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Potential New Drug Therapy for Kidney Diseases

Written on 30 Apr, 2011 at 5:46 in New Drugs | viewed 271 views times | No Comments
Potential New Drug Therapy for Kidney Diseases

Two discoveries by scientists at the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute at UCSB indicate that there are possible new drug therapies for patients suffering with kidney disease. Statistics show that over 600,000 people... (Continue reading)

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Psychological Aspects of Asthma

Written on 28 Apr, 2011 at 4:42 in Asthma | viewed 633 views times | 3 Comments
Psychological Aspects of Asthma

Psychological stress has been suspected as being an asthma trigger for a long time, but recently there is compelling scientific evidence to validate this theory. Asthma can be affected by stress, anxiety, loneliness, as well as by environmental irritants or... (Continue reading)

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How Effective is Acne Laser Treatment?

Written on 26 Apr, 2011 at 5:48 in acne, General Interest | viewed 443 views times | No Comments
How Effective is Acne Laser Treatment?

Laser treatment has proven to be useful in treating most of the acne conditions compared to other conventional forms of treatment like lotions, gels and creams applied to the skin which do not always work very effectively and can sometimes... (Continue reading)

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Effects of Diet on the Brain

Written on 25 Apr, 2011 at 3:19 in Brain and the Mind, diet | viewed 154 views times | No Comments
Effects of Diet on the Brain

The brain is part of the central nervous system which is in charge of processing information and body functions. Omega-3 fatty acids are necessary for the growth and development of the brain and for preventing cerebrovascular disease. Omega-3 fatty acids... (Continue reading)

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Injectable Gel to Help Arthritis Sufferers

Written on 24 Apr, 2011 at 5:10 in Arthritis, New Drugs | viewed 186 views times | No Comments
Injectable Gel to Help Arthritis Sufferers

Here’s some good news for arthritis sufferers. A new gel has been developed that can be injected directly into a joint for treating rheumatoid arthritis. This new way of treating rheumatoid arthritis or its cousin osteoarthritis is said to give... (Continue reading)

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Should a Person’s Rare Genetic Condition Stop Him From Having a Baby?

Written on 21 Apr, 2011 at 9:50 in General Interest, news | viewed 523 views times | No Comments
Should a Person’s Rare Genetic Condition Stop Him From Having a Baby?

The BBC published an article couple of days ago that posed the question: Should a person’s hereditary disability stop him from having a baby? Jono Lancaster, the young man whom this story was based on,  was born with a rare... (Continue reading)

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New Drug to Fight Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Written on 19 Apr, 2011 at 9:23 in Cancer, New Drugs | viewed 316 views times | No Comments

A new drug has shown a lot of potential to fight chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), which has become resistant to regular treatment. According to the study conducted by the Tufts Medical Center, the drug named DCC-2036 decreased the mutant enzyme,... (Continue reading)

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How Are Hospitals Working to Stop the Spread of Infections?

Written on 17 Apr, 2011 at 13:42 in General Interest | viewed 281 views times | 1 Comment
How Are Hospitals Working to Stop the Spread of Infections?

In America, more people die from hospital infections than road accidents, breast cancer and AIDS put together, according to a research. This might sound alarming, but it’s true. Researchers are now trying to find more effective solutions to this growing... (Continue reading)

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Keeping the Brain Healthy Until Old Age

Written on 17 Apr, 2011 at 13:42 in Brain and the Mind | viewed 260 views times | No Comments
Keeping the Brain Healthy Until Old Age

The brain changes as we get older. The hippocampus takes information into short-term memory and communicates it to other brain areas for processing and long-term storage. Brain lesions often develop in the elderly causing cognitive changes as short term memory... (Continue reading)

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Managing Your Anger

Written on 16 Apr, 2011 at 2:26 in Self-Improvement | viewed 360 views times | No Comments
Managing Your Anger

“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of America’s great philosophers. Before we learn how to manage anger, let us first understand what exactly ‘anger’ is. Anger... (Continue reading)

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