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Egg White Protein Reduces Blood Pressure

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A component of egg whites has a positive effect in reducing blood pressure, say scientists. Our research suggests that there may be another reason to call it 'the incredible, edible egg, said study leader Zhipeng Yu, Ph.D., of Jilin University. "We have evidence from the laboratory that a substance in egg white - it's a peptide, one of the building blocks of proteins - reduces blood pressure about as much as a low dose of Captopril, a high-blood-pressure ...

Gene Variations That Predict Chemotherapy Side Effects Discovered

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According to a recent study differences in genetic code from one person to the next could influence side effects to chemotherapy. The study identified gene variations that can predispose people to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a condition that is hard to predict and often debilitating enough to cause cancer patients to stop their treatment early. Results of the research were presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2013 in ...

Causes of Migraines Nearly Impossible to Determine, Say Researchers

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It is impossible to determine the cause of a patient's migraine episodes without undergoing formal experiments, say researchers. The majority of migraine sufferers try to figure out for themselves what causes their headaches based on real world conditions, said lead author Timothy T. Houle, Ph.D, associate professor of anesthesia and neurology at Wake Forest Baptist. "But our research shows this is a flawed approach for several reasons," he said. ...

Rice Bran Oil

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Rice bran oil is unique cooking oil and has been in existence since quite some time now. According to nutritionists, it ranks as one of the best cooking oils for heart health.

News Clues on Origins of Life

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Recent study conducted by researchers could pave way for better understanding of how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago. Professor Michael Blaber and his team produced data supporting the idea that 10 amino acids believed to exist on Earth around 4 billion years ago were capable of forming foldable proteins in a high-salt (halophile) environment. Such proteins would have been capable of providing metabolic activity for the first living organisms ...

Grain - Based Snack Helps to Reduce Weight

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Grain-based snack, when eaten one hour before meals over 8 weeks, contributes to weight reduction. Several studies have emphasized the beneficial effects of nut consumption. Products containing peanuts and tree nuts are considered rich in micronutrients and protein. These foods have been found to reduce blood sugar levels following a meal and give a feeling of fullness. This, in turn, reduces intake of other high calorie foods and can contribute ...

Green Coffee Beans can Help Control Blood Sugar Levels

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In type 2 diabetes condition, unroasted coffee beans were found to control the elevated blood sugar levels and body weight, say researchers. Their presentation on chlorogenic acids -- widely available as a dietary supplement -- was part of the 245th National Meeting (and) Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, being held here this week. Joe Vinson, Ph.D., who led the research, pointed out that type 2 diabetes, ...

Will Employers Start Tracking Workers' Grocery Choices?

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Employers are getting imaginative in a bid to persuade employees to lead healthy lifestyles. CVS was in the news recently when they announced a new policy where employees were required to maintain their weight or pay fines. Other companies like Whole Foods offered discounts as incentives to workers who weighed less. NutriSavings want employers to give workers coupons based on their grocery shopping - it will work on the same lines as a loyalty card ...

A Walk in a Park may Ease Brain Fatigue

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A simple walk through your neighboring park can alleviate brain fatigue, shows a recent study. Constant work, noise and the hectic demands of modern life lay tremendous stress on our brains leading to mental exhaustion. Spending some time in natural settings gives the brain adequate time to reset its overstretched resources. Previous studies had shown that the human brain cannot remain focused and calm in the noise and din of the city life for long. ...

New Approach for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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In a recent study scientists have discovered a new mechanism of spinal muscular atrophy that drug developers might be able to exploit to a new therapy. The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reports that the drug Riluzole advanced neural cell development in a mammalian model of SMA and restored neuromuscular function and mobility in a Caenorhabditis elegans worm model of the disease. Riluzole has already been tested as a therapy in a very ...

Scientists Discover First Genetic Factor in Prostate Cancer Prognosis

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First genetic factor in the prognosis of prostate cancer has been discovered by scientists. Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with the disease. This is the main conclusion to come out of a study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, in which David Olmos, Head of the Prostate Cancer and Genitourinary Tumours Clinical Research Unit ...

Heart Disorder Genetic Variants Identified in Stillbirth Cases

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In a small number of intrauterine fetal deaths, scientists have identified genetic mutations associated with long QT syndrome (LQTS), a genetic abnormality in the heart's electrical system. Researchers conducted a molecular genetic evaluation (referred to as a postmortem cardiac channel molecular autopsy) in 91 cases of unexplained fetal death (stillbirths) from 2006-2012. They discovered the prevalence of mutations in the three most common LQTS-susceptible genes, ...

Gene Linked With Double Alzheimer's Risk Identified

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In African-Americans, a new gene variant doubles the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, finds study. But the gene doesn't seem to be affiliated with higher incidence of Alzheimer's among white populations, the scientists said in the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "These findings suggest that the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease may vary among different populations -- and so should not be ...

Massachusetts Business Leaders Unhappy With Insurance Decision

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US grant a 3-year phase in period instead of exemption from new federal rules. When state officials objected to the new rules of the US healthcare - on the premises that the costs for small businesses and their employees would go up, federal health officials decision is that Massachusetts could change the health law in a phased manner over three years. The Massachusetts Health Care Law of 2006, is seen as a model for the Affordable Care Act, ...

Indo-Canadian Student Tweaks Photothermal Therapy for Effective Cancer Treatment

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A Canadian high school student of Indian origin has improved an ineffective experimental cancer therapy pairing it with antibiotics and has earned accolades from a panel of eminent scientists on Tuesday. Cancer "photothermal therapy" -- or PTT -- involves injecting a patient with gold nanoparticles. These then accumulate in tumors and, when heated using light, attack the cancer cells. The idea has shown promise but is not very effective because the cancer ...

High Electricity Prices Linked to Increased Hospitalizations for Asthma: Study

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Researchers at University of Canterbury claim that the increasing number of hospitalizations for asthma is linked to the increasing electricity prices in New Zealand. As electricity rates increase, people cut down the home heating system and this is blamed to hike the hospitalizations for asthma, especially among young schoolchildren. Researcher Dr Andrea Menclova says that instead the efficiency of the heating system could be improved to provide heating ...

Five-Year-Old Girl Without Chicken Pox Vaccination Banned from School

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A 5-year-old girl, Frankie Elizabeth Staiti, on Staten Island is banned from her kindergarten class because she has not been vaccinated against the chicken pox. Frankie Elizabeth has a 14-week-old baby sister, Devin Elizabeth. Her doctor is concerned that the vaccination, containing live virus might affect the baby and has refused to give vaccination to Frankie. According to the doctor, the baby might have inherited her mother's immunodeficiency disease, which may ...

Japanese Students Invent a Coat That Gives a Hug

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Research students at the Tsukuba University have developed a coat, which gives the feeling of being hugged from behind by a girlfriend. The coat contains a belt, which produces the sensation of a hug. Headphones are attached along with the coat and it plays recorded female voice saying sweet phrases, a girlfriend would generally say. Phrases like, "Sorry I'm late" are included. The coat is named 'Riajyuu', which means someone who is pleased with their ...

Month of Birth May Influence the Development of Immune System, Suggests a Study

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A new study suggests that the birth month of a newborn may have a role in the baby's immune system development and risk of autoimmune diseases like Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Children born in the month of May are indicated to have low levels of Vitamin D due to lower exposure to sun than those born in November. Vitamin D deficiency is considered to affect the development of immune system thereby increasing the risk of MS in those who are born in the month of May. ...

Autistic Kids Less Likely to Imitate 'Silly' Behavior: Study

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Children typically copy adult behavior as a social phenomenon. They don't do this to learn new skills and this differs among those with autism. In their study, psychologists at The University of Nottingham found that autistic children, who have profound difficulty in engaging in social situations, were less likely to copy unnecessary behaviour when learning a new task. The research could offer a new approach to examining social development in children ...

Monkeys' Lip-smacking Sounds Resemble Human Speech: Study

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A study has revealed that the vocal lip-smacks that gelada monkeys use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech. The geladas, which live only in the remote mountains of Ethiopia, are the only nonhuman primate known to communicate with such a speech-like, undulating rhythm. Calls of other monkeys and apes are typically one or two syllables and lack those rapid fluctuations in pitch and volume. This new evidence ...

Explaining Neuroscience Through Fashion Is Southampton Varsity Scientists

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Neuroscientists have exchanged their laboratories for the catwalk for a unique project to explain neuroscience through fashion. The scientists are from the University of Southampton. Over the last three years, the Changing Minds project has challenged second-year fashion design and knitwear students from the University's Winchester School of Art to design garments inspired by research into conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. Six ...

Climate Change Sparks Hunt for Cool Places for Vineyards

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Climate change sparks a hunt for cooler places to grow wine grapes, even if those places are home to sensitive animal populations. Which is more important, pandas or pinot? Researchers say that is a question conservationists and wine-growers will have to answer in the coming years. Already, big players in the (Dollar) 290 billion a year global wine industry are eyeing land in northern climes as rising temperatures force them to consider growing in places other ...

Curbing Air Pollution Using a Japanese Solution

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Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Beijing's air rose to an 'out-of-index' level of 755 mg/cu m (Milligrams per cubic meter), forcing people to use masks to protect themselves from hazardous dust particles. According to the World Health Organization, the safe level is 20 mg/cu m. Meanwhile, in many countries across the world, including India, which is industrialising rapidly and witnessing a dramatic rise in the number of vehicles, air pollution remains ...

Even BMW Drivers Seek Aid from Cyprus Red Cross

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The Cyprus Red Cross has long cared for the needy, but the island's financial woes run so deep that people unaccustomed to hardship including some who still drive BMWs are turning up for food aid. Anxious families waited at the organisation's headquarters in the Cypriot capital on Monday to collect boxes of pasta, rice, coffee, tea, sugar and tinned meats to keep them going for the next week. In the past, recent arrivals mainly from Africa, Asia and ...

Bird-flu Surge Being Fought By Cambodia

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Cambodia is battling a spike in the better known H5N1 strain that is baffling experts a decade after a major outbreak began in Asia, just as China scrambles to contain a deadly new strain of bird flu. Bird flu has killed eight people so far this year in Cambodia, including six children, while more than 13,000 chickens have been culled or died from the highly contagious illness. The impoverished kingdom is also nervously watching the spread in China ...

Latvia Embraces Birch Juice Season

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In Latvia's vast forests, as spring melts away a long winter deep, the stillness is almost imperceptibly broken by a rhythmic drip, drip, drip. A small black tube protrudes from the trunk of a leafless tree growing among spruces, birches and pines. Trickling from it, into a plastic bag suspended below, is a clear, sweet, watery sap which has been one of this country's most popular drinks for centuries. In Latvia, late March to mid-April is "berzu sula", ...

To Help Deter Italian Youth Crime, Michelangelo Enlisted

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Praising the loan of a drawing by the Renaissance master to a school in a rough suburb of Naples, Michelangelo's art might help deter Italian youths from a life of crime, says the interior minister. "To fight organised crime, police work is essential, but it is not enough: to win this battle, it is necessary to awaken the conscience," Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri said. "Works by great artists have the capacity to convey emotions, especially ...

Nearly 300 Chinese Schoolkids Fall Ill After Consuming Contaminated Food

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Authorities said that a total of 292 children in Ziyang city, southwest China's Sichuan province, were taken to hospital after eating contaminated food in their school canteen. Authorities said that the students from Yingjie Township Central Elementary School started to show diarrhoea symptoms, including fever and vomiting Saturday, reported Xinhua. By Monday morning, 143 students had left hospital after they recovered. None of the remaining children ...

To Save French Restaurant Standards, World-famous Chefs Launch Label

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World-famous chefs are worried by the declining standards in France's famed restaurants. So they launched a new label that will only be awarded to eateries that meet strict criteria such as preparing their own food. The "quality restaurant" designation will be granted to establishments in any price range that meet standards set by the College Culinaire de France -- a 15-member industry group founded by the country's leading chefs. "Of the ...

Food-safety Fears Heightened By China's Bird-flu Outbreak

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An industry group said that China's bird-flu outbreak is "devastating" poultry sales. The H7N9 virus which has killed seven people triggered a new food-safety scare. Since China announced over a week ago that H7N9 avian influenza had been found in humans for the first time, the number of people infected has risen to 24, almost half in the eastern city of Shanghai. Chinese authorities say they do not know how the virus is spreading, though it is believed ...

Reducing Food Waste Key to Feeding Billions More Worldwide: Expert

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An expert has said that families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin. The expert described that often-invisible waste in food, 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United States alone, and the challenges of feeding a global population of nine billion in a keynote talk at the 245th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical ...

Large-scale Study Identifies 7 New Gene Loci Linked To Obesity

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Seven new gene loci associated with obesity were identified by a team of researchers. They were also able to show that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are similar to those that cause milder forms of overweight and obesity. A total of more than 260,000 people were included in the study of the links between genes and obesity. The aim of the study was to identify new genes that increase the risk of obesity, but also to compare genetic ...

Researchers Visualized Retinoic Acid Gradient for the First Time in an Embryo

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Researchers report a new technique that allows them to visualize the distribution of retinoic acid in a live zebrafish embryo, in real-time. The ground-breaking study was led by researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan. This technique enabled them to observe two concentration gradients going in opposing directions along the head-to-tail axis of the embryo, thus providing long-awaited evidence that retinoic acid is a morphogen. The report, published ...

Last Year Smartphone Usage in Japan Almost Doubled

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A recent survey has revealed that smartphone usage in Japan has nearly doubled over the past year to one in every three people. The findings, compiled by Central Research Services Inc., showed that the proportion of respondents using smartphones came to 35.4 percent in the February poll, compared with 19.5 percent the year before, reports the Japan Times. Usage was highest among people in their 20s, at 72.5 percent. Among those in their 50s it came ...

Researchers Find a New Approach to Treat Parkinson's Disease

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At Tel Aviv University, researchers describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) using a common sweetener, mannitol. This research is presented today at the Genetics Society of America's 54th Annual iDrosophila/i Research Conference in Washington D.C., April 3-7, 2013. Mannitol is a sugar alcohol familiar as a component of sugar-free gum and candies. Originally isolated from flowering ash, mannitol ...

Researchers Solve 60-yr-old Vel Blood Group Mystery

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For the past 60 years, the gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery, has been finally uncovered. Researchers showed that a genetic deletion on this gene is responsible for the lack of this blood group in some people. With the discovery of the gene behind the Vel blood group, medical scientists can now develop a more reliable DNA test to identify people who lack this group. This will reduce the risk of severe, and sometimes life ...

Prolonged Seizures in Children Results in Developmental Delays

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UK researchers determined that developmental delays are present in children within six weeks following convulsive status epilepticus (CSE)-a seizure lasting longer than thirty minutes. The study appearing today in iEpilepsia/i, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), suggests that neurodevelopmental impairments continue to be present one year after CSE. CSE is one of the most common neurological ...

Scientists Identify Biomarkers That May Predict Response to Drugs Targeting KRAS-Mutated NSCLC

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Biomarkers have been identified by scientists that may help predict whether patients with KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will respond to concurrent treatment. The treatment is done with an MEK inhibitor and a PI3 kinase inhibitor, a drug combination currently being investigated in ongoing clinical trials. The discovery was made as part of a study presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10, by Aaron N. Hata, M.D., ...

Delaying Mammography Screening may Increase Breast Cancer Mortality in Older Women

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Aged women with an extended period of time between their last mammogram and breast cancer diagnosis were at an increased risk for breast cancer mortality. This suggests a role for continued mammography screening among women aged 75 years and older, according to data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. "We found that for women age 75 and older, a longer time interval between the last mammogram and the date of ...

Patients With Incurable Solid Tumors and BRCA Mutations Respond to Novel Drug Combination

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Anti-cancer activity is being shown in patients with a novel combination of two drugs, who had incurable solid tumors and carried a germline mutation in their BRCA genes. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers are reporting at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington, April 6-10. The findings (abstract LB-202) will be released at a press conference on Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m. ET, and later at an oral presentation on ...

Current HPV Vaccine may Not Help Female HIV Patients

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Female HIV patients acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix. This is according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center being presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7. "People with issues in their immune system such as HIV will be at risk of acquiring HPV, as well - and the current vaccine may not fully protect them," says study author ...

Researchers Collect Embryonic-like Stem Cells from Adults to Grow Bone

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Researchers are all set for the first known human trial to use embryonic-like stem cells collected from adult cells to grow bone. The research took place at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and New York-based NeoStem Inc. The cells technology, called VSEL stem cells, or very small embryonic-like stem cells, are derived from adults-not fetuses. This eliminates ethical arguments and potential side effects associated with using actual embryonic ...

Cancer Breakthrough Reported by Novogen

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Australian drug company Novogen Limited revealed that it has succeeded in isolating the most potent form of its lead anti-cancer drug candidate, CS-6. Novogen revealed that CS-6 is a chiral molecule, a molecule that has a non-superposable mirror image, which means that it exists in both left and right-hand forms known as enantiomers. The company revealed that isolating the most potent form of the drug will allow it to manufacture both left and right hand ...

Smaller Dishes Could be Used to Ensure Kids Do Not Overeat

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A new study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests that making children eat in smaller plates could ensure that they consumed fewer calories. Researchers at Temple University conducted the study to check whether the finding that adults eat larger portions when served in bigger bowls holds true even in children. The researchers observed a group of 42 students at a private school in north Philadelphia over a period of eight days. For four days, the students ...

FDA Approves Morning Sickness Drug Withdrawn from Market Three Decades Ago

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The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed that it has approved a drug for treating morning sickness that was initially pulled off from the market over 30 years ago following a scare that it could lead to birth defects. Manufactured by Canadian company Duchesnay, the drug, known as Diclegis, is the only one approved by the FDA to specifically treat morning sickness. Diclegis is a generic version of the drug Bendectin, which had been withdrawn from the ...

IPads Help Moms Stay Bonded With Babies in NICU

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Mothers of the newborn children at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles who have been placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) due to various issues can now remain in contact with their babies thanks to iPads. Newborns are often placed in NICU due to a number of reasons, ranging from premature birth or post birth complications that sometimes require surgeries. However during the period when they are placed in NICU, the mothers are unable to bond with their ...

High Levels of Mercury may Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

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A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care reveals that the risk of type II diabetes increases by nearly two thirds in young adults who have higher levels of mercury in their body. The study was conducted by researchers at Indiana University School of Public Health who followed around 3,900 men and women between 20 and 32 years of age and who were free of diabetes in 1987. The researchers measured the mercury levels in their body by analyzing their toe nails ...

Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Linked to Healthy Diet

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Experts say eating right can help you prevent cancer and even support your treatment if you have already been diagnosed with the condition. Ethan Bergman, registered dietitian nutritionist and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics President, said that whether you, a parent, friend or a child has been diagnosed, chances are, your life has been touched by cancer. Bergman said that while cancer can leave us feeling helpless, the good news is that there are ...

Avatar That can Tell If You are Depressed to be Available Soon

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SimSensei, a Kinect-driven avatar system, which is capable of tracking and analyzing telltale signs of psychological distress, is being developed by American researchers. Created by Stefan Scherer and his colleagues from University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, the avatar psychologist uses facial recognition technology and a depth-sensing camera to read an individual's facial movements, body movements, posture, linguistic patterns ...

Indian Dentist's Abortion was Not Refused on Religious Grounds: Irish Hospital

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An Indian-origin woman who died after a miscarriage was not refused an abortion on religious grounds, staff at an Irish hospital have revealed. Lawyers acting for University Hospital Galway told an inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar that they would strenuously dispute the story, the BBC reported. Her widower, Praveen Halappanavar, said that she made three requests to doctors for a termination during her miscarriage. He claims staff ...

Early Life Stress Experience Used by Brain to Prepare for Later Challenges

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Stress circuits in the brain are capable of self-tuning following a single stress, researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have shown. These findings demonstrate that the brain uses stress experience during early life to prepare and optimize for subsequent challenges. Jaideep Bains, PhD, and colleagues were able to show the existence of unique time windows following brief stress challenges during which learning is either ...

Report Says (Dollar) 87 Billion Needed to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria

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A new report says that the fight against HIV AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will cost some (Dollar) 87 billion (67 billion euros) between 2014-16. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said it estimated (Dollar) 87 billion was needed to "provide essential services for effective treatment ... to vulnerable populations." The battle against AIDS alone will cost some (Dollar) 58 billion in 2014-16, it said, with tuberculosis needing (Dollar) 15 billion and malaria (Dollar) 14 ...

New Single Dose AIDS Drug Introduced in South Africa

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A new single dose anti-AIDS drug which will simplify the world's biggest HIV treatment regime to just one life-saving pill a day has been introduced by South Africa's health minister. The three-in-one combination anti-retroviral (ARV) was secured at a record-low price and will cost the state 89 rand a month ( (Dollar) 10, eight euros) per patient. "Before 2010, we were buying the most expensive ARVs in the world. Now we are a country where the ARVs are the cheapest ...

Potential for Novel Inhibitor to Overcome Drug Resistance Highlighted in Pre-Clinical Study

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Preclinical data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10 has revealed that a new class of investigational medicines may help to treat patients with cancers driven by mutations in genes such as BRAF or KRAS/NRAS. These new drugs, which are being developed by Merck, target ERK proteins. ERK proteins are components of the MAPK signaling pathway. In this pathway, they function downstream of RAS, BRAF and MEK. Inhibitors of BRAF ...

BRAF Mutation Less Common Among Patients With Melanoma in Ireland

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Data presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10 reveals that the BRAF mutation was found to occur at a significantly lower frequency in patients with melanoma in Ireland. The study, which included two independent cohorts of patients in Europe, revealed that only about 20 percent of a cohort of Irish patients with melanoma harbored a BRAF mutation. "The clinical approval of a BRAF inhibitor that blocks the function ...

Research Says Different Drug Combinations Effective for Prevention Versus Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

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Official data shows that colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Once colorectal cancer has spread to other parts of the body, only 11 percent of patients will survive five years from the date of their diagnosis. Most colorectal cancers are adenocarcinomas-cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids. Adenocarcinomas begin as benign tumors called adenomas, which become malignant over ...

Separation of Stem Cells Enabled by Adhesive Force Differences

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Research indicates that a new separation process could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming. The process depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells. By facilitating new research, the separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and help scientists model certain disease processes. The reprogramming technique allows a small percentage ...