Archive for December, 2007

University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design and Minneapolis VA Medical Center researchers have discovered a new fast-acting antidote to cyanide poisoning. The antidote has potential to save lives of those who are exposed to the chemical –namely firefighters, industrial workers, and victims of terrorist attacks.
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Fast Acting Antidote To Cyanide Poisoning Discovered

Approximately one in every 500 to 650 baby boys is born with an extra X chromosome, a variation in their genetic code that until a few years ago was thought to result in infertility in all cases. However, this is no longer the case.
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New Solutions To Klinefelter syndrome

Reseacher at the Faculty of Kinesiology hopes to measure one of the chronic fatigue syndrome’s most obvious symptoms — information that could help doctors in the diagnosis CFS.

“Diagnosis of the syndrome, generally follows eliminating every other possible cause, which leads some to speculate that the condition isn’t real,” says Dr. Brian MacIntosh. “One thing we know is that CFS sufferers feel profound fatigue and worsening of other symptoms following even moderate physical activity. Using our expertise in the field of exercise physiology we believe we can measure this post exertion malaise and say with certainty if an individual has recovered from exercise or if that activity is making them even more fatigued.”
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Towards The Definitive Diagnosis Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Research from Duke University Medical Center shows that even a modest amount of brisk walking weekly is enough to trim waistlines and cut the risk of metabolic syndrome, an increasingly frequent condition linked to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.
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Moderate Exercise Could Decrease The Risk Of Metabolic Syndrome

If you want to continue living to the full, you should take advantage of vaccine companies. In winter, in most of the countries, the overall winter temperature doesn’t go much below the zero level. And stays somewhere about +-1 °C. That creates very nice conditions for bacteria to multiply which eventually leads to your disease. So specially in winter it’s sensible to think about your health more mindfully as you do, for example, when you travel abroad and don’t want to get travelers diarrhoea commonly, or ulcer or even cancer of bladder if you eat unknown exotic food in a local bistro or sometimes even restaurant. You use travelers shots in this case.

Winter is the best time to have rest. At least it can be, if you follow our advice. So in order not to stay in bed with some terrible sickness, you are to take measures. The sooner you understand the sense and necessity of vaccination - the better.

You can get the most from winter, if you understand its significance and take care of your health. I guess, everyone’s aware of the advantages, that winter provides : you can play snowballs, enjoying the crunchy snow, you can ski and skate, breathing in truly fresh air outside megapolises. But you must also take into consideration the main disadvantage of winter : illnesses. And to stay on a safe side in this coldest season, you need to care about your health seriously. In order not to catch a cold or not to stay in bed with Flu or Meningitis, meningitis shots, as well as flu immunization vaccines or hepatitis shots are not to be neglected, although some people say, that Flu has a different culture every day and there’s no sense in Flu vaccination.