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PR-inside.com) Houston, TX, October 14, 2008 -- The Art of Blow Drying and Styling -Blow drying and styling your hair can be a difficult task, depending on your hair's texture. Every type of hair needs different styling products, tools, and
Yale researchers have identified an unusual molecular process in normal tissues that causes RNA molecules produced from separate genes to be clipped and stitched together.The discovery that these rearranged products exist in normal as well as cancerous cells potentially complicates
Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances.The signals the researchers detected originated in dendritic cells - the sentinels of the immune system that do
Hospital-based smoking cessation programs, along with referrals to cardiac rehabilitation, appear to be associated with increased rates of quitting smoking following heart attack, according to a report in the Oct. 13, 2008, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of
Health-related quality of life appears to deteriorate as the number of cigarettes smoked per day increases, even in individuals who subsequently quit smoking, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the
Scientists at Bonn and Düsseldorf Universities have discovered an important hair-loss gene. During their study, the researchers investigated over 500,000 positions in the human genome, and found a gene variant which occurs clearly more frequently in bald men than in
Mayo Clinic researchers, as part of a nine-site study, helped discover the best of three currently-used treatments for convergence insufficiency in children. Convergence refers to the natural ability of the eyes to focus and align while viewing objects up close.
An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help people with arthritis/rheumatism cope more effectively with their condition and achieve better quality of life. Healthcare
Caffeine "does not appear to be associated with overall risk of breast cancer," observed study co-author Dr. Shumin M. Zhang, from the division of preventive medicine, in the department of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
In tests with hamsters, they found that a functioning circadian system is critical to the rodents' ability to memorize what they've learned. Without it, they "can't remember anything," said lead author and biologist Norman Ruby.
ANRE can occur when a tumor causes the immune system to produce antibodies that disrupt NMDA receptors, which play a crucial role in brain function. The disease mainly affects women -- about 90 percent of cases -- but is also
In addition, abused infants from poor families are 3.5 to almost seven times more likely to die compared with babies from affluent families, according to the report, which was to be presented over the weekend at the annual meeting of
New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response to a protein produced by
In just a few weeks, Michigan voters will have an important decision to make when casting their ballots.Not just who they want to be president, or to represent them in Congress, but what they want the state to do about
Thanks to clot-busting drugs, new devices and minimally invasive procedures, patients experiencing the onset of a stroke have improved chances of surviving with fewer - or even no - long-term disabilities. Still, more than two-thirds of survivors will have some
