Public Health
- Childhood Trauma Leads To Lung Cancer, Researchers Claim
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People who experience trauma in childhood are more likely to pick up dangerous habits like smoking and contract lung cancer later in life as a result, say the authors of a new study in BMC Public Health. The researchers note, however, that the link is only ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 18 2010 - 7:59pm
- Culture of Candida albicans on peptone agar and other media helps in identification
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Seventy-nine isolates of Candida albicans and 33 of 5 other pathogenic species of Candida were cultured for 3 h at 37°C in 1·5% aqueous solution of 6 peptone media. While all isolates of C. albicans formed germ tubes, the other species did not. Some isola ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 19 2010 - 1:13am
- MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY TRAITS IN CROPS
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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 19 2010 - 1:18am
- Pithecellobium dulce Benth. has medicinal value
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Pithecellobium dulce Benth. Vernacular Names:- Bombay: Chinch, Deccanibabul, Vilaitiyamli; English: Deccany Babool, Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind; Gujrat: Ekadasi, Vilayati ambli; Hindi: Dakhani babul, Vilaiti yimli, Vilati imli; Tamil: Karkapilli, Kattupp ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 22 2010 - 1:36am
- Acacia pinnata Willd. (Biswul) and Acacia senegal have medicinal value
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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 22 2010 - 1:42am
- Natural drug from the plants
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Natural drug from the plants are gaining popularity because of several advantages such as often fewer side effect, better patient tolerance, relatively less expensive and acceptance due to a long history of use, especially herbal medicines provide rationa ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 22 2010 - 8:40am
- Candida albicans is a diploid fungus (a form of yeast) and a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans
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Candida albicans is a diploid fungus (a form of yeast) and a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans.[3][4] Systemic fungal infections (fungemias) have emerged as important causes of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 22 2010 - 10:14pm
- Putting A Lid On The Spread Of Infection
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Putting A Lid On The Spread Of Infection The common phrase "put a lid on it" can apply to stopping something or setting a limit to it. For example, putting a lid on spending means the same as a cap on spending. More generally, the phrase is a ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 25 2010 - 8:42am
- Fast Food Nutrition Labels Encourage Healthier Choices?
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When the menu boards at a McDonald's restaurant included the calorie content for the various meal options, parents chose lower calorie items for their children, according to a new study in Pediatrics. The authors say their study is the first to sugges ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2010 - 12:14pm
- Cut Out The Carbs To Lower Your Blood Pressure
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A comparison of two popular weight loss methods demonstrates that both are equally effective at helping people lose significant amounts of weight. But the low-carbohydrate diet proved better at lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss drug orlistat, ac ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 25 2010 - 6:07pm
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