Radiation may not help to prolong life of lung cancer patients

Researchers have found that the radiation therapy after surgery of lung cancer may not help in prolonging the life of patients of lung cancer.

Researchers have worked on more than 1300 older cancer patients of lung in which 710 patients received radiation therapy. They have found that the radiation is less likely to increase the life of patients.

According to researchers, the physicians must not always use radiation to stop recurrence of lung cancer.

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Greece has passed austerity deal affecting oil prices

Greece austerity deal approval has come with a surge in oil prices in Asia. That surge is above $99 on Monday.

Greece has passed that deal in order to get security of bailout and protection from bankruptcy as Greece has to meet 14.5 billion euros of debt repayments before March 20.

Brent crude increased by 85 cents and went to $117.60/barrel in on the ICE Futures Exchange in London. Benchmark crude also went up by 58 cents and went at $99.25/barrel at midmorning Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

“The problem is that gasoline prices have recently jumped and this appears to have more than offset the positive developments,” Capital Economics said in a report.

“To be bullish from here, one would need to believe a supply disruption is coming,” Morgan Stanley said in a report. “With fundamentals weakening, we believe that any further upside is unlikely without a supply shock.”

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Another patently issue between Apple and Samsung

Apple has sued Samsung in federal court in California about four different patent violations in which Apple has reported that Searching through voice command and unlocking the phone through sliding the image are included.

Apple has reported these violations for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (smartphone) that is the first phone using Google's latest version of Android i.e. Ice Cream Sandwich. The company has said that these features are expected by the people in Apple's products.

"Google cannot deny its undivided responsibility for any infringement findings. A preliminary injunction would not prohibit the sale of a Galaxy nexus just because it's called Galaxy Nexus or looks like one: it's all about which patents it infringes on," said independent patent expert Florian Meuller.

"I am absolutely certain that...for the preliminary injunction motion the Galaxy Nexus was singled out because it's so new, and important."

"We continue to assert our intellectual property rights and defend against Apple's claims to ensure our continued innovation and growth in the mobile communications business," Samsung said in a statement.

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Galaxies eat each other

Researchers have pictured with the help of Jay GaBany's 0.5 m telescope at Black Bird Observatory and Saturn Lodge 0.7m telescope on the grounds of the Polaris Observatory Association first image of the two dwarf galaxies in which one dwarf galaxy, NGC 4449, is thought to engulf the other even smaller dwarf galaxy.

The dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 (top left) and the even tinier galaxy it is about to gobble up (bottom right).(Credit: R. Jay GaBany (Blackbird Observatory) in collaboration with David Martínez-Delgado (MPIA))

This research has been published online in the February 9 issue of the journal Nature.

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Digital business would not be the primary business of Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak Co., which has filed for the bankruptcy protection last month, has planned to stop manufacturing digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames i.e. primary business.

The company has announced new strategies on Thursday in the times of financial issues faced by the company. This new strategy would cause reduction in costs helping the company to re-establish the business.

“For some time, Kodak’s strategy has been to improve margins in the capture device business by narrowing our participation in terms of product portfolio, geographies and retail outlets. Today’s announcement is the logical extension of that process, given our analysis of the industry trends,” said Pradeep Jotwani, President, Consumer Businesses, and Kodak Chief Marketing Officer.

The company is expecting $100 million of annual savings after implementation.

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Alzheimer's disease and Anticancer drug

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio have published their findings in the journal Science.

Researchers have found that the destructive protein plaques caused by beta-amyloid in the brain of mice model have successfully been removed after using the drug, bexarotene, which is used for the treatment of skin cancer.

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Researchers thought to increase the amount of ApoE. They used bexarotene, which is used for the treatment of skin cancer, on mice with similar conditions as that of Alzheimer’s disease. They found that the levels of beta-amyloid in the brain were “rapidly lowered” within six hours after using one dose and a 25% reduction was sustained for 70 hours. They further found that in older mice the number of plaques reduced by 50% after seven days of treatment. 

Researchers have found that after treatment the brain functioning improved such as nest building, remembering electrical shocks and maze performance.

However, according to researchers, this study needs further investigation.

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Plastic surgery's demand has increased in U.S.

13.8 million people have underwent plastic surgeries in the year of 2011. This amount is 5% from the year 2010.

This increase in the number of plastic surgeries have been reported by American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

"While the rate of economic recovery in the US is still uncertain, 2011 proved to be a good year for plastic surgery," said American Society of Plastic Surgeons president Malcolm Roth.

"Consumer confidence was up, auto sales rose 10 percent, so it is not surprising that we would also see increased demand for plastic surgery procedures."

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Reduced invasive procedures caused the increase of 6% to almost 12.2 million procedures in 2011. Among the popular protocols were Botox injections, chemical peels, laser hair removal and soft tissue fillers to remove laugh lines and wrinkles.

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