Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, congratulated Barack Obama on telephone.
The two leaders "emphasized that there could be no closer friends and allies and vowed to maintain and further build upon this strong relationship."
The leaders also discussed about the global financial crisis as well as the strong friendship between Canada and the U.S. Obama and Harper also touched on the upcoming G-20 leaders' summit in Washington on Nov. 15.
Alzheimer’s patients who suffer from diabetes or hypertension might die sooner than their counterparts who do not suffer from these two diseases.
According to a report published in the 4 Nov issue of Neurology, diabetic Alzheimer’s patients were twice likely to die sooner than the ones who did not suffer from diabetes. Hypertensive Alzheimer’s patients were two and a half times more likely to die sooner than the Alzheimer’s patients who did not suffer from hypertension.
Growth hormone treatment might help in increasing upto 8 cms height in child’s final height. Swedish researchers have claimed that it might increase 20 cm height in few cases.
Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland, MD, PHD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Gothenburg, was the study's lead author. The researchers conducted study on 151 children. Some of these children were given no treatment; others two different doses of growth hormone, given for an average of nearly six years. The effects and results were followed over a period of up to 20 years, until they reached their final height.
A proposal to distribute medical marijuana by a private group has been approved in northern Detroit suburb.
The opponents’ arguments that medical marijuana would increase crime and recreational use of the drug were discarded by the voters. 63% voters in Michigan favored the proposal.
The proposal would be implemented later this month. This means, patients suffering from cancer, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, glaucoma and other illnesses to grow would be allowed to possess and use marijuana.
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for speech impairment in children.
The gene is called CNTNAP2. Scientists say that the gene appears to play a role in inherited, common speech impairments. CNTNAP2 has also been associated with more autism and attention hyperactivity disorder.
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, congratulated Barack Obama on telephone.
Alzheimer’s patients who suffer from diabetes or hypertension might die sooner than their counterparts who do not suffer from these two diseases.
Growth hormone treatment might help in increasing upto 8 cms height in child’s final height. Swedish researchers have claimed that it might increase 20 cm height in few cases.
A proposal to distribute medical marijuana by a private group has been approved in northern Detroit suburb. 
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for speech impairment in children.
