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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...lammation of a joint or joints and the surrounding tissues and affects millions of people all over the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an appr...

Women suffer from sexual dysfunction too

...n as genital atrophy. This results in thinning of tissues in the vagina, which can make sexual functioning, and response difficult. Researchers who studied these dysfunctions, while addressing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in Chicago, said much of the problem with f...

Blocked viens block eye sight

...osurgery. As lasers tend to damage the surrounding tissues by creating bubbles in local body fluids, the pure saline jet might make even finer cuts without causing stress to the nearby tissue....

Human gene number increases

... detect the activity of some of the genes in human tissues confirming that both groups predicted real genes. If the rest of the mooted genes are genuine, an estimate of 42,000 or more is closer to the mark. According to the researchers, gene-prediction algorithms are at fault, rather than the underlying seq...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...normal tissue, tissue with benign change, and also tissues from both localised and aggressive prostate cancer. They found that more than 200 genes were expressed differently between normal and cancer tissue. Of these, some are already known to be involved in cancer, while others were completely new. Of par...

A poke to cure your snore

...the New Scientist magazine, destroys some of these tissues to form scar tissue which subsequently stiffens the soft palate to reduce vibration and can reduce the loudness of snoring from 11 decibels to 2 decibels.// In the past severe snorers have undergone an operation whereby portions of the soft palate...

Pollution could be a risk

...PM2.5s are dangerous because they can get into the tissues of the lungs more easily.He said: "They can get past the normal defence mechanisms in the lungs and penetrate deeply into the air exchange regions. Prof Dockery said the best way to avoid was outdoor activity on hot, hazy days."If a person exercise...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

...l forms a bright blue "sticking plaster" and stops tissues sticking together to form painful scars. One of the advantages of the new dressing is that it can be used during keyhole surgery, which is now commonly preferred to open surgery techniques. // The spray, made from polyethylene glycol, is now under...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

...ds or crosslinks created in the arteries and other tissues when glucose attaches to the protein collagen. //...proliferate with age. Crosslinks appear to toughen tissues and may contribute to some of the deterioration associated with aging and diabetes, such as elevated...

All the more bad

...molecules known as free radicals. These damage the tissues of the body, and are thought to stimulate the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries. The new research suggests that smoking has a double whammy effect - it stimulates clogging of the arteries, and sabotages the body's attempts to tackle the prob...

For healthy lungs

...properties of the vitamins, which help protect the tissues of the lung from damage. The two vitamins are found abundantly in certain fruit and vegetables. The properties are also thought to be responsible for protecting the lungs against the development of cancer, according to a separate study published th...

Infertility in relation with virus

...ommon virus which can often be detected in genital tissues - infection appears to take place when a child is in the womb, during childhood, or young adulthood.// In the German experiments, 67 men with semen abnormalities were tested for traces of AAV. These were found in 28 of them - compared to only one o...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

... face of much of what we know about development of tissues and organs. However, once the right growth factor cocktail had been concocted, it took just an hour to turn 100 per cent of the stem cells into neurons. The cells were also producing specific brain chemicals like serotonin, a compound that's lackin...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...sive to insulin,the hormone that helps the body's tissues absorb nourishment (glucose). Unlike diabetes, in which the body cannot create enough insulin, people with insulin resistance have plenty of insulin but their bodies do not use it properly. Glucose levels therefore remain high, which causes more insu...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...ame time. Whereas MRI looks at the organs and soft tissues of the human body, MRA looks specifically at the blood vessels. It enables the determination of flow velocity, direction, and even profiles within the vessel. It is painles and the study takes 30 to 60 minutes, whereas DSA sometimes takes several hou...

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...agging is caused by the increased laxity of eyelid tissues with age. It may also be related to a loss of fat around the eye socket. Researcher Dr Willem van den Bosch said eyelid droop was associated with two painful conditions. Inward rotation of the eyelid, or entropion, leads to the eyelashes rubbing ag...

Stem cell research

...a major step towards the production of replacement tissues for treating neurodegenerative conditions like Par...pe of cell means they could be used to develop new tissues for disease treatment, and possibly organs for transplantation. If nerve cells can be grown from scr...

A unique factor in breathing disorder

...eathing many times in the night. Lack of oxygen to tissues raises the risk of heart disease and stroke in the long term. Now Japanese investigators have found that obesity and certain facial characteristics make sleep-disordered breathing more likely, by causing collapse of the tissue at the back of the th...

A new recovery for heart attacks

... implications for treating heart diseases in which tissues are deprived of oxygen because the blood vessels are not functioning correctly," Dr Whitelaw said.He said his findings could be used to help develop drugs that enhance cells' adaptation to low-oxygen conditions. These drugs would prevent the binding ...

Honey curbs bacteria in the oral cavity

...iseptics, though, honey is more gentle on inflamed tissues and can treat swelling and pain. It also has a sti...tory effect on the growth of cells that repair the tissues damaged by infection, according to Dr. Molan....

A question on study of Adult Stem Cell

...ne tissue can directly produce cell types of other tissues and organs.// It may be that this capability, reve...f adult tissue stem cells. If they only make other tissues by fusing with existing cells rather than producing new cells, their utility for tissue repair and r...

Stem Cells Have Few Mutations

...onception and are the primordial cells for all the tissues in the body. Many scientists believe these cells, grow in the laboratory, can be coaxed to transform into liver, heart and other cells that can be used to renew ailing organs. Many people oppose research with human embryonic stem cells because to i...

Enzyme stimulates growth of adult stem cells

...derived from embryos, Rafii pointed out. Patients' tissues are unlikely to reject cells that come from their own bodies. And it is not yet known how to coax embryonic stem cells into desired mature cell types. This type of cloning is not intended to produce an offspring, but instead to produce an embryo tha...

Warning on radiowave exposure

...crowaves can cause biological changes in cells and tissues of the body. But the significance of these changes is not well understood. The exposure standards that have been set by electrical engineers in the past are not really appropriate to modern life, says Kasevich. Now we have to set new standards to ref...

Flesh-eating virus

...lished wound or broken skin before penetrating the tissues beneath the skin, causing blisters to form. Flu-like symptoms and diarrhoea can also occur, with patients developing toxic shock syndrome as the disease spreads to the underlying tissues. If caught early, it can be treated with antibiotics, but more ...

Stretching the muscles doesn't make them more resilient

... “We think that when we stretch we’re changing the tissues in some way that’ll prevent injury,” he says. “But in an animal model, stretching doesn’t seem to affect muscle damage. “Stretching may be good for some groups, says Best, including the elderly. All the reviewed studies were always on healthy young ...

Associated therapy for multiple myeloma

... which is a type of white blood cell found in many tissues of the body. As the cancer grows, it destroys normal bone tissue, which causes pain and crowds out normal cell production. Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer in the United States. It remains incurable despite the use of conventi...

Testing for blood sugar levels made easier

...es that reflect off the internal structures within tissues to send back a picture and information about the tissue, in this case, including blood sugar levels. A pilot study of OCT was done on 15 healthy volunteers when images of the left forearm were taken every 10 to 20 seconds for over three hours. Docto...

Gene connected to Multi-System disorder discovered

... connexin 43 and related genes are present in many tissues during development. However, they also add that until now problems with connexins had only been tied to simpler manifestations. Connexins are a family of roughly 20 genes, best known for creating connections between cells, bridging space called a "g...

Bone marrow stem cells may help repair cardiac tissues

...sted confidence in a method used to repair cardiac tissues damaged by a heart attack. Researchers have found that stem cells derived from bone marrow which is much less controversial than embryo cells// helps patients who have had a heart attack and had undergone conventional bypass therapy. Doctors in east...

Wine drinkers may have reasons to cheer

...s help to minimise the damage caused to the body's tissues by charged particles called free radicals which are released when oxygen is converted into energy in the body's cells. Earlier studies have indicated that flavanoids also reduced occurrence of stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases among wine drin...

Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia increases risk of breast cancer

...ll and invade the surrounding fatty and connective tissues of the breast. Out of the 7600 studied, 264 who had atypical lobular hyperplasia went on to develop invasive breast cancer. Researchers said that this new discovery indicated that those with the condition had a three times increased risk of cancer. ...

Once-Daily Cipro(R) XR for Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

... ciprofloxacin, which distributes to the serum and tissues within hours. This is followed by a second extended release of the active ingredient, which produces 24-hour urine concentrations. Research study compared 1000mg once-daily Cipro XR to a twice-daily 500 mg dose of conventional Cipro. Patients were...

Stem cells grown into sperm cells

...o and later developing into the various organs and tissues as the fetus grows. Researchers have grown stem c...ays in the embryo. Growing stem cells into other tissues has been hailed as a source of major potential therapies in the future. However, the process is cont...

Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors

... diseases "The small amounts of Neu5Gc in normal tissues also raise the possibility that anti-Neu5Gc antibodies are involved in autoimmunity," the researchers said. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body mistakenly attacks healthy tissue and include type-1 or juvenile diabetes and some types of arthritis...

Psoriasis Increases Cancer Risk

...mphoma is a group of cancers that affect the lymph tissues found mainly in the lymph nodes and spleen. Previous research has found an association between psoriasis and lymphoma. Doctors from the University of Pennsylvania studied whether the rate of lymphoma in patients with a history of psoriasis is differe...

Animals Can give us a second chance at life

...ntinued to look to animals as a source for organs, tissues and cells to treat various diseases, all with vary...pig organs but rather are seen essentially to have tissues that our immune system thinks is human tissue,” says Marlon Levy, a transplant surgeon at Baylor All...

Plastic Sling Has Proved Successful In Improving Aging Of The Neck

... stretched over time and can no longer support the tissues under the chin. While several plastic surgery procedures have been used in the neck area, doctors say there is room for improvement. Doctors in Atlanta investigated the use of a plastic sling to help lift the tissue under the chin. For the research...

Animals can give us a second chance at life

...ntinued to look to animals as a source for organs, tissues and cells to treat various diseases, all with vary...pig organs but rather are seen essentially to have tissues that our immune system thinks is human tissue,” says Marlon Levy, a transplant surgeon at Baylor All...

A Drug That Might Relieve Chronic Cough

...h is considered a disease of the lungs, organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and upper // part of the digestive tract, or even psychiatric in nature. The common treatments are successful for a great majority of patients with chronic cough. A seizure drug may be the answer to quieting a chronic cough,...

Laser Surgery for Allergy

...Center, now uses a powerful laser to shrink nasal tissues called turbinates. He says: "This is the tip that ...Dr. Pandit. Kathy McFarlane's problem was swollen tissues inside her nose that made it hard for her to breathe."I was severely congested. Had a lot of pressu...

Early Detection Of Facial Abnormalities in a Fetus

A cleft happens when the tissues of the face fail to fuse during gestation. It is a repairable birth defect. Cleft lip and palate are the most common facial malformation in newborns. It affects about one in 700 babies.//New research shows fetal magnetic resonance imaging may be more...

Eating Fruits And Vegetables Found to Fight Endometriosis

Endometriosis develops when the tissues lining the uterus grow outside of the uterus and begin to surround other organs in the abdomen. // The condition can cause bleeding, pain and discomfort. Women who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to suffer from the painful condition kn...

The Bio-probe –“ Boon to women ?

...erent principle.” It’s believed that as the normal tissues progress from normal to cancer, the amount of blood and fluid in the tissues increases, and that causes a decrease in electrical resistance," The Bio-probe measures this differe...

Soluble Ingredient Can Make Fatty Fast Foods Healthier

...oods, the body tends to deposit fat on non-adipose tissues like liver, heart, pancreas, where they can cause extensive damage to the cells, may even increase the risk of diabetes. Colorless and odorless, if testing on humans is successful, this could be the chemical that will let fast food lovers live a hea...

Cell’s microenvironment linked to cancer

...get access to the DNA. Studies on various cancer tissues showed that invasive cancers are more resistant to the action of this enzyme. This is due to the presence of rich mixture of molecules in the extracellular matrix of the cancer cells and these molecules manipulate the skeletal framework of the cell a...

High expression of interferon induces lupus disease

... Lupus is a condition that happens when the body’s tissues are affected by the body’s own immune system. Pati...dies in their blood that may attack the body’s own tissues than outside infection agents like bacteria and virus. This may lead to disease of the lungs, kidney...

New breed of mice to live longer

...of the free radicals are known to damage cells and tissues that may lead to poor health and even death. The new research may be the first step towards increasing mortality through the free radical theory of ageing. The new mice created by the research team produced higher than normal levels of antioxidant ...

MRI screenings may be better to identify breast cancer

...etic resonance imaging (MRI) scans as dense breast tissues reduce effects of mammography at this age. Researchers had studied 649 women in the age group of 35 to 49 years with a family history of breast cancer. They were tested for probability of incidence of BRCA1, BRCA2, or TP53 mutations that can lead to...

Plastic to cause breast cancer

...us. Such exposure had been seen to make the breast tissues of the female mice more sensitive to the effects o...e exposed to BPA from the womb, had developed more tissues in their breasts. It is a noted fact that higher density breast tissue is a risk factor for breast c...

Oral cancer screenings to reduce the mortality rates

... patients. Oral cancer is the growth of malignant tissues or cells in the oral cavity. This can happen as a lesion on he lips, tongue or on he walls of moth. Heavy use of tobacco and alcohol increases the risk of oral cancer in people. The research by the Indian scientists involved visually screening healt...

New insight for skin cancer discovered

...ues. It is possible to have a ready access to such tissues and hence the new study can help people develop new ways of targeting for therapy. The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Genetics....

Infective endocarditis is often due to outside infections

...ection can damage the heart valves, the connective tissues surrounding the valves, and the inner chamber linings of the heart. In some case infection can also affect the linings of the arteries coming out of the heart. Although it was always assumed the staphylococcal bacteria cause that infective endocardi...

Arthritis and the Wnt Factor

...tani. The study also includes examination of joint tissues from patients who have undergone total knee replacements for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), or non-arthritic injury. The group had identified certain genes, which were upregulated in the arthritic knee tissues. These were Wnt-7b an...

Cobblestone Walking May Be The Key For Healthy Living.

... acupoints are supposedly linked to all organs and tissues of the body. Although there is considerable subjective evidence indicating the health benefits of cobblestone walking, (e.g., pain relief, sleep enhancement, improved physical and mental well-being), until recently no actual controlled studies was un...

Detecting DNA Damage With In-Vivo Alkaline Comet Assay

...amely, the simultaneous assay of several different tissues from the same animal. In conclusion, a further fully validated genotoxicity assay has been added to the battery of genotoxicity tests available at RCC. Refinement of the technique will continue as experience is accumulated. ...

Gene responsible for immune deficiency discovered

...s are generally caused by defects in the cells and tissues that are responsible for our immune system, like T cells, B cells, phagocytes, natural killer cells, etc. The researchers of Children's Hospital Boston had found that mutations of the gene called TACI could cause CVID in people as well as the other ...

Choose the apple wisely to keep the doctor away

... because the free radicals, which damage cells and tissues leading to heart disease, prostate, colon, and other cancers, are neutralised by antioxidants. As a control measure all apples understudy were grown under same farm conditions and then analysed for polyphenol activity in the laboratory. The results ...

Mutations in NOTCH1 cause an early developmental defect in the aortic valve

...tic valve is made up of three leaflets or flaps of tissues that open and close to allow flow of blood through..., and this may provide clues for understanding why tissues become abnormally calcified in the setting of disease," Dr. Srivastava said. A second, smaller fam...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...t carry blood from the pumping heart to all of the tissues and organs of the body. - Blood pressure is typically recorded as the systolic pressure (as the heart beats) over the diastolic pressure (as the heart relaxes between beats). A consistent blood pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher is considere...