| Staph-Killing Properties of Clay Investigated by UB Researchers
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- What makes some clays such powerful antimicrobial agents capable of killing MRSA and other virulent bacteria? It's a question that University at Buffalo researchers have been studying for several years. With funding from the National Institutes of Health-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the UB geologists are studying the surface characteristics of naturally occurring antimicrobial clays, including some clays from France, to determine why they are such effective killers of bacteria. Researchers from Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration, to whom the UB researchers are under subcontract on that grant, have recently shown that French clays can destroy Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, also called MRSA.
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Banks are helping sharia make a back-door entrance
Moses was a shepherd, Jesus was an artisan in the Fertile Crescent. and Mohammed was a small Businessmen in Trading Post of Mecca who defeated much larger forces of Big Business Capitalists, Bankers, and Trade Monopolists. The Mohammedan fight was in fact about freedom to trade.
In every free enterprise economy today, the lower the interest rate the higher the growth. The lowest achievable interest rate is zero. Therefore, Sharia interest laws are optimal for the Trade Based Economy. That is the way to the future, whether you like it or not. Posted 25/01/08 at 9:15 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Druggists seeking enlarged care role
The drugstore has long held two options for the sick: medications made available only with a doctor's prescription or less potent drugs sold over the counter.
Now the Food and Drug Administration is considering a third class of drugs: "behind-the-counter" medications that would be available without a prescription, but only after consultation with a pharmacist. Birth-control pills, cholesterol-lowering medicine and weight-loss drugs, available now by prescription, might be candidates.
"We're looking at improving access to safe and effective drugs," said Ilisa Bernstein, the FDA's director of pharmacy affairs.
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Software Researcher: Video Games Possibly More Analgetic Than Drugs
Even though researchers have increased focus on video games for a variety of research projects, very few of the endeavors have yielded astonishing results. A researcher working at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada claims playing video games could be more effective than using certain drugs when treating chronic pain sufferers. During controlled experiments, professor Diane Gromala reported that participants who played virtual reality games were more comfortable than participants who on pain medication only. "Controlling pain through computerized VR and biofeedback meditation therapies has the promise of providing successful, cost-effective alternatives to pain medications," she said in a statement. As founder of the university's BioMedia Lab, Gromala believes there is a "real demand" for the technology. Gromala adds, "As Canada's baby-boomers enter old age, pain management looms as a huge public-health issue." Patients enrolled in programs to treat chronic pain typically endure physical therapy, counseling sessions and prescription pain-killers.
'Frozen River,' 'Trouble the Water' win at Sundance
Trouble the Water," about the survival of a New Orleans couple through Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, earned the grand jury award in the U.S. documentary competition at the festival, the nation's top showcase for independent film. The movie by Michael Moore collaborators Tia Lessin and Carl Deal uses footage shot by one of its subjects, Kimberly Rivers Roberts. Roberts traveled to the festival with her husband, Scott, and gave birth to a daughter, Skyy, in Salt Lake City on Monday. "We had two world premieres this week," Lessin said. "The Wackness," starring a loose and lively Ben Kingsley as a psychiatrist who trades therapy for marijuana, won the audience award for favorite U.S. drama as chosen by balloting among Sundance moviegoers. Sony Pictures Classics purchased "Frozen River," trade papers reported, for under $1 million.
Children's Aching Stomachs: New Research Finds Young Children are ...
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The number of children taking prescription medications to treat gastrointestinal disorders has increased significantly in the past five years, according to a new analysis conducted by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) . The research reviewed prescription drug claims of more than 575,000 insured children and found that the number of infants and preschoolers (4 and under) taking medications to treat gastrointestinal conditions rose almost 56 percent from 2002 to 2006, and the prevalence of elementary school-age children (5-11 year olds) using these drugs increased by 31 percent during that time frame. While the actual prevalence rate was highest among adolescents, 12-18 year olds showed the smallest increase in use of gastrointestinal medications -- rising only about 6 percent over the five year period.
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