Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI): An international clinical trial has shown that a widely used drug for herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2.
The drug tested in the multi-centre trial was acyclovir, which is the most ...
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Losing a job can lead not just to financial hardships but could also increase the risk of developing health problems such as high blood pressure and heart attacks, says a new study.
Even when people find a new job, there is a raised risk of developing a ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): If you think that massage after exercise improves blood flow to the muscle, better think again, for a study conducted by Canadian scientists at Queen's University suggests the contrary.
The researchers say that their study debunks the myth that massage after exercise improves circulation to the ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
London, May 7 (ANI): It's official: Money is the key to enjoying longer and healthier life.
According to a new study, for the Economic and Social Research Council, people with more wealth and better education are less likely to develop illness and tend to die later than those who are poorer ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
London, May 7 (ANI): A group of scientists have identified three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and how.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have found that COX2 and HB-EGF - genes that induce cancer cell mobility and invasiveness - are ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 07 (ANI): Science continues to provide new ways for obese people to lose weight. The latest offering being an incision-free procedure to correct stomachs that have stretched in patients who had gastric bypass surgery.
Weight gain after gastric bypass surgery is common. Over time, the small stomach pouch created ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 7 (ANI): People suffering from mild to moderate form of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may benefit from certain tongue and pharyngeal exercises, according to a study.
"It was commonly thought among doctors that strengthening and toning oropharyngeal muscles would have no benefit to the patient during sleep, but a ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Raelpeta, Rayagada (Orissa), May 6 (ANI): At least nine people have died of diarrhoea in a tribal village of Raelpeta in Orissa's Rayagada district.
The villagers complain that lack of basic amenities like drinking water, food, roads, transportation and medical centre have added to their woes.
"Nine people have died in ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
London, May 05 (ANI): A new study on rats has shed light on the relationship between salt intake and blood pressure regulation.
The study has been conducted by researchers at the University of Erlangen, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Regensburg, in collaboration with scientists from Finland ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Weizmann Institute scientists have shown that white blood cells move like millipedes in order to get to the site of infection or injury.
Professor Ronen Alon and his research student Ziv Shulman, who led the study, say that their finding contrasts the current opinion about the ...
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