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Archive for February, 2008

Health & medicine

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Genes
  • Diseases and Conditions

Computers & Math

  • Computer Modeling
  • Virtual Reality
  • Hacking

Reference

  • Huntington’s disease
  • Allele
  • Cholera
  • Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal disease caused by a defective gene that produces a misshapen form of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein. People with cystic fibrosis do not have enough CFTR for their cells to work normally because their bodies quickly destroy the mutant protein.

(Read the full post about ‘Key Molecular Basis Of Cystic Fibrosis Identified Through Computer Simulations’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Diabetes
  • Diseases and Conditions
  • Today’s Healthcare
  • Workplace Health
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Health Policy

Reference

  • Haemophilia
  • Gynecologic hemorrhage
  • High density lipoprotein
  • Low density lipoprotein

In VWD, low or absent levels of a blood protein called von Willebrand factor affect the blood’s ability to clot.  Von Willebrand factor also carries with it clotting factor VIII, another important protein that helps blood clot.

(Read the full post about ‘First US Von Willebrand Disease Clinical Practice Guidelines Issued’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Immune System
  • Stem Cells
  • Brain Tumor

Plants & Animals

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Biology

Reference

  • Natural killer cell
  • T cell
  • Programmed cell death
  • Huntington’s disease

In a series of experiments, St. Jude researchers found that if any one of three molecules is missing, certain cells lose the ability to protect themselves from apoptosis.

(Read the full post about ‘Key Step In Programmed Cell Death Discovered’…)

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Our skin is really very delicate and in order to recover its beauty due care is must. Skin gets affected in harsh weather conditions like in summer and in winter. Especially women do take a lot of care of their skin by going to beauty parlors and spending a lot of their time and money on various skin treatments. Now even men are getting aware about their skin and beauty. That is the cause why we see so several different types of cosmetic store that have come in market for both men and women. But it is not necessary that all these products will be equally good for the skin. To avoid playing with skin by applying any skincare product available at cheap rates, it is wiser to know natural skin care, as they are harmless.

(Read the full post about ‘Why Natural Skin Care Are So Much En Vogue!’…)

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The choice to visit a private hospital can be attributed to a number of reasons, of course Britain has a free healthcare system but increasingly people are turning away from public hospitals to those of the private variety. People are taking this decision for all manner of reasons; some just want their own room, some prefer the en-suite facilities while others simply like the choice of menus available.

Today it is increasingly becoming the case that patients do not have to pay for their trip to the private hospital. The government are spending millions sending NHS patients to private hospitals. By outsourcing minor operations the hope is that the gargantuan waiting times in the health service can be reduced and the service improved nationally.

(Read the full post about ‘Choosing A Private Hospital, Not Just For The Super Rich’…)

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When you are at work, do you get frustrated because things don’t seem to be happening the way they’re supposed to be? You see people milling around but nothing gets accomplished. And in the daily hustle and bustle, do you feel that your goals remain just that – goals. Then maybe its time for you to stand up and do something about it.

Most people are content just to stand around listening for orders. And it isn’t unusual to adopt a follow-the-leader mentality. But maybe, somewhere inside of you, you feel the desire to make things happen – to be the head, not the tail. Then maybe leadership just suits you fine.

Some people believe that great leaders are made, not born.

(Read the full post about ‘Leadership : How to Become an Ideal Leader’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Staying Healthy
  • Nutrition
  • Diet and Weight Loss

Plants & Animals

  • Food
  • Agriculture and Food
  • Bacteria

Reference

  • Carcinogen
  • Whole grain
  • Raw food diet
  • Glycemic index

"Acrylamide is formed during the preparation of many ordinary foods. It is therefore important both for consumers and the food industry to find methods to reduce the acrylamide content," says Kit Granby, senior scientist at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

Over the past five years, a research project has identified several ways of reducing acrylamide in foods.

(Read the full post about ‘A Little Rosemary Can Go A Long Way In Reducing Acrylamide In Food’…)

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Recently considerable attention has been drawn to an issue receiving more attention. You may be working very hard to lose weight yet you are continuing to gain weight instead.

(Read the full post about ‘Learn About Prescribed Drugs that Cause Weight Gain Posted By : thenrifi’…)

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is encouraged by legislation introduced by Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio). The Pharmacy Technician Training and Registration Act of 2008 calls for standardized training and registration requirements for pharmacy technicians.

“We applaud many of the concepts in this bill and look forward to working with Rep. LaTourette and other members of Congress to improve and strengthen the bill.” said ASHP President Janet A. Silvester, M.B.A. These issues are at the heart of an initiative ASHP is launching to achieve standardized requirements for pharmacy technician training, education, certification, and registration. (Read the full post about ‘ASHP Encouraged By Bill Requiring Pharmacy Technician Registration And Training’…)

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Health & Medicine

  • Psoriasis
  • Skin Care
  • Alternative Medicine

Plants & Animals

  • Extreme Survival
  • Cell Biology
  • Biology

Reference

  • Dandruff
  • Psoriasis
  • Candidiasis
  • Rash

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that despite strong scientific evidence in the laboratory demonstrating the ability of curcumin (the active ingredient in the spice turmeric) to inhibit a critical pathway of psoriasis, the positive response in patients was so low that scientists suggest the placebo effect or the disease’s natural remission might be the reason.

"Alternative and complementary websites and newspapers publish anecdotal reports that the Indian spice has been successfully used to treat psoriasis," says Joel M.

(Read the full post about ‘Popular Alternative Therapy For Psoriasis Performs No Better Than Placebo’…)

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