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UCSF study will test new vaginal microbicide for herpes and HIV

...isk of contracting HIV, so diminishing the risk of getting herpes also diminishes the risk of HIV infection. The generic name of the gel is "3 % w/w SPL7013" (brand name VivaGel). Following this safety trial, other trials will be conducted to determine its effectiveness at fighting off herpes and HIV infe...

Fake pesticides threaten food safety

...lance to the original. And it is a problem that is getting worse every year, according to the European Crop Protection Association 'Clearly there are risks when products that have not been properly studied or evaluated are being brought onto the market,' said Roger Doig, President of the ECPA. Several rec...

ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays

...ch clays to treat people with Buruli ulcer and was getting startling results, while her use of native clays had no effect. Williams reviewed the mother's work and notes that "Line Brunet de Courssou was a careful observer." However, Madame Brunet de Courssou was not a scientist. The mother, who is now deceas...

Researchers show that veins stiffen as we age

...ked with patients who were unable to stand without getting dizzy. And that began his research on veins. Today, he's busy working to find out what role these less-studied blood vessels may play in high blood pressure. "Lots of people have high blood pressure, but we still don't know the underlying cause o...

Light wine intake is associated with longer life expectancy in men

...terol and blood pressure, controlling your weight, getting enough physical activity and following a healthy diet and quit smoking, if you smoke. There is no scientific proof that drinking wine or any other alcoholic beverage can replace these conventional measures....

HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa

...rcent of people infected with HIV in the world are getting treatment. "We hope studies like these will shed additional light on the devastating problem of HIV in resource-limited countries like Uganda and encourage more programs that bring much-needed medication to these poor regions of the world," Sackto...

Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it

Because of new imaging technology, researchers are getting a better understanding of a physiological paradox: how insects, which have a respiratory system built to provide quick access to a lot of oxygen, can survive for days without it. The insect respiratory system is so efficient that resting insects sto...

Novel laboratory technique nudges genes into activity

... novel and unexpected, and it’s going to take some getting used to." ...

Coated nanoparticles solve sticky drug-delivery problem

...scopic particle, they can also keep the drugs from getting through. We've found a way to keep helpful nanoparticles from sticking to mucus, and we learned that the openings in the mucus 'mesh' are much larger than most people expected. These findings set the stage for a new generation of nanomedicines that c...

Magic Beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes

.... The results showed that, after two weeks, those getting 10% of their energy from black soya had gained half as much weight as those in the control group. Total blood cholesterol fell by 25% and LDL (so-called ‘bad? cholesterol fell by 60% in the rats in the 10% group. David Bender, sub-dean at the Roya...

MIT: Pulsing light silences overactive neurons

...e and the world," Boyden said, "but now people are getting interested in the interface between bodies and brains in the world." ...

Circumcision: A proven strategy to prevent HIV

...ears with the virus, but meanwhile more people are getting infected at a rate of approximately 5,000 persons per day," said Bailey. "We cannot treat our way out of this epidemic. Prevention of new infections is crucial." Simulation models estimate that millions of new HIV infections, tens of thousands of ...

Magnetic system could be key to surgery without scars

... used magnets to hold studs on their lips to avoid getting their lips pierced. “Once you think about, it’s an obvious thing,?said Dr. Cadeddu, whose team of urologists and surgeons worked with engineers from UTA’s Automation and Robotics Research Institute and the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center to ...

Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool

...viable therapeutic method. One sizeable hurdle is getting the right genes into the right place at the right time. Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are now developing a tool to tackle this problem. David M. Lynn and his colleagues have created ultrathin, nanoscale films composed of DNA and ...

Motor protein plays key role in connecting neurons

...ts motor domain, it becomes negative, inhibits DCC getting to the proper place and so axonal growth," Dr. Xiong says. ...

Mother knows best: Plant knowledge key to childhood health in remote Amazon

..., in everything from managing their environment to getting food and preventing and curing disease, explained Reyes-García. "However, globalization threatens this knowledge to the extent that formal schooling and jobs in emerging markets devalue folk knowledge and provide access to products not made from loca...

Living with water scarcity -- world must act now

...et local needs. And we need to place the means of getting out of poverty into the hands of poor people by fo... crop water needs from 80% to 20% by 2050. "While getting more crop, fish, meat and milk per drop is important for the environment, getting more value and nut...

New test for most virulent HPV strains under study

... infection with HPV types 16 or 18, your chance of getting moderate to severe precancerous cervical changes or cancer is much higher than if you have one of the other types,?says Dr. Ferris, a principal investigator on the national study evaluating the assay. The NCI study followed women infected with dif...

Health Canada approves cold and flu medicine

...y is to boost your immune system to help you avoid getting a cold or the flu in the first place, or if you do get one, to fight it more effectively." The NHPD’s safety review confirmed the safety profile of COLD-fX with no known side effects or drug interactions for generally healthy individuals. Healt...

Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find

... for geriatric patients. Mortality one year after getting out of the hospital was 5.4 percent for the adult patients and 44.4 percent for the geriatric patients. In both cases of mortality (hospital and one-year), high-quadriplegic injuries were found to have the highest mortality and paraplegic injuries h...

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