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Antacids also control oral bacteria

... are brandishing potent antimicrobial actions that interfere with the dirty work of other types of bacteria that cause plaque buildup and gingivitis. Such bacteria make their home on unbrushed teeth, which become coated with plaque, a filmy substance that, under a microscope, appears as a teeming sea of hund...

Anti Atherosclerosis Therapies Linked to Leukemia

...ct one type of immune cell, the macrophage, and to interfere only with its role in chronic inflammation. The acute response of the macrophages to infectious agents like bacteria, critical for protection against disease, remained unfettered. "We and others had hoped that blocking this enzyme would safely slow ...

Chronic Kidney Disease Related To Mutant Gene

...were present at birth. A milder mutation seemed to interfere with repair mechanisms in the glomerulus, so defects didn't show up until later in life.' U-M scientists used DNA microarrays to analyze blood samples from 26 families around the world who had children diagnosed with steroid-resistant nephrotic sy...

Research Questions Use of Sleep Meds for Patients with Apnea

...idual daytime effects, such as sleepiness, and can interfere with cognitive function - both of which are already problems for many patients with OSA, even after treatment with CPAP.” Upon completion of the trial, all patients showed significant symptom improvement on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and F...

Anti-Cancer Drug Shows Early Promise in Pulmonary Hypertension

...ickening of the vessel walls. Sorafenib appears to interfere with that process. Although originally designed to fight colon cancer, the drug, sorafenib (Nexavar?), proved much more effective against kidney cancer. Sorafenib inhibits an enzyme, known as Raf kinase, which plays a role in tumor-cell growth. Res...

Regulatory Mechanism for Tumor Suppressor Protein Identified

...is enzyme, if over-expressed or over-active, might interfere with p53's normal tumor suppressor function and perhaps cause cancer. If that's the case, then we could develop drugs to inhibit the enzyme that would have the effect of freeing p53 to do its job of suppressing cancer. Unusually high levels of the ne...

Contraceptive Methods Not Effective Enough

...ase in abortion rates. She said, "These policies interfere with the ability of abortion providers to ensure continuity of care for their patients by guaranteeing that, following an abortion, every woman has an appropriate contraceptive method and is able to use it consistently."...

Researchers Discover Internal Compass of Immune Cells

...tants. The researchers also found that drugs which interfere with the amplification system impair cell migration to inflamed tissues. “These findings are very important because they suggest that novel classes of anti-inflammatory drugs could be developed to prevent rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel d...

High Doses of Lithium-Like Drugs May Impair Neuronal Function

...a inhibitors, because if you use too much, it will interfere with and possibly kill neurons," said Snider, who also is director of UNC's Neuroscience Center. The results, published online Thursday (Dec. 21) in the journal Neuron, were surprising because GSK-3 beta inhibitors have been shown at some doses to ...

Memory’s Link to Recovering from Addictio

...tances that lower the risk of addiction but do not interfere with responses to natural rewards,” says Dr. Michael Miller, editor in chief of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. So far there is little evidence that any one type of therapy works better for addiction than another. Source-Newswise RM...

Lost That Lovin' Feeling? Don't Blame the Pill

...on? There are some medications that are known to interfere with libido, and antidepressants are probably the most notorious group, said Schaffir. You may want to consult your physician, because stopping or changing the medication could be effective, he said. Schaffir and other researchers at Ohio State are p...

Chiropractic Care May Help Children With Learning Disorders

...unction that can lead to learning disabilities and interfere with learning can also interfere with life skills, sport activities, and family and peer relationships. 'Learning disorders and dys...

Chiropractic Care Helps Children With Learning Disorders and Dyslexia

...unction that can lead to learning disabilities and interfere with learning could also interfere with life skills, sport activities, and family and peer relationships. "Learning disorders and dys...

Chain-Smokers can Kick the Habit –A ‘brainy’ Iea

...y functions, so we would want to make sure we only interfere with functions that disrupt bad habits like smoking but not something vital like eating.” Source-Medindi ANN...

Drug Strategy Makes Cancer Genes Get Lost in Translation

... of available small molecules for their ability to interfere with the initiation proteins' interaction in a manner similar to the 4E-BPs. The most potent compound identified, 4EGI-1, binds one of the proteins, eIF4E, thereby disrupting the ability of the eIF4E/eIF4G complex to do its job. That interference, in...

HIV Dementia Alarmingly High in Africa

..., learning, behavioral and motor disabilities that interfere with normal daily life and in extreme cases lead to total disability and a bedridden state. Unlike Alzheimer’s- and stroke-induced dementia, HIV dementia is treatable and potentially reversible with the same antiretroviral medication that is used to ...

US Student Raising Funds For Cancer-Ridden Indian American

...mal cells, which accumulate in the bone marrow and interfere with the production of normal blood cells. According to a report in The Phoenix, the official student newspaper of Loyola University, Hill and Chicago real estate developer Tom Pierce organised an all-day event last week as part of the Nikit Patel ...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

...ds. They're typically very ill, with symptoms that interfere with their lives in major ways. Establishing clear diagnostic criteria is an essential step toward making sure they get the help they need," said NIMH Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. Children have a comparatively low rate of BD, but the rate increas...

Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements Reduce Stress Fractures in Military Recruits

...g, easy and inexpensive intervention that does not interfere with training goals,” she said. Source-NewswiseBR>SRM...

'single–parent' stem cells to replace adult mice organ

...alanced set of chromosomes from both parents would interfere with the natural outcomes of genomic imprinting," McLaughlin said. "It turns out that genomic imprinting may be more a concern for developing stages and not so much a factor in the routine function of adult tissue, which was the ultimate goal for de...

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