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New CPR Guidelines issued by Heart Association

...felessness" using breath, movement and response to stimulation as indicators. At least 35 percent of trained and untrained rescuers are wrong about whether or not a victim has a pulse. The United Kingdom and European Resuscitation Councils have already successfully deleted pulse checks by lay people from CPR tra...

New drug to treat Heart Attack and damaged tissue

...en the pathways lead to tissue injury, such as the stimulation of chemokines, adhesion receptor molecules, procoagulants and permeability – related genes. By deleting Egr-1 gene, the tissue injury level decreases and it enhances oxygen function and survival of the subject...

The brain loves a surprise

...predictability that the researchers noticed marked stimulation in the brain's pleasure centers in many, but not all, of the participants. Although this study could not delve into why a surprise dash of juice or water would stimulate the brain, Berns speculated that the activity in the brain's pleasure centers is...

Shock it to Heal!!

...electric current to the skin. //Such an electrical stimulation would help in the healing of foot ulcers. People ...ho received high-voltage, pulsed galvanic electric stimulation every night for 8 hours as well as removal dead tissue weekly, topical treatment and rest for 3 mont...

The feel of pain

...ation itself was experienced, this was preceded by stimulation in separate but nearby areas when the "pain warning" light was switched on. Stimulation of the brain's "pain anticipation" regions is known to trigger feelings of fear or anxiety as well as other mood changes, said the team's head researcher Dr Alex...

A boon to epileptics

...ovements. severity of seizures suffered. Magnetic stimulation has also been used in the field of mental health where recent research has found it to alleviate some cases of depression....

Staying mentally energitic prevents Alzheimer's

...brain active. It is long been believed that mental stimulation can protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease.// ... dementia. What's not yet clear is just how mental stimulation protects the brain. It's also possible that a predisposition to Alzheimer's somehow leads to mental ...

Vacuum device increase breasts

... statement as to whether or not this tissue growth stimulation would increase their likelihood of breast cancer in the future. The report says, of the original eight, two dropped out "because of the inconvenience the device created in their lives. Three of the six women who completed the study experienced an inc...

A boon for smokers to quit

...ine in the cigar. It has also been found out that stimulation or blockage of a chemical called DOPAMINE can have a significant alteration in a smoker's behaviour.Blocking dopamine is found to induce more smoking as the chemical plays with an individual's emotions and feelings of pleasure.Infact, a group of smo...

Spinal Cord Patients Walk Again

...located on his muscles. When activated, electrical stimulation forces his muscles to contract or relax in a speci...hat’s pretty neat." For the functional electrical stimulation to work, a person has to have spasticity in the muscles and living nerves. Doctors say it can help p...

Energy Therapy For Quicker Healing

...of bone fractures and doctors use electrical nerve stimulation to help ease pain. Thus researchers say, alternative therapy practitioners who are sensitive to their patients can use their own energy field to help stimulate the healing response. Tiny fields [of energy] have big effects on cells hence, therapy ca...

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Depression

According to a latest study by researchers, brain stimulation may help depressive patients, when other forms // ...ession for over 10 years had reacted positively to stimulation of their brains, when other medication were not working. Electrodes surgically planted in that part ...

TV watching may turn your child into a bully

...ith your children, helping them in their cognitive stimulation through telling them stories, encouraging them in some form of creative pursuits or even taking them for an educative outing may reign in the aggressive tendencies of the children and make them well adjusted. The researchers are of the opinion that d...

Lights can lighten your moods

...od disorder diagnosis. Treatment was based on dawn stimulation for SAD, bright light treatment for non-seasonal depressions and conventional antidepressants for other affective disorders. The results of the study had showed considerable effect of light therapy on SAD and non-seasonal depression. However the re...

Scientists have found effective brain regions for deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s

... areas of brain, where the procedure of deep brain stimulation may be used. The treatment for Parkinson’s consis...vodopa does not remain that strong. Then using the stimulation of brain regions of the globus pallidus interna and the subthalamic nucleus, any one at a time, can ...

Tumour marker for detecting early Recurrence of Thyroid cancer may be soon available

...othyroidism that otherwise accompany the test when stimulation testing is done. “We were surprised to find that even with relatively low thyroglobulin levels, and even when there is no sign of a tumor, about 80 percent of patients had a recurrence of their cancer within three to five years,” says first author...

Common drugs to treat essential tremor

...ding to the guidelines provided by AAN, deep brain stimulation is known to have fewer complications, in treating ... signals that cause the tremors. In the deep brain stimulation procedure an electric probe is placed inside the thalamus which helps block the impulse that cause t...

Strong Magnetic Stimulation Can Help Treating Severe Depression

...r studies also confirm that the effect of magnetic stimulation is to improve the patient's mood. The patients who had been treated with magnetic stimulation later did as well as or even better than before therapy. By contrast, the patients taking part in el...

Wearing High Heels May Be Dangerous To Health

...l Hypotheses. "Using heeled shoes leads to weaker stimulation of the loops. Reduced cortical activity changes dopaminergic function, which involves the basal gangliathalamo-cortical-nigro-basal ganglia loops," he said. Long term wearing of high heels could conceivably explain why Western societies have higher ...

Research Finds How Post-traumatic Stress Leads to Long-Lasting Memories

...received both the mild foot-shock and the amygdala stimulation back in the well-lit compartment, the researchers ... received only the mild foot-shock and no amygdala stimulation showed no increase in Arc protein. When placed in the well-lit compartment, they tended to enter the...

Toll-like Receptor (Tlr3) Attachment Leads To Lethal Encephalitis

...wild type and Tlr3 mice following WNV infection or stimulation with the viral mimic poly (I:C), the permeability was increased in wild type mice but not in Tlr3 mice. A further insight into the pathogenesis of severe disease was provided by results suggesting that TNF-a receptor I signaling downstream of Tlr3 pr...

Studying brain anatomy without surgery

...brain's motor cortex during a periodic sequence of stimulation by finger motion and rest. The researchers demonstrated spatial congruence between the haemoglobin signal and the MRI signal in the motor cortex related to finger movement. They also demonstrated collocation between haemoglobin oxygen levels and chan...

Understanding The Role Of Olfaction In Taste

...e have directly compared orthonasal and retronasal stimulation in the same subjects, or considered the possibility that the effects of route of stimulation depend on the way that odours are typically sensed. In order to conduct the experiment scientists ...

Abdominal Crunches Not The Best Option For Wash Board Abs.

...der," among others - while electrodes measured the stimulation to their abdominal muscles. The study found that, on average, the products elicited no greater muscle activity than traditional crunches. And two of the devices, an ab "slide" and a type of Swiss ball called "FitBall," caused more activity in the h...

Slowing Cartilage Loss In Arthritis With Fruit Extracts

...hat a water extract of pomegranate fruit inhibited stimulation of certain enzymes in human cartilage cells affected by osteoarthritis. Production of these enzymes, matrix metalloproteases, is speeded up by the pro-inflammatory protein interleukin-1b (IL-1b) during osteoarthritis, leading to cartilage degradation...

Your Occupation May Protect You From Dementia

...ccupational complexity as a source of intellectual stimulation has not been looked at sufficiently. Researchers had studied risk of dementia in cases and controls and in complete twin pairs using data from a Swedish Twin Registry, through which sets of twins were followed for more than 40 years and whose main o...

Role Of Estrogen In Breast-Cancer

...of the unwanted side effects of tamoxifen, such as stimulation of the uterus....

Mental exercises reduces brain ageing

...nity college said, “Cognitive exercises and mental stimulation such as crossword puzzles and Su doku can keep the brain up to 14 years younger. “The brain is plastic, shaped by what we do,” he said. “We are all getting healthier and living longer, but the biggest threat as the population ages is to the function...

Self-Applied Acupressure May Reduce Sleepiness And Increase Alertness During Class Hours

... can increase alertness by applying acupressure at stimulation points to keep themselves active. Students in a cl...aught to self-administer acupressure treatments to stimulation points on their legs, feet, hands and heads were more alert and less fatigued. The study showed that...

Protection against Alzheimer’s could be as simple as drinking green te

...ated with it. The herb, originally used for mental stimulation by monks has also been used for treatment of cold, cough and other breathing disorders. Furthermore, consumption of green tea has also been documented to reduce the incidence of certain forms of cancer and prevent UV damage induced by sun. The healt...

New laser technology heals acne scars

...ers heal acne scars by remodeling the skin through stimulation of collagen production. “This study demonstrated that both non-ablative laser systems are safe and effective for treating acne scars,” said Dr. Yaghmai. “As with all non-ablative treatments for acne scarring, it is crucial that patients have realis...

Protective regimen for acute Graft-versus-host disease

...T cells that produced interleukin-4 after in vitro stimulation increased by a factor of five, and the proliferative response to alloantigens in vitro was reduced, as compared with normal control subjects and control subjects who underwent conditioning with a single dose of total-body irradiation (200 cGy). ...

Viagra Halves Effect Of Hormonal Stress On Heart

... effect of dobutamine,' Kass said. 'It reduces the stimulation of the heart so that the contraction of the heart was less strong.' The next step will be to see if the drug can be used to treat heart failure, "If you gave a drug like Viagra not just acutely, but chronically, you might be able to improve heart fu...

Want Strong Bones: Exercise And Eat Right!

...ch renews itself continuously, it requires regular stimulation from physical activity. Like muscles, bones should be used regularly or they will deteriorate. In girls, the bone tissue accumulated during the ages of 11-13 approximately equals the amount lost during the 30 years following menopause. One study ...

Scientists breaking theory of cortex formation

...nt in development, activity in the form of outside stimulation refines the brain's topography and networks to create the specific functions and areas of the postnatal mammalian brain. Source: Eurekalert...

Deadly Kiss - Peanut allergy kills a teenager

... stimulus. Initial exposure to an antigen causes a stimulation to produce antibodies and subsequent antigenic stimulus of the same antigen leads to aggrevated production of immune reaction leading to an inflammatory hypersensitivity reaction. Peanut protein acts as an allergen in very susceptible individuals l...

Complication More in Women Having IVF Treatment

...20,000 women who either underwent IVF or ovulation stimulation to donate eggs. In the past it was found that almost eight per cent of natural pregnancies result in complications that can require hospital treatment. But this risks related to IVF are far higher and this is important and the patients who wish to ...

Experiment Creates Illusion Of Weight Loss

...ctually shrinking. The experiment was based on the stimulation felt by the tendons of the wrists. A conflict between the senses is the reason for the illusion. The human muscle or skin do not contain receptors which inform the brain with regard to the size of the body parts. This research may also serve to pro...

Nerve regeneration for Spinal cord injuries

...he researchers have got interesting results in the stimulation of nerve cells in laboratory rats, which has been reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Nerve cells has the capacity to grow when it is young and doesnot grow when it has become old, the Central Nervous system (CNS) cons...

Once affected by breast cancer it can strike back!

Once treated for breast cancer should not be a stimulation to be relieved as survivors have to be more cautious of secondary infection//. This arises due to its treatment and or shared genetic predisposition or environmental risks compared with the general population. According to the study the most likel...

You Can Be Emotional And Logical

...archers now intend to investigate whether indirect stimulation of the emotion-control centers can make a person more cautious. --IANS...

New device to help spinal cord injury cases walk

... researchers have found that functional electrical stimulation (FES), a process that sends controlled bursts of electricity through the skin and into muscles, can help patients enhance their walking skills by improving their step frequency, stride length and overall walking speed. "This is a group of patients...

New Device To Help Patients Walk

...e skin. The bursts, called functional electrical stimulation or FES, is unlike similar therapies tried in the last 20 years as the patient's movement is not dependent on the machine. Instead, the FES is designed to teach people with cord injuries how to trigger their muscles independently so that they can gr...

New Procedure Reveals the Secrets of the Brain

...he cortical activity patterns that are elicited by stimulation locally around the electrode and in other function... optimizing the method of intra-cranial electrical stimulation in the treatment of neurological disease....

More The Usage More The Growth In The Adult Brain.

.... A dendrite helps in the conduction of electrical stimulation inside the cell. According to the research the dendrite’s growth can be attributed largely to the extent of usage. Their growth is increased when the usage of the neuron is increased. Patient suffering from spinal cord impairments can be treated us...

Caffeine pill to keep soldiers alert in the field

... keep soldiers alert in the field by producing the stimulation enjoyed by regular coffee drinkers is being developed by defense scientists in Singapore.// In what is believed to be the first extensive study of the effects of caffeine on Asians, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore's leading defence research ...

Caffeine: Stimulates Sexual Behaviour in Females

...to determine the effects of caffeine on the sexual stimulation of the female rats. It also probes into the relationship between caffeine and sex. The researchers conducted the study on 108 female rats. They injected moderate doses of caffeine before the matting test. They wanted to study the effects of caffein...

Therapy inducing self-repair of nerves to help Alzheimer’

...comes toxic at excessive levels, resulting in over stimulation of nerve cells, known as excitotoxicity, and causing excessive stress on the nerve cells eventually ending in cell death. However, Lipton was quick to point out that the study had only been done in mice, and that a breakthrough was a long way off....

Anti-obesity drugs for FDA approval

...hich triggers signals for controlling appetite and stimulation to eat more. Alli is produced by GlaxoSmithKline which acts by controlling the body’s fat absorption leading to weight loss, Alli is available in drug market under the trade name of xenical, which on clinical trials was found not to cause any adverse...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Show Promise In Prevention

...ion of a HPV protein, found to result in an immune stimulation against the virus. This has led to the massive production of a safe and efficient cervical cancer vaccine. Organizations such as the Family Research Council and the Medical Institute for Sexual Health have expressed interest in the launch of the va...

Scientists Unravel Link Between HRT And Breast Cancer Gene, BRCA1

...e inactivation. This was in contrast to the growth stimulation of breast epithelial cells in mice (deficient in BRCA1) treated with the hormone combination. The results of the present study have several valuable clinical implications. A majority of the breast tumors have deficient expression of the BRCA1 gene....

Abuse Of Anabolic Steroids Causes Acne In Bodybuilders

...androgen steroid (AAS) can lead to acne due to the stimulation of sebaceous glands. Sebaceous glands present in the skin // secrete a substance sebum into hair follicles and majority of the body surface. Anabolic steroids are used to treat facial swelling linked to allergy and to treat unwanted weight loss in ...

Just Had Bowel Surgery? Chew Gum For A Speedy Recovery

...rnal. These beneficial effects may be due to the stimulation of nerves associated with eating and the subsequent release of hormones that cause gastrointestinal activation. Bowel function may be compromised following any kind of abdominal surgery. This condition is commonly referred to as ileus, can cause incr...

Periodontal disease can be predicted by trends in obesity!

...on and insulin resistance. We propose that chronic stimulation and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines associated with periodontal infection also occurs, contributing to insulin resistance, which may further predispose to diabetes mellitus." According to Kenneth A. Krebs, DMD and AAP president said, "The pres...

Viagra Offers Hope In Treatment Of Crohn’s Diseas

...provement in symptoms following treatment aimed at stimulation of white blood cells and the gene mutation associated with Crohn’s disease further support the fact that the disease is a manifestation of a weak immune system. With our improved understanding of the disease process, it might be possible to treatme...

Stem Cell Therapy For Heart Attack Found To Be Ineffective

... of bone marrow stem cells can be achieved through stimulation of a growth factor protein, called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF). The researchers conducted a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study (REVIVAL-2) to assess effect of G-CSF treatment in a large study population (114 patien...

Anorexia - Overcoming Hunger Pangs Isn’t Just About Will Powe

...lack of a neurotransmitter that is responsible for stimulation of appetite//. The study has for the first time proved that overcoming those hunger pangs and avoiding food isn’t just about extraordinary will power alone. The neurotransmitter is known to be neuropeptide Y (NPY). The oversupply of NPY makes it ha...

JRRD Focuses On Issues Such As Spinal Cord Injury and Prosthetics

...arousal. A study was done to reveal that vibratory stimulation would increase genital arousal as compared with manual clitoral stimulation in both SCI and nondisabled women. But the difference was not statistically significant. Accurate ...

Hope After Spinal Cord Injuries

...concluded that long-term treatment with electrical stimulation and early intervention can significantly decrease ...eral density (BMD) in such patients. Electrical stimulation has been shown to increase muscle contraction while exerting mechanical loading greater than body we...

Foetuses Cant Feel Pain Says A Leading Psychologist

...ng that comes from experiences and develops due to stimulation and human interaction. He said that, the proposals to inform women seeking abortions of the potential for pain in foetuses are not supported by evidence. Claiming that the legal or clinical mandates to intervene to prevent such pain are scientifica...