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Dental Erosion -- Consume Pickles, Lemons And Soft Drinks In Moderatio
Frequently consuming foods with a low pH value, such as soft drinks, fruit juices, pickles, fresh fruit and yogurt can lead to irreversible dental erosion, according to a report in the January/February issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-reviewed journal. Don't 'Break The Waters'During Labor Without Good Clinical Reason, Con
A Cochrane Review concluded that amniotomy, also known as breaking the waters, should not be used routinely as part of standard labour management and care. It found that it doesn't affect the woman's satisfaction with her childbirth experience, and doesn't result in the child being in better condition immediately after birth. Diabetes Dilemma: Older People With Diabetes Face A Heavy Burden From
As if diabetes weren't enough to handle, a new study shows that 92 percent of older people with the disease have at least one other major chronic medical condition -- and that nearly half have three or more major diseases besides their diabetes. The sheer number, the severity, and the type of these other conditions all appear to decrease patients'ability to manage their diabetes day by day. Tangled quantum chat
Quantum communication holds the promise of highly secure information transfer making eavesdroppers almost a thing of the past. The problem facing those hoping to develop such a system is in exploiting the property of quantum entanglement in the real world European Space Agency Launches New Project To Protect Biodiversity
The world's biodiversity is vanishing at an unprecedented rate -- around 100 species every day -- due to factors such as land use change and pollution. Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. To support this initiative, ESA has kicked off its new DIVERSITY project. Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases By Studying Proteins In The Brai
Researchers have made the most complete list so far of the proteins present in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the brain that plays a central role in memory, language, cognition, and consciousness. The cerebral cortex is also the part of the brain that contains the hallmarks of many neurodegenerative diseases, so these results could help understand how such diseases develop and maybe find ways to slow it down. Most neurodegenerative diseases develop in specific regions of the brain. For instance, loss of neurons due to Alzheimer's disease occur mostly in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and degeneration of neurons in Parkinson's disease largely centers on an area in the back of the brain called the brainstem -- at least in the early stage of the disease. A Curry A Day Keeps The Doctor Away?
The chemical that gives spicy food its kick could hold the key to the next generation of anti-cancer drugs that will kill tumours with few or no side effects for the patient, say academics at The University of Nottingham. Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow Cartilage
Scientists from Imperial College London have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells, offering encouragement that replacement cartilage could one day be grown for transplantation. Research to be published in Tissue Engineering shows how the Imperial team directed embryonic stem cells to become cartilage cells. This could allow doctors to grow cartilage for transplantation for a number of injuries and medical problems, including sports injuries, new cartilage for people having hip replacements, and even for cosmetic surgery. The Colossal Cosmic Eye: ESO's VLT Captures Image Of Spiral Galaxy NG
A new colour image of the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1350, shaped as a colossal cosmic eye, has just been released. It is based on data collected with the FORS2 instrument on the Very Large Telescope and shows an amazing number of details. The image is completed by a map of the Fornax Cluster of Galaxies. From the League of Nations to the United Nations
History of the League of Nations, which became official in 1919, welcomed its first assembly in 1920, and ceased to exist in 1946 after the birth of the United Nations. Features an overview, chronology, and details about the collections of the League of Nations archives and museum. From the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
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