Coral Sea Can Cure Cancer

Beautiful coral reefs are saving a million uniqueness. One of them, beautiful reefs that can cure cancer.
Recently, Anya Salih from the University of Western Sydney examined using the pigment of the reef, to develop a new fluorescent label. It was intended, to help track the workings of the cell nucleus and learn what went wrong in cancer.

As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, the gene that gives coral color will stick to the cells and molecules provide lighting on the molecule. "Activity molecule as a cell that grows and changes can be followed under the microscope using a special laser fluorescence," said Anya.

Protection manager Ian Howe Island Marine Park Kerr said that important scientific discovery and as a good pilot. "This shows, in marine biodiversity should be protected," he said

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Passive Smokers Disturb Mental Health

During this passive smokers are known to have contracted the risk of heart disease and lung cancer. But according to recent research, it turns out passive smokers also at risk of mental health disorders.

Scientists from University College London (UCL) found that passive smokers are exposed to smoke as much as 50 percent more likely affected by psychological distress, than those not exposed to smoke. The result, residents of a mental hospital for passive smokers, increased almost threefold during the last six years. As for smokers who were treated in a mental hospital increased nearly four-fold.

Doctor Hamer and colleagues from UCL examined 5560 adults who do not smoke, and 2595 adult smokers, who do not have a history of mental illness. The study answered questions about psychological distress and those who were treated in a mental hospital that has been tracked for six years.

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Obesity is Big Threat to U.S. National Security

United States national security threat not only terrorism but also associated with obesity problems experienced by most teenagers domestic U.S. today. Said former chief of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In his commentary in the Washington Post newspaper Saturday (May 1), retired General John Shalikashvili and Hugh Shelton said that "The level of obesity among young people threatens people's health throughout the U.S. and the future strength of our military," Because the cadet candidates can be disqualified at the military recruitment process for problem of obesity than other medical factors.

Therefore, the two generals urged Congress to make laws to ensure better nutrition in schools and offers kids get vegetables, fruits and grains more and reduce the sugar content foods, high sodium and fat. "We treat obesity as a serious problem from the perspective of national security, and now more than 130 retired military officers to join the program" Mission: Readiness "Congress passed legislation to require child nutrition. A study last March, the United States warned the children became very fat in risk youth died at a young age than children of normal weight and it is feared they could suffer from the disease when the new parents in their 20s.

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Robot for Post-Stroke Physiotherapy

Paralysis is often experienced after a stroke, of whom at the arms. Now the experts are developing a robot to train the function of motion in that section.
Quoted from the BBC, a team of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island who discovered the device described it as power steering for the arms. Patient's upper arm to stay put in the tool that is named MIT-Manus, and perform specific movements. Robot will recognize the movement, gave impetus to help if needed.

Many stroke patients feel the improvement of quality of life after assisted appliance. Tests conducted on 127 patients, who on average have had a stroke 5 years earlier. They were divided into 3 groups and given different treatment.

The first group to get physiotherapy with a robot for 3 months. The second group received physiotherapy with the same intensity, but accompanied by the physiotherapist. A third group was usual care only, without intensive therapy.

Observations were made on the ability to perform everyday movements like holding silverware, opening the bottle, to tie shoes. The results, accompanied by physiotherapy with a robot and physiotherapist together provide a significant improvement of movement function.

The experts recognize a stroke in England, this finding is very interesting. But so could not yet widely used, because it is still in early stages of development.

Fisioerapi intensively indeed needed by patients after a stroke, to maximize the recovery of the lost motion function. These therapies need assistance so that the constraints faced by the energy and time required is not small.

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Process and Human Death Signs

Death is a process end of life experienced by all living things just different time. What kind of death process which will be experienced by every living thing?
Not easy to predict exactly when someone will die. Death itself could be caused by illness, accident or other cause.

In normal conditions like a sick person will usually show symptoms that indicate that his life would soon be over in a few weeks as quoted from Mayoclinic:
1. Feeling restless. Someone will feel uneasy and difficult to sleep, otherwise he would often change positions during sleep due to anxiety
2. Withdraw. Someone does not want to get involved in social activities or doing his favorite activities.
3. Often sleepy. Someone will spend more time to sleep
4. Loss of appetite. A person will only eat and drink in small amounts and different from the usual.
5. Experiencing a pause when breathing. This usually happens when someone is asleep or awake.
6. Difficult to heal wounds. Injury or infection experienced difficulties to be healed
7. Swelling. In some areas swelling in the hands, feet or other body parts.

The process of dying began to occur when the body can not get needed oxygen to survive. Different cells will have a different mortality rate also, so the length of the process depends on the person dying cells are starved of oxygen.

While the brain needs oxygen in large quantities and has little oxygen reserve. So if the intake of oxygen is reduced, will result in cell death within 3-7 minutes.

Some of the signs displayed by the dying person is more sleep, it is to conserve the remaining energy in the body slightly. When the energy is lost, then someone will lose the appetite to eat or drink. The process of swallowing became difficult and will be very dry mouth, thus forcing people who were dying for a drink would make him choke.

Also dying person will lose control of the bladder and intestines, which often looks wet. People will feel confused, anxious and uneasy at not being able to breathe regularly. When the cells in the body begins to lose the connection, it will experience muscle spasms.

Death would be closer if the feet and hands felt cold and started a little blue due to the cessation of blood flow area. But in time they will increasingly spread to the upper body parts like arms, lips and nails. Also people are not responsive, though his eyes open but have a blank stare or do not look around.

After that breathing stops altogether and was followed by a stop of work of the heart, then the person is clinically dead because there is no circulation and reserve oxygen to reach cells in the body. But clinical death can be restored through the process of CPR (breathing assistance), transfusion or ventilator. But if the 4-6 minutes after clinical death there is no change, then it means the heart is not able to work anymore.

Because the heart is not working, it will automatically flow of blood and oxygen throughout the body and brain will also be stopped. Due to the lack of oxygen intake and blood to the brain, then in a matter of seconds your brain will die and that is where the end of the journey of a human life.

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