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Organic Medicinal Plant
There are a few different types of hemorrhoids, each with their own specific characteristics. External hemorrhoids are visible and can be felt outside the anal canal. They can be very uncomfortable and make you feel like there is something there that doesn’t belong. They can itch, be painful, and swell up to make sitting difficult. They can also make it painful to have a bowel movement and to wipe afterwards...
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Various plant hormones
Plants are not as defenceless as they may seem. Various plant hormones work together to specifically fend off attacks. Dutch-sponsored researcher Antonio Leon-Reyes has now shown how these hormones cooperate. By 'consulting' with each other plant hormones determine which defence mechanism they shall set in motion...
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Hospital Prescription Records
A recent study led by Dr. Khaled El Emam, the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the CHEO Research Institute, found that the information in hospital prescription records can quite easily re-identify patients...
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"Devil's claw"
Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert grows the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, years of drought have pushed the Devil's claw toward extinction, so scientists are scrambling to devise new ways to produce the valuable medicinal chemicals of the Devil's claw and other rare plants..
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New anti-flu drugs could become a reality
Antivirals such as Tamiflu act on surface proteins, which are highly variable among different viruses. But the researchers found that, if they went deeper than the surface proteins, they could identify proteins which remain constant in evolution and therefore can be targeted more effectively with antivirals...
