Passengers on board Italy's new Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV) trains might be forgiven for thinking of Ferrari cars at the sight of the low nose, the deep-red livery and the sleek interiors. The train interiors, styled by celebrated design house Italdesign Giugiaro, will offer three different classes of travel, with passengers offered the option to connect to tunnel-proof wireless Internet, watch TV or have meals served at their seat by staff trained in hospitality services. A fleet of 25 trains will link Turin in the north with Salerno in southern Italy, via Milan, Rome and Naples, as well as Venice with Rome, at a speed of 300 kilometres per hour, the maximum allowed speed on the Italian rail network. NTV plans to run up to 50 services a day as the first operator to use the AGV high-speed trains built by French transport and power engineering group Alstom.          |
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Italian high-speed NTV Train
Most of the Brain Cancer is Due to Cell Phones.
Cancer is one of the most dangerous Diseases in Action in this modern era.
Research Scientists Announced yesterday that Most Brain Cancers are Caused by Cell Phones. Among the worst is when we keep our mobiles below the pillow in vibration mode.
Scientist Stated Few Major:-
1. Going to talk long?? Use Headphones!!
2. Do not Keep Mobile Phones below the Pillow while Sleeping.
3. Use Left Ear Often.
4. Do not Talk while the Mobile is Charging.
Thanks & Regards,
Lalith Kumara,
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
துரித உணவுகளால் சிறுவர்களின் மூளை பாதிப்படையும்: ஆய்வாளர்கள் எச்சரிக்கை
 பீட்ஸா, பர்கர், உள்ளிட்ட பாஸ்ட் புட் எனப்படும் நொருக்குதீனிகளை உட்கொள்ளும் சிறுவர்களின் மூளையில் பாதிப்பு ஏற்படும் என சமீபத்தில் நடத்தப்பட்ட ஆய்வில் தெரியவந்துள்ளது.இந்த நொறுக்குத் தீனிகளில் உள்ள டிரான்ஸ் ஃபேட் எனப்படும் கொழுப்பே இதற்கு காரணம் என்று ஆய்வு எச்சரித்துள்ளது. டிரான்ஸ் பேட் கொழுப்பு: தினசரி உணவில் 2 கிராம் டிரான்ஸ் பேட் போதுமானது. இங்கிலாந்தில் ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் விஞ்ஞானிகள் நடத்திய ஆய்வில் டிரான்ஸ் பேட் எனப்படும் கொழுப்பு அதிகமுள்ள கேக், பீட்சா, பர்கர், சாக்கோ டிரிங்க், சிப்ஸ், கேண்டி ஆகியவற்றை அதிகம் சாப்பிடும் இளைஞர்களுக்கு உயிரணு எண்ணிக்கை பாதிக்கலாம் என்று எச்சரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. சிறுவர்களுக்கு எச்சரிக்கை: இதேபோல் ஜங்க் புட் அதிகம் உட்கொள்ளும் சிறுவர்களின் மூளையில் பாதிப்பு ஏற்படும் என்று ஆய்வாளர்கள் எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளனர். சரிவிகித உணவு உட்கொள்ளும் குழந்தைகளை விட ஜங்க் புட் உட்கொள்ளும் குழந்தைகளில் மூளை வளர்சி விகிதம் பாதிக்கும் அறிவியலாளர்கள் எச்சரித்துள்ளனர். அவுஸ்திரேலியாவில் 14 வயதிற்கு மேற்பட்ட சிறுவர்களிடம் நடத்தப்பட்ட ஆய்வில் இந்த உண்மை கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளது. எனவே குழந்தைகளுக்கு நொறுக்குத் தீனிகள், பாக்கெட் சிப்ஸ் போன்றவைகளை வழங்குவதை தவிர்த்து காய்கறிகள், பழங்கள், சத்தான பயறுவகைகளை உணவாக வழங்கவேண்டும் என்பதே ஆய்வாளர்களின் அறிவுரை. |
முடக்கப்பட்ட யூடியூப் வீடியோக்களை காண உதவும் பயனுள்ள நீட்சி
 YOUTUBE தளத்தில் நமக்கு தேவையான எந்த வீடியோவையும் பார்க்க முடியும். தேவையெனில் வேண்டிய வீடியோவினை பதிவேற்றமும்/பதிவிறக்கமும் செய்து கொள்ளவும் முடியும்.இந்த YOUTUBE தளமானது கூகுள் நிறுவனத்துடையது. இந்த YOUTUBE தளத்தில் ஒரு சில வீடியோக்கள் முடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும், அதுபோன்ற வீடியோக்கள் பெரும்பாலும் பயனர்களை கவர்ந்தவையாக இருக்க கூடும். அந்த நிலையில் அதுபோன்ற குறிப்பிட்ட வீடியோவினை காண ஒரு வழி உள்ளது. ஆனால் தற்போது யூடியூப் தளத்தில் முடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் வீடியோவினை காண நெருப்புநரி உலாவியில் ஒரு நீட்சி உள்ளது. அதன் மூலம் முடக்கப்பட்ட வீடியோக்களை காண முடியும். சுட்டியில் குறிப்பிட்ட தளத்திற்கு சென்று நீட்சியினை நெருப்புநரி உலாவியில் நிறுவிக் கொள்ளவும். பின் ஒரு முறை நெருப்புநரி உலாவியினை மறுதொடக்கம் செய்து கொள்ளவும். பின் அந்த குறிப்பிட்ட யூடியூப் வீடியோவினை காணும் போது “ProxTube is unblocking this video” என்ற எச்சரிக்கை செய்தி தோன்றும். யூடியூப் தளத்தில் முடக்கப்பட்ட வீடியோக்களை காண இந்த Proxtube நீட்சி உதவுகிறது. பல்வேறு நாடுகளில் முடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் வீடியோவினை காண இந்த நீட்சி உதவி புரிகிறது. |
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பீர்க்கங்காயின் மருத்துவ குணங்கள்
 பீர்க்கங்காய் வெள்ளரிக்காய் குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தது என்று சொன்னால் பலருக்கு நம்பக் கடினமாகத்தான் இருக்கும்.
நீரிழிவு, தோல் நோய், கண் நோய், நாட்பட்ட புண், இரத்த சோகை முதலியவற்றைக் குணப்படுத்துவதில் பீர்க்கங்காய் உதவுகிறது.
பீர்க்கங்காய் முற்றிவிட்டால் கவலை வேண்டாம். முற்ற முற்ற நல்லது. பீர்க்கை முற்றிய பிறகு மருத்துவக் குணங்கள் நிரம்பிய டானிக்காகவும், சத்துணவுப் பொருளாகவும் திகழ்கிறது.
நூறு கிராம் பீர்க்கங்காயில் கிடைக்கும் கலோரி 18 தான். ஆனால் கால்சியம், பாஸ்பரஸ், இரும்புச் சத்து, நார்ச்சத்து, மாவுப்பொருள், வைட்டமின் ஏ, வைட்டமின் பி, வைட்டமின் சி என அனைத்து வகையான வைட்டமன்களும், தாது உப்புக்களும் தக்க அளவில் உள்ளன. இதனால்தான் டானிக்காகவும், சத்துணவு நிரம்பிய காய்கறியாகவும் இந்த எளிய காய்கறி விளங்குகிறது.
நீரிழிவு நோயாளிகள் பாகற்காய்க்கு மாற்றாகவும் இதைச் சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம். இதன் இலை, விதைகள், வேர் என அனைத்தும் மருத்துவக் குணங்கள் நிரம்பியவையே.
இதன் இலைகளைச் சாறாக்கி சிறிது நேரம் சூடுபடுத்த வேண்டும். அதில் ஒரு தேக்கரண்டி எடுத்து சாப்பிட்டு வந்தால் நீரிழிவு கட்டுப்படும்.
சொறி, சிரங்கு, நாட்பட்ட புண்கள், காய்ச்சல் ஆகியவை குணமாகப் பீர்க்கங்காய் சாம்பார் வைத்து சேர்த்துக் கொள்ளலாம். மேலும் இதன் இலைகளை அரைத்துப் புண்கள் உள்ள இடங்களில் கட்டினால் போதும். சொறி, சிரங்கு உள்ள இடங்களில் இலைச் சாற்றைத் தடவுதல் நல்லது.
இரத்த சோகை நோயாளிகளும், தோல் நோயாளிகளும் இதன் வேரைத் தண்ணீர் விட்டுக் காய்ச்ச வேண்டும். ஆறியதும் நீரை வடி கட்டி அருந்தி வர வேண்டும். இதன் மூலம் இரத்த விருத்தி ஏற்படும். பீர்க்கை தோல் நோய்க் கிருமிகளை அழித்துவிடும்.
கண் பார்வை தெளிவு, நோய் எதிர்ப்புச் சக்தி ஆகியவற்றையும் வழங்கும் பீர்க்கங்காயை அடிக்கடி தேடிப்பிடித்து உண்ண வேண்டும்.
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எய்ட்ஸ் நோயை குணப்படுத்த புதிய மருந்து கண்டுபிடிப்பு
 உயிர்க்கொல்லி நோயான எய்ட்ஸ் நோயை குணப்படுத்த மருந்து கண்டுபிடிக்கும் முயற்சியில் சர்வதேச விஞ்ஞானிகள் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர்.
இந்நிலையில் எய்ட்ஸ் நோய் பரவாமல் கட்டுப்படுத்தும் புதிய மருந்தை அமெரிக்க விஞ்ஞானிகள் தயாரித்துள்ளனர்.
அமெரிக்காவில் உள்ள உதா பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் மருந்தியல் பள்ளி ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் இந்த புதிய மருந்தை கண்டுபிடித்துள்ளனர்.
மனித குரங்குகளில் இருந்து உருவாகும் எச்.ஐ.வி வைரஸ் கிருமிகள் சிறிய வகை குரங்குகள் மூலம் மனிதர்களுக்கு எய்ட்ஸ் கிருமிகளாக பரவுகின்றன.
அவ்வாறு பரவும் எச்.ஐ.வி வைரஸ் கிருமிகளை இந்த மருந்து அழிக்கும் தன்மை உடையது. இதை எச்.ஐ.வி கிருமிதாக்கிய 40 குரங்குகளுக்கு செலுத்தி சோதித்து பார்த்ததில் பரிசோதனை வெற்றி அடைந்துள்ளது.
எனவே எய்ட்ஸ் நோய் மேலும் உருவாகாமல் தடுக்க முடியும். தற்போது எச்.ஐ.வி கிருமிகளை அழிக்க கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டிருக்கும் இந்த மருந்தின் மூலம் எய்ட்ஸ் நோயை முற்றிலும் குணப்படுத்தும் புதிய மருந்தை தயாரிக்க முடியும் என விஞ்ஞானிகள் நம்பிக்கை தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.
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A new dimension in breast cancer research using Cell-CT Technology
by Biomechanism
Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.
Now, a new imaging technology under investigation at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University may help researchers pinpoint subtle aberrations in cell nuclear structure, the molecular biosignature of cancer, thus significantly improving diagnostic accuracy and prognosis by providing early detection of the disease.
These surface shaded renderings illustrate four nuclear shape categories of human mammary epithelial cells (scale bar = 5 microns). Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
The team, led by Professor Deirdre Meldrum, ASU Senior Scientist and Director of the Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation at Biodesign has examined normal, benign and malignant cells, using the first and only research Cell-CT (VisionGate, Inc., Phoenix, AZ)—a specialized instrument capable of imaging cells in vivid 3-D with true isotropic resolution. The technology permits the examination of subtle cellular details inaccessible by more conventional forms of microscopy that are inherently 2-D. Continue reading below…
The group’s findings appear in today’s issue of the journal PLoS ONE.
The 3-D movie images of cells observed in the study reveal numerous telltale traces of their condition as normal or aberrant. Professor Meldrum says “there are numerous quantitative morphological parameters that are indicative of disease and may be used as biosignatures for disease staging and diagnosis. For example, a cancerous cell typically has an enlarged nucleus, nuclear invaginations, chromosome mutations, and unique nuclear shape changes.”
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women. In 2011, an estimated 232, 000 new cases were diagnosed and some 39,000 fatalities occurred. Over a normal lifetime, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease. In general, breast cancer begins either in the ducts of the mammary gland, (ductal carcinomas) or the lobes of the breast (lobal carcinomas).
This image shows instances of irregular MDA-MB-231 nuclear morphologies (scale bar = 5 microns). Panel (A) depicts a multilobular nucleus and panel (B) illustrates a cell with micronuclei. Left images show nuclear surface in blue and cytoplasm in gray, middle images show surface-shaded renderings of the nuclear volume, and right images depict volume renderings through the nuclear volume. Increasing nuclear density is color coded from green to red. Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
Currently, the definitive clinical diagnosis of malignancy relies on careful examination of the nuclear structure of cells that have been prepared by histological staining and subjected to bright field microscopy. According to Vivek Nandakumar, lead author of the current study, pathologists qualitatively examine cell features including nuclear size, shape, nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio, and the texture of cell chromatin. However, these observations do not involve quantitative measurements that would promote a more accurate analysis.
Meldrum concurs, as to the shortcomings of traditional pathology. As director of the Microscale Life Sciences Center, an NIH Center of Excellence in genomic science, she has devoted much of her career to the close study of cell heterogeneity, and the manner in which individual cells can go awry as they transition to diseased states. “In our analysis of live single cells we can quantify significant variation from cell to cell under the same conditions,” says Meldrum.
The group used Cell-CT to examine 150 cells in each of three specific categories: normal, benign fibrocystic and malignant breast epithelial. Controversy remains as to whether breast fibrosis, which may result from hormonal changes, is a normal condition or an early harbinger of malignancy. The condition occurs when ligaments, scars, supportive tissue or other fibrous tissue become more prominent in the breast than fatty tissue.
Cell-CT is a new kind of microscope, able to image cells in three-dimensions, using a technique called optical projection tomography. Cell-CT operates much like a normal CT scanner, though it uses visible photons of light, rather than X-rays. Cells prepared for observation are not placed on slides, but are instead suspended in gel and injected through a micro-capillary tube that permits multiple imaging in 360 degrees.
The scanning process produces hundreds of thin slices through the cell. These sections, or tomographs, are reassembled through computer software, forming a detailed 3-D portrait. Movies of cells seen in rotation brilliantly reveal shape asymmetries, a particularly useful tool for disease diagnosis (see Film 1).
The three cell types examined in the study fell into four distinct nuclear shape categories. Category 1 cell nuclei were slender, with marked concavity. Category 2 cells had a slight concavity and were bulky. Based on these shapes, the first two categories are termed mushroom cap morphology. (The Category 2 mushroom cap morphology was the most common nuclear form seen in all three cell types.) Category 3 nuclei were mostly convex in shape, while Category 4 nuclei were irregular and distorted in shape, (see 3-D renderings in Figure 1).
Importantly, cells drawn from the cancerous cell line showed the largest fraction of irregular, Category 4 and Category 2 nuclei and the smallest fraction of nuclei with a Category 3 convex shape. The malignant cells also displayed the greatest shape heterogeneity within Category 4. The fibrocystic cell sample contained the largest fraction of Category 3 and the lowest fraction of Category 1 nuclei. The largest overall shape heterogeneity with respect to the four shape categories occurred in the normal cells.
Cell and nuclear volume were observed to increase as one moves from normal to fibrocystic to malignant cells, though fibrocystic cells had, on average, the largest nucleus-to-cytoplasm volume. Textural distinctions among cells and arrangement of chromatin were also observed. In all, the team computed 42 distinct 3-D morphological and textural descriptors of cellular and nuclear structure. Cell-CT technology is able to resolve cell features down to less than a half micron.
Study co-author Roger Johnson, Research Laboratory Manager at the Center for Biosignatures Discovery Automation, stresses that the subtle nuclear differences observed, particularly for the malignant cells, would likely have been missed had the samples been examined with conventional 2-D imagery. As a result, the architecture imaged with Cell-CT supercedes the existing nuclear grades established for cancer diagnosis using a microscope.
Though much progress has been made in understanding the transformation of cells from normal to diseased states, patient outcomes for many forms of cancer remain discouragingly poor. Many believe a new paradigm for investigating such cancers will need to be established, and the field has drawn interested researches from diverse disciplines. Paul Davies, another co-author of the current study is a physicist and cosmologist in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and part of a new National Cancer Institute funded consortium, devoted to studying the physical science of cancer: “We expect that insights and methods drawn from physical science will lead to radical new ideas for understanding and tackling cancer,” says Davies.
The group’s results provide a new window on the variations of nuclear structure that often signal cell malignancy. The unparalleled structural details produced by Cell-CT promise to dramatically improve 3-D nuclear morphometry, leading to a sensitive and specific nuclear grade classification for breast cancer diagnosis.
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This research was funded in part through the National Institute of Health, and through the generous support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Written by: Richard Harth
Courtesy Arizona State University
Courtesy Arizona State University
Photoacoustic Device Finds Cancer Cells Before They Become Tumors
by Biomechanism
Early detection of melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, is critical because melanoma will spread rapidly throughout the body. Now, University of Missouri researchers are one step closer to melanoma cancer detection at the cellular level, long before tumors have a chance to form. Commercial production of a device that measures melanoma using photoacoustics, or laser-induced ultrasound, will soon be available to scientists and academia for cancer studies.
The commercial device also will be tested in clinical trials to provide the data required to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for early diagnosis of metastatic melanoma and other cancers.
“Using a small blood sample, our device and method will provide an earlier diagnosis for aggressive melanoma cancers,” said John Viator, associate professor of biomedical engineering and dermatology in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center. “We compare the detection method to watching an eight-lane highway full of white compact cars. In our tests, the cancer cells look like a black 18-wheeler.”
Currently, physicians use CT or MRI scans for melanoma cancer detection, costing thousands of dollars. Viator’s photoacoustic device emits laser light into a blood sample, and melanin within the cancer cells absorbs the light. Those cancer cells then expand as the lasers rapidly heat and then cool the cancer cells, making them prominent to researchers. The device also would capture the expanded cells, identifying the form of cancer the physicians are fighting and the best treatment method.
Viator has recently signed a commercialization license to begin offering the device and method to scientists and academia for research. They are also preparing studies for FDA approval for clinical use, which is expected to take approximately two to three years. Viator says the final device will look similar to a desktop printer, and the costs to run the tests in a hospital would be a few hundred dollars.
“We are attempting to provide a faster and cheaper screening method, which is ultimately better for the patient and the physician,” Viator said. “There are several melanoma drugs on the horizon. Combined with the new photoacoustic detection method, physicians will be able to use targeted therapies and personalized treatments, changing the medical management of this aggressive cancer. Plus, if the test is as accurate as we believe it will be, our device could be used as a standard screening in targeted populations.”
Video: MU Researcher’s Photoacoustic Device Finds Cancer Cells Before They Become Tumors
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Steven Adams, AdamsST@missouri.edu, 573 882-8353
Honeybees Health Benefits And Cancer
EVERYBODY dreads the bees because of their lethal stings. No doubt, bee stings are painful, but are very healthful if applied in controlled doses. The first to notice the medicinal properties of bee stings were beekeepers that lived healthier long life than non-beekeepers.
Ancient doctors and wise men used bee stings for healing. But at a point in history, modern doctors scorned the healing powers of bee stings as “old wives tales”. Even before the practitioners of bee venom therapy (BVT) and beneficiaries could provide scientific data to substantiate their claims that bee stings is medicinal, one fact was incontrovertible.
Beekeepers have the lowest incidence of cancer of all the occupations worldwide. This fact was acknowledged in the annual report of the New York Cancer Research Institute in 1965. Almost half a century ago, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 9(2), Oct., 1948, published a report by William Robinson, M.D., et al., in which it was claimed that bee pollen added to food (in the ratio of 1 part to 10,000) prevented or delayed the appearance of malignant mammary tumour.
L.J. Hayes, M.D had the courage to announce, “Bees sterilise pollen by means of a glandular secretion antagonistic to tumours.” Other doctors, including Sigmund Schmidt, M.D., and Ernesto Contreras, M.D., seem to agree that something in pollen works against cancer.
Dr W. Schweisheimer also said that scientists at the Berlin Cancer Institute in Germany had never encountered a beekeeper with cancer. A French study concerning the cause of death of 1,000 beekeepers included only case of a beekeeper that died of cancer. The incidence of cancer-caused deaths in a group of French farmers was 100 times higher than the group of beekeepers.
Till date, no study has faulted the fact that beekeepers have very low, almost negligible incidence of cancer worldwide. Due to the weight of this fact and coupled with his experience, John Anderson, Professor of beekeeping, University of Aberdeen, unequivocally declared: “Keep bees and eat honey if you want to live long. Beekeepers live longer than anyone else”.
But why and how do bee stings prevent or heal cancer? First, the major component of bee sting venom is mellitin, which has powerful bacterial and cytotoxic properties. The mellitin in bee venom activates two main glands – adrenal cortex and the hypophysis, which in turn begin to secrete hormones that have strong anti-inflammatory effect. Cancer and many other degenerative diseases are often preceded by inflammation. Bee venom also stimulates the immune system and cancer is less likely to gain a foothold in those with strong immune system.
Nothing promotes blood circulation better than the bee venom, which dissolves plaque in blood vessels and flush it out to ensure free flow of blood. Bee venom contains proteins and amino acids (18 of the 20 obligatory amino acids). When small doses of bee venom gets into the blood they compensate for the deficit of amino acids, make active hormones and vitamins, lower the level of cholesterol and have a positive effect on fat metabolism.
More importantly, the components of the bee venom include enzymes, which according to Dr Virginia Livingston, MD is the only weapon to stop hormones responsible for the explosive cancerous growth. But apart from its power to ward-off the risk of cancer, bee venom has also proven potent against cancer.
A study published in Journal Hepatology Jan. 31, 2008 found mellitin inhibits tumour cell metastasis by reducing cell mobility and migration via the suppression of Raci-dependent pathway, suggesting that mellitin is a potential therapeutic agent for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Dr Theo Cherbuliez, MD former president of the American Apitherapy Society ASS treated a 5mm vascular tumour with three bee stings around and one sting on top once a month for five months. The tumour disappeared to the point that its original location cannot be identified. Another, apitherapist, John O’Brien treated a growth on the top of his nose with bee stings. “I stung it and surprisingly, it started to shrink and receded back on my nose. Now it is still there, but very small and it is hardly noticeable”.
Written by Fabunmi, a Bee Conservationist and Diet Consultant, lives in Lagos Nigeria.
Chinese herbal medicine may provide novel treatment for alcohol abuse
by Biomechanism
FINDINGS:
UCLA researchers have identified how a component of an ancient Chinese herbal anti-hangover medicine called dihydromyricetin, isolated from the plant Hovenia, counteracts acute alcohol intoxication and withdrawal symptoms.
The research team found that dihydromyricetin blocks the action of alcohol on the brain and neurons and also reduces voluntary alcohol consumption, with no major side effects, in an early study with rats. Specifically, dihydromyricetin inhibited alcohol’s effect on the brain’s GABAA receptors, specific sites targeted by chemicals from brain cells. Alcohol normally enhances the GABAA receptors’ influence in slowing brain cell activity, reducing the ability to communicate and increasing sleepiness — common symptoms of drunkenness. Continue reading below…
The next stage of the research will involve human clinical trials, the researchers said.
IMPACT:
The research team determined that dihydromyricetin may provide a molecular target and cellular mechanism to counteract alcohol intoxication and dependence, leading to new therapeutic treatments — all based on an ancient “folk medicine” treatment that has been used by humans for at least 500 years.
Alcohol use disorders are the most common form of substance abuse, affecting more than 76 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Only an estimated 13 percent of people identified as having an alcohol use disorder receive medical treatment, partly due to a lack of effective medications without major side effects. Although alcohol impacts most organ systems, its effect on the brain in developing intoxicating, sedative and addictive properties is critical.
-Health Research News
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AUTHORS:
Associate Professor Jing Liang, M.D., Ph.D., and Professor Richard W. Olsen, Ph.D., both from the department of molecular and medical pharmacology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, are available for interviews.
FUNDING:
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
JOURNAL:
The research appears in the Jan. 4 online edition of the Journal of Neuroscience: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/32/1/390. A copy of the full study is also available.
THREE TIPS TO BE THE BEST BOSS
One important aspect of business which should not be taken lightly is being a leader. As a boss you have the ability to inspire employees, create an effective workplace and ultimately influence the success of your company. These 3 tips will set you on the right path to being a great boss!
MSN Careers shares…
1. Leading by example
Nobody respects a hypocrite. A boss who wants improvements from her team, whether that change is better preparation for meetings or greater creativity when tackling problems, needs to be a role model.
“Don’t just talk the talk; walk the walk, too,” says Tracy A. Cashman, partner and general manager of the information technology group at Winter, Wyman, one of the largest staffing firms in the Northeast. “If your team sees that you are truly committed to something through your actions, they will be much more likely to buy in.”
Likewise, it is important to demonstrate that accountability is expected at all levels. “If you make a mistake, don’t be afraid to admit it,” Cashman says. “And then make it a lesson: What did you learn? How did you recover from it? That shows you to be a much bigger person than pretending you’re perfect.”
2. Communicating effectively
Employees can’t perform up to their full potential if they are not given clear information. Besides providing the basics such as expectations and due dates, a great boss helps his team see the bigger picture.
“Make sure your people know why they are doing what they are doing. If there isn’t 100 percent understanding and belief, then you will get less than 100 percent effort,” says Stuart Coleman, partner and general manager of financial contracting at Winter, Wyman.
3. Demonstrating concern
Workers like to know that their boss cares about them. Taking time to inquire about a recent vacation or express good wishes over a child’s graduation shows an interest in the person’s life outside the office.
“Research has shown over and over again that we like working with people we think care about us personally. That means listening, and that means asking questions to get to know who we are at a deeper level,” says Alan Vengel, a consultant on workplace issues and author of “Twenty Minutes to a Top Performer” and “The Influence Edge.”
Concern for people as workers is important, too. An employee who knows that his boss has his best interests at heart and is willing to go to bat for him will tend to reciprocate that loyalty.
“We want a sense that our boss will help us get ahead,” Vengel says. “That does not mean promotion or more money; what it really means is helping us to develop our skills and our competencies.”
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