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How To Be Patient

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:43:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.wikihow.com

Try to figure out why you're in such a hurry.

Pinpoint the triggers that often make you lose your patience.

Overcome bouts of impatience.

Look for patterns.

Let go if you can't do anything about the impatience trigger.

Remind yourself that things take time.

Expect the unexpected.

Give yourself a break.

Remember what matters.

Once you are able to change your attitude so that you are a patient person, you will find that patience can help you endure any tribulation, no matter how long-lasting or difficult. More importantly, perhaps, patience can help you achieve your goals.

Many people find that spirituality helps develop patience. Nearly every religion places value on patience, and indeed, having a belief system and embracing your spirituality can help you let go of things you cannot change and can comfort you when you are waiting.

Being patient with others is a form of respect for them.

Developing patience is not easy, and you've got to be motivated to become more patient.

Tags: personal, personality, spirituality, people, anger, help, howto

Fever can unlock autism's grip: study

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:48:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Fever can temporarily unlock autism's grip on children, a finding that could shed light on the roots of the condition and perhaps provide clues for treatment, researchers reported on Monday

It appears that fever restores nerve cell communications in regions of the autistic brain, restoring a child's ability to interact and socialize during the fever, the study said

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, was based on 30 children with autism aged 2 to 18 who were observed during and after a fever of at least 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit

More than 80 percent of those with fever showed some improvements in behavior during it and 30 percent had dramatic improvements, the researchers said. The change involved things like longer concentration spans, more talking, improved eye contact and better overall relations with adults and other children

Zimmerman's team said the fever effect had been noted anecdotally in the past by parents and doctors

Tags: autism, fever, research, science, health

What MRSA looks like, how to avoid it

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:32:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.webmd.com

How can I protect myself from MRSA?

Close skin-to-skin contact, cuts and abrasions in the skin, contact with contaminated objects, and living in crowded conditions have all been associated with the spread of MRSA, according to the CDC.

Some of the best ways to keep from getting or spreading the infection include:

Frequent and thorough hand washing. Experts recommend washing your hands for as long as it takes to slowly recite the alphabet.

Covering cuts and scrapes with a clean bandage.

Do not touch other people's wounds or bandages.

Do not share personal items like towels or razors, and wipe down surfaces you come into contact with at the gym or in a locker room.

Tags: mrsa, skin, infection

Health: Reduce High-glycaemic food intake

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:07 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A diet rich in potatoes, white bread and white rice may be contributing to a "silent epidemic" of a dangerous liver condition.

"High-glycaemic" foods - rapidly digested by the body - could be causing "fatty liver", increasing the risk of serious illness.

The study, carried out at Boston Children's Hospital, looked at the effect of diets with precisely the same calorific content, but very different ingredients when measured using the glycaemic index (GI).

After six months on the diet, the mice weighed the same, but those on the high GI diet had twice the normal amount of fat in their bodies, blood and livers.

The researchers say that because the processed carbohydrates are absorbed so quickly, they trigger the release of more of the chemical insulin, which tells the body to lay down more fat.

Tags: health, diet

Autistic teen Tasered in California

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:44:14 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Autistic teen Tasered in Calif.

TUSTIN, Calif. - Sheriff's officials defended their use of a Taser stun gun to subdue an autistic teenager who left a social services center where he was being treated. "It was necessary," sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said in defense of the use of a Taser stun gun to subdue 15-year-old Taylor Karras.

He said the teen was running in and out of traffic and is lucky to be alive.

"If that were your son, would you want him Tased or hit by a car?" Amormino asked.

Taser stun guns fire electrically charged darts that carry 50,000 volts for several seconds, temporarily immobilizing their targets. According to Taser International Inc., about 11,000 U.S. law enforcement agencies use Taser technology.

The teenager bolted from a social services center in Westminster on Monday and had walked 15 miles when sheriff's deputies received a call of someone running in and out of traffic

Tags: taser, autistic, california

Indian Doctor Develops Enzyme That Destroys HIV!

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:35:47 GMT

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Clip Source: ibnlive.com

Indian doc develops enzyme that can destroy HIV

Bangalore: Dr Indrani Sarkar has has every reason to be excited. Her PhD thesis, which started in 2002 at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany, has thrown open the doors for developing enzymes that can destroy the dreaded Human Immuno-deficiency Virus or HIV within infected cells permanently.

The only way then to cure HIV is to get rid of the virus completely and Tre, the enzyme that Indrani constructed after a year and its 126 "cycles of mutation" totally deplete HIV in the human genome in three months in laboratory conditions.

"It's a beautiful approach, but like any other drug, this one too will take a few years to reach clinics — anywhere between five and 20 years actually. A lot of research has to be done because since one is working with a novel enzyme, one has to engineer the enzyme," says she.

Dr Indrani Sarkar's findings certainly hold out hope for the millions who are battling the disease across the globe.

Tags: hiv, science, medical research, research, breakthrough, good news

Source For Marburg Virus - Identified

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:24:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

CDC Researchers Find Possible Animal Source For Marburg Virus - Identification Of Infection In A Common African Fruit Bat

Fruit Bat

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their collaborators have for the first time successfully identified Marburg virus infection in a common species of African fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Marburg virus causes severe, often fatal, hemorrhagic fever in people and non-human primates. Bats have been suspected of carrying the virus, but until now, evidence of Marburg virus infection in bats had not been detected. These research results were published Wednesday in the open access journal PLoS ONE (http://www.plosone.org).

Tags: ebola, bats, disease, cdc