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Neurotoxins might Reverse Mononeuronal Disease – Study Find

... an anti-wrinkle treatment, Dr Frederic Meunier, a winner of UniQuest's 2006 competition has developed a cure for motoneuronal diseases//. Researcher used neurotoxins to form a selective motoneuron delivery system in the body, which blocked the unnecessary neuronal communications and thus assists in treat...

Air Pollution in Tamil Nadu is a Cause of Concern for Environmentalists

...ty in India', was released here by Magsaysay award winner V. Shantha of the Cancer Institute. The samples were taken with the help of a 'Bucket' - a low-cost air sampling tool that contains a special plastic bag housed within a bucket. The bag serves as a container for the air sample, and is detached aft...

Liz Taylor Quash Rumors About Her Illness

...ng Live. The adamant 74-year-old, two-time Oscar winner said, however, that she often uses a wheelchair because of chronic back pain as she answered a range of questions about her film career, her work fighting AIDS and her passion for designing jewellery. Taylor's interview followed a report with the h...

Make No Bones About It: Actress Sally, Fields Osteoporosis Like A star!

...ding to experts, women need more calcium. Field, a winner in sprit, decided to fight osteoporosis for all it is worth. The Actress, after consulting with her doctors, started to take the medication, Boniva, which was a new medication manufactured by Roche and GlaxoSmithKline. Today, Field is a satisfied a...

Raloxifene Better Than Tamoxifen For Breast Cancer

... in the trial. "It is clear that raloxifene is the winner of this trial," said lead researcher Dr. Norman Wolmark, a researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Tamoxifen is sold as a generic drug and is widely used to prevent breast cancer, but Lilly said it would seek U.S. Food and Drug Adm...

Kannada Superstar Dr. Rajkumar's Eyes Donated As Per His Wish

Dr Rajkumar (77), Kannada superstar and winner of the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award, died of cardiac arrest at a Bangalore hospital this afternoon. //The superstar had come in the limelight when he was held captive by late sandalwood smuggler Veerappan for more than 100 days, about six year...

'Fight the Flab' Competition Yields Great Results

...over 75 lbs, exercise more than 25 miles, with the winner of the competition losing 9% of their original body weight. The competition began with Jen sending out invitations through WeightLossWars.com to her family and friends to join her competition Fight the Flab. Many accepted her offer and registered on...

Chemical Signaling Helps Regulate Sensory Map Formation In The Brain

... In 1963, neurobiologist Roger Sperry (Nobel Prize winner in 1981) proposed the `chemoaffinity hypothesis,’ where chemical signals, probably present in concentration gradients, serve as positional landmarks within the brain. These landmarks are then recognized by growth cones at the tip of axons - the proje...

Blood camp held in Alaska to save leukemic patients

...ducted in this winter // . She is the four times winner of the 1100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She said that she will win this race of survival with the same grit and confidence. She is fighting leukemia by staying alive and to do so she needs a bone marrow donor. She is in the Seattle’s Fred ...

Delhi To Host International Women’s Congress From Nov 2

...ll see the participation of 2003 Noble Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi from Iran, 1996 Gandhi Peace Prize recipient A.T. Ariyaratne, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran and Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Pat...

European Countries To Fund $4 Billion For Vaccination For Poor Children’

... run the IFFIm and a decision will be taken by the winner of that process as to which financial institutions will be involved," the source said. <br...

Alzheimer cure

...e anything to go by, the clinical trial could be a winner - and thus a cure for Alzheimer's disease....

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