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Electric Field Therapy to Zap Cancerous Tumours

...ogy. The fields disrupt the movement of a cell's inner building blocks during division, so that it dies off before proliferating. Cancer cells typically divide at a much faster rate than most normal cells, making them a prime target for TTF. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation also target rap...

Genetic Disease Causes hearing loss

...ss because of a tumor-associated hemorrhage in the inner ear , according to a study in the July 4 issue of .... Endolymphatic sac tumors (ELSTs; tumors of the inner ear) occur sporadically but may be associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL; a genetic disease...

Indian and Pakistani-origin Scots More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks

... to Asian communities preference for living in the inner cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, potentially enabling them to get to hospitals quickly. Increased awareness of heart disease amongst Asian populations might also be a factor. The findings of the study appear in the online journal BMC Public Health....

New Lifeline Express Train Inaugurated

...ies like cataract, squints, micro surgeries of the inner ear, correction of cleft lip and orthopedic surgeries for deformed limbs. It has another self-contained operation theatre with two operating tables and four recovery beds and also an ophthalmic testing room, laboratory, X-Ray etc. The new coaches are...

Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

... of the arterys endothelial layer, which forms the inner lining of the artery. Loss of this inner layer predisposes the artery to blood clot formation which has been a recent concern with drug eluti...

500 Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hour Ordeal From Wisconsin River

...floating down the river on the Minnesota border in inner tubes Monday afternoon when Rike's hit a rock and deflated. While he was trying to get out of the water and walk along the shore, he apparently suffered chest pains and a possible heart attack and fell into the river. Rike's group called police to ...

Baby Bump Sparks Off Pregnancy Rumours Again for Holmes

...t only more playful and determined to 'reclaim his inner child', but also frequently searches Internet auction site eBay site to track down his own favourite childhood toys for his Suri....

UK Licensing Law Changes Have Trebled Overnight Alcohol Related Visits to Emergency Care

...findings are based on emergency care visits to one inner city London teaching hospital across two separate ...at our findings are likely to be representative of inner city [emergency care departments] in the UK, say the authors. 'If reproduced over longer time period...

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

...ddle ear interrupts the sound waves passing to the inner ear. While the causative factors remain unknown, now one of the genetic components has been identified. "The gene in which the variant is located points to a pathway that contributes to the disease. This may be a lead for better forms of treatment ...

Insilico Studies on Chlorine Eating Bacteria

...emical processes, to create computer models of the inner workings of the bacterium. The project is funded by a three-year, $381,000 grant from the Department of Defense, which has some 6,000 toxic-dump sites of its own to clean up. Richardson explained that in the field "the bacteria sometimes start and ...

Stem Cells Aid in Hearing Recovery

...hat bone marrow stem cells injected into a damaged inner ear can speed hearing recovery after partial heari...mplete or partial. Such loss may involve damage to inner ear cells called cochlear fibrocytes, which are fundamental to inner ear function. Some natural re...

Car Sickness for the Little Ones can Be Prevented

...variant of motion sickness, happens when the eyes, inner ears and joints get conflicting clues about how fa...anford in Palo Alto, Calif. The messages from the inner ear (balance department) conflict with the messages from the eye (vision department) causing the bra...

Abnormal Face Processing in Toddlers With Autism

...ally delayed toddlers move quickly between various inner elements of the face, scanning rapidly between the left and right eye, toddlers with ASD tend to look longer at specific facial features than other children, which might signify an idiosyncratic approach to face processing specific to ASD in early de...

Sleep Problems Haunts More in Children from Low Income Groups

...e study compared the sleeping habits of 64 healthy inner city children, who were African American and Hispanic, to the sleeping patterns of children from middle class, Caucasian families. The children were 4 to 10 years old. Parents were asked to fill out a survey, which examined amount of sleep, sleep anx...

ENDEAVOR III Trial Reports Key Findings on New-generation Stent

...y greater scar tissue growth, or late loss, in the inner diameter of the artery as compared to the Cypher stent. At 12 months, clinical outcomes were equivalent with the two stents: The combined rates of death, heart attack, and repeat procedures were 8.2 percent in both groups of patients. At the Orland...

'Metro' - a Witty Look at Insensitivities of City Life

...s dialogues are very indicative of the characters' inner world. They slice right into the characters' hearts and give us an insight into the machinations of people so busy realizing their dreams that they even forget to sleep. On the negative side, "Metro" fails to connect us with the characters beyond t...

Risk of Heart Attack, Death High Among Extremely Anxious Patients

... initially had high anxiety levels but later found inner calm noticeably reduced their risk. "Most patients come in very anxious about their coronary condition. Im convinced that spending time with the patient and the family and interacting with them as a caring human being is critically important to cli...

Wrinkles can Be Really Ironed Out, Thanks to Vitamin A

... period, asked them apply the retinol cream on the inner arm on one side, and a cream with no active component on the other. After the 24 weeks, the skin appearance was assessed, and a small sample taken for analysis. Underarm skin was chosen because it suffers less exposure to the sun, which can acceler...

New Insights into Chronic Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

...ronounced chronic inflammatory infiltration in the inner adventitia. "The opportunities for detecting aortic inflammation are limited," acknowledges the study's spokesperson, Ivana Hollan, M.D. "Our method of tissue examination allows the condition to be diagnosed in patients undergoing CABG surgery with...

Lazy Children may Face Chronic Health Problems

...vity levels among more than 3,500 pupils from five inner city secondary schools in Leicester and found that...shows that overall the physical activity levels in inner city school children are very low," said Khunti. "Parents, schools and community health providers ...

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