Researchers earn $200,000 prize for filtering arsenic from water wells
...lowed by the Indian government. Victims have found relief from their symptoms, and reports of new cases of arsenicosis have plummeted. Each filtration system is built in India. Cost of installation ranges from $1,200 to $1,500 and is usually paid by villagers. The systems are operated with a hand pump and...Proteases cause pain in irritable bowel syndrome
...es and/or PAR2 might provide sufferers of IBS with relief from their intense abdominal pain....JCI table of contents: February 15, 2006
...es and/or PAR2 might provide sufferers of IBS with relief from their intense abdominal pain. TITLE: Role for protease activity in visceral pain in irritable bowel syndrome AUTHOR CONTACT: Nathalie Vergnolle University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Phone: (403) 220-4588; Fax: (403) 210-8195; E-ma...AAAS Panel -- Sustainable aquaculture critical to feed the world
...iation and AAAS panel organizer. "Aquaculture is a relief valve' that takes the pressure off wild capture fisheries and helps promote sustainability of the natural ecosystem." NOAA Fisheries Service statistics reveal that more than 80 percent of our nation's fish stocks are sustainable, but domestic fishe...Research identifies causes contributing to poor development of over 200 million children worldwide
...ent Steering Group plan to meet with international relief agencies in October to discuss how the findings from the Lancet series can be used to tailor existing intervention programs or create new ones that better address the causes of developmental deficiencies in children. "We don't want this to be just ...Heart intervention doesn't outweigh medicine in study
... show that patients who underwent PCI had the most relief from symptoms of angina, or mild chest pain that usually occurs with exertion and is relieved with rest and medication, patients who received medication alone also showed significant improvement in symptoms. The study indicates that intervention ca...Scripps research team sheds light on long-sought cold sensation gene
...RPM8-deficient mice did not receive any acute pain relief from the cold plate suggesting that cold activation of TRPM8 can mediate some of the analgesic effects of cold. Just how the same sensation can be interpreted as unpleasant under certain circumstances and pleasant in others is still not clear, but i...Enhanced MR-guided focused ultrasound guidelines demonstrate improved efficacy and durability
...n undergoing MRgFUS experience rapid and sustained relief from their condition and have a reduced need for a...nvasive treatment available, offers only temporary relief of symptoms, and fibroids frequently grow back once therapy is terminated. Summary of Data *Dr. ...Book explores history, causes of allergy and asthma epidemic
...ll appreciates this exquisite irony. However, real relief from the allergy/asthma conundrum can come only from a sea change in our approach to the problem, he says. "Allergies are not things, like bacteria, to be eliminated by drugs from our bodies. An allergy is instead the result of complex interactions...IMS updated recommendations on postmenopausal hormone therapy
...m. Low-dose vaginal estrogens administered for the relief of urogenital atrophy do not require progestogen co-medication. Direct delivery of progestogen to the endometrial cavity from the vagina or by an intrauterine system is logical and may minimize systemic effects. Androgen replacement should be rese...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 16, 2007
...with this increasingly common disorder fail to get relief from chronic, severe pain, according to an article scheduled for the May 31 issue of ACS Journal of Medicinal Chemistry , a bi-weekly publication. The article, written by Wyeth Researchs John A. Butera, introduces a series of expert reports on the...A close-up on pancreatic disease: How do we improve the odds?
...ew Delhi, India, found that antioxidants may offer relief from the painful symptoms of chronic pancreatitis ...lind trial. Patients were then evaluated for pain relief using variables such as the number of painful days per month, number of oral and IV analgesics requi...University of Liverpool launches 10 million small animal teaching hospital
...r accelerator will provide tumour control and pain relief across a broad range of cancers and will also be used to train health science students on the Universitys radiotherapy degree programme. The referral-only Small Animal Teaching Hospital houses four operating theatres - one equipped with the late...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
...arming into southern Sudan, said Fay. With all the relief being poured into the region for development and the resource industries moving in, we could actually see this precious wildlife resource, which has thrived under these difficult circumstances, disappear. Ironically, the silver lining to this violent...Lancet study shows gene therapy for Parkinson's disease is safe and some patients benefit
...been willing to step up to the operating table for relief from the tremors, stiffness and rigidity that characterize the disease. Decades ago, surgeons began to make lesions in parts of the brain involved in the disease, which lessened symptoms. Fetal stem cell surgery was pioneered in Parkinson's patients...Has science unearthed the Holy Grail of pain relief?
...search into the next generation of painkillers for relief of chronic conditions such as migraine and backach... to as the disease of pain. Complete and lasting relief of chronic pain is rare and often the clinical goal is pain management through one or more medicatio...N.C. A&T food scientist develops process for allergen-free peanuts
...eved to be a first for food science could provide relief to millions of peanut allergy sufferers, and be an enormous boon to the entire peanut industry. Doug Speight of the N.C. A&T Office of Outreach and Technology Transfer said food companies are showing a strong interest in licensing the process, whic...Faster-acting antidepressants closer to becoming a reality
...rgeting them directly led to such rapid, sustained relief of depression-like behaviors in this study and that a single dose of ketamine did the same in humans in the earlier study suggests that they are probably the key targets for antidepressant medications. In any other illness of depressions magnitud...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...atments directly targeting itchiness and providing relief for chronic and severe itching. The "itch gene" is GRPR (gastrin-releasing peptide receptor), which codes for a receptor found in a very small population of spinal cord nerve cells where pain and itch signals are transmitted from the skin to the brai...... currently used to inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 provide relief from the symptoms of inflammation and pain, but they still have many side effects, Smith says. By better understanding how prostanoids work at the cellular level, we hope to find new ways to regulate inflammation and create better anti-inflammatory d...