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One in Three Heart Attack Patients Have No Chest Pains

Death Rates Higher for Those Without This Symptom. As many as one-third of patients never have chest pains prior to or during a heart attack, a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. And for women, diabetics and others who belong to groups likely to have atypical heart attack symptoms, more than half may never have such pains. The report examined sympto...

Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists

Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries concerning "signal transduction in the nervous system." The three Nobel laureates will share the 9 million kronor ($915,000) prize for their pioneering discoveries "concerning one type of signal transduction between nerve cells, referred to as slow synaptic transmission," according to the award ci...

Biotechnology industry expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002

The biotech products market in India is expected to grow into a three billion dollar industry by 2002 according to a Rabo India finance report. The big leap is expected to triple the industry's size from its 1999 value of one billion dollars. Biogenerics, biopharmaceuticals, agriculture, food and nutrition sectors are all poised for the big leap, both nationally and internationally. Th...

Three dimensional structure of apolipoprotein revealed

Researchers from Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have for the first time created the three dimensional structure of apolipoprotein E using X-ray crystallography. X-ray crystallography technique // is used for determining three dimensional structures so molecules by determining the x-ray diffraction patterns of the crystals present in molecules. Researchers feel that this new discove...

Baltimore doctors perform three simultaneous kidney transplants

BALTIMORE, Johns Hopkins University surgeons performed three simultaneous kidney transplants in a complex piece of medical choreography that had nurses rushing organs in labeled coolers among six operating rooms. "We each have a piece of each other inside us," said one of the recipients.The six synchronized operations -- three to remove the kidneys, three to implant them -- became possible...

FDA gives “black box warning” against three asthma drus

Food and Drug Administration has given a “black box warning” to three asthma drugs//, Foradil, Adavir and Serevent. The FDA panel has advised the manufacturers that the drug should carry clearly the warnings regarding the risks for worsened breathing. Adavir and Serevent are manufactured by Glaxosmithkline, which contains a compound Salmeterol. Novartis manufacturers the drug Foradil...

Three Tropical Parasites Genetic Code Unravelled

Scientists have now cracked the genetic makeup three fatal diseases –sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis //and Chagas disease that are caused by Trypanosoma brucei, Leishmania major and Trypanosoma cruzi. The three diseases have mostly been to affect people in tropical countries. It is estimated that they affect about half a billion people worldwide and claim more than 150,000 lives annually. <br...

The Future Pattern Of Weight Gain Is Laid As Early As Three Years Of Age

The road to obesity starts early for kids in the United Kingdom, finds a new study by Scottish researchers who measured activity levels among preschoolers. The study involved 78 children who were 3 years old //at the beginning of the research.Investigators measured their total energy expenditure, along with their amount of physical activity and sedentary behaviors. Results showed the childre...

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Heart Disease By Three Times

Having one to four cigarettes can also be as disastrous to health as smoking more cigarettes. Smoking up to four cigarettes a day almost triples a smoker’s risk of heart disease and lung cancer, reveals a // large study in Tobacco Control. The study shows that the impact is stronger for women, and quashes the cherished notion that “light” smokers escape the serious health problems f...

Three Sisters Have One Baby and Make History

These days Medical Science seems to create strange type of histories all the time. Now for the first time three sisters// have come together to produce a baby boy after one of them was left infertile after she had chemotherapy for cervical cancer. Recently an environmental assistant from Woolwich in southeast London was declared infertile and her twin sister offered her ovum ( or egg) a...

Three In One Ultrasound Probe For 3-D Imaging Of Heart And Tissue Destruction Developed

Engineers at the Duke University are working on a technology that may someday enable physicians to use high frequency ultrasound waves both to visualize the heart's interior in three dimensions and then selectively destroy heart tissue with heat to correct arrhythmias.// This is the first time a three in one attempt has been made regarding 3-D imaging, ultrasound and therapy. The rese...

Three More Bird Flu Cases Reported By China

China has reported three more cases of bird flu, even as the government has given approval to clinical trials of a human vaccine against the virus.// The latest outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of the flu were in the far-western region of Xinjiang, the southwestern province of Yunnan and the northwestern region of Ningxia, the agriculture ministry said on its website. About...

Three meals daily Keeps 'Kerala's elderly Healthy

Thiruvananthapuram: A recent funded survey indicates that the ageing population in Kerala which has the best literacy rate in country eats// three meals a day and most are non-vegetarians. Almost 90 percent of both men and women over 60 years in Kerala eat three meals a day, according to ‘Kerala Ageing Survey’, funded by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. It indicates some interestin...

Delhi Witnessed 34 Meningitis Deaths In Three Months

A senior government official of Delhi said that the killer disease meningococcal meningitis has so far claimed 34 lives in just three months // leaving another 486 affected by it. 'So far 34 people have died of symptoms similar to those of meningitis, of which 18 cases have been confirmed,' said N.K. Yadav, deputy municipal health officer of Delhi. 'One person succumbed to...

Drug Courts In Europe Extended For Three More Years

The specialist courts created to deal with crimes committed by drug addicts have been extended to continue for another three years, before such courts would be started all across the country. // The drug courts were set up in Glasgow in 2001 and Fife in 2002. These will undergo further monitoring by the Scottish Executive’s. This decision was announced yesterday as reports indicated...

Control And Prevention Of Three Diseases To Be Discussed: European Commission

The investment of the European Commission would be targeted towards controlling the spread of three major diseases, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria // that are haunting the Asian region. Furthermore, a 'Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB through External Action' would be launched neat year. The main focus of the programme would be aimed at reducing the financial...

Fraudulent Dentist Jailed For Three Years

A dentist who was accused of defrauding the NHS of more than ￡600,000 has been sentenced to three years in jail. 45-year-old Michael Semeniuk of Willerby, near Hull carried on// this fraud for more than six years during which he filed around 3,500 cases of false claims for payment. The Hull Crown Court was told that the claims were filed for treating dead patients or for work, which was...

Child’s behavior at three: consequence of mother’s nutritin

A Penn State study has brought to light the fact that nutrient deficient mothers affect child’s behaviour. This was proved when it was shown that children born to teenage// mothers who were iron deficient early in their pregnancies were less active at age 3 than the children of iron sufficient moms. According to Dr. Laura Murray-Kolb, National Institutes of Mental Health postdoctoral fel...

Blood Clotting Disorders Linked To Three Proteins

Barry Coller, David Rockefeller Professor and the university’s physician-in-chief, says that focusing on a receptor on the surface of blood platelets //could offer new insights insight into potential causes and treatments for certain heart diseases. Platelets are the blood cells that cause clotting and play an important role in the development of many heart diseases. Coller has been wor...

Surgeons Retrieve ‘Three-Year-Old’ Forceps From Patient’s Abdoen

In what can be called as a case of medical negligence, surgeons have reported the removal of a pair of forceps (eight-inch long) left inside the patient's abdomen three years ago//. The forceps is said to have been left inside the 17-year old Pakistani patient while she had underwent appendectomy surgery. The medical team consisting of three senior surgeons and four paramedics, respon...

Kids Face a Slim Chance of Growing Obese, If Breastfed Longer Than Three Months

Breastfeeding always comes with a host of benefits. One more, which emphasizes the weight problems prevalent amongst present day kids, explains the importance of // breastfeeding in ensuring that children do not grow obese. The study found that when children are breastfed longer than three months, the risk of getting obese reduces by almost 40%, especially if the child was born to an...

12-year-old girl Accused for Murder of Three Family Members

A 12-year-old girl and her boyfriend have been accused of the murder of three family members whose bodies have been flown to Ontario. She made her second court appearance. // The victims were Marc Richardson, 42, his wife Debra, 48, and their son Jacob, 8 and a funeral visitation has been planned for them today with the funeral service being held on Tuesday at La Toussaint Church in Sud...

Medicare Drug Plans Might Rest With Three Major Insurance Companies

The Medicare drug program is on its last lap of seeking enrollment from drug companies, and results so far, show an inclination of the plans to rest// with three major insurance players. United Health Group seems to be the ace in the heap, with AARP as its official endorsers and a financial agreement with them to support the company. AARP is s a solid supporter for the drug program by...

Intractable Seizures Can Be Handled By A Three-Stage Brain Operation, Neurosurgeon

A neurosurgeon has reported his promising results about a three-stage brain surgery, performed on 25 children with tuberous sclerosis//, a genetic disorder characterised by intractable seizures. Sadly, none of the treatments for epilepsy—anti-seizure medications, a procedure called vagus nerve stimulation, a special diet —could quell the electrical storms in the young boy’s brain. Cau...

Kidney Failure three times pronounced with obesity

A study in the June Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has stated that obesity remains a high risk factor for chronic renal failure//. "Our results confirm an accumulating body of clinical and experimental data implicating obesity as an important causative factor in kidney disease," comments Dr. Elisabeth Ejerblad of Uppsala University, Sweden, lead author of the new study.<br...

FDA issues warnings on Three Popular Asthma drug labels

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated the product labels for three widely known asthma drugs, which will now carry the warnings that the drugs may enhance // the risk of suffering a severe asthma attack that could also turn fatal. The drugs that now carry the updated product labels will be the powerful bronchodilator medicines Advair and Serevent, made by GlaxoSmithKline Pl...

A Mother Passes On A Rare, Terminal Brain Disease To Her Three Children

Scott and Nicola Smith of Leicester parents of six-year-old Callum Smith were told their son was suffering from the incurable disorder Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) a month ago//. The news they were dreading to hear came true yesterday with reports indicating that her other two sons, eight year old Connor, and five year old Jack too have the disease. People who suffer from this rare condit...

Three Arrested For Illegal Export Of Ephedrine Tablets

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested three persons, including the Managing Director of a pharmaceutical company based at Vijayawada//, for alleged illegal export of Ephedrine tablets, a controlled substance notified under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. According to Directorate of Revenue Intelligence here today, the arrested persons have b...

Three-Dimensional Image Of AIDS Virus – BY FSU Researcher

Florida State University, has developed a three-dimensional image of the AIDS virus, with lots of protein spikes on its surface, which aids in fusing// with human immune cells – An extraordinary work since past 25 year when it was diagnosed. Findings from this AIDS research could boost the development of vaccines that will thwart infection by targeting and crippling the sticky HIV-1 sp...

Three-Day Bio-Tech Event Inaugurated

Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal today told captains of the bio-tech industry that generation of one million jobs by 2010, that the industry projected in the sector, may not be possible. // 'One million jobs by 2010 will never happen. It is a far cry,' Sibal said at the inauguration of 'Bio 2006', a three-day annual event billed as India's biggest biotech show.<...

Outbreak Of T.B In Scotland Takes Its Toll On Three

Health authorities have announced yesterday that three elderly people have died after an outbreak of tuberculosis at a care home for the elderly//. They also told about the fourth resident at the home is recovering after being diagnosed with TB last October. The statement of NHS Lanarkshire said that four residents of the Eastercroft House care home have been diagnosed of TB. They sai...

Tuberculosis Claims Three Victims

Tuberculosis claimed the lives of three residents at a Eastercroft nursing home in Caldercruix, While two of the victims died in ‘early May’ the third succumbed to the disease in ‘early June’. A fourth resident...

Susceptibility Of TB In Humans Might Be Due To Three Human Gene Variants

A new study has reported that there appears to be three variations of a human gene that seem to cause an impact on humans upon their susceptibility towards tuberculosis// . Researchers hope that these findings would provide sufficient knowledge as to why some patients infected with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogen develop the full-blown disease while others are seemingly not affected. The...

Three Eminent Neurosurgeons To Examine Shahabuddin

The Patna High Court has order three neuro-surgeons to examine RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan jail and report to the court in three weeks. //The MP has repeatedly requested the court to allow doctors to examine his spinal problem and give appropriate treatment. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has annointed Dr AK Jain of AIIMS, Dr Maniyar of Beach Candy in Mumbai and Dr Vikram...

A three-dimensional Culture System ensures Female Fertility

In women who are at risk for infertility and needing cancer therapy, it was difficult to attain follicular maturation in vitro when immature follicles were removed from their normal environment//. But a group of researchers at the Northwestern University have created a new technology (i.e.) a three-dimensional culture system that encloses follicles, allowed normal follicular maturation...

Three-year-old AIDS Patient Awaits Death

She rarely utters a word or opens her eyes. In fact, three-year-old Pooja, afflicted by AIDS that has already killed her parents, hardly moves on her bed//. Doctors say she is on the verge of death. Her poor uncle is shattered. Pooja's birthday falls next month and her maternal uncle Naresh is praying that god 'gift' her with her 'death' because the disease is in an advanced stage. <br...

Malaria Claims Three Lives in Rourkela

An outbreak of malaria in this steel city has claimed three lives while patients suffering from fever are crowding the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here, hospital sources said. // Of the eight malaria patients who were admitted to the hospital, three died last night, the sources said. The condition of three other patients was stated to be critical. There was an i...

Three Compounders Receive Warning against Selling Inhaled Drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned three pharmacy compounders to stop selling unapproved inhaled drugs, on Thursday.// The FDA sent warning letters to Reliant Pharmacy Services, RoTech Healthcare, and CCS Medical instructing these companies to halt the manufacture and distribution of several thousands of doses of compounded inhalation drugs which treat conditions like asth...

Three New Contraceptives Introduced by HLL

Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL), the largest condom manufacturing unit in the country, is all set to launch three new contraceptives.// "It includes a vibrating ring plus a condom, a three-in-one dotted ribbed condom and an injectable contraceptive for women," said HLL chairman cum managing director M. Ayyappan to reporters here, Friday. Initially all these products would be imp...

Three-Part Program To Lower Cholesterol

A new guide "Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol with TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes)" is a new publication designed by National //Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to help you make the lifestyle changes needed to reduce cholesterol and with it the risk for heart disease. September is National Cholesterol Education Month and the new guide released has lifestyle tips to...