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Radiofrequency Energy Cooks Tumors Without Surgery

...g the tumor cells. Larger tumors can be treated by overlapping treatments. The dead cells are not removed, but become scar tissue and eventually shrink. Radiofrequency energy is electromagnetic and non-ionizing in nature, similar to microwave energy. Researchers have used RFA throughout the human body, includi...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

... of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, contains six overlapping lenses.// As the muscles in the eye relax, the ov...nce. He has now patented a device containing six overlapping lenses arranged like the petals of a flower.Like other artificial lenses, the device would be insert...

Risk Of Schizophrenia due to Gene Variation

Researchers have found that two overlapping genes responsible for bipolar disorder. In previous study researchers found the genes increases risk for schizophrenia. This leads to the idea that the genes may be responsible for both disorders. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illn...

Radiation Exposure Found To Affect Intellect Later In Life

...rs say, “Irradiation of the brain with dose levels overlapping those imparted by computed tomography can, in at least some instances, adversely affect intellectual development.” Thus researchers conclude that although formal diagnostic protocols do not advocate computed tomography in cases of minor head injuri...

Understanding The Harmful Effects Of Radiation Exposure

...rs say, “Irradiation of the brain with dose levels overlapping those imparted by computed tomography can, in at least some instances, adversely affect intellectual development.” Thus researchers conclude that although formal diagnostic protocols do not advocate computed tomography in cases of minor head injuri...

Developmental Origins of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

...erent developmental pathways are implicated in the overlapping symptoms of PCOS. One pathway may be mediated by h...re are at least two pathways that can give rise to overlapping symptoms." Dr Davies also mentioned that events occurred by even the grandmother could affect the ...

Scientists Develop New Technology To Find About Human Ancestors’ Teet

...ed variability in the samples for each species and overlapping data for the two species. The researchers say this suggests that both species relied on their less preferred foods during periods of food scarcity. Source: Newswise br>...

Treating Autism More Effectively

...ght be more a collection of related disorders with overlapping symptoms than a single disorde....

Increased Risk of Clot with Birth-Control Patch

...ted with all forms of contraception. Owing to the overlapping confidence levels of the two contraceptive methods, there may either be no risk or more than double the risk, in the opinion of researchers. The increased level of hormone release associated with the patch could account for risk of blood clot. More...

Unraveling the Secrets of MHC in Human Genome

...quire reconstructing the huge complex into several overlapping segments. This new lab method would help the researchers to conduct genetic studies in populations of unrelated individuals. ...

Research into Intimate Partner Violence

... chronic, intergenerational, and present in highly overlapping forms," according to Thompson, senior investigator at Group Health Center for Health Studies. He and his coauthors conclude: ? The time has arrived to mount and evaluate major interventions in day-to-day medical practice, as they and others have pr...

A Human Brain Gene Could Hold Clues On The Evolution Of Brain Capacity

... to understand its function. HAR1 is part of two overlapping genes. One of those genes, called HAR1F, is active in special nerve cells, called Cajal-Retzius neurons, that appear early in embryonic development and play a critical role in the formation of the layered structure of the human cerebral cortex. Cajal...

Scientists Review Loeys-Dietz Syndrome in the Largest Ever Study to date

...ndromes both are similar heritable conditions with overlapping symptoms that affect the connective tissue, the tissue that holds the body together. Marfan syndrome can affect many body systems, including the skeleton, eyes, heart and blood vessels, nervous system, skin and lungs. The vascular variant of Ehlers-D...

Genome Code Cracked for Breast and Colon Cancers

...e of these 13,000 genes by dividing each gene into overlapping sections – about 10 per gene – to get 130,000 sections for analysis. Each segment was amplified through a process called polymerase chain reaction, purified, and its sequence determined using more than three million biochemical reactions. The sequenc...

Immune System Gears Up by Specific Enzymes

...hat cleave LAG-3 are controlled by of distinct but overlapping signals generated from the T cell receptor, a specialized protein that allows T lymphocytes to “see” the outside world. The investigators showed that the T cell receptor generates a different, specific signal to control the activity of these metallop...

Steroids Cause the Same Tissue Changes as Tendon Injury

...ith the injured pathways. “The implication of an overlapping pathway is that you have pathways that are modulated after an injury suggesting the tendon is doing things to try to heal itself,” said Callaci. “That might suggest there might be a temporary period of vulnerability or weakness in a tendon. It thinks...

All Forms of Ill Treatment Cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-PTSD

...s," the authors write. "There was thus substantial overlapping between physical torture and other stressors in terms of associated distress. The control ratings also showed a similar pattern." Physical torture was not significantly associated with PTSD or depression, suggesting that both physical and non-physi...

Why We Feel a Sense of Dj Vu

... recognizable turf. But similar spaces may set off overlapping neuronal blueprints, leaving room for uncertainty if the neurons are not fine-tuned. In this study, the researchers used a line of genetically altered mice to pin down how the dentate gyrus contributes to the kind of pattern separation involved in ...