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Record Created for World's Deepest Scuba Dive

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The Guinness Book of Records has confirmed that Egyptian Ahmed Gamal Gabr has broken the world record for the deepest scuba dive. Gabr, a member of the special forces, reached the depth of 332.35 metres (1,091 feet) in 12 minutes but took almost 15 hours to return to the surface in order to avoid injury or illness. The record was achieved Thursday at the popular Red Sea diving resort of Dahab, surpassing the previous mark of 318.25 metres set in 2005 ...

Prediabetic Patients may Benefit from Rosuvastatin Treatment

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It is well-known that cardiovascular disease is the leading causes of death worldwide and that high cholesterol accelerates its progression. Medical practitioners have turned to statins as a treatment to decrease cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins such as small dense lipoproteins (sdLDL), considered to be especially harmful. A new study, out today in the emJournal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics/em finds that rosuvastatin may be more effective ...

Study Finds Coral Growth Rate Dropped by 40 Percent Since 1970's

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Coral growth rates have plunged 40 percent since the mid 1970s, a new study has revealed. A team of researchers working on a Carnegie expedition in Australia's Great Barrier Reef have suggested that ocean acidification might be playing an important role in the perilous slowdown. They compared current measurements of the growth rate of a section of the Great Barrier Reef with similar measurements taken more than 30 years ago. In order to establish a ...

Role of Mitochondria in Neurodegenerative Diseases Explored

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A longstanding question about the role of mitochondria in debilitating and fatal motor neuron diseases has been clarified in a new study by researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Their findings have resulted in a new mouse model to study such illnesses. Researchers led by Janet Shaw, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry, found that when healthy, functioning mitochondria was prevented from moving along axons - nerve fibers that conduct electricity ...

People may Not Share Own Unpopular Views on Social Media

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People are less willing to share their views on social media if they believe that their ideas are unpopular, says a study by the Pew Research Center. The study involves 1,801 adults and shows that this unwillingness could also happen among family, friends and even office colleagues. The study was conducted in the United States and it mentions Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations of widespread government surveillance program. The study found ...

First Blood Test to Diagnose Depression in Adults

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Northwestern Medicine (Regd) scientists have developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in adults. This is a breakthrough approach that provides the first objective, scientific diagnosis for depression. The test identifies depression by measuring the levels of nine RNA blood markers. RNA molecules are the messengers that interpret the DNA genetic code and carry out its instructions. The blood test also predicts who will benefit from cognitive ...

New Cancer Drug Target Involving Lipid Chemical Messengers Identified

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Scientists have discovered TIPE3 a new cancer protein which promotes cancer by targeting pathways related to lipid metabolism Lipid second messengers play cardinal roles in relaying and amplifying signals from outside the cell to its interior and outer membrane. One of the best known lipid second messengers is PIP3, which relays signals from hundreds of membrane receptors, including many oncogenic receptors, on the cell surface to PIP3-binding proteins in the ...

Discover Rome With Jogger Guide Tours

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Want to discover Rome and keep fit in the process? In the eternal city, jogger guides are taking tourists from around the world on a trot from the Colosseum to the Vatican. For those worried what all those pizzas and ice-creams are doing to their waistline, taking to the streets of the historic centre at dawn not only lets visitors stay trim but gives them an experience of Italy's capital when the tourist crowds are still tucked up in bed. Kristin Karstensdotter, ...

Roman Emperor's Frescoed Rooms Unveiled for First Time

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After years of painstaking restoration, lavishly frescoed rooms in the houses of the Roman Emperor Augustus and his wife Livia are opening for the first time to the public. The houses on Rome's Palatine hill where the emperor lived with his family are re-opening after a 2.5 million-euro ( (Dollar) 3.22 million) restoration to mark the 2,000 anniversary of Augustus's death -- with previously off-limit chambers on show for the first time. From garlands of flowers ...

Researcher Discovers Means to Free Immune System to Destroy Cancer

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New research has identified the crucial role an inflammatory protein known as Chop plays in the body's ability to fight cancer. The research was led by Paulo Rodriguez, PhD, an assistant research professor of Microbiology, Immunology (and) Parasitology at LSU Health New Orleans' Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center. Results demonstrate, for the first time, that Chop regulates the activity and accumulation of cells that suppress the body's immune response against tumors. ...

Scientists Report Highly Efficient Method for Making Stem Cells

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At NYU Langone Medical Center, scientists have found a way to boost dramatically the efficiency of the process for turning adult cells into so-called pluripotent stem cells by combining three well-known compounds, including vitamin C. Using the new technique in mice, the researchers increased the number of stem cells obtained from adult skin cells by more than 20-fold compared with the standard method. They say their technique is efficient and reliable, and thus ...

Point-Of-Care CD4 Testing is Feasible for HIV Care in Resource-Limited Countries

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To measure CD4 T-cells, the prime indicator of HIV disease progression, a new point-of-care test can expedite the process leading from HIV diagnosis to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improve clinical outcomes. Now a study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, working in collaboration with colleagues in Mozambique and South Africa, indicates that routine use of point-of-care CD4 testing at the time of HIV diagnosis could be cost effective in countries ...

Long-Term Benefit of NeuroStar TMS Therapy in Depression

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Neuronetics, Inc., announced that results of a study designed to assess the long-term effectiveness of NeuroStar TMS Therapy in adult patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have failed to benefit from prior treatment with antidepressant medications. The study got published online in iThe Journal of Clinical Psychiatry/i. The study found that TMS treatment with the NeuroStar TMS Therapy System induced statistically and clinically meaningful response ...

New Therapeutic Target may Prevent Blindness in Premature Babies

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The activation of a receptor that migrates to the nucleus of nerve cells in the retina promotes the growth of blood vessels. This is according to a study conducted by pediatricians and researchers at Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center (Sainte-Justine) and Universite de Montreal published online in the prestigious medical journal emNature Medicine/em on September 14, 2014. The finding opens the possibility of developing new, more ...

New Recommendations for Treating Urinary Incontinence in Women

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Kegel exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles, bladder training and weight loss and exercise are effective nonsurgical treatment options for urinary incontinence (UI) in women. This is according to a new evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians (ACP) published in iAnnals of Internal Medicine/i, ACP's flagship journal. "Urinary incontinence is a common problem for women that is often underreported and ...

Unwillingness to Enact New Control Measures Could See Ebola Cases Rise to 6,800 by End to the Month

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The number of new Ebola cases could rise to more than 6,800 by the end of the month if the affected countries do not enact new control measures, a new study has warned. According to researchers at Arizona State University and Harvard University, the rate of rise in cases significantly increased in August in Liberia and Guinea, around the time that a mass quarantine was put in place, indicating that the mass quarantine efforts may have made the outbreak worse than ...

Ivory Coast: Pet Animals Become Victims of Ebola Scare

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With Ebola spreading like wildfire, people in Ivory Coast are rethinking the custom of keeping wild animals as pets. A visit to the zoo in the economic capital Abidjan quickly demonstrated the concerns. The institution has begun to take in animals abandoned by owners, aware that wild beasts can be vectors of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever. The green cages in one section of the zoo have filled up with abandoned or donated animals, but nobody ...

Congenital and Genetic Heart Disease Screening Recommendations for Young People Age 12-25

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For screening young people age 12-25 for congenital and genetic heart disease, healthcare professionals should include 14 key elements that can be used as a checklist. If any of the elements are positive, further testing may be needed, but initial screening using electrocardiograms (ECG) to detect underlying genetic and congenital heart disease in this age group prior to employing this checklist, has not been shown to save lives, according to a joint American Heart ...

GSK Ordered to Pay (Dollar) 490 Million After Being Found Guilty of Bribery in China

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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has been ordered to pay a fine of 3 billion yuan, or (Dollar) 490 million, after a Chinese court found it guilty of bribery following a year-long probe. The firm's former head of China operations, Mark Reilly, and other ex-officials were given suspended sentences of between two and four years in prison, the official Xinhua news agency said, and would be deported. It did not provide further details. The fine levied by the Changsha ...

World Bank Chief Questions International Community's Ability to Address New Pandemics

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Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, has cast doubt on the international community's ability to respond to new pandemics, even though he admitted that the deadly Ebola outbreak caught the world by surprise. "This has surprised everyone. None of us thought that Ebola would be looking like it's looking right now," he told reporters in Sydney of the disease which has so far killed more than 2,600 people in west Africa. "This Ebola crisis of today ...

Ugandan Men Complain Condoms are too Small

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Majority of the condoms available in Uganda, which has seen resurgence in the number of AIDS cases, have been found to be too small for the men. Insisting that one size doesn't fit all, MP Tom Aza said Uganda's Parliamentary Committee for HIV/AIDS said a recent tour of areas worst hit by the virus revealed that some men "have bigger sexual organs and therefore should be considered for bigger condoms." "When it comes to action, when they're having sexual ...

Angelina Jolie's Decision to Make Her Double Mastectomy Public Helps Double Breast Cancer Tests in UK

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie's stance to come out with her decision to undergo double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer has seen the number of NHS referrals for genetic tests of breast cancer risk more than double, a new study reveals. According to the study led by Professor Gareth Evans of Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention, there was no evidence that the widespread media coverage given to the Angelina Jolie story had led to inappropriate referrals for testing, ...

Forcing People to Follow Measures Aimed at Preventing Ebola Could Backfire

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Experts have warned that forcing people to comply with certain measures aimed at stemming the spread of Ebola epidemic in West Africa, such as a three-day lockdown in Liberia, would do more harm than good. The Sierra Leone government has told the entire population of six million to stay at home, except for essential business, for 72 hours from Friday. The plan, unveiled on September 10, aims to break the chain of transmission. It will ostensibly ...

Care Coordination can Decrease Health-Care Use by People With Chronic Conditions

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Better coordination of patient care between health care providers, encouraging patients to self-manage their health and other strategies can reduce use of the health care system by people with chronic conditions. This is according to research published in iCMAJ/i (iCanadian Medical Association Journal/i). People who frequently visit emergency departments and clinics and are admitted to hospital use a disproportionate amount of health care resources despite ...

French Aid Worker Infected With Ebola Awaiting Airlift Back to Her Country

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A French aid worker who was infected with the Ebola virus while working with a humanitarian group in Liberia has not yet been airlifted back to her country, the organization said. The patient -- a female volunteer for Doctors Without Borders (MSF in French), which has been hugely active in the fight against the killer virus that is ravaging west Africa -- was placed in isolation on Tuesday after showing symptoms of the disease. She had been working in ...

Sierra Leone Set for Controversial Lockdown Despite Warnings That It Would Worsen Ebola

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A controversial three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone is set to start on Thursday as the government looks at desperate measures to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, even though experts have warned that such a step would worsen, rather than contain, the epidemic. The population of six million will be confined to their homes from midnight (0000 GMT) going into Friday as almost 30,000 volunteers go door-to-door uncovering patients and bodies hidden in people's homes. ...

One in Three Britons too Busy With Smartphones to Look Before Crossing the Road

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One in three pedestrians is Britain is too busy with his or her smartphone to be careful on the road, often stepping on to a busy road without looking, says a new survey. According to the survey by Confused.com, nearly a third admit that their mobile phone has distracted them from looking for traffic on the roads, with two thirds blaming texting and three fifths blaming speaking on the phone Just under a quarter said they had been looking up their Facebook messages, ...

Improved Means Developed to Detect Mismatched DNA

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Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a highly sensitive means of analyzing very tiny amounts of DNA. The discovery, they say, could increase the ability of forensic scientists to match genetic material in some criminal investigations. It could also prevent the need for a painful, invasive test given to transplant patients at risk of rejecting their donor organs and replace it with a blood test that reveals traces of donor DNA. In a report in the ...

Violence Against Women With Disabilities Has to Stop

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Violence against women with disabilities remains one of the under-recognized social issues of all time. Growing number of crimes like sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence indicates that violence and discrimination against women with disabilities is on rise over the years. Marking protest against this global phenomenon, State Forum for Rights of All Women with Disabilities, a south Indian non-profit organization and a separate wing of Federation ...

Non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) A Better Way to Track Cell Therapies

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A new research has found that cellular therapeutics using intact cells is a highly promising technique in medicine to treat and cure disease. However, this has been hindered by the inability of doctors and scientists to effectively track the movements, destination and persistence of these cells in patients without resorting to invasive procedures, like tissue sampling. In a paper published in the online journal iMagnetic Resonance in Medicine/i, researchers ...

New Gene That Could Revolutionize the Treatment of Diabetes

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A new gene associated with fasting glucose and insulin levels in rats, mice and in humans could revolutionize the treatment of diabetes. This new finding was revealed in a research by scientists of Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) published in iGenetics/i. Leah Solberg Woods, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at MCW and a researcher in the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute, led the study and is the corresponding author of the paper. ...