There is now a pillowcase that can apparently delay the ageing process. Silkskin was the result of Linda Thompson's quest to find relief for her mother who was suffering from severe scleroderma, a rare skin disorder. These hypoallergenic pillowcases have

Long-term survivors of adult cancers are almost twice as likely to report psychological distress severe enough to cause moderate to serious problems functioning in social, work or school situations, compared to the general population, according to a large, national study

On 30 September - 2 October, Polpharma will exhibit at the CPhI Worldwide 2008 in Frankfurt. This exhibition is the world's largest event for the global pharmaceutical ingredients, intermediates and allied industries. Polpharma attended CPhI in Frankfurt for the first

Since the beginning of 2008, 19 positive customer audits have been conducted in Polpharma Fine Chemicals BU, which equates to more than the previous two years put together. In 2006, Polpharma was granted the GMP certificate for the manufacture of

A lecture to help Nova Scotians understand the benefits and challenges of complementary and alternative therapies will be hosted by Cancer Care Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Halifax and by video conference at 20 sites across the province.

Significant progress towards reducing child and maternal mortality is being made but to meet the Millennium Development Goals 4,5,6, strategies aimed at reaching the world's most inaccessible, marginalized and vulnerable populations will be required, health leaders said today.

Patients with long-term conditions will get free prescriptions in England under plans announced by the prime minister.

Cultural influences are a dominant factor in youth attitudes about drinking and drunkenness, according to new research.

A new study links exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke to an increased risk of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD), heart disease and stroke among women.

New York City officials are hoping that graphic images on matchbooks will encourage local smokers to quit.

Background:Data are scarce on the comparison of EQ-5D index scores using the UK, US, and Japan preference weights in other populations. This study was aimed to examine the differences and agreements between these three weights, psychometric properties including test-retest reliability,

Background:Trunk asymmetry (TA) is a common phenomenon in children, but its incidence in juveniles is not known. The present cross sectional study reports TA in normal juveniles and provides data which describe the evolution of TA from early childhood to

Background:The key steps in germ cell survival during ovarian development are the entry into meiosis of oogonies and the formation of primordial follicles, which then determine the reproductive lifespan of the ovary. In sheep, these steps occur during fetal life,

Background:Teleost radiation in the oceans required specific physiological adaptations in eggs and early embryos to survive in the hyper-osmotic seawater. Investigating the evolution of aquaporins (AQPs) in these vertebrates should help to elucidate how mechanisms for water homeostasis evolved. The

Background:The sequencing of genomes of the Plasmodium species causing malaria, offers immense opportunities to aid in the development of new therapeutics and vaccine candidates through Bioinformatics tools and resources.Methods:The starting point of MalVac database is the collection of known vaccine

Background:Colocalization of Stk33 with vimentin by double immunofluorescence in certain cells indicated that vimentin might be a target for phosphorylation by the novel kinase Stk33. We therefore tested in vitro the ability of Stk33 to phosphorylate recombinant full length vimentin

Background:Specific knowledge of the molecular pathways controlling host-pathogen interactions can increase our understanding of immune response biology as well as provide targets for drug development and genetic improvement of disease resistance. Toward this end, we have characterized the porcine transcriptional

Background:The heterokonts are a particularly interesting group of eukaryotic organisms; they include many key species of planktonic and coastal algae and several important pathogens. To understand the biology of these organisms, it is necessary to be able to predict the

Background:Prostaglandins (PG), produced by the uterine endometrium, are key regulators of several reproductive events, including estrous cyclicity, implantation, pregnancy maintenance and parturition. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) catalyzes the release of arachidonic acid from membrane phospholipids, the rate-limiting step in PG biosynthesis.

Background:Many proposed statistical measures can efficiently compare protein sequence to further infer protein structure, function and evolutionary information. They share the same idea of using k-word frequencies of protein sequences. Given a protein sequence, the information on its related protein