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ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...n was 33% lesser in these patients. Rejection was reversed in all patients who received rabbit ATG by increasing the anti-rejection drug alone, while 60 percent of patients in the steroid group required additional steroids for reversal. These findings were presented by Dr. Eason at Transplant 2001, the joint...

Alzheimer cure

...using NGF into areas close to the vulnerable cells reversed the damage. A gene therapy trial in humans, where NGF is being delivered to the basal forebrain, is already underway - to show whether the treatment is safe. If the mice results are anything to go by, the clinical trial could be a winner - and thus a...

Women more susceptible to brain damage from ecstasy

...e party drug ecstasy but the harm can sometimes be reversed if they stop taking the drug. Studies have shown that the popular all-night dance drug, known chemically as MDMA, can damage nerve endings that release serotonin, a brain chemical that regulates mood, memory, sleep and sex. The drug also appears to d...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...ity, and that with total weight recovery it can be reversed if they are still in their adolescence. In the study, the researchers measured bone mineral density (BMD)--a measure of bone strength--in 25 boys aged 10 to 15 years diagnosed with anorexia. The investigators then repeated BMD measurements in 15 of t...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

...news is that although the brain condition can't be reversed or treated, psychiatric disorders such as depression are treatable. Addressing such problems in those with Huntington's could greatly improve quality of life - for the patients and their families....

Hormones do not guard against heart failure

... of heart attack in post menopausal women has been reversed by a recent study of 1000 women of ages 50 to 69 conducted by the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.The aim of the study was to determine whether a combination// of oestrogen and progesterone reduced the risk of future heart attack in po...

Age should not rule out visectomy reversal

...of the tubes are then closed. The procedure can be reversed through a surgical procedure that restores the flow of sperm through the vas deferens. SOURCE: The Journal of Urology 2003;169:2250-2252....

Reduced Fatigue Boosts Mental Health

...emia, investigators say fatigue may be improved or reversed with the drug Aranesp. Participants in the international study were anemic patients undergoing chemotherapy to treat lung cancer. They either received Aranesp at a starting dose of 2.25 micrograms or a placebo once a week for 12 weeks. Patients then ...

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

...t 50 days. In another experiment, the researchers reversed the dietary restrictions and started some of the flies on a restricted diet, and then on day 14 or day 22 switched them to a fully fed diet. Mortality rates dropped in the flies switched to a fully fed diet. Those switched on day 14 lived about 38 da...

Body Weight Found To Affect Breast Cancer Survival

...y size. However, researchers say the effect can be reversed and there is substantial evidence suggesting that physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of developing breast cancer....

The Impact of Stress Early In Life

...tive parent during the first month of life rapidly reversed atypical behaviors that began after the initial separation. However, monkeys paired in the third month of life continued to exhibit atypical behaviors, such as social isolation and thumb or toe sucking. In conclusion researchers say that children se...

Shrinkage Of Brain Size Linked To Chronic Pain

...ity reflects only tissue shrinkage, which could be reversed with proper treatment. They say it may also be attributed to more irreversible processes like neurodegeneration....

Researchers reversed the process of memory loss

...s showed that the symptoms of memory loss had been reversed and the mice had started regaining the memory they have lost. Another new findings of the research were the cause of dementia. Previously it was believed that neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits increase in the brain and this leads to brain...

Women At A Greater Risk For Heart Failure

...igh risk of heart failure in diabetic women can be reversed with glucose control, treatment to halt the progression of renal disease, weight loss, and smoking cessation....

Blood Test To Predict Heart Failures

...heart failure. Decreasing or inhibiting the enzyme reversed heart failure in laboratory tests. In their latest findings, researchers have shown, using tissue samples from heart failure patients, that they could track heart levels of GRK2 in the blood. The researchers reported their findings July 29 in an ...

Doctor Training Undermined In Britain Due To Shortage Of Cadavers

... It is feared that if this downward trend is not reversed medical students will soon not have the opportunity to learn their anatomy from the best...

British medical education suffers shortage of bodies

...England and Wales. If this downward trend is not reversed medical students will soon not have the opportunity to learn their anatomy from the best 'text book' - the real human body." Jeremy Metters, Her Majesty's inspector of anatomy, told the BBC: "We are in difficulties at the moment with a shortage of ...

Heart damage a consequence of Atkins’ Die

... while on the diet.” However, the effect could be reversed after the participants resumed a normal diet after the two-week trial, according to the researchers. Dr Clarke said, "of course, this is a small and short term piece of work. The body is remarkably adaptive and what we don't know is whether our hear...

OHSU Researchers Announce New Discovery

...dopamine in the case of Parkinson's disease can be reversed by timing the expression of brg-1 in stem cells in the brain to replace the lost cells. Damaged motor neurons in the case patients with brain injuries can also be replaced as a result of the research. The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, the...

Immune Response Of Human Beings Can Be Re-energized

...es the possibility that CD8 cell exhaustion can be reversed in human patients, reinvigorating the immune system's defenses against chronic viral infections ranging from hepatitis to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. "CD8 T cells that have fought viral infections retain a 'memory' of the viruses they've encou...

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