Sunday 31 March 2013

Expert Tips to Parents for Children With Autism - Q (and) A With Child Specialist

Few things in the world are more heart-breaking than the plight of a child with autism struggling to cope with today's fast paced world. Though Autism Spectrum Disorders range from mild to serious disability, many autistic persons display exceptional abilities in visual skills, music and academic skills. As a parent what you need to know is that Autism is not caused by bad parenting but is due to the abnormality with the emotional circuits in the brain. It is like the ...




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Teachers hit out over rising influence of 'raunch culture'

Girls are being damaged by increasing exposure to an over-sexualised "raunch culture" at a young age, teachers' leaders will warn today. via Women's Health, Diet and Fitness, Medicine, Health Advice Read More Here..


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Drug maker loses India patent battle

NEW DELHI (AP) — A lawyer for healthcare activists says India's Supreme Court has rejected drug maker Novartis AG's right to patent a new version of a lifesaving cancer drug. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..


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Surgery or Patent Foramen Ovale may not Prevent Stroke

Heart surgery for patent foramen ovale may not always reduce the risk of stroke and other complications due to clot formation, according to recent research. Patent foramen ovale is a defect in the heart that fails to close naturally soon after a baby is born. In the fetal heart, blood moves in a different direction as compared to an adult heart. Some of the openings in the fetal heart close around birth. A failure to close one such opening ...




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Novel Ways to Combat Drug Resistance Discovered

A major research project conducted by University of Southampton biological scientists is aimed at making drugs more effective. They are investigating a group of proteins called 'multidrug transporters', which remove unwanted and toxic material from cells. Normally these proteins protect cells from toxins, but multidrug transporters also prevent anticancer drugs from killing cancer cells, particularly since the amount of these proteins is increased in cancer ...




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Varicella Vaccine Has Long-term Effectiveness Against Chicken Pox, Says Study

According to a recent study chicken pox has been largely neutralized by the varicella vaccine. The 14-year study followed 7,585 children who were vaccinated in 1995, when they were 12 to 23 months old, to assess the long-term effectiveness of the vaccine and the impact on the epidemiology of varicella (chicken pox) and herpes zoster (shingles). Researchers also observed the impact of the second dose of varicella vaccine, introduced in 2006. The ...




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New Test Helps Predict Aggression in Boys

A new, simple saliva test could help predict violent behavior among boys, say scientists. The pilot study, led by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center suggests a link between salivary concentrations of certain hormones and aggression. Researchers, led by Drew Barzman, MD, a child and adolescent forensic psychiatrist at Cincinnati Children's, collected saliva samples from 17 boys ages 7-9 admitted to the hospital for psychiatric care to ...




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