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Golfers may experience the "yips" -- tremors of the forearms that prevent them putting well. One study found that Beta Blockers could save nearly five strokes per round. New York City-based pianist Bill Hirtz notes that in the late 1970s, at least 20 percent of his classmates at the Juilliard School of Music took Inderal before a public performance. "It kept my hands from shaking as I played," Hirtz says. According to a 1987 study of the 51 largest orchestras in the U.S., over one in four classical...
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1969 Ibuprofen was invented. This drug is important because it replaces its more dangerous relative, aspirin. Aspirin causes stomach distress in 2-10% of users, as well as affecting the blood's ability to clot. Reye's syndrome, another serious side effect of aspirin, affects children recovering from chicken pox or flu, causing confusion, irritability, nausea, and sometimes death. So, Ibuprofen acts like aspirin by blocking prostaglandins, which play a major role in sensing pain. In addition...
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How does induction of the immune response occur? The disease causing organisms contain proteins called "antigens" which stimulate the immune response. The resulting immune response is multi-fold and includes the synthesis of proteins called "antibodies." These proteins bind to the disease causing organisms and lead to their eventual destruction. In addition, "memory cells" are produced in an immune response. These are cells which remain in the blood stream, sometimes for the life span of the...
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Carob powder is rich in tannins which manifest strong anti-viral properties and may work as well as antibiotics for certain bacteria-induced diseases, such as diarrhoea. Colloidal silver has been successfully used for over a century as a powerful antibiotic and is known to kill over 650 disease organisms. Honey Researchers at the Waikato University in New Zealand have discovered the remarkable ability of honey as an antibacterial agent. Honey may be applied full strength or diluted as much as ...
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That hard line softened in the late 1980s and early �90s, when studies revealed that diets based on vitamin-rich plant foods could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers. No one knew whether those benefits came from the vitamins themselves or from other substances found in food, so researchers began studying the long-term effects of various supplements. Studies have yielded mixed results, suggesting that different vitamins can have different effects (good, bad or negligible...
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In the 1980's technology had advanced to the point where we could make human insulin. The advantage would be that human insulin would have a much lower chance of inducing a reaction because it is not a foreign protein. The technology which made this approach possible was the development of recombinant DNA techniques. In simple terms, the human gene which codes for the insulin protein was cloned (copied) and then put inside of bacteria. A number of tricks were performed on this gene to...
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Perhaps the earliest report of allergic disease is that of King Menses of Egypt, who was killed by the sting of a wasp at some time between 3640 and 3300 BC. Britannicus, the son of the Roman Emperor Claudius was allergic to horses and "would develop a rash and his eyes swelled to the extent that he could not see where he was going". Accordingly, the honour of riding at the head of the young patricians fell to Nero who was Claudius�s adopted son. Nero allegedly threw Christians to the lions...
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The first two classes of drugs used to treat major depression, the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and the tricyclic antidepressants were discovered by accident. Iproniazid, the first modern antidepressant, was originally developed to treat tuberculosis in the early 1950's. Iproniazid was observed to elevate mood and stimulate activity in many patients. Researchers began to investigate the ability of iproniazid to treat the symptoms of depression. Within the first year it was available...
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reduce entrance into the host cell (immunoglobulins),. interfere with removal of outer protein coating (Amantadine),. interfere with synthesis of regulatory proteins (Fomivirsen),. interfere with synthesis of RNA or DNA (acyclovir, zidovudine, lamivudine, and abacavir),. interfere with synthesis of structural proteins (methimazole, saquinavir, ritonavir, and indinavir),. stop assembly and packaging of new protein coating,. interfere with leaving the host cell (zanamivir and oseltamivir).
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