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Polymer Molecule Layered On Carb Molecule to Increase Sensitivity

According to a new research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, scientists have developed a new biosensor which is highly sensitive in detecting// blood sugar levels. They have taken a polymer (protein) and layered it on the carbon nanotube to increase the detection capacity. This configuration can accommodate a wide range of applications, from ultra-precise blood-sugar monito...

Teen Players Urged To Wear Helmets and Gloves to Avoid Sports Injuries

Most adolescent lacrosse and hockey players have been found to indulge in rough games, avoiding helmets and gloves, placing them at increased risk of serious injuries// such as concussions and others. The results of the study have been published in the Journal of Sport Medicine. ‘Helmets and gloves’—sometimes known as ‘locker boxing’ or ‘helmet boxing’—is an underrecognized activity tha...

Jharkhand Ropes in Private Players for Health Scheme

In a unique public-private partnership in healthcare, the Jharkhand government has set up a trust that will ensure medical care for the poor that will be partly funded// by private investors in the state. The Sarva Swasthya Mission Trust is the brainchild of Chief Minister Arjun Munda who has roped in major investors to provide funds. He has also mooted a proposal for a health card f...

Researchers Uncover Critical Player in Cell Communication

Johns Hopkins researchers have teased out the function of a protein implicated in Williams-Beuren syndrome, a rare cognitive disorder associated with overly social behavior// and lack of spatial awareness. Called TFII-I, or TF “two eye,” the protein long known to help control a cell’s genes also controls how much calcium a cell takes in, a function critical for all cells, including nerves...

Zinc – A New Key Player In Brain Circuitr

The new findings of a study shed light on a nagging mystery in neurobiology: why the connections among certain types of neurons contain// considerable pools of free zinc ions. Zinc - a new key player adds to the multitude of substances that regulate neuronal signaling in the brain and spinal cord – says the research. By engineering a mouse with a mutation affecting a neuronal zinc targe...

The Cause Behind Water Polo Players’ Sickness Remains A Myster

A water polo championship for under-14 is being conducted at the Auckland Aquatic Center in Henderson. //Six 12 to 14-year-old players became sick after participating in a game at the West Wave Aquatic Centre on Dec 10. The affected players developed nausea and respiratory problems and had to be admitted in the hospital. Waitakere City Council spokesman Dai Bindoff said, “ The counci...

Body Composition Is Key Player in Controlling Cancer Risks

Scientists have long thought that limiting the calories a person consumes can prevent, or at least slow the progression of certain cancers. But research using mice suggests// that body composition – whether a person is lean or obese – actually is key to reducing cancer risks. In other words, how the body handles calories is much more important to controlling cancer risks than how ma...

Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes Players, Athletes

A team of Surgeons has determined that by modifying a classic ligament surgery, they can return more athletes, such as baseball players//, to their prior level of competition. The modified surgery repairs a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL), which links and stabilizes bones of the lower and upper arm where they meet at the elbow. Less traumatic than the classic Tommy John surgery...

OBC Creamy Layer May Be Dropped from Reservations in Institutions

New Delhi: The socially and economically advanced among the other backward classes (OBCs) may not get //the benefits of the new educational quota policy as the government prepares its case to urge the Supreme Court to lift its stay on the new policy. "My team of lawyers will find it very hard to convince the court to vacate the stay if you press for the inclusion of the creamy layer," L...

India's Pharmaceutical Industry to Be Global Player: Study

India's pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to become a major global player, not only in producing low-price generic medicines but also as innovators in drugs and// vaccines, according to a study. "India is innovating its way out of poverty," said Nature Technology study co-author Peter Singer of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health in Toronto. India could re...

Former Official Confesses He Had Sold Steroids to Leading Baseball Players

A former official of the Mets, a leading baseball team of New York, has pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in San Francisco to distributing// performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of former and current Major League Baseball players for a decade. Kirk Radomski, 37, who had worked as a clubhouse assistant for the Mets from 1985-95, admitted to selling banned drugs, including ana...

Ex Pro-football Players Saddled With Depression After Retirement

The glamour of being at the height of their football career is unparallel. This glamour and stress of a //professional football grows fainter when the player retires, and very soon replaced with depression. This is highlighted by the new study done at the University of Michigan Health System. The chronic pain of the injuries that the players sustain during the height of their career o...

Innovative Education Scheme Sees Fewer Rugby Players Suffering Spinal Injuries

A scheme educating coaches and referees in the dangers of the rugby scrum could be a key reason for a reduction in the number of spinal injuries suffered by rugby players, says a researcher writing in this weeks BMJ. Spinal cord injuries, although rare, are a major cause of permanently disabling injuries and death in rugby. In 2001 a wide-ranging injury prevention p...

Intensive Training of Young Tennis Players Causes Spinal Damage

The intensive training given to young elite tennis players damages their spines, shows research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of young elite tennis players with no symptoms of pain showed a variety of spinal abnormalities in the lower back, some of which were irreparable. The scans picked u...

Shoulder Protection by Throwing Motion in Baseball Players

According to new research of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine at the Telus Convention Center , Adaptive changes occur in the arm bone and soft tissue of the shoulders of young athletes participating in youth baseball and help protect them against injury. Young baseball players who throw a lot maintain external shoulder rotation as they mature, says principal invest...

Soccer Players Face Groin Injuries

According to new research released today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine at the Telus Convention Center ,Professional soccer players who participated in a special preseason groin injury prevention program had fewer groin injuries during that subsequent season than those who were not in the program. The researchers enrolled 315 major le...

UK Sports Clubs Failing to Run Comprehensive Health Checks on Professional Players

Professional sports clubs do not run regular comprehensive health checks on their players, finds research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The findings are based on survey results from 65 professional clubs, covering football (premiership and championship), rugby (union and league), and County cricket. Unlike some types of employment...