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Falling ants glide back to trunk to avoid dangers of forest floor

...htly flattened hind legs which, when combined with abdominal movements, might allow the ants to reorient in midair. They also have an unusual flattened head with flanges that could act as a rudder, Dudley said. "My guess is that, by gliding backwards and using their legs and also their flat head with flanges,...

FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Type I and Type II Diabetes

...n include but are not limited to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue and dizziness. Symlin has not been evaluated in the pediatric population. Symlin is manufactured by Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of San Diego, California. ...

Multiple Campylobacter Genomes Sequenced

...ylobacter in their gut annually. Diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, and fever develop within 2? days of picking up a pathogenic Campylobacter species, and in most people, the illness lasts for 7?0 days. But the infection can sometimes be fatal, and some individuals develop Guillain-Barré syndrome, in which the ...

WHO Warns Of Increased Risk Of Vector-borne Diseases In Tsunami-affected Areas

...he patient may go into shock and die. * Severe abdominal pains (black stools), bleeding on the skin or from the nose or gums, sweating, cold skin are danger signs. If any one of them is noticed, the patient should be taken to a hospital immediately. * The patient should be given fluids to drink during ...

Mystery Blood Vessel Disorder Implicated In 'Mini' Strokes

...asia is present, you should look for an associated abdominal aortic aneurysm and carefully search for associated cardiac symptoms," said author Pierre Amarenco, M.D., of Bichat University Hospital in Paris. Beyond the immediate clinical implications, the study may offer more important clues for further resear...

Disease progression model of pancreatic cancer developed by Penn researchers

...e displayed in pancreatic cancer patients, such as abdominal swelling and muscle loss. Similarly, the progression of pancreatic cancer metastases paralleled that seen in the human disease. "In this model, pancreatic cancer metastasizes to the liver, lungs, diaphragm, and adrenal glands, all the same places tha...

Agilent Technologies new genome analysis technology set to accelerate Australia fight against mesothelioma

...ma, a cancer found in the lining of the chest, the abdominal cavity and around the heart, usually caused by exposure to asbestos. Due to its active mining and manufacturing of asbestos in the mid-1900s, Australia has the highest incidence of mesothelioma in the world. Rates of the disease have tripled in the ...

Embryonic Stem Cells Treated With Growth Factor Reverse Hemophilia In Mice: UNC Researchers

...sociate professor of surgery and division chief of abdominal transplant surgery. Moreover, he said, the PEP cells robustly engraft within the liver and were not recognized by the immune system as foreign. "Within a few weeks, PEPs became hepatocytes," Fair added. "They went from something that is a very earl...

FDA Approves New Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B

...is B after discontinuation of Baraclude, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and dizziness. The labeling for Baraclude states that patients who discontinue Baraclude should be monitored at repeated intervals over a period of time for liver function. Baraclude's sponsor, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company o...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

...actions, treatment with the drug could bring about abdominal pain and cramping. The researchers treated minor pain caused by the treatment with ibuprofen and treated more intense pain with codeine. He added that the misoprostol treatment provided an effective alternative for women who preferred to avoid the s...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

...actions, treatment with the drug could bring about abdominal pain and cramping. The researchers treated minor pain caused by the treatment with ibuprofen and treated more intense pain with codeine. He added that the misoprostol treatment provided an effective alternative for women who preferred to avoid the s...

New complete muscle grown in the lab

... a thigh muscle, and used to completely replace an abdominal muscle segment. The transplanted muscle continued to grow and develop within the mice's bodies. Endowing the muscle tissue with its own blood supply boosted the new tissue's chance of survival and of connecting seamlessly with the mice's own blood v...

Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule

...a range of symptoms, including dark colored urine, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, weakness in the limbs, and psychiatric symptoms such as confusion, fits and hallucinations. Earlier this year, the British journal Lancet published a report saying that a test of strands of George III's hair con...

Researchers uncover E. coli's defense mechanism

...from either of these organisms can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps and sometimes more serious illnesses that require hospitalization. E.coli doesn't respond well to antibiotics, while Salmonella has developed several drug-resistant strains. Learning how the bacteria handle the body's immune response is the fi...

Why do aneurysms form? New studies suggest leading role for white blood cells

... despite the deadly toll of this condition, called abdominal aortic aneurysm or AAA ("triple A"), experts know ...se few symptoms except for occasional back pain or abdominal discomfort. If they are detected during this stage, for instance on a routine physical exam, X-Ray, ...

Use of high hydrostatic pressure to inactivate Hepatitis A virus in oysters studied

...ite, nausea, vomiting, joint and muscle aches, and abdominal pain, coupled with the onset of jaundice, a yellowing of the whites of the eyes, and dark urine. The disease generally runs its course in two months, but can linger as long as six. While survival rates for Hepatitis A are above 99 percent, the diseas...

No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved

...n by systemic delivery ?a single infusion into the abdominal cavity ?a method the authors only recently described and which they used for the first time in this study to transfer a therapeutic gene. The AAV-2 vector was delivered locally, given by intramuscular injection to different muscles of the leg. With b...

Prenatal exposure to marine toxin causes lasting damage

...p symptoms including vomiting nausea, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In severe cases, the toxin leads to neurological damage, characterized by headaches, confusion, coma and even death. Exposure can also cause amnesic shellfish poisoning, characterized by permanent loss of short-term memory. Since the discov...

Argonne researchers confirm lead in Beethoven's illness

... Beethoven experienced a change of personality and abdominal illness in his late teens and early 20s that persisted throughout his adult life. His abdominal symptoms and autopsy findings are both consistent with lead poisoning, Walsh said. There have been ...

Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned

...red as a poison, victims develop fever, nausea and abdominal pain or lung damage before dying within a few days of exposure. There is no antidote after the first few hours of exposure and, because symptoms do not appear until later and often mimic other illnesses, individuals often do not know if they have bee...

3D ultrasound device poised to advance minimally invasive surgery

...d devices also hold promise for minimally invasive abdominal and brain surgery applications, Smith said. Collaborators on the study include research and development engineer Edward Light, assistant professor of pediatrics Salim Idriss, Pratt undergraduate Kathryn Sullivan and associate professor of biomedical...

Rare Tibetan antelope listed as endangered

...d devices also hold promise for minimally invasive abdominal and brain surgery applications, Smith said. Collaborators on the study include research and development engineer Edward Light, assistant professor of pediatrics Salim Idriss, Pratt undergraduate Kathryn Sullivan and associate professor of biomedical...

Lack of a key enzyme dramatically increases resistance to sepsis

...thogens, and that a deficiency allows systemic and abdominal infections to be better resolved. It's known that the presence of caspase-12 as a full length protein occurs in a small percentage of people of African descent. As a result, some of these individuals are far more susceptible to severe sepsis and have...

FDA approves first medical device using rutgers biomaterial

...develop almost anywhere, most are in the groin and abdominal areas. The partially degradable device has been developed and will be marketed by TyRx Pharma, Inc., a medical device company founded in 1998. "The company's early research was conducted at the Rutgers-based New Jersey Center for Biomaterials (CB...

Stanford snake venom study shows that certain cells may eliminate poison

...l peritonitis, a severe bacterial infection in the abdominal cavity that can also be fatal to humans. They found that mast cells released proteins that broke down a molecule called endothelin-1, one of the major toxins produced by the body during bacterial peritonitis or sepsis (bacterial infection in the bloo...

New GI technologies improve internal organ visualization

...fy major blood vessels, including the thoracic and abdominal aorta, celiac axis, superior mesenteric artery, splenic vein, portal vein, splenic artery and hepatic veins. During the EUS, the researchers injected contrast to improve vascular visualization, and - performed angiography using several different gau...

Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth

... in sexual activity, and that women who experience abdominal discomfort or pelvic pressure ?possible signs of earlier delivery ?won't be inclined to want to have sex. Schaffir also said that because of the highly personal nature of sexual behavior, the study does not address specific components of sexual behav...

Tarantulas produce silk from their feet

...that resemble the silk-producing spigots on spider abdominal spinnerets. The next step, according to Summers, is to investigate whether the silk produced by the feet is the same as that produced by the spinneret. Many spiders can produce seven different kinds of silk. Scientists will look at the genes involv...

Crohn's disease gene identified

...el disease (IBD), are chronic disorders that cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and gastrointestinal bleeding and affect over one million Americans. Because IBD tends to run in families and is more frequent in certain ethnic populations, especially Ashkenazi Jews, scientists have long suspected a significant genet...

Fat stem cells being studied as option for breast reconstruction

... obtain the cells from the patients' own stores of abdominal fat. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 214,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed by the end of 2006. For women who require mastectomy, the loss of one or both breasts can cause significant discomfort and psych...

Got inexpensive contrast agent? Milk plays new role in imaging

...ng of the gastrointestinal tract is often done for abdominal pain. When the condition calls for visualization o...dergoing CT with oral and intravenous contrast for abdominal discomfort to compare cost effectiveness and patient tolerance for whole milk versus VoLumen. Sixty-...

Ground spider diversity studied in research project

...d by a rosehair tarantula flicking off some of its abdominal hair, she said. Henderson hopes her studies will be a stepping stone to a new career when she graduates in May. "There are few arachnologists," she said. "But that (knowledge) comes in handy when someone gets bitten or you have major spider problem...

Minorities, uninsured less likely to receive care at high-volume hospitals

...arge database. The procedures included elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass grafting, carotid endarterectomy, esophageal cancer resection, hip fracture repair, lung cancer resection, cardiac valve replacement, coronary angioplasty, pancreatic cancer resection, and total knee rep...

For super-obese patients, duodenal switch beats gastric bypass

... surgery performed laparoscopically, through small abdominal incisions. The duodenal-switch patients were slightly heavier. Their average weight before surgery was 368 pounds, compared to 346 for gastric-bypass patients. Average BMIs were also higher: 58.8 for the duodenal-switch patients (up to 96.3), com...

Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection

...ing diagnosis of pneumonia or someone came in with abdominal pain with a suspicion of infection, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could run a blood test in the emergency department and more accurately triage patients so they could be treated earlier with the appropriate antibiotic," Cobb says. The researchers...

Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities

...e system to image metastatic ovarian tumors on the abdominal wall of a mouse. The SEE probe was passed into the abdominal cavity through a fine-gauge needle. The resulting three-dimensional image showed several raised are...

More kidney cancer is detected and treated early, yet death rate rises

... detected more and more with the widespread use of abdominal imaging studies, such as MRIs and CAT scans. These small kidney tumors are considered curable by surgery, which has led to a rise in surgery for kidney cancer. Even as early detection and surgical treatment increased, however, mortality rates cause...

Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it

...lly have a pair of spiracles for each thoracic and abdominal segment. The same tubes that transport oxygen i...n oxygen while exhaling carbon dioxide through the abdominal spiracles. Insects also use different mechanisms to pump the oxygen to the tissues. This system i...

Magic Beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes

...nt of insulin action, mainly as a result of excess abdominal adipose tissue - so loss of weight often improves glycaemic control,?says Dr Bender. Lynne Garton, a registered dietician and nutritionist and consultant to the Soya Protein Association, said: "Soy fits in well to a healthy balanced diet which is ...

Common parasitic infection leads to increased risk for HIV infection

...ion, as well as itching of the genital area. Lower abdominal pain occurs in rare cases. The study, conducted by R. Scott McClelland, MD, MPH, and colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle, the University of Nairobi, and the Coast Provincial General Hospital in Kenya, followed 1,335 HIV-seronega...

Magnetic system could be key to surgery without scars

...ring laparoscopic surgical tools inserted into the abdominal cavity through the bellybutton or throat. The chal...using magnets to manipulate the instruments in the abdominal cavity was formulated after Dr. Cadeddu watched a television show featuring teens who used magnets t...

Scientists re-grow dental enamel from cultured cells

...lls). The scaffolds were then transferred into the abdominal cavities of rats, where conditions were favorable for the cells in the scaffolds to interact and develop. When removed after 4 weeks, the remnants of the scaffolds were found to contain enamel-like tissue. The key finding of this study was that even ...

Natural polyester makes new sutures stronger, safer

...he envisions that the new sutures will be used for abdominal closures, which are prone to re-opening, and to stitch tendons and ligaments. Developed using a method created at MIT, the absorbable sutures are the first made from material produced by genetically modified bacteria. About 20 years ago, resear...

Susceptibility to Crohn's disease -- an important new clue

...le in the developed world. Common symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, but the disorder is often associated with debilitating clinical complications. Researchers from the University of Liège, Belgium, have now uncovered an important clue to the susceptibility of individuals to this disease. In a geno...

Researchers find hepatitis A and hepatitis C attack same protein to block immune defenses

...cted blood. Hepatitis A produces fever, nausea and abdominal pain that can last for weeks, but rarely lead to death; hepatitis C, by contrast, often spends decades quietly damaging the liver, until a victim’s only hope for survival is an organ transplant. According to researchers at the University of Texas Me...

Phthalates now linked to fat, related health risks

...problems and now, for the first time, is linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, acc...ate metabolites showed a positive correlation with abdominal obesity. Indeed, men with the highest levels of phthalates in their urine had more belly fat and ins...

Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection

...hing of the genital area and, in rare cases, lower abdominal pain. In men, trichomoniasis is most common in the urethra; however, infected men often do not have symptoms. Those that do may experience irritation inside the penis, mild discharge, or a slight burning sensation after urination or ejaculation. Symp...

Breakthrough vaccine to treat chemo-resistant ovarian cancer

...ined with chemotherapy delivered directly into the abdominal cavity. Ovarian cancer, one of the hardest cancers to detect in the early stages, is a very complex disease that is often resistant to chemotherapy. Cancer Treatment Centers of America will offer this new treatment to patients whose cancer has r...

Study finds antibiotic resistance in poultry even when antibiotics were not used

...a common foodborne cause of diarrhea, cramping and abdominal pain. They found that even birds raised in the pristine laboratory conditions had levels of antibiotic resistance levels comparable to what was seen on farms that used antibiotics. Even when the levels were lower, Lee adds, they were still well ab...

Maggots rid patients of MRSA

...ny other areas of the body, except perhaps a large abdominal wound." Professor Boulton and his team, including senior nurse Ann Knowles, have used maggots to treat diabetic foot ulcers of patients attending the Manchester Diabetes Centre and foot clinics, as well as in in-patients at the Manchester Royal In...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers develop 'off-the-shelf' vascular grafts

...days, the investigators then implanted them in the abdominal aortas of rats eight weeks before performing tests to determine how well the grafts had performed. The cell-seeded constructs showed a significantly higher blockage-free rate than unseeded controls (55 percent versus 0 percent). In addition, at eight...