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Ultrasound test may detect heart condition early

...t muscle thickens, eventually limiting the organ's ability to pump blood and putting patients at risk of hear... really been able to evaluate before--the relaxing ability of the heart. They found that patients with HCM, regardless of whether hypertrophy was present, demo...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...s of heat-shock proteins block the TVB bacterium's ability to infect cells, but another explanation is that the presence of extra heat-shock proteins sends a warning to the immune system, the report indicates. This study has led the scientists headed by Dr. Stewart to opine that finding a way to produce ext...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

...ues to develop mosquitoes with a severely impaired ability to transmit malaria--at least to mice, new study findings show. The research is a "first step in the right direction" towards combating malaria in humans, study author Dr. Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio. "We now kno...

Preventing mental decline in the aged

...idly and people// are typically living longer. The ability to know, think, learn and judge, known as cognitiv... area that could help seniors keep their cognitive ability is therapeutic strategies. Researchers say antioxidants and anti-inflammatories may eventually prove...

Stop and think before you eat

... non-smoking women aged 50 to 60. Restraint is the ability to consciously restrict food intake in order to maintain weight or lose pounds. Disinhibition is the inclination to overeat when tempting food is available, or to overeat in the presence of factors that can loosen inhibitions, such as emotional distr...

Stroke and Dementia - a ghastly association

...rom declines in memory, cognitive function and the ability to perform daily living activities. Researchers from Madrid, Spain reviewed data on more than 250 stroke patients who were admitted to a hospital for treatment. // They looked at medical history, neurological evaluation, and completed surveys. They ...

Cell transplants for stroke

...roke. Researchers in the US have been studying the ability of human bone marrow cells// - known as stromal cells - to restore function in brain-damaged rats. Animals were given injections of the cells, which came from healthy human volunteers. Compared to controls that either did not receive cells, or whic...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...irector of Polartechnics said that in terms of its ability to diagnose melanomas, it matches top specialists.// Image analysis and computer-aided diagnostic software for SolarScan, which has been under development for eight years, was designed for Polartechnics by Australia's national scientific research or...

Brain damage affects artistic skill

...stroke, dementia, or trauma// - would destroy your ability to create. Researchers at University of Dallas, se...ften seen and it's important to note that artistic ability often persists when other cognitive skills - like memory - have deteriorated. The surprising part is...

Injection supports Heart Devices

...at is surgically implanted to maintain the pumping ability of a heart that can't dynamically work on its own. Clot-busting drugs, known as thrombolytic therapy, dissolve blood clots that impair blood flow. The device used in the study, the recently introduced MicroMed DeBakey VAD, differs from other LVADs i...

New therapy improves quality of life for cancer

...d significant improvements in their energy levels, ability to do everyday tasks and in their overall quality of life. There are already drugs that can help with the severe nausea that results from chemotherapy. Now epoetin alfa promises a way of tackling chemotherapy-related fatigue too....

Acupuncture for cystitis in women

...acupuncture or no treatment at all, looking at the ability to empty the bladder during a six month period. One sub-group having acupuncture responded well, and these were the women who, according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) had a condition which made it hard to empty the bladder. According to TCM...

Women with diabetes could benefit from HRT

...group had significantly greater worsening of their ability to control their blood sugar over the four years compared to the HRT group. The research findings are however less likely to encourage doctors to prescribe HRT with this benefit in mind as HRT is thought to slightly increase the risks of both heart ...

Caffeine is not the only culprit in coffee!

...f one of these substances may slow down the body's ability to clear homocysteine from the bloodstream. The researchers concluded that though this finding may make caffeine less villainous, it is still advisable for coffee lovers to stick to moderation, which means only 2 to 3 cups a day!...

Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods

... microbes. This is an advancement in the company's ability to improve the properties// of microbial cells for biomanufacturing pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This new technology enables the illumination of the best route to optimize a cell's metabolic potential to increase productivity and yield of drug...

Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells

...en their genes were not correctly shared out. This ability to ignore the alarm could make them resistant to Taxol-type drugs. Lead researcher, Ashok Venkitaraman said that high amounts of AURORA-A seemed to make cancer cells less sensitive to treatment and a new test to look for the molecules in the tumor to...

Heart problems detected better with a Cardiac MRI

...administering a cardiac MRI would improve doctors' ability to correctly diagnose a set of heart problems known as acute coronary syndrome (ACS) which can lead to heart attack. The study involved 161 patients who came to the ER after experiencing 30 minutes of chest pain, but had ECG results that didn't sugge...

Mental retardation linked to brain protein

...unication system, that results in reduced learning ability and other problems associated with mental retardation. The study presented the major conclusion that mental retardation involves many more areas of the brain than first expected and this research conducted on mice may provide information to help sci...

Scientists locate key hormone involved in appetite control

...elin is a hormone produced in the stomach with the ability to stimulate feeding when introduced to specialized weight regulating brain cells called neuropeptide Y neurons. Lead author Michael Cowley, Ph.D., added that past// research has shown that increasing ghrelin levels in mice for an extended period res...

Can one get addicted to fast food?

...the fast foods, in the body, that could impair the ability to control eating. As people start gaining weight due to a steady fast food diet, they become more resistant to a brain peptide called galanin that stimulates eating// and to leptin, a hormone which is strongly linked to weight and appetite. Leptin r...

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