Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study reported in the British Medical Journal. A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.
Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that two microRNA (miRNA) molecules help control the oncogene responsible for a dangerous form of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), the most common human leukemia in the world.
Scientists have discovered that induction of a gene known as MDA-7/IL-24 is the molecular mechanism that enables nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to halt the growth of cancer cells, a finding that could eventually lead to the development of targeted cancer treatments.
US Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable’s source may prove difficult.
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have revealed in atomic detail how the toxins that cause botulism target and bind to nerve cells. This new understanding could ultimately lead to new ways for treating botulism, as well as to improved therapies for nervous system diseases such as dystonias, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis.
Health Minister Lord Warner today confirmed that over 18,000 additional specialty training opportunities will be available in England in 2007 to accompany the introduction of the new specialty training structure under Modernising Medical Careers.
A draft legislation on regulatory framework to vallidate medical devices is ready and will be forwarded soon to Health Ministry, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said today.
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is at an all-time high in King County, and a new method of resuscitation used by emergency medical responders in King County may be the reason. Since the protocol was adopted in 2005, survival rates jumped to 46% from 33% for the period of 2002 through 2004.
THE NEW edition of the authoritative source of information on vaccines and immunisation, known amongst health professionals as the ‘Green Book,’ is being distributed free to primary care health professionals from today.
With two more persons succumbing to Encephalitis, the death toll due to the deadly disease has gone up to 389 since April one this year, official sources said.