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Viagra laced fruit juices flowing in Malaysia!

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Sept 14 (ANI): After being detected in coffee mixtures and sweets, Viagra has now been found in fruit juices.

After raiding more than 30 retailers and distributors dealing in the fruit juice, enforcement officers from the Health Ministry in Malaysia seized several hundred thousand ringgit worth of the product.

This followed after the ministry sent samples of the product for tests which confirmed the presence of sildenafil, reports The New Straits Times Online.

Sildenafil citrate, sold as Viagra, Revatio and various other trade names, is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.

According to a Health Ministry source, this was the first time they had encountered a case where sildenafil had been mixed with fruit juices.

The mixture is potent and deadly to people suffering from heart disease and high blood pressure.

“It was brought to our attention after several people complained to the ministry about the suspicious fruit juice,” the source said.

“The producer and distributor had claimed that the fruit juice had been produced from selected natural herbs which could improve sexual performance of men and women,” the source added.

Following test results, investigations were conducted to identify retailers and distributors involved in selling the fruit juice.

“More than 30 simultaneous raids were carried out nationwide. Officers were also concerned that the retailers and distributors would hide their stocks as the product had also been sold via direct selling,” the source said.

“At the raid at the company’s headquarters in Subang Jaya, three marketing officers and the store caretaker were questioned by authorities,” the source added.

Investigations revealed that the fruit juice had been in the local market for the past six months and had received good response from consumers.

The consumer needs to mix the powder with water before drinking. (ANI)

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Punjab police seize four kilograms of heroin

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Amritsar, Sep 1 (ANI): Sleuths of Special Operation Cell (SOC) of Punjab have seized on Monday four kilograms of heroin estimated to be worth around rupees 200 million rupees in the international market and also arrested five men.

This was disclosed by P K Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Operation Cell, (SOC), Punjab.

Acting on a tip off, the police arrested Amanpreet Singh, Sandeep Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Jarnail Singh and Tehal Singh when they were going to deliver the consignment of heroin to a drug runner.owever, one of their accomplices Gulsaab Singh managed to give a slip to the raiding posse of policemen.

P K Rai revealed that apart from heroin, they also recovered a Maruti Alto and Splendour motorcycle from them.

The Special Operation Cell also registered a case under sections 21/25/29/61/85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic (NDPS) Act of 1985 and filed FIR (First Information Report) vis-à-vis the seizure.

Drug seizures are often reported from Punjab, bordering Pakistan, and narcotics agencies say the border state is a major route for drug supply to the West from Afghanistan-Pakistan region.eroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. It usually appears as a white or brown powder. (ANI)

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NASA successfully tests eco-friendly rocket propellant

August 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, August 22 (ANI): NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminum powder and water ice, called ALICE.

“This collaboration has been an opportunity for graduate students to work on an environmentally-friendly propellant that can be used for flight on Earth and used in long distance space missions,” said NASA Chief Engineer Mike Ryschkewitsch at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

“These sorts of university-led experimental projects encourage a new generation of aerospace engineers to think outside of the box and look at new ways for NASA to meet our exploration goals,” he added.

Using ALICE as fuel, a nine-foot rocket soared to a height of 1,300 feet over Purdue University’s Scholer farms in Indiana earlier this month.

ALICE is generating excitement among researchers because this energetic propellant has the potential to replace some liquid or solid propellants.

When it is optimized, it could have a higher performance than conventional propellants.

“By funding this collaborative research with NASA, Purdue University and the Pennsylvania State University, AFOSR continues to promote basic research breakthroughs for the future of the Air Force,” said Dr. Brendan Godfrey, director of AFOSR.

ALICE has the consistency of toothpaste when made. It can be fit into molds and then cooled to -30 degree Celsius 24 hours before flight.

The propellant has a high burn rate and achieved a maximum thrust of 650 pounds during this test.

“A sustained collaborative research effort on the fundamentals of the combustion of nanoscale aluminum and water over the last few years led to the success of this flight,” said Dr. Steven F. Son, a research team member from Purdue.

“ALICE can be improved with the addition of oxidizers and become a potential solid rocket propellant on Earth. Theoretically, ALICE can be manufactured in distant places like the moon or Mars, instead of being transported to distant locations at high cost,” he added. (ANI)

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‘Bullet fingerprinting’ technique improves recovery rate of prints

July 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 13 (ANI): A team of scientists has developed ‘Bullet fingerprinting’ technology, which is a simple but effective method to visualize fingerprints even after the print itself has been removed.

The technology has been developed by Dr John Bond, from Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Forensic Research Centre, in collaboration with University scientists.

Continuing work exploring this forensic technique in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester is uncovering new ways of recovering fingerprints from metal surfaces.

Researcher Alex Goddard has uncovered a natural technique that he believes is so simple, which can explain why it has been overlooked until now.

The technique involves studying the chemical and physical interactions occurring between the metal and the fingerprint sweat deposit.

Using advanced surface imaging techniques, such as an Atomic Force Microscope, nanoscale observations of fingerprinted brass samples can identify optimum conditions to promote the natural enhancement of the fingerprint, vastly improving their recovery rate.

It has also proven that components of the sweat deposit survive washing and wiping of the surface.

According to Goddard, “Once a finger has touched the metal surface, a residue remains behind. This starts to react with the metal and an image of the fingerprint can be developed by use of elevated temperature and humidity, with the resultant image becoming a permanent feature on the surface of the metal.”

“Currently, fingerprint recovery from bullets is very low; less than 1 percent. This uses a natural process and even if it only leads to small increase in success rate, then that would be significant,” he said.

“Previous recovery methods include applying powder to the material which can actually damage the evidence,” said Goddard.

“This new technique promotes a naturally occurring process which does not involve adding anything to, or damaging, the evidence. Instead, it employs heat and humidity to promote the enhancement of the fingerprint image.

There are also indications that it could be used after other techniques have failed, perhaps as a last resort,” he added. (ANI)

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Indian kids love Indian food: Survey

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): When it comes to eating habits, Indian kids love Indian food, according to a new survey.

As per Cartoon Network’s ‘Chowder’ survey, the weirdest food Indian children have ever eaten include spicy curry with powdered laddoo, yogurt with chilli powder and dosa with sugar cubes amongst others.

The survey found that Indian kids love Indian cuisine the most and North Indian and South Indian food are the equal top raters in their choice.

The survey revealed that cooking is no longer a girl’s phenomenon. About 68 percent of kids believe that both boys and girls should learn how to cook and this sentiment becomes even more emphatic as 71 percent of the respondents to the survey were boys.

The channel conducted the survey on cartoonnetworkindia.com to explore kids’ eating and cooking habits.ccording to the channel, almost 900 kids responded to the survey from all over India including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Bangalore.

Bringing out their experimental spirit, 76 per cent of Indian kids enjoy trying new food while 33 per cent of Indian kids prefer going out. 57 per cent of the respondents are keen to learn more about world cuisine.

“As a kids’ entertainment expert, Cartoon Network is ahead of the curve in identifying interesting trends amongst kids. The ‘Chowder’ survey findings reflect the views of India’s next generation and it is clear that both girls and boys believe in the importance of cooking and food,” Turner International India director Krishna Desai as saying. (ANI)

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Garlic pills not a viable option to fight colds as yet

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 8 (ANI): Garlic pills are not the sure shot way to fight colds, as a new review suggests inconclusive evidence of the benefit of this treatment.nly one garlic study had strong enough data to be included in the review, but that study did find a large effect.

It included 146 patients randomly assigned to take garlic pills or a placebo for 12 weeks.

The researchers observed that the number of days they were sick, if they caught a cold, decreased from five to less than two, and there was also a dramatic reduction in the number of colds.

“The one relevant trial that we found did report a significant benefit: of those people taking garlic supplements, only 24 reported coming down with a cold, compared to 65 of the people taking the placebo tablet,” said lead review author Elizabeth Lissiman, a medical student at the University of Western Australia.

She added: “Unfortunately, that trial was small and reported an unusually high number of people getting colds within the study period, so it cannot be considered conclusive.”

However, the participants suffered only mild side effects: the expected bad breath, body odour and in some cases, a skin rash.

Explaining how garlic might work in colds, Lissiman said: “Some laboratory investigations have suggested that some components of garlic have antimicrobial properties. Theoretically, these compounds in garlic could kill the viruses that cause the common cold.”

Christopher Gardner, an associate professor of medicine at Stanford University, who has studied the use of garlic to lower cholesterol, said that he was skeptical of the results on colds.

He said that the findings from the included study “could be a fluke or an outlier.”

He also notes that reviews cannot answer questions about collections of data if they only include one study.

Gardner says that it is very difficult to study garlic, as there are more than 100 different types of garlic and each type contains many different compounds.

“It’s incredibly complicated. There are 14 sulfur-containing compounds and two non-sulfur compounds,” said Gardner.

He added: “It’s not as simple as just freeze-dry the powder and stick it in a pill. There are issues there; you might ruin some of molecules in real garlic. The biochemistry of garlic is really quite complex and it’s not even clear what the active agent might be.”

The review has appeared in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library, which is a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. (ANI)

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Heroin worth rupees 600 million seized in Punjab

July 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ferozepur (Punjab), July 4 (ANI): Punjab police seized heroin worth millions here on Friday.

Two people were arrested with 12 kilogram of heroin in their possession.

SPS Parmar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur, said, “We have recovered 12 kilogram of heroin from their possession. Besides this we also recovered two pistols and live cartridges from them…the recovered ammunition includes a Belgium-made 0.32 bore pistol and a 0.30 bore Chinese pistol.”

“Interrogations were on to get to the bottom of drug racket,” he added.

The accused have been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Regulation of Controlled Substances Order 1993) Act and other offences.

The value of half-a- kilogram of heroin in the domestic market is currently ten million rupees.

Heroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. (ANI)

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Michelangelo’s self-portrait found hidden in his final painting

July 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 2 (ANI): A self-portrait by renowned Italian Renaissance mastermind Michelangelo has been found hidden in his final painting, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter, believe experts.

According to Maurizio De Luca, the Vatican’s head of paintings restoration, the artist’s fresco painted at the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican City, holds the self-portrait of the genius in the form of a figure in the top left-hand corner of the work.

World’s leading art experts are convinced that the facial features in the fresco bare a striking resemblance to those in portraits of Michelangelo by other artists.

“What has emerged is a later Michelangelo work seen in a new light, a work which marked the end of his painting, as he dedicated himself to sculpture and architecture,” the Independent quoted De Luca as having told La Repubblica newspaper.

“I do believe this is Michelangelo. The blue turban is a very strong indication because it’s very typical of the hats worn by sculptors to keep the powder off themselves,” De Luca added.

The only other generally believed self-portrait of Michelangelo can be seen in his most famous work, the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, which he created between 1534 and 1541. (ANI)

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Liam Gallagher to star in sex and drugs movie

June 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jun 24 (ANI): Lead singer for rock band Oasis, Liam Gallagher, is all set to star in a movie dealing with the music world, sex and drugs.

Gallagher, 36, has bagged a part in the big screen adaptation of Kevin Sampson’s novel Powder, which tells the story of a band lured into a world of sex and drugs after making it big.

The singer will start working on the movie with Sampson, who used to manage Scouse outfit The Farm, once his tour commitments are done in August.

His role has not been finalized as yet, but he will be sharing the screen with veteran dance music star Guru Josh, real name Paul Walden.

“Guru Josh will act as himself alongside co-star Liam Gallagher,” the Sun quoted Josh as writing on his website.

“Is the world ready for Liam Gallagher and Guru Josh together on the silver screen? Is Liam Gallagher ready for Guru Josh?” he added. (ANI)

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Liam Gallagher to star in sex and drugs movie

June 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jun 24 (ANI): Lead singer for rock band Oasis, Liam Gallagher, is all set to star in a movie dealing with the music world, sex and drugs.

Gallagher, 36, has bagged a part in the big screen adaptation of Kevin Sampson’s novel Powder, which tells the story of a band lured into a world of sex and drugs after making it big.

The singer will start working on the movie with Sampson, who used to manage Scouse outfit The Farm, once his tour commitments are done in August.

His role has not been finalized as yet, but he will be sharing the screen with veteran dance music star Guru Josh, real name Paul Walden.

“Guru Josh will act as himself alongside co-star Liam Gallagher,” the Sun quoted Josh as writing on his website.

“Is the world ready for Liam Gallagher and Guru Josh together on the silver screen? Is Liam Gallagher ready for Guru Josh?” he added. (ANI)

Peter Andre once accused Rebecca Loos of having lesbian fling with Jordan

May 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 18 (ANI): Television personality Rebecca Loss has revealed that she was once accused by musician Peter Andre of having a lesbian frolic with his estranged wife Jordan.

Rebecca, who met the couple at a New Year party, said that Peter became “insanely jealous” when he thought Jordan enjoyed a lesbian encounter with Loos.

“I was at Andrew Wong’s Chinese New Year party in 2006 and I got chatting to Katie and Peter. They were really lovely. I remember Kate and I went to the toilet and did our make-up together. She was pissed and I was pissed. She was very pissed. We put our makeup and lipstick on,” the Daily Star quoted Rebecca as saying.

“Then we came out and started dancing together. It was all completely innocent. We were just having a laugh. The next thing I know is that Pete is convinced I made a pass at Kate in the bathroom. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m not nearly as bad as people think I am,” Rebecca added.

However, at that time, Peter tried to defend himself by claiming that he thought Rebecca was taking advantage of Jordan.

“Kate was so smashed she didn’t have a clue what was going on. Rebecca kept asking her to go to the toilet because girls always go together. I had this horrible feeling she was taking advantage of Kate. It can’t take that long to powder your nose,” Peter said earlier.

Though Peter Andre accused Rebecca of having a lesbian fling with Jordan, she holds no grudges against him, and is actually upset by the couple’s separation.

“I would say Kate and Pete were a lovely couple. They always appeared really close. I’m sad to hear they have split up, especially as they have two young children,” Rebecca added. (ANI)

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New sponge-like material beneficial for the environment

May 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 18 (ANI): A team of chemists has designed a new sponge-like material that can remove mercury from polluted water, easily separate hydrogen from other gases and is a more effective catalyst than the one currently used to pull sulfur out of crude oil.

Hydrodesulfurization is a widely used catalytic chemical process that removes sulfur from natural gas and refined petroleum products, such as gasoline and diesel and jet fuels.

Without the process, which is highly optimized, people would be burning sulfur, which contributes to acid rain.

Scientists have tried to improve hydrodesulfurization, or HDS, but have made no progress. Many consider it an optimized process.

Now, the Northwestern researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Western Washington University, report that their material is twice as active as the conventional catalyst used in HDS, while at the same time being made of the same parts.

The material, cobalt-molybdenum-sulfur, which is black, brittle and freeze-dried, is a new class of chalcogels, a family of material discovered only a few years ago at Northwestern.

Chalcogels are random networks of metal-sulfur atoms with very high surface areas.

The new chalcogel is made from common elements, is stable when exposed to air or water and can be used as a powder.

This is the first report of chalcogels being used for catalysis and gas separation.

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison, Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and doctoral student Santanu Bag made this catalyst using a method different from that of the conventional catalyst.

The Northwestern material is a gel made of cobalt, nickel, molybdenum and sulfur that then is freeze-dried, producing a sponge-like material with a very high surface area.

It is this high surface area and the material’s stability under catalytic conditions that make the cobalt-molybdenum-sulfur chalcogel so active.

The researchers also demonstrated that the new chalcogel soaks up toxic heavy metals from polluted water like no other material.

The chalcogel removed nearly 99 percent of the mercury from contaminated water containing several parts per million.

Mercury likes to bind to sulfur, and the chalcogel is full of sulfur atoms.

In addition to being a better HDS catalyst and a mercury sponge, the chalcogel also is very effective at gas separation.

The researchers showed that the material easily removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from hydrogen, an application that could be useful in the hydrogen economy. (ANI)

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Gazza signs ‘nutritious’ deal with UK’s health food store

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 15 (ANI): Football legend Paul Gascoigne a.k.a Gazza has signed a ‘nutritious’ deal with UK’s health food store Holland and Barrett.

The shop executives had seen the England midfielder sporting ripped abdominal muscles on last month’s Match of the Day.

And were keen to help him stay fit, and stay away from the drugs and booze.

Gazza is being sponsored with nutrition products, including his favourite strawberry protein powder by the health food store bosses.

“I have been training hard and keeping fit and strong on a healthy diet to keep me mentally and physically fit – and taking nutritional supplements to help aid my recovery,” the Daily Star quoted Gazza as saying.

“My problems are never going to be behind me. But at the moment, I don’t want to take the booze and I don’t want to be using again,” he added.

A Holland and Barrett spokesman said: “We have been supplying him with some of his favourite nutrition products to aid his sports regime.” (ANI)

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Bungling aide leaves UK PM Brown red-faced

May 11, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

London, May 11 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was left red-faced on Sunday when a bungling aide left his make-up tips in a taxi.

The note, which was found among a pile of sensitive documents, told how the craggy-faced PM applies layers of slap and fake tan.

A white A4 sheet listed Brown’s make-up routine if he has to do it himself. It read:

1.Transparent Brush. Foam all over. This is believed to be an illuminating foam to give the PM’s face that certain glow.

2.Small pot under eyes, dimple, creases, blend in. This refers to the use of concealer to smooth out facial bumps and blemishes.

3.Clinique. Super balanced make-up. All over again, like painting a wall, and ears. Shut eyes over lids then with make-up pad smooth over liquid. This tells the PM to trowel foundation over his whole face.

4.Powder (dark brush) terracotta Guerlain, all over. Slap on fake tan bronzer.

Taking the shine off … powder

A Westminster insider said: “It’s an idiot’s guide to applying heavy make-up. It will cause deep embarrassment because the PM paints himself as a no-nonsense man’s man.”

Brown, 58, whose claims for a cleaner were revealed last week, has never put cosmetics on expenses.

But No 10 officials will be more concerned by other papers in the aide’s rucksack, left in a London black cab after the ministerial party arrived at Kings Cross from Yorkshire on Friday.

It contained discussions on how to handle the expenses scandal – and a schedule for Brown’s trip, marked Confidential.

Times of departure, the cars the PM and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith were in and their train times were detailed. It could have been put to deadly use if it fell into the hands of terrorists before the journey.

The cabbie handed it to The Sun, which returned it to Downing Street last night. (ANI)

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Wives, fiancée prepare to welcome home HINDRAF trio

May 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Klang (Malaysia), May 9 (ANI): The wives and a fiancée of the HINDRAF trio – M. Manoharan, K. Vasantha Kumar and K. Vickneswary — are preparing to welcome them home soon after their release by the Malaysian Government.

According to The Star, the first thing that Kota Alam Shah assemblyman Manoharan will do upon his release from the Internal Security Act is to take a ritual bath.

“I will pour water mixed with turmeric powder and flowers over his head before he enters the house to cleanse him of all the negative things that he had undergone in the last 17 months,” his wife S. Pushpaneela was quoted, as saying.

The ritual bath is a Hindu custom to rid one of bad luck and unhappy experiences.

Manoharan, who was a lawyer for the outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), was detained under the ISA in December 2007 for being involved in a massive gathering against the Government a month before his arrest.

Pushpaneela also said Manoharan would also have to start work almost immediately as he had a lot of backlogged cases and constituency work to catch up with.

All the cases he had secured in 2001 are now in the fast lane and up for hearing, said Pushpaneela, who had been running her husband’s legal firm in his absence.

Pushpaneela said she would continue assisting her husband in his constituency, which she had managed since the general election last year.

Meanwhile, the wife of detainee K. Vasantha Kumar was speechless when she was told that her husband would be released today.

K. Vickneswary took a few minutes for the news to sink in before she could say: “My family’s 17 months’ of hell is finally coming to an end.”

Vickneswary, who has two girls, said she would stay at home to prepare Vasantha Kumar’s favourite dishes.

Uthayakumar’s fiancee S. Indradevi said she was happy and excited that he would finally be out. (ANI)

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Battery made from non-toxic materials may revolutionize electric vehicles

May 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 6 (ANI): A new battery made from non-toxic materials abundant in the Earth’s crust could revolutionize the electric vehicles segment.

The battery, powered by LifePO4 – a material used in advanced lithium-ion batteries, was developed by Universite de Montreal researchers.

“It’s a revolutionary battery because it is made from non-toxic materials abundant in the Earth’s crust. Plus, it’s not expensive,” said Michel Gauthier, an invited professor at the Universite de Montreal Department of Chemistry and co-founder of Phostech Lithium, the company that makes the battery material.

“This battery could eventually make the electric car very profitable,” he added.

The theory will soon be tested, since the 100 percent electric Microcar that’s set to debut in Europe this year will be and powered by the LifePO4 battery.

Phostech Lithium’s production plant in St. Bruno, Quebec, produces the black LifePO4 powder, which is shipped across the world in tightly sealed barrels.

Sud-Chemie, a leading specialty chemistry company based in Germany, first invested in Phostech Lithium in 2005.

Now, just four years later, Sud-Chemie’s total Canadian investments have reached 13 million dollars and it stands as the 100 percent owner of Phostech Lithium.

Phostech’s St. Bruno plant began to produce LiFePO4 in 2006 with 20 employees and a 400 metric-ton capacity.

Since then, Phostech has nearly doubled its staff.

“It is a battery that is much more stable and much safer,” said Dean MacNeil, a professor at the Universite de Montreal’s Department of Chemistry and new NSERC-Phostech Lithium Industrial Research Chair in Energy Storage and Conversion.

“In addition, it recharges much faster than previous batteries,” he added. (ANI)

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Kids who consume melamine ‘more likely to develop kidney stones’

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Washington, April 27 (ANI): Two new studies have shown that kids with a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder are at a higher risk of developing kidney stones and other urological complications. /pp
The study found that melamine calculus occurred mostly in infants at six months to 18 months after consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder after birth but that the stones could be effectively managed with noninvasive treatment./pp
In the first study, researchers analyzed the clinical data of 50 young children with double kidney stones who had a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder. /pp
Researchers studied ultrasound images from each child, measuring kidney stone size, number, shape and location. Eighty-five percent of these cases occurred in children ages six to 18 months. Of these 50 children, 42 formed kidney stones in both kidneys; multiple stones were found in 18 children; and single stones were found in nine of them. /pp
Eleven kids experienced kidney failure, in which the stone diameters of bilateral kidneys were significantly larger than those who did not experience kidney failure. In 21 cases, the stone was passed after non-operative hospital treatment in an average of eight days./pp
In the second study, researchers analyzed the clinical data of 165 infants, aged 50 days to three years, with urinary stones who had a history of consuming melamine-contaminated milk powder. /pp
The kids were divided into mild (25 cases), moderate (122 cases) and severe (18 cases) groups. Researchers found that the peak incidence of urolithiasis (urinary stones) was found in children aged six months to 12 months. /pp
Of these patients, 50.3 percent were asymptomatic, 16.9 percent experienced dysuria (painful urination), 14.6 percent had infantile colic, 10.9 percent experienced oliguria or anuria (decreased urine and absence of urine, respectively) and 7.3 percent had hematuria (blood in the urine). /pp
Acute urinary retention (the sudden inability to urinate) caused by urethral stones was found in five cases. The stone diameter ranged from 22mm to 16mm, and 63.5 percent of cases had 4-10 mm stones. All cases accepted non-operative treatment, except those cases with a bilateral stone and obstruction. After hospital treatment, the stone expulsion rate was 43 percent. /pp
This study presents us with the long-term complications for children who had been fed with melamine contaminated products. Both parents and physicians should be vigilant of these signs and symptoms in children who may have consumed the contaminated milk powder, said Anthony Atala, MD, an AUA spokesman./pp
The two studies were presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). (ANI)/p

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Grapes ‘keep your heart hale and hearty’

April 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 23 (ANI): A new study in rats has suggested that eating grapes could help in fighting high blood pressure and could also reduce other cardiovascular risks and heart muscle damage.

University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center researchers, who conducted the study, said that the benefits may be the result of the phytochemicals – naturally occurring antioxidants – turning on a protective process in the genes that reduces damage to the heart muscle.

The researchers studied the effect of regular table grapes (a blend of green, red, and black grapes) that were mixed into the rat diet in a powdered form, as part of either a high- or low-salt diet.

Comparisons were made between rats consuming the grape powder and rats that received a mild dose of a common blood pressure drug. All the rats were from a research breed that develops high blood pressure when fed a salty diet.

After 18 weeks, researchers found that the rats, which received the grape-enriched diet powder, had lower blood pressure, better heart function, and fewer signs of heart muscle damage than the rats that ate the same salty diet but didn’t receive grapes.

Rats that received the blood pressure medicine, hydrazine, along with a salty diet also had lower blood pressure, but their hearts were not protected from damage as they were in the grape-fed group, the researchers found.

“There are the small changes that diet can bring, but the effect of grape intake on genes can have a greater impact on disease down the road,” said E. Mitchell Seymour, M.S., who led the research as part of his doctoral work in nutrition science at Michigan State University.

Heart cells, like other cells in the body, make an antioxidant protein called glutathione, which is one of our first defenders against damaging oxidative stress.

High blood pressure causes oxidative stress in the heart and lowers the amount of protective glutathione. However, intake of grapes actually turned on glutathione-regulating genes in the heart and significantly elevated glutathione levels.

This may explain why the hearts of grape-fed animals functioned better and had less damage.

The study was presented at the 2009 Experimental Biology convention in New Orleans. (ANI)

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Lizards sunbathe for a vitamin D boost

April 21, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

Washington, April 21(ANI): Keeping warm isn’t the only reason lizards bask in the sun. A new study has found that chameleons set their sunbathing schedule depending on how much vitamin D they need.

“It’s a longstanding assumption that thermoregulation is the only reason that lizards bask. Our results suggest that in addition to thermoregulation, vitamin D regulation appears to have a significant impact on basking behaviour as well,” said Kristopher Karsten, a biologist at Texas Christian University who led the study.

Chameleons, like humans and most other vertebrates, get vitamin D in two ways: They can absorb it from food, and they can produce it in their skin. However, in order to produce vitamin D, the skin must be exposed to UV radiation.

To test whether chameleons alter their sunning behaviour based on dietary vitamin D intake, Karsten observed the behaviour of two different groups of chameleons.

One group had high internal vitamin D levels, thanks to a diet of crickets dusted with a vitamin D powder. The other group ate regular crickets and had low vitamin D.

The chameleons were then placed in individual outdoor enclosures that offered open area for direct sun, and a tree to offer filtered sun and shade.

Chameleons generally move from sun to shade throughout the day. But Karsten found that chameleons fed the low vitamin D diet compensated by increasing their exposure to the sun’s UV rays.

On the other hand, chameleons with high vitamin D diets limited their UV exposure.

“It appears that panther chameleons have the ability to gauge their internal vitamin D levels and alter their basking behaviour accordingly,” Karsten said.

It’s not clear, however, by what mechanism they are able to sense their internal vitamin D levels, but Karsten believes that there may be a brain receptor sensitive to the vitamin.

“Given the ability for panther chameleons to precisely, accurately and effectively adjust basking behavior as a direct result of vitamin D3, [a brain vitamin D receptor] seems likely to occur in panther chameleons,” Karsten said.

The study is published in the May/June issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. (ANI)

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Ahmadinejad inaugurates Iran’s first nuclear fuel plant

April 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Isfahan (Iran), April 9 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday inaugurated the country’s first nuclear fuel manufacturing plant (FMP) located near this central Iranian city.

The FMP, reportedly based solely on work by Iranian experts, is to provide the Arak 40-megawatt research reactor with fuel, producing nuclear fuel tablets, rods and assemblies for the plant, which is to be launched within the next two or three years.

Iran says that with the launch of the FMP, it has de-facto mastered the final stage of the nuclear fuel production process.

Ahmadinejad opened the plant on Iran’s so-called Nuclear Day.

He is also to inspect the Natanz uranium enrichment plant near Isfahan, where 6,000 centrifuges are operative and according to Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, at least 4,000 more are planned to be installed during the current year.

Isfahan’s FMP can also produce nuclear fuel assemblies for the Bushehr nuclear power plant that is a joint project with Russia with its first phase scheduled to be completed later this year.

The FMP in Isfahan will convert enriched uranium hexafluoride into uranium dioxide (UO2) powder, which will later be processed into pellet form, Tehran’s Press TV said on its website.

The pellets will then be stacked into tubes of corrosion-resistant metal alloy called fuel rods. The finished fuel rods will be assembled together to build up the nuclear fuel core of a power reactor.

Tehran says its nuclear programmes are only for civil and peaceful purposes, but the West fears that Iran might use the same technology for making nuclear weapons.

Ahmadinejad has several times said that Iran would be ready for negotiations with the West, however not for following international demands of suspending the controversial nuclear enrichment but for removing concerns over alleged secret military programmes.

On Wednesday, the US said it would join other permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany in talks with Iran over its nuclear activities, indicating a significant shift from former president George W. Bush’s stand that US participation in any talks with Iran would depend on its suspension of all nuclear work.

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