Use of moisturizing Creams can lead to cancer

Use of moisturizing Creams can lead to cancer

Researchers found several creams caused skin cancer in the specially bred mice, which had been pre-treated with ultraviolet radiation.

The cancers are not melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, they stressed in their report in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, but another type called squamous cell carcinoma. Such tumors are slow growing, highly treatable and only fatal if patients fail to have them removed.

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Journal of Investigative Dermatology (14 Aug 2008)
Doi:10.1038/jid.2008.241

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Note2email is a web application designed to send quick text notes to any email address in the world.

When browsing the Internet from an untrusted network or an office computer it can be unsafe to type in the email account password. This tool was designed to help users send themselves email notes without logging in to their email account. For more security the user has the option to encrypt the content of the message and the encryption key is stored nowhere.

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Siamese twin birds?

Siamese twin birds?

Have a look at these images.





They are not siamese twin birds. The site symmetry.sytes.org explores flicker images and mirror them automatically. It is just for viewing pleasure and to get creative ideas. Enter the name of your choice in the search box and view symmetrical images.

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Heartbeat Measuring Mouse

Heartbeat Measuring Mouse

Asus (Taiwanese computer manufacturer) Vit W1 Wireless Laser mouse. The mouse seems normal enough, but hidden under the plastic skin is a pulse rate sensor that will send your pulse wirelessly to your computer. Sure, you could just take your pulse the old-fashioned way, but why bother when technology can do it for you. The mouse itself has five buttons, a mini USB receiver, 1200 dpi sensitivity, and 30-foot wireless range.

Asustek Vito W1 wireless laser mouse, the right hand thumb through the contact with the built-in sensors measure heart rate and pressure on the index. Let the daily use of computers at the same time, but also always took note of their physical condition.

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By measuring the frequency of heart, feeling pressure on the index read at any time concerned about health.

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Anti-AIDS vaccine Trial in Indian lab a success

Anti-AIDS vaccine Trial in Indian lab a success

India's HIV vaccine programme got a major boost with scientists of the Tuberculosis Research Centre (TRC) here reporting significant progress in the first phase of clinical trials for a vaccine to prevent AIDS.

Preliminary results of phase one trial have successfully proved the vaccine's safety and its ability to stimulate immune response (that might provide protection against infection), the centre's head told Times of India.

Confirming the development, TRC director V D Ramanathan said: "The trial was to check the vaccine’s safety and also whether it fulfilled the secondary objective of stimulating immune response. We will announce the results to the world soon after we have the complete analysis of the data."

TRC is affiliated to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which, along with National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), has spearheaded the vaccine trial in India.

"The Phase I trial of an MVA-based AIDS vaccine candidate (TBC - M4) was conducted at the TRC in Chennai. The preliminary results of the trial showed that the vaccine candidate was generally safe and well tolerated and the frequency of immune responses by volunteers after three injections was good. The phase I trial is over and the final data is under analysis," said Dr Sonali Kochar, Medical Director, IAVI India.

Source: Times of India

Aussies crack cancer secret

AUSTRALIAN scientists are hoping to cure leukaemia, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis after their breakthrough discovery of how to stop killer blood cells growing.

The team has unlocked the secrets behind the protein which controls the way the blood cancer cells spread when it is damaged - and have found a way to stop its deadly process.

Work is now starting to design a drug to prevent the damaged proteins operating, effectively stopping the cancer as well as asthma and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

After spending a decade uncovering the structure of the receptor protein, which sits on the surface of white blood cells, lead researcher Professor Michael Parker, of Melbourne's St Vincent's Institute, said scientists could now build a drug to attach itself to the protein and stop it sending messages into the cells telling them to multiply unchecked.

"If we can stop the signal for the proliferation of uncontrolled growth of the cells then we can stop the leukaemia in its tracks," he said.

Working with molecular biologists at Adelaide's Hanson Institute, the Melbourne scientists used X-ray and synchrotron imaging to build an image of the structure of the protein for the first time, hoping to find a way to block its process.

The GM-CSF hormone - which controls the production of blood cells in the body - works by attaching itself to the receptor proteins, which then send a message into white blood cells telling them to multiply.

When damaged, the protein's messages cause an over-production of cells or cells which persist too long, resulting in diseases such as leukaemia as well as some inflammatory conditions.

The major breakthrough came when the researchers realised the proteins linked together to form networks on the surface of white blood cells after being activated by the hormone, and that by stopping the networks forming they could also stop the growth.

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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24157781-5005941,00.html

BMC Ophthalmology - Free Ophthalmic journal

BMC Ophthalmology - Free Ophthalmic journal

BMC Ophthalmology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of eye disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. BMC Ophthalmology (ISSN 1471-2415) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.

Free access from Volume 1 (2001) to current.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcophthalmol/

Contents of Volume 8 2008:

Research article
Tono-Pen XL tonometry during application of a suction ring in rabbits
Spyridon K Charisis, Harilaos S Ginis, Georgios A Kounis, Miltiadis K Tsilimbaris
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:14 (30 July 2008)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Assessment of stereoscopic optic disc images using an autostereoscopic screen – experimental study
Maged S Habib, James A Lowell, Nick S Holliman, Andrew Hunter, Daniella Vaideanu, Anthony Hildreth, David HW Steel
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:13 (23 July 2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Modelling lifetime cost consequences of ReSTOR^® in cataract surgery in four European countries
Antoine Lafuma, Gilles Berdeaux
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:12 (15 July 2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Comparative study of the stability of bimatoprost 0.03% and latanoprost 0.005%: A patient-use study
Mauricio D Paolera, Niro Kasahara, Cristiano C Umbelino, John G Walt
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:11 (11 June 2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
Prevalence of dry eye syndrome and diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients
Masoud Reza Manaviat, Maryam Rashidi, Mohammad Afkhami-Ardekani, Mohammad Reza Shoja
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:10 (2 June 2008)
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Research article
Effectiveness of mobile-phone short message service (SMS) reminders for ophthalmology outpatient appointments: Observational study
Elizabeth Koshy, Josip Car, Azeem Majeed
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:9 (31 May 2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles] [F1000 Medicine]

Research article
Rotational stability of the AcrySof SA60TT toric intraocular lenses: A cohort study
Bruno Zuberbuhler, Theo Signer, Richard Gale, Eduard Haefliger
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:8 (6 May 2008)
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Research article
Specific detection of fungal pathogens by 18S rRNA gene PCR in microbial keratitis
Zunaina Embong, Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam, Chan Yean Yean, Nur Haslindawaty Abdul Rashid, Balqis Kamarudin, Siti Khaironi Zainal Abidin, Sabariah Osman, Zainul F Zainuddin, Manickam Ravichandran
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:7 (29 April 2008)
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

Research article
A five-year retrospective study of the epidemiological characteristics and visual outcomes of patients hospitalized for ocular trauma in a Mediterranean area
Salvatore Cillino, Alessandra Casuccio, Francesco Di Pace, Francesco Pillitteri, Giovanni Cillino
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:6 (22 April 2008)
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Research article
Intravitreal vs. subtenon triamcinolone acetonide for the treatment of diabetic cystoid macular edema
Mauro Cellini, Alberto Pazzaglia, Eugenio Zamparini, Pietro Leonetti, Emilio C Campos
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:5 (17 March 2008)
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Research article
Psychometric properties of the Greek version of the NEI-VFQ 25
Georgios Labiris, Andreas Katsanos, Michael Fanariotis, Theodora Tsirouki, Maria Pefkianaki, Dimitrios Chatzoulis, Evangelia Tsironi
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:4 (6 March 2008)
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Research article
Career choices for ophthalmology made by newly qualified doctors in the United Kingdom, 1974–2005
Trevor W Lambert, Michael J Goldacre, Anthony J Bron
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:3 (4 March 2008)
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Correspondence
Which quality of life score is best for glaucoma patients and why?
Philip Severn, Scott Fraser, Tracy Finch, Carl May
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:2 (23 January 2008)
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Research article
The importance of central corneal thickness measurements and decision making in general ophthalmology clinics: a masked observational study
Ashish A Patwardhan, Mohammad Khan, Susan P Mollan, Paul Haigh
BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8:1 (20 January 2008)
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The Internet Journal of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

The Internet Journal of Ophthalmology and Visual Science - Free Ophthalmic journal
ISSN: 1528-8269

This is a peer reviewed journal. Every published article has been reviewed by members of the editorial board and the editor-in-chief. All articles are archived by Internet Scientific Publications LLC and recognized by The Library of Congress Catalog of Publications.

All issues from 2000. Volume 1 Number 1.to cirrent are free,

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Digital Journal of Ophthalmology - Free Ophthalmic journal

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
Free access from 2002 Volume 3: Number 1 to current.
http://www.djo.harvard.edu/

Contents of latest issues:

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2008; Volume 14

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy among Jordanian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 14: Number 2

Comparison of Anesthetic and Surgical Outcomes of Dacryocystorhinostomy using Loco-regional versus General Anesthesia Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 14: Number 1

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; Volume 13

Spontaneous Crystalline Lens Dislocation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 13: Number 4

The Boston Keratoprosthesis: A New Threadless Design Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 13: Number 3

Floaterectomy Versus Conventional Pars Plana Vitrectomy For Vitreous Floaters Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 13: Number 2

Keratouveitis Following A Contralateral Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 13: Number 1

Digital Journal of Ophthalmology 2006; Volume 12

Bilateral retinochoroiditis in a case of acute primary toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent patient Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 12: Number 2

Circumferential viscodilation of Schlemm’s canal with a flexible microcannula during non-penetrating glaucoma surgery Digital Journal of Ophthalmology; Volume 12: Number 1

Free Ophthalmic journal - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Free Ophthalmic journal - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (ISSN 0301-4738) or IJO, is the official scientific journal of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), which at a membership strength of over 9200 is probably the 2nd largest society of ophthalmologists in the world. The IJO which is an indexed, peer reviewed journal, originated as a platform for the scientific expression of the AIOS which is the umbrella society to which almost all ophthalmologists in India belong. However it has grown over the years to be international in its scope, also accepting articles of merit from contributors all over the world. IJO is published 6 times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November.

The objective is to provide opportunities for free exchange of ideas and information. The society or the editorial board accept no responsibility for any statements published in the journal. These statements are solely attributable to the authors; they are not necessarily indicative of the policies of the society or the editorial board

Free access from 1953, Volume:1 ,Issue: 1 onwards to current

http://www.ijo.in/

Journal of vision

Free Ophthalmic journal - Journal of vision
ISSN 1534-7362

All issues from Volume 1, 2001 to current are free

Special Issue Introduction i Neuroimaging in vision science Andy Smith David Heeger Geoff Boynton Anthony Norcia Articles 5 Spatial frequency tuning in human retinotopic visual areas Linda Henriksson Lauri Nurminen Aapo Hyvärinen Simo Vanni 4 The effects of parts, wholes, and familiarity on face-selective responses in MEG Alison M. Harris Geoffrey K. Aguirre 3 Alpha band amplification during illusory jitter perception Kaoru Amano Derek H. Arnold Tsunehiro Takeda Alan Johnston 2 The effects of spatial attention in early human visual cortex are stimulus independent Scott O. Murray 1 Sensitivity of human visual cortical areas to the stereoscopic depth of a moving stimulus Andrew T. Smith Matthew B. Wall

Editor's Note: The following articles were also accepted for this Special Issue, but were published prior to its launch.
		Figure-ground interaction in the human visual cortex Lawrence G. Appelbaum Alex R. Wade Mark W. Pettet Vladimir Y. Vildavski Anthony M. Norcia
		ConTrack: Finding the most likely pathways between brain regions using diffusion tractography Anthony J. Sherbondy Robert F. Dougherty Michal Ben-Shachar Sandy Napel Brian A. Wandell

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Cutting Off the Nose to Save the Penis

Cutting Off the Nose to Save the Penis

Original Research Article — Erectile Dysfunction

Don't worry, nose referred here is cycle seat nose.
Methods. Bicycle police officers from five U.S. metropolitan areas were recruited for this study. Officers completed: (i) the International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire (IIEF); (ii) computerized pressure measurements at the points of contact on the bicycle; the handlebars, the pedals, and the saddle; (iii) one night of nocturnal Rigiscan® assessment; (iv) penile vibrotactile sensitivity threshold assessed by computerized biothesiometery. Officers selected a no-nose saddle for their bicycles and were asked to use the intervention saddle exclusively for 6 months, at which point they were retested.

Main Outcome Measures. Perineal pressure, urogenital numbness, penile vibrotactile sensitivity threshold, erectile function as measure by International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire (IIEF) and Rigiscan.

Results. After 6 months, 90 men were reassessed. Only three men had returned to a traditional saddle. The results are presented for those who used the no-nose saddle continuously for 6 months. There was a 66% reduction in saddle contact pressure in the perineal region (P < p =" 0.015)." p =" 0.015)."

Journal of Sexual Medicine
Volume 5 Issue 8, Pages 1932 - 1940
DOI:10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.00867.x