Shrinking

Shrinking Birthmark’s

Researchers say there may be a new way to correct hard-to-treat birthmarks by using magnetic resonance imaging during a minimally // invasive surgical procedure, where literally lighting up the problem can ensure a more complete correction. Birthmarks basically consist of enlarged veins. Most people with the birthmarks do not experience problems, but in some cases, the birthmarks get wo...

Shrinking Cancer Cells

Researchers now say they’ve found one drug that may successfully treat everything from breast to prostate cancer.// For the study 22 patients with breast, prostate, lung, ovarian, colon and pancreatic cancer were involved , 42 percent had their tumors either stabilize or shrink by more than 50 percent. Specialists say , it turns off one of the switches within the cancer cell to stop it from growi...

Shrinking bladder with age is a thing of past

Scientists from University of Pittsburgh had said in a new study that there’s adequate proof that bladder// does not shrink in size with age, in spite of the elderly frequenting the bathroom more. Researchers had compiled data on bladder capacity and stability, urethral closure pressure, voiding flow rate and detrusor contraction strength from 95 females of ages 22 to 90. The results w...

Shrinking of Mt. Kilimanjaros Ice Cap Not Due to Global Warming: Study

The dwindling icecap atop Africas Mount Kilimanjaro cannot be attributed to human induced global warming, an American and an Austrian researcher duo have said in a recent study . "There are dozens, if not hundreds, of photos of midlatitude glaciers you could show where there is absolutely no question that they are declining in response to the warming atmosphere," said climatologist P...

Green Campaigners Concerned About Yamuna's Shrinking Floodplains

Green campaigners in India are worried, as the floodplains of the Yamuna river are being converted into shopping malls, residential and commercial outlets and even hotels for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. This will further choke the highly polluted river and spell danger for the city's water security, they warn. To build awareness, a programme is being held over the we...

Manic Depression Linked With Shrinking Brain

A new study has linked bipolar disorder or manic depression with accelerated shrinking of the brain. Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition defined as recurrent episodes of significant disturbance in moods. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Andrew McIntosh at the University of Edinburgh. As part of the study, researchers ex...

Rivers in China Shrinking Due to Climate Change

The volume of water flowing in two of China's longest rivers -- the Yangtze and the Yellow -- is reducing steadily because of climate change linked to the contraction of wetlands, warned the country's leading scientists. The China Daily quoted scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as saying after an analysis of aerial photographs and satellite pictures, that the wetla...