updated 14 years ago.Mary Bush, director...

Surgeries Stalled For Fear Of CJD Outbreak

...iortion and ultimately death. It can be contracted via contaminated surgical equipment. Out of the two types of CJD; classical and variant, the latter has attracted more public attention being linked to mad cow disease. Fielding questions from the press, hospital staff said that routine hospital s...

Puppets Spread Health Awareness in Rural Rajasthan

...state's medical, health and family welfare schemes via puppet shows and cultural programmes. The month-long 'Swasthaya Chetna Yatra' - health awareness journey - is spreading health-related information with the help of local artistes in 'Kala Jathas', while state officials and medical personnel roll ou...

Fact Sheet on Polonium-210 - The Substance That Killed Former Russian Spy

...s not dangerous; however, when taken into the body via inhalation or ingestion, polonium can enter the blood stream and alpha particles can impact organs and vital tissues directly. Polonium-210 is excreted in feces and urine over a period of several months. The polonium-210 dose that will kill 50 pe...

Waitress At A Lloydminister Steakhouse Infected By Hep A

...ic is going to react to it.” The virus is spread via faeces, by direct contact with an infected person or indirectly by eating or drinking contaminated food or liquids. Washing hands with soap, particularly after using the toilet and before handling food, minimizes the risk. Source-Medinia PRI...

North Texas Surgeons Lead Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgeries.

...urgeries. Laparoscopic surgeries, are performed via several tiny holes rather than one long incision. ...inci, a four-armed robot controlled by the surgeon via a joystick. DaVinci can provide better camera views and more precise surgical manipulations than are...

Guiding Students Toward a Successful Medical Assistant Career

...eer fast often elect to become a medical assistant via accelerated vocational training programs offered by Community Colleges,or other career training institutions.Although the medical assisting curriculum is broad and medical assistant tests and exams can be challenging people from all walks of live ach...

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