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- Acoustic Ecology and the Extinction of Silence
Common Blood Pressure Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy in Mice;…
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–> COPYRIGHT 2007 AScribe Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Jan. 21 (AScribe Newswire) — Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that a drug commonly used to lower blood pressure reverses muscle wasting in genetically engineered mice with Marfan syndrome and also prevents muscle degeneration in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results are reported online this week at Nature Medicine. In 2006, a team led by Harry “Hal” Dietz, M. , discovered that treating Marfan mice with losartan (Cozaar) dramatically strengthens the aorta, the major artery carrying blood away from the heart, and prevents enlargement and risk of bursting, a condition known as aortic aneurysm. A clinical trial to assess how effective losartan is for treating people with Marfan will launch within weeks.
Apply for combined medical services exam
Hindu - Jan 21, 2007
Applications should be addressed to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, New Delhi 110069, and superscribed Combined Medical Services Examination 2007. The test
The examination will comprise two papers of two-hour duration. The first paper will deal with general medicine, including cardiology, neurology, dermatology and psychiatry. It will also have surgery, including ENT, ophthalmology, traumatology, and orthopaedics. About 60 per cent of the questions will be from general medicine and related areas and 40 per cent from surgery and related topics. The second paper will deal with paediatrics, gynaecology and obstetrics, and preventive, social and community medicine. Both papers will be of objective nature… It will also have surgery, including ENT, ophthalmology, traumatology, and orthopaedics. About 60 per cent of the questions will be from general medicine and related areas and 40 per cent from surgery and related topics. The second paper will deal with paediatrics, gynaecology and obstetrics, and preventive, social and community medicine. Both papers will be of objective nature. About 20 per cent of the questions will be from paediatrics. While gynaecology and obstetrics will cover 40 per cent questions, the remaining 40 per cent will be devoted to preventive, social and community medicine.
We are what we eat, drink, breathe Can we control our health, or are…
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 21, 2007
And human bodies are still the primary instruments by which we measure ourselves and our environment. Does that make us more natural or more unnatural now? “Neither the realm of nature nor the realm of the human remains pure,” Nash concludes. In most histories of science and medicine, modern germ theory triumphs over older environmental conceptions of disease. But Nash shows that the modern conception of the individual body independent of its environment is the historical artifact that needs to be explained. Alas, what she calls “the brief period of modernist amnesia” is not over. Californians have come back to an ecological sense of health.
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Providence Journal - Providence Journal (subscription) - Jan 21, 2007
“There’s something wonderful about it,” says Dr. Nancy Kadel, professor of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington. “It’s a flexible shock absorber, then it’s a rigid platform that propels you forward. It adapts to sand when you walk on the beach… ” And every time a child wears a shoe that’s just a bit too small, they’re undergoing what amounts to a minor foot binding, pushing that big toe closer to the others. If that constant, minor binding continues, the foot begins to take on the shape of the shoe, leading to the many woes of the foot: corns, bunions, hammertoes. “The vast majority of those problems are environmental,” SooHoo said. “People with foot problems develop them from shoe wear. ”INSIDE:Athletes share strategies for healthy feet. Page 4Common foot problems and some exercises.
The one-year anniversary of some of the deadliest tornadoes in…
St. Petersburg Times - Jan 21, 2007
Alcoholics Anonymous: There are several AA meetings in Citrus County. For information or locations, call the Nature Coast AA Intergroup Hotline at 621-0599. Al-Anon: The following groups meet regularly in Citrus County. For information, call 697-0497. -Inverness AFG: 8 p… - Stroke: When to Call 911: 10 a. Wednesday, Mary Anne Kolar, DO, board certified in emergency medicine talks about the three types of strokes, their warning signs and what to do when a stroke occurs. - Hospice Medicare benefits: 10 a. Learn about Hospice Medicare benefits and how individuals qualify for coverage of medications, medical equipment and a wide variety of services utilizing Medicare.
Acoustic Ecology and the Extinction of Silence
WorldChanging - Jan 21, 2007
Visitors are invited to scrawl their impressions quietly on a piece of paper and leave them in a jar at the site. It’s not just about nature and wildlife, though. The AEI tracks advances in science and medicine through sound, such as a study published by the.
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