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"Mamatadidi MBBS" Offers Tips To Tackle Dengue

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West Bengal Chief Minister has earned a nickename, "Mamatadidi MBBS" for her role in instructing people about which medicines to take and what to avoid as dengue spreads across the state. "Didi" (elder sister, as Banerjee is affectionately called) shows no sign of fatigue as she makes surprise visits to government and private hospitals, holds meetings through the day with health department officials and civic agencies, and briskly walks up to the podium earmarked ...

Mothers can Help Where It Hurts Kids the Most: Study

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A British study has found that over a million children under five have at least two fillings because their mothers fail to make them brush their teeth. Researchers found almost a quarter of parents saying their little ones only cleaned their teeth once a day, with half saying they found the whole experience too stressful, Daily Mail reported. As a result, one in six admitted their child had at least three fillings and almost half of children under ...

Centre to Improve Mental Health Has Been Launched

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A mental health centre was launched on Friday to promote research, capacity building and improving the quality of life of the mentally disabled patients. Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), supported by research grant from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), US, launched the centre, which will offer a platform for various mental health initiatives. "There is a huge gap between the burden and the availability of appropriate mental services ...

Improving Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules: Study

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Thyroid nodules are thought to be present in about half of all people, but very few of these are cancerous. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal iBMC Cancer/i presents a set of diagnostic biomarkers which are able to distinguish between malignant and benign thyroid nodules. Thyroid nodules are first assessed using fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. But about a third of results come back as indeterminate and require a ...

German Nightclub and Bar Owners Protest New Music Fees

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Angry demonstrations were carried out across Germany by the bar and disco owners against proposed new music licence fees which they claim could drive them out of business. About 5,000 people were expected to protest in the streets of the capital Berlin, whose legendary nightlife is one of its main draws, according to organisers calling themselves "Save Culture". Protests were planned for other cities across Germany, including Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart. ...

Hebrew University Researcher Develops Multi-Functional Anti-Inflammatory/Anti-Allergy Synthetic Drugs

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher develops a synthetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic family of drugs to combat a variety of illnesses while avoiding side effects. The researcher is Saul Yedgar, who is the Walter and Greta Stiel Professor of Heart Studies at the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada at the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine. Inflammatory/allergic diseases affect billions of people worldwide, and treatments for ...

Men and Women Tell Stories About Themselves in Different Ways

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A University of Missouri psychologist and her colleagues that the stories young people tell about themselves vary depending on the teens' gender. Parents can use this knowledge of how teens talk about themselves to help understand the tumultuous transitions of their children into adults. "Autobiographical stories tell us details about adolescent psychology that questionnaires and observations of behaviour cannot," said Jennifer Bohanek, assistant professor ...

Study Shows How Much of Mom and Dad are Active in Us

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A human genome found by Encyclopaedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), that is infinitely richer and more complex than envisioned even a decade ago, including how much of mom and dad are genetically active in each of us. The lab of Mark Gerstein, professor of biomedical informatics at Yale University, has found order amid the seeming chaos of trillions of potential molecular interactions. Scientists show it is not just the gene, but the network that makes the human ...

Too Much to Drink can Cause You a Hot Face

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After heavy intake of alcohol certain parts of a person's face warms up disproportionately, as it causes dilation of blood vessels on the surface of the skin, a study has revealed. Researchers from Greece have now developed two new methods to automatically detect when someone has been drinking. Georgia Koukiou from University of Patras in Greece, and his colleagues trained thermal cameras on volunteers who were drinking beer. The software ...

'Telepathic' Robot Arm Gives Paralysed Patients a Helping Hand

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A helping hand sought by people who have lost the use of their arms due to stroke comes in the form of a robotic arm that can 'telepathically' respond to your thoughts. A new research, led by Rice University and the University of Houston, has led to the development of an exo-skeleton which covers the arm from fingertips to elbow and can help perform simple tasks, as well gently assisting - and sometimes resisting - movement to build strength and accuracy, the Daily ...

Feeling in Paralysed Patients Restored By Stem Cell Jab

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After receiving injections of neural stem cells, two of the three patients with broken spines have recovered feeling in previously paralysed areas. The cells, acquired from donated fetal brain tissue, were injected directly into the injured region of their spinal cord between four and eight months after the injuries happened. The patients also received a temporary course of immunosuppressive drugs to limit rejection of the cells. None of ...

Modern Wheat Could be Slowly Killing You: Cardiologist

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A cardiologist has warned that modern wheat is a "perfect, chronic poison". Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist who has published a book all about the world's most popular grain, said that the wheat we eat these days isn't the wheat your grandma had. "It's an 18-inch tall plant created by genetic research in the '60s and '70s," he said on "CBS This Morning." "This thing has many new features nobody told you about, such as there's a new protein ...

Beer Institute Praises Obama's Homebrew Beer Recipe

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A leading national beer trade group has issued a statement praising the release of two White House homebrew recipes. "The Beer Institute applauds the president for his enthusiasm for beer and sharing his passion with beer lovers everywhere," the Politico quoted Beer Institute president Joe McClain as writing in the statement. "Beer has a unique ability to bring people together, regardless of race, class or geography. While there may be much that divides ...

The Three Rs Taught to Bulgarian Roma By Summer School

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73-year-old Vinitka Nacheva is hunched over a table at a dilapidated Roma school in northwest Bulgaria as she delightedly pours over texts and maths exercises. She is among the more than 7,000 people who signed up for a new European Union-funded programme aimed at combating illiteracy in Bulgaria, a problem disproportionately affecting the Roma minority. "I go to school with joy in my heart every afternoon, after I have worked in my garden," says Nacheva, ...

Felicitation Of Achievers With Cerebral Palsy In Mumbai

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16 individuals were presented excellence awards for their contributions in various fields in a function on the first World Cerebral Palsy Day organised by an NGO working for the cause. Organised by ADAPT - Able Disable All People Together (formerly The Spastics Society of India), trophies and certificates were handed out in six different categories to 16 candidates. "These people did not allow a disability to pull them down but have gone out and lived ...

With a Warning Smoking Scenes to be Allowed Again in Films

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The government has informed that the Supreme Court said that it would shortly permit smoking scenes back on the silver screen. There is a strict stipulation though that one of the actors in the scene warns viewers that "smoking kills". A bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told that the new notification would mandate that the films showing a smoking scene would show the actor giving a warning at the start of the film, in between after the ...

Allergy Research Is The Latest To Reach Indian Soil

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President of World Allergy Organisation (WAO) Ruby Pawankar said that India will be under more focus for treatment and research on allergic disorders over the next two years. "The strategy now is to have more attention and focus on India and other developing countries for enhancing research on allergic disorders. There is need for more training, global surveys on allergies, promoting young people to learn," Pawankar, the first Indian president of WAO, told IANS. ...

The Reason Why Women are Twice as Likely to Suffer Alzheimer's Compared to Men

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A group of experts has provided a set of recommendations to help guide future research on Alzheimer's disease, and may help determine why the disease affects twice as many women as men. An estimated 5.4 million Americans are affected by AD and related dementias, and that number will likely rise to 11-16 million people by the year 2050 if no effective cures or preventive measures are developed. The main risk factors for AD are age and sex, with affected ...

Factors That Influence Dishonest Behaviour

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People are more likely to fib when they are pressed for time, says a study that set out to determine whaat factors tend to influence dishonest behaviour. Psychological scientists Shaul Shalvi of the University of Amsterdam and Ori Eldar and Yoella Bereby-Meyer of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, conducted two experiments on 70 adults. "According to our theory, people first act upon their self-serving instincts, and only ...

The Way Kids can Tackle Social Exclusion

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For children, social exclusion can impact everything from emotional well being to academic achievements. But what does it mean for the kids doing the excluding? Is the cure a one-size-fits-all approach that requires kids to include others, regardless of the situation at hand? Not necessarily, says new research from a professor now at Concordia University. Unlike previous studies where researchers created hypothetical situations and pre-selected the ...

Brain Mechanisms Associated With Emotions

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How would you respond if someone told you that you have a very dedicated son and that he got the scholarship he most wished? Or that the company you worked for made great profits and you will receive a good salary raise? While the former situation represents a positive affiliative experience the latter is a non-affiliative one, and that, according to a study can make all the difference to the way your brain responds. Affiliative experiences are inherent ...

In Cases of Smoke Poisoning Now Expect Rapid Response

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Smoke inhalation in closed spaces during fires is the main cause of cyanide poisoning. Cyanides, the salts of hydrocyanic acid, inhibit cellular respiration and may lead to coma or death. For successful treatment the rapid administration of a cyanide antidote is essential . Detecting cyanide in the blood took up to an hour and could only be performed in the laboratory previously. It was a lengthy process that is poorly suited for emergency situations. As a result, emergency ...

South African HIV-Positive Men Face Increased Mortality

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According to a study, in South Africa, HIV-infected men who are receiving treatment with anti-HIV drugs (antiretroviral therapy) are almost a third more likely to die than HIV-positive women. This is comparison with the women who are receiving similar treatment. These differences however, are likely to be due to gender differences in death rates in the general population rather than related to HIV. The study was done by a team of international researchers and is published ...

Section of Criminal Code That Permits Physical Punishment of Children Should be Removed By Canada

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To promote good parenting, Canada should remove section 43 of its Criminal Code. This is because it sends the wrong message that using physical punishment to discipline children is acceptable, argues Dr.John Fletcher, Editor-in-Chief, CMAJ (iCanadian Medical Association Journal/i) in an editorial. Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada states "a parent is justified in using force by way of correctionif the force does not exceed what is reasonable under ...

Prevalence of Unrecognized Heart Attacks Among Older Adults Evaluated By Cardiac Study

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According to a study, researchers estimated the prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland. These attacks are using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland. The study can be found in the September 5 issue of iJAMA/i. "The prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction [MI; heart attack] in older people with and without diabetes may be higher than previously ...

West Nile Virus Claims 3 Lives in Serbia

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At least three people have succumbed to mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Serbia, according to a report. The virus was first detected in the US in 1999, according to US government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The virus has been reported in 1,993 cases, resulting in 87 deaths, till the beginning of September, the CDC said. The first death in Serbia was registered in August and two more people died in the first week ...

Adults Recommended Hypertriglyceridemia Screening Every Five Years

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A Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) issued by Endocrine Society for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertriglyceridemia have recommended adults for screening of the condition every five years. The most common reasons for high triglycerides include being overweight, lack of exercise, the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and familial combined hyperlipidemia, a genetic disorder that runs in the family. It results in high triglycerides, high "bad" (low-density lipoprotein, ...

Virus Transmission Can be Prevented With Anti-HIV Vaginal Ring

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Transmission of SHIV can be prevented with the help of a vaginal ring releasing an anti-HIV drug, finds a new study. This study by Population Council provides the first efficacy data on the delivery of a microbicide from a vaginal ring, and indicates strong potential for the success of such rings in women. Microbicides are compounds that can be applied inside the vagina or rectum to protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. ...

Survival Chances Higher Among Married Lung Cancer Patients Than Singles

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Marital status plays a role in survival rates among lung cancer patients. A study has found that married patients with locally advanced lung cancer are likely to survive longer after treatment than patients who are single. The University of Maryland researchers studied 168 patients with Stage III non-small cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer, who were treated with chemotherapy and radiation over a 10-year-period, from January 2000 and ...

Blood Test That Detects Potentially Deadly Calcium Deposits Developed

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Researchers have developed a new test that could help identify the individuals at risk of developing potentially deadly calcium deposits in their tissues and blood vessels. Heart disease is the number one killer of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and vascular calcification is thought to play a major role. Patients with CKD often have abnormally high blood calcium levels due to their compromised kidney function and the effects of commonly ...

Jayalalithaa Says Existing Examination System for Dental Course in Tamil Nadu Should Continue

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Tamil Nadu should be allowed to continue with its existing examination system for the Dental Council of India (DCI) courses rather than be included in the nationwide common entrance exam, the state's Chief Minister Jayalalitha wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister. In a letter to the prime minister, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa said: "I request that Tamil Nadu may be exempted from the test and allowed to continue with its existing ...