All Indian mobile phones' should have a panic button "

Indian students shout slogans during a protest against the recent cases of rape in New Delhi, India, Sunday, October 18, 2015Image copyrightAP
Image captionThe recent cases of rape have caused public displays of anger and sadness
India's Ministry of Communications said all mobile phones sold in the country in 2017, must include a panic button.

It is part of a wider campaign to improve the safety of women in the light of growing concerns about the level of sexual violence in the country.

Since 2018, phones must also include a GPS-navigation systems.

India does not have a centralized emergency number, but officials tend to introduce one this year.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, said: "The technology is designed solely to make people's lives better, and what better than to use it to ensure the safety of women?"

The National Bureau of Crime reports said there were 337.922 reports of violence against women, including rape, molestation, kidnapping and violence in 2014, including 36,000 rapes, growth of 9% over the previous year.

It is likely that the actual incidence of rape is much higher than the official figures suggest.

It is not yet clear how the alarm button, the system will work, but it is likely to allow customers to call the emergency services, or by clicking on a button, or pressing the power button several times.

Safety of women has risen to the top of the political agenda in India with a fatal gang rape of 23-year-old medical student on a bus in Delhi in 2012 sparked new laws against rape in the country.

cases of rape that shocked India

December 21, 2015: Seven people were sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of a Nepalese woman, who is undergoing treatment of depression
January 23, 2014: Thirteen men, conducted in West Bengal in connection with the gang rape of women, allegedly by village elders of the order, who objected to her relationship with a man
April 4, 2014: Palace sentences three men to be hanged for the rape of 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai last year
January 15, 2014: Danish woman allegedly raped after losing his way in front of his hotel in New Delhi
September 17, 2013: Five young people held in Assam for allegedly gang-raping a 10-year-old girl
June 4, 2013: 30-year-old American woman gang-raped in Himachal Pradesh
April 30, 2013: five-year girl died two weeks after being been raped in Madhya Pradesh
December 16, 2012: Student gang-raped on a bus Delhi, sparking protests across the country and indignation

Tumors shrank 'sharply' in 11 days

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A pair of drug can dramatically shrink and eliminate some of the breast cancer in only 11 days, British doctors have shown.
They said that the "surprise" the findings presented at the European Conference on Breast Cancer, may mean some women no longer need chemotherapy.
Formulations tested on 257 women target a specific weakness found in one out of ten cases of breast cancer.
According to experts, the results were "stepping stone", having regard to the treatment of cancer.
Doctors conducting the trial did not expect, or even intended to achieve such amazing results.
They explore how drugs change the cancer in the short window between the tumor diagnosis and surgery to remove it.
But by that time, surgeons have come to work, there was no sign of cancer in some patients.
Professor Judith Bliss, from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, said that the strike was "dramatic."
She told website BBC News: "We were particularly surprised by these results, as it was a short-term study.
"It became obvious, some of them had a complete response. This is absolutely intriguing, it's so fast."
Chest cancerImage copyrightSPL
captionMore images than 50,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK
Preparations were lapatinib and trastuzumab, which is more commonly known as Herceptin.
They both target HER2 - a protein that nourishes the growth of breast cancer in some women.
Herceptin works on the surface of cancer cells while lapatinib able to penetrate into the cell to disable HER2.
The study, which also occurred in hospitals in Manchester NHA gave treating women with tumors of 1 to 3 cm.
Less than two weeks of treatment, the cancer disappeared completely in 11% of cases, and even 17% were less than 5 mm.
Current therapy for breast HER2 positive cancer is surgery, followed by chemotherapy and Herceptin.
But Professor Bliss considers that the results may eventually mean some women do not need chemotherapy.
However, this will require more research, particularly in the HER2-positive cancer have a higher risk returns.
"We must be very clear that we do not take a step back and increasing the risk of relapse," said Professor Bliss.
Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of breast cancer now, said: "We hope that this process is particularly impressive combination will serve as a stepping stone on the way to the era of more personalized treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.
"Such a rapid response to treatment may soon give doctors an unparalleled ability to identify women responding so well that they will not need to be grueling chemotherapy."
Breast cancer is now considered as an at least ten separate diseases, each with a different reason, the life span and requiring different treatment.
Appropriate specific errors in tumors to targeted cancer drugs is considered to be the future of medicine.
Breast cancer and, in particular HER2 positive tumors, are at the forefront of this revolution in the treatment.
Professor Arnie Purushotham, from Cancer Research UK, which funded the research, said: "These results are very promising, if they get up in the long term, and can be a starting step to find a new way to treat HER2-positive breast cancer."

Secrets cow tears

Drooling, drip, or saliva. Whatever you call it, the saliva may be seen as disgusting. But many animals lick their wounds, applying a liberal amount of material to try to prevent infection.
Saliva on the animal kingdom can have antimicrobial properties - including saliva from the humble cow.
Studies have shown that there are proteins in cow's body fluids including saliva and its milk that have error-fighting properties.
Close-up of a cow with tongue outImage copyrightBORIS Ressler
Image captionSaliva through the animal kingdom, it was shown that the antimicrobial properties
Saliva also contains proteins - called mucins - that can work to prevent further bacteria entering the wound.
Experts do not recommend giving the animals to lick your wounds, they could introduce other bacteria, but if you do not fancy that then, fortunately, your own saliva also contains antibacterial properties.

Dr. Dog - safing sensor capture

Dogs have long been considered man's best friend - but over the years they have really proved how adept they can be.

Recently there has been also focusing on dogs, which seem to have an unusual ability to detect when people with epilepsy are about to have a seizure - even when the person has no idea about themselves.

Sally Burton epilepsy began in childhood and affects every aspect of her life from an early age.

"I could never be left alone," she says. "I had to be home teaching and making friends or meeting new people was difficult. I often felt very lonely."

Thirteen years ago, she got her first anxiety attack dog star.

"Seizure Alert dog instantly made my life livable," explains Sally.

A woman walking with her support dogImage copyrightAmyLaw
Image captionRobbie warns Sally when she was going to have a seizure
"One of the first things I did when I was the first time the star had to make a cup of tea, something I could not do in 30 years because of the risks associated with seizures during the boiling water. Then I went to the city on its own - again the life time of the first. "

It is still not known how the dogs can feel the attack. It has been suggested that the slightest change in human gestures or posturing could guard dog, but people also thought that the odor or auditory cue may also be involved.

After the star died, Sally has teamed up with his second dog Robbie. As a star, he was trained in the British charity, support dogs.

Charity has shown that they are able to train the dogs, which are able to provide signals, such as aggressively pushing someone's leg, from 15 to 45 minutes before its owner had a fit.

Although there is still little other published data to back up their effectiveness, anecdotal evidence about dogs seizures, Robbie strong.

"When I'm out it reassuring to know that Robbie would give me 100% reliable warning 50 minutes before each oncoming seizure I have - so much time to get to a safe place," says Sally.

From laboratory to laboratory rats

Rats are often associated with the spread of the disease rather than prevent it, but it is a long tail of rodents is very sensitive detector that can save lives.

Inside the nose rodent are 1,000 different types of olfactory receptors, while humans have only a weak 100 to 200 species. This gives rodents, such as rats, the ability to sniff out subtle flavors.

As a result, African pouched rats - usually described as "kitten-sized rodents" - are put to work in Mozambique for the detection of tuberculosis.

Lab technician looks at a large rat sniffs the hole in the bottom of the glass cageImage copyrightADRIEN Barbier
Image captionThe African pouched rats are high-precision detectors TB
Their ability to study at the University of Mondlane in Maputo, where trained rats can detect a specific scent produced by TB bacteria in samples of human mucus.

When rats detect odor, they stop and rub their legs to indicate the sample is infected.

Conventionally, technicians prepare slides and study each sample using microscopy. One hundred samples to their more than two days, but for rats it takes less than 20 minutes.

This method of detection rats is affordable and does not rely on special equipment that is often lacking in countries where TB is common.

Also, more precise - the rat can find more TB infection and therefore save more lives.

Dove will see you now

A flock of pigeons, 2 looking at camera Image copyright Mohd RASFAN
Image Caption Pigeons have amazing visual memories
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Rat or pigeon may not be an obvious choice to tend to someone who is sick, but these creatures have some excellent skills that could help diagnose and treat human diseases.
Pigeons are often perceived as dirty and urban nuisance, but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have the ability to help people.
Although, the brain is no longer than the tip of the index finger, pigeons are impressive visual memory.
Recently it was shown that they can be trained to be as accurate as people with breast cancer detected in the images.
Here are some of our feathered and furry friends that can have a big impact in medicine three.