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Health & Wellness
A new mother in Egypt has successfully given birth to septuplets, only the second woman ever to do so.
Eileen Wells was smiling as she was wheeled into surgery. She was too excited to feel nervous. At 38, she was about to get "a new lease on life," she says, echoing jargon in weight loss surgery ads. She had seen the before and after pictures in celebrity tabloids, watched the TV infomercials, listened to the patient testimonials and researched online. She was ready to begin her own transformation. At 5 foot 3 and 290 pounds, she was sick of being fat. Her joints ached. Her feet hurt. A stroll through the mall near her home in Greenwood Lake, New York, was enough to leave her sweat-slick and gasping for air. She was anxious to say good-bye to sleep apnea and dieting, ready to take control. And so in March 2005, Wells underwent a laparoscopic gastric bypass. She was grinning right up until the anesthesia knocked her out.
A senior executive with Britain's biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them.
Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them.
Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline.
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE - In the growing Columbia River windsurfing community, it's known as 'river nose,' a mysterious illness that people have been reporting for a while now.
Antibodies from survivors of the 1918 flu pandemic, the worst in human memory, still protect against the highly deadly virus, researchers reported on Sunday.
The findings by a team of influenza and immune system experts suggest new and better ways to fight viruses -- especially new pandemic strains that emerge and spread before a vaccine can be formulated.
These survivors, now aged 91 to 101, all lived through the pandemic as children.
Their immune systems still carry a memory of that virus and can produce proteins called antibodies that kill the 1918 flu strain with surprising efficiency, the researchers report in the journal Nature.
"It was very surprising that these subjects would still have cells floating in their blood so long afterward," said Dr. James Crowe of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, who helped lead the study.
The findings by a team of influenza and immune system experts suggest new and better ways to fight viruses -- especially new pandemic strains that emerge and spread before a vaccine can be formulated.
These survivors, now aged 91 to 101, all lived through the pandemic as children.
Their immune systems still carry a memory of that virus and can produce proteins called antibodies that kill the 1918 flu strain with surprising efficiency, the researchers report in the journal Nature.
"It was very surprising that these subjects would still have cells floating in their blood so long afterward," said Dr. James Crowe of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, who helped lead the study.
Determination of the structure of the 1918 flu virus receptor for binding protein will contribute to understanding of flu viruses and their transmission from birds to humans.
NIMR scientists have solved an 85-year old riddle by determining the structure of the Haemagglutinin (HA) of the flu virus which jumped from birds to humans in 1918 killing more than 20 million people worldwide. The work published today (5 February) in the online version of the journal Science will contribute to understanding of flu viruses and their transmission from birds to humans.
The first step in infection by flu viruses is their attachment to the cells in which they will replicate themselves. Attachment involves the Haemagglutinins spike-like molecules that project from the viruses and bind to particular receptors on the surface of cells in the body.
X-ray crystallography was used to determine the three-dimensional structure of the HA of the 1918 virus based on RNA sequences obtained in the USA from pathological specimens preserved since 1918.
NIMR scientists have solved an 85-year old riddle by determining the structure of the Haemagglutinin (HA) of the flu virus which jumped from birds to humans in 1918 killing more than 20 million people worldwide. The work published today (5 February) in the online version of the journal Science will contribute to understanding of flu viruses and their transmission from birds to humans.
The first step in infection by flu viruses is their attachment to the cells in which they will replicate themselves. Attachment involves the Haemagglutinins spike-like molecules that project from the viruses and bind to particular receptors on the surface of cells in the body.
X-ray crystallography was used to determine the three-dimensional structure of the HA of the 1918 virus based on RNA sequences obtained in the USA from pathological specimens preserved since 1918.
Washington - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it will hold a public meeting next month about the safety of a chemical found in baby bottles and many other products.
Environmental groups say the chemical, bisphenol A, can hurt children and animals. But the FDA and European regulators, as well as the plastics industry, say it is safe.
The National Toxicology Program, part of the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health, has issued a draft report expressing concern that bisphenol A could cause neural and behavioral problems in fetuses, infants and children.
The FDA said its meeting would focus on this.
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| Baby bottles free of the chemical bisphenol A are seen during a news conference with Canada's Health Minister Tony Clement in Ottawa April 18, 2008. |
Environmental groups say the chemical, bisphenol A, can hurt children and animals. But the FDA and European regulators, as well as the plastics industry, say it is safe.
The National Toxicology Program, part of the U.S. government's National Institutes of Health, has issued a draft report expressing concern that bisphenol A could cause neural and behavioral problems in fetuses, infants and children.
The FDA said its meeting would focus on this.
This sort of self-objectification impairs women's body image, mental health, motor skills and even sex lives.
On a typical day, you might see ads featuring a naked woman's body tempting viewers to buy an electronic organizer, partially exposed women's breasts being used to sell fishing line, and a woman's rear -- wearing only a thong -- being used to pitch a new running shoe. Meanwhile, on every newsstand, impossibly slim (and digitally airbrushed) cover "girls" adorn a slew of magazines. With each image, you're hit with a simple, subliminal message: Girls' and women's bodies are objects for others to visually consume.
On a typical day, you might see ads featuring a naked woman's body tempting viewers to buy an electronic organizer, partially exposed women's breasts being used to sell fishing line, and a woman's rear -- wearing only a thong -- being used to pitch a new running shoe. Meanwhile, on every newsstand, impossibly slim (and digitally airbrushed) cover "girls" adorn a slew of magazines. With each image, you're hit with a simple, subliminal message: Girls' and women's bodies are objects for others to visually consume.
While many studies have examined cheating among college students, new research looks at the issue from a different perspective - identifying students who are least likely to cheat.
The study of students at one Ohio university found that students who scored high on measures of courage, empathy and honesty were less likely than others to report their cheating in the past - or intending to cheat in the future.
The study of students at one Ohio university found that students who scored high on measures of courage, empathy and honesty were less likely than others to report their cheating in the past - or intending to cheat in the future.
