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Processed Meat, Diabetes connection Found

...here is either a shortage of insulin or the body's cells become insensitive to the hormone. This allows a buildup in the blood of sugar, which can damage the kidneys, heart or eyes and reduce circulation. Untreated, type 2 diabetes can cause blindness, kidney failure, limb amputation and death....

Toxin connected to 'Flesh-eating' Pneumonia in Kids

...sed to severe pneumonia, with death of white blood cells and tissue destruction in the lungs and throat. Since these cases, the authors note, 13 more have been diagnosed in their laboratory. In 1999, they add, four US children died of Staph infection, three of whom had symptoms akin to those of necrotizin...

Pain Killers Keep the Virus Away

...e microbe, called human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), in cells is accompanied by a rush of prostaglandins, chemic...revent HCMV replication in human connective tissue cells with a cox-2 inhibitor. When infected with the virus the fibroblast cells temporarily boosted their ...

Obesity in children a risk factor for diabetes

... showing signs of "insulin resistanceThis is where cells gradually become less amenable to the effects of the hormone insulin, which reduces blood glucose levels after a meal . People with insulin resistance can go on to develop diabetes, in which blood sugar levels often cannot be brought under control wi...

Scientists found ancient Human Germ Killer

...rom a monkey gene ``dramatically protected'' human cells from the AIDS virus in a laboratory experiment. T...cell cultures in a laboratory dish and exposed the cells to HIV. The virus was ``dramatically'' inhibited, they reported. ``I have to emphasize that these t...

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

...// however, they must be administered before brain cells die. The current standard requires that treatment ...n't relax for one minute. With every minute, brain cells are dying by the tens of thousands. '' said Dr. Thomas G. Brott of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. ...

Microchip gives blind a chance of sight

...ina.The chip electronically stimulates the healthy cells of the retina, which sends the signals conveying he image to the brain. ...

A new recovery for heart attacks

...related a molecular 'switch' that helps our body's cells make up when oxygen levels fall, a finding that co...crease delivery of oxygen by making more red blood cells and blood vessels. They also reduce the body's reliance on oxygen by switching to a form of energy p...

Nose plug: switch that stops smelling

...y measuring the signals from these odour receptors cells in genitically engineered mice, one research team ...udied the molecule’s behaviour in laboratory-grown cells and reported that CNGA4 speeds up the ‘nose’s closing. Without CNGA4, the closing took 100 times lon...

Honey curbs bacteria in the oral cavity

... It also has a stimulatory effect on the growth of cells that repair the tissues damaged by infection, according to Dr. Molan....

Stent shows promise in keeping arteries open

...hat gradually ooze into the artery. The drugs keep cells from growing. At least 6 different varieties - coated with different growth-inhibiting medicines - are now in testing, and many more are under development....

Screening device for ovarian cancer

...tains. We already know that the protein profile of cells varies depending upon whether it is in a healthy or a diseased state. Researchers in the US have established proteomic profiles for healthy women and those with ovarian cancer, using blood samples. They then used this knowledge on another group of ...

The route to fertilization

...rotransmitter in people and is used by white blood cells to kill tumors, bacteria and other invaders....

Periodontal disease may amass the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

...reaction from the immune system. Immune system cells can release proteins called cytokines that can dis...betes, the researchers said. "In the pancreas, the cells responsible for insulin production can be damaged or destroyed by high levels of cytokines," said Dr...

Chromosomes to predict oral cancer

The DNA content in cells of oral leukoplakia, specifically the number of ch...the number of chromosomes found in the leukoplakia cells is doubled, cancer becomes more likely, the study found. Twelve of 20 patients, or 60 percent, with ...

Failure of Drug-Coated Stent

... many patients experience restenosis, during which cells from inside the vessel grow around the stent, part... had a relatively thick plastic sleeve. The body's cells may have attacked the plastic, thinking it was a foreign body, leading to an accumulation of cells. ...

Cure for common cold

...oat, interfering with the germ’s ability to infect cells and make copies of itself. Other cold remedies merely suppress symptoms, like drying runny noses or coughs. In clinical trials, Picovir shortened the length of the cold to roughly six days from seven. Patients took the pills three times a day for fiv...

Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's

... appeared promising.// Plaque buildup ruins brain cells and is the cause of Alzheimer's. Some people have a genetic propensity to develop this plaque later in life. The St. Louis team examined 40 mice carrying a genetic mutation to develop buildup up amyloid plaque. Two types of this amyloid protein were ...

Tea can prevent aging

...ts antioxidant properties. Polyphenols protect the cells from damaging// physiological process known as oxi...he body and an increased amount of them can damage cells resulting in heart diseases, cancer, cholestrol and BP.Polyphenols can stop the damage that free rad...

Drug stabilizes cancer growth

...ther than directly attacking cells, normal healthy cells are left untouched, reducing side effects. However, patients in the study did experience some nausea and fatigue. "I am encouraged that this drug appears to have so few side effects," said Dr. Ronald Bukowski, director of experimental therapies at ...

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