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Use of Cellular Phones associated with Increased risk of Brain Tumors
...Sweden suggests that there is an increased risk of brain cancer in the areas of highest exposure in patient...ave been previously documented as risk factors for brain tumors. Their results read as “An increased risk was only found for ipsilateral exposure in the anat......periments, the vaccine was effective in preventing brain distribution of nicotine. For India? We need a Beedi Vaccine!...Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men
...l may be causing a fall in serotonin levels in the brain leading to depression or aggressive behavior. More research is required before firm conclusions can be derived from this news....Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists
...for an understanding of the normal function of the brain and have resulted in the development of new drugs and anti-depressants like Prozac. The studies have also helped in better understanding of Parkinsons disease....Cough Syrup Ingredient Linked to Stroke
... ruptures and prevents blood flow to the heart and brain and causes paralysis....Evidence Links Protein Damage to Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
...ha-synuclein, is one of the building blocks of the brain lesions characteristic in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Oxidative damage, normally occurs when the body's cells are overwhelmed by molecules that have changed because they have combined with nitrogen (nitration) or oxygen (oxidation). Bo...Brain death – How to cope with it
...ve consent to the medical staff attending on these brain dead patients to stop life support- thereby accept...and breathing with the help of a ventilator can be brain dead, despite explanations from medical staff. However by witnessing tests to confirm that the patie...Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner
...nd of Dementia, where there is degeneration of the brain tissue, might at last have the much awaited miracle cure round the corner. A vaccine made headlines sometime ago, as being efficient in reducing plaque formation in mice, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improv...Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours
...to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizo... failed to prove that cell phone usage could cause brain tumours. Analysts are quick to point out that though there is no evidence as yet linking cell phone ...“Brain fingerprinting”- The new lie detectr
...e detector test) with ease. The new method employs brain waves, which are useful in detecting whether the p...illingly suppresses the necessary information, the brain wave is sure to trap him, according to the experts, who are very excited about the new kid on the bl...Fireworks can spell death for asthmatic children
...ypoxic (starved of oxygen) that they were declared brain dead and life support withdrawn later. While for many the season of festivals is the time to really unwind and enjoy, for an unfortunate few this becomes the dreaded period of the year where they fight for their lives against the killer respiratory...Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas
...op antibodies against the protein, which sweep the brain clean of the plagues. Mice given the test vaccine developed fewer protein deposits in their brains compared with unvaccinated animals. These results are reported in Nature. Whether the protein deposits actually cause dementia in people is somethi...Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.
... spray might overcome a major obstacle to treating brain ailments such as strokes according to researchers....breach the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, including drugs. Senior investigator Dr. William H. Frey II said that his ...Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.
...ffers a stroke. How these cells rewire the damaged brain cells is still unclear but this breakthrough is sure to change the treatment of stroke victims in a big way....Two doctors suspended for wrong brain surgery
.... Chow to operate on the wrong side of a patient’s brain to remove a life-threatening clot. The unfortunat...ive surgery was conducted on the right side of the brain to remove the clot. The faux pas occurred as a result of Walsh’s CT scan being placed backward on th...Lure of the home turf brings back NRI doctors
WE are seeing the first signs of a reverse brain drain in the healthcaresector, which is expected to only grow over time. The emergence of moderncorporate and investorowned hospitals in the country is steadily luring moreand more NRI doctors back to home turf. And unlike other sectors, where compen...Cancer drugs in development nearly doubled since 1995
...a, lymphoma, liver cancer, leukemia,kidney cancer, brain cancer, stomach cancer and bladder cancer.Of the drugs in development, 17 are waiting for Food and Drug Administrationapproval (FDA). Thanks in large part to medicines developed in the pastdecade, cancer deaths are on the decline. But cancer is still......ia, have opined after an exhaustive study that the brain loves a surprise. The study was conducted on 25 men and women and studied their responses to different stimuli. Dr. Gregory S Berns of Emory University led the study. The fact that some people rely on an orderly routine, while others thrive on never ...Avoid sudden death by quick cooling
...e heart a rest by cooling the organ along with the brain before restarting it, so that the heart's cells can direct their energies toward repairing themselves rather than being required to start pumping blood right away. At the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, Becker and his colleagues ar...Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of ‘Huntingtons’ Disase
...untingtin' which is responsible for destroying the brain tissue. Researchers have believed the mutation so...F), which is essential for maintaining the type of brain cells that die off in patients with Huntington's. It is this patients' mutated huntingtin protein th...Unravelling the secrets of ‘Huntingtin’ Protein - towards the treatment of Huntingtins’ Disese
...untingtin' which is responsible for destroying the brain tissue. Researchers have believed the mutation so...F), which is essential for maintaining the type of brain cells that die off in patients with Huntington's. It is this patients' mutated huntingtin protein th...Malignant glioma is an aggressive kind of brain tumour that does respond to treatment. Reseachers ...lds promise as a treatment for this deadly form of brain cancer. Dr.Peter A Forsyth, of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and colleag...Increase in sugar...decrease in brain function!!!
...ails that a raise in the blood sugar decreases the brain function. More than 100 adults with type 1 diabet...t time, we can demonstrate that performance of the brain is impaired in the short term when a patient has too much blood sugar. Once you get above a blood gl...Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children
...se analgesics suppress the intrinsic effect of the brain to produce pain-killing chemicals on its own. "The...e of these medications you take, the less your own brain makes," Dr. Merle L. Diamond, associate director of the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, Illinois...New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery
... chances of recovery. This new method is based on brain scanning using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a...roke. The size of the stroke abnormalities in the brain as a result of blood clot can be measured using the MRI. Simple tests called the stroke assesment t...Acupuncture superseeds massage therapy for short term relief of pain
...ffects which include inducing the chemicals in the brain called endorphins that has analgesic effects...."Heavy alcohol consumption might exaggerate brain shrinkage in social drinkers. Chronic heavy alcoho... mentally, now turns out to potentially shrink the brain according to the studies. Heavy alcohol consumption leads to the shrinkage of the frontal lobe, whi...New scalpel probes into cancer
...t and was able to distinguish between normal human brain cells and their malignant form. At present the on...ble to tell the surgeon when to stop cutting. The brain is a particularly critical place to know when enough tissue has been removed, said project leader P......e have heavier brains than most people. The human brain normally weighs about 1400g in men and 1300g in w... weight increase in sucide victims. A comparative brain study was made between people who died a natural death with those of people who commited sucide. Res...... light on the connection between foetal growth and brain development....... had anatomical irregularities in the areas of the brain that control language and speech. The study resu...hat anatomic abnormalities within the areas of the brain that control speech and language puts an individual at risk for the development of stuttering.// U...Restoring a signalling molecule to the brain reverses Alzheimer-like damage in mice. In both Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome, a group of brain cells called the basal forebrain cholinergic neurons shrivels and dies. The brain chemical, acetylch......chool now reveal, in a study,// the changes in the brain when pain takes away your appetite. From a group o...o rats and discovered that they activated not just brain cells that transmit pain signals, but also those involved in appetite suppression. Headache stimuli ......ically active peptides in human milk may influence brain growth as well as the high levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids....For proper functioning of the brain in humans and animals, the nerve cells must commun...id the research was aimed at understanding how the brain works, how information is stored and transmitted....'Sweaty palms syndrome' can be cured by surgery
...sever the nerve, thus stopping the signal from the brain to the hands. Since the nerves to the feet take a different route, the feet often continue to sweat after surgery.The side effects of such surgery are compensatory sweating on the abdomen, back or thighs, but this sweating is often not nearly as sev......al cause of dementia is reduced circulation in the brain due to thickened arteries. As a result, some brain cells die, taking some of the memory and concentration with them.The neurotransmitter chemicals dopa......making new body proteins including cell growth and brain development in the unborn baby. It comes from a variety of foods but is most easily absorbed from foods of animal origin such as meat, seafood and poultry. Since iron can interfere with zinc absorption, it would make sense in communities where zinc...Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.
...as a negative impact on blood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTAS... study was done by comparing the blood flow in the brain using magnetic resonance imaging of their brains of dug users and then comparing them with brain sc......y patients appeared to protect against age-related brain injuries such as silent stroke and white matter di...cohol, at any level, was also associated with some brain atrophy.// The research team studied 2,306 patients over the age of 65 who were enrolled in the Ca...Recouping blood flow after a stroke
The brain can grow new blood vessels after a minor stroke, w...lps to restore blood flow in the damaged area. The brain tries to heal itself after a stroke. We know that people gradually recover lost functions - like spe...Alcohol linked to brain activity
A largest study on how alcohol affects the brain in elderly people was carried out by researchers i...t has been found that any level of drinking caused brain shrinkage, which ultimately has a negative impact on brain function. But light-to-moderate drinkers ...The right side of the brain helps people recognise themselves in a picture, sa...rked with five patients who had each half of their brain anaesthetised briefly as part of preoperative testing for brain surgery to treat epilepsy. Each pati...There are areas in the brain that deal specifically with the expectation of pai...ity used magnetic resonance imaging to monitor the brain activity of a group of people as they felt a series of painful sensations on their hands, each signa......works in weight loss, although it's known to alter brain chemistry and may affect the appetite centres or circuits involved in getting pleasurable feelings from eating....Wonder drug - could end in disaster
...y act to modify levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical messenger generally thought to be associated with mood and feelings of pleasure. Prozac is known as Seroxat in Britain and Paxil in the US. This drug has the generic name-Paroxetine. However, tests using Lustral, suggests that the Prozac "...Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain
...f the world, causes long-term changes in the human brain that are associated with impaired memory and motor...ame research group reveals additional long-lasting brain changes caused by the drug, including an unexpected increase in cellular activity in certain areas o...Decrease in testosterone levels lead to Alzheimer's
...revious animal research by the team had shown that brain concentrations of amyloid increased significantly ...one replacement therapy had been administered, the brain amyloid levels decreased. Dr Chater said that people with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s ...Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use
...Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified a process in the brain that may lead to a new generation of medications t...ns the pharmacological actions of marijuana in the brain also plays an important role in the neuronal processes underlying relapse to cocaine use. By blockin...... and brain. Potential blood vessel problems in the brain can be detected by non-invasive techniques, but on...n with a malformation of a blood vessel within the brain that leads to a weakness that, in turn, may cause a brain bleed. Till now, the technique for findin...Helping the neurology of kidney failure
...a condition called oxidative stress, which damages brain cells. However, if rats with kidney failure are tr...kind of oxidative stress might also play a role in brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease, as well as brain injury....Dopamine helps stroke survivors
...ransmitter dopamine in the body, and this may help brain cells involved in controlling movement to function more normally. It's used as a treatment in Parkinson's disease, but a new trial suggests that levodopa is also helpful in alleviating stroke-induced disability. // Researchers at the Bad Aibling Ne......erebral function, and death. Fluid build-up in the brain causes high altitude cerebral oedema. Symptoms include headache, loss of co-ordination, weakness, and decreasing levels of consciousness including, disorientation, loss of memory, hallucinations, psychotic behavior, and coma. It occurs after a week ...Smoking can depreciate intellegence
...as after taking account of factors known to affect brain function in older people, such as depression and alcohol use. Researcher Martin Prince said: "Our results indicate that persistent cigarette-smoking into late life increases the risk of cognitive impairment." Smoking contributes to vascular disease ...Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's
...ementia were assessed and, where possible, given a brain scan.// A total of 107 people developed dementia...ld be because smoking altered the chemistry of the brain and defused some of the effects of Alzheimer's. Another reason could be the fact that many smokers d......y be a key factor in the hormone's effects in both brain and skin....... in Texas have found a molecule which may harm the brain areas involved in Parkinson's disease. There is no...which controls muscle activity - in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra slowly die as the condition progresses. What kills these cells?// Rese......ents. "One is that growth hormone therapy boosts brain chemicals and neurotransmitters that did not work as well as they would have if hormone secretion had been normal." Behaviour problems in short children improved quickly with six months of hormone replacement therapy, Dr Beens said, but that could no...... GPs to mass-screen patients.Strokes are caused by brain cell death due to bleeding from damaged blood vess... has shown that people with a narrowing of certain brain blood vessels are at a higher risk of stroke. A team led by Tien Yin Wong at the University of Wisco......b. Research in animals suggests that damage to the brain during pregnancy could be one reason why children go on to smoke. Dr Cornelius said: "The resulting central nervous system damage may later be expressed as impulsivity, inattention, aggression, depression, and/or anxiety and may create a vulnerabil...Other ContentswrappingwrappingwrappingwrappingtolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetolerancetoleranceinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedinducedmarginmarginmarginmarginmarginmarginmargincleancleancleancleancleancleancleancleancarecarecarecarecarecarecarecareOther TagsPuncture
(Date:7/25/2008)... life expectancy for patients with human immunodef...years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements ...s at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)... Columbia. , Improved survival has led to a near...-positive study participants in Europe and North A...
(Date:7/25/2008)...reen, can potentially contain a naturally occurrin... to public health according to a review paper publ... of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA). ,... ,green, affected area is enough to eliminate most...o suggests that the levels of GA in potatoes can b...
(Date:7/24/2008)...scope promise to make it easier for people with im...uiring sharper distance vision. Schepens Eye Resea...f these innovative glasses over earlier devices in...urnal of Biomedical Optics , mailed in print form...has several advantages," says the inventor of the ...
(Date:7/24/2008)...In the life of a cell, the response to DNA damage ...repair itself, commit suicide, or grow uncontrolla...blished in the July 25th issue of Cell , scientis... way that cells respond to DNA damage through a pr...ing points to a new pathway for the development of...
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(Date:7/25/2008)...Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,a privately-held spe...t it,has launched amiodarone HCl injection, USP, a...ent and prophylaxis of frequently recurring,ventri...ntricular,tachycardia -- a potentially life-threat...l injection will be available immediately in 150 m...
(Date:7/25/2008)...se immune system changes , , FRIDAY, Jul...g gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and asthm...enter researchers. , An association between the...since then studies have shown that between 50 perc...nce GERD symptoms. But the actual link between GER...
(Date:7/25/2008)...lympian, Professional Athlete, Elite Amateur or We...now about Hydration to Boost Sports Performance, f... Marina del Rey, Calif. (Vocus) J...ding to Beijing following years of intense trainin...uring an Olympic medal and securing their place in...
(Date:7/24/2008)... Forest University Baptist Medical Center have dis...patitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system,... treated with a combination of drugs known as the ...re serious in HIV-infected people, leading to rapi...se Control. Intravenous drug use is a main method ...
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