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Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

...erimental and clinical observations have suggested involvement of intestinal microflora in its pathogenesis//. In genetically susceptible individuals, tissue damage can result from failure of normal regulatory constraints on the mucosal immune responsiveness to intestinal bacteria. Therefore, restoring the mic...

BCG vaccine for both Protection and treatment of Tuberculosis

...er may be signs of tuberculosis disease. Pulmonary involvement giving rise to chronic cough and spitting of blood... far advanced lesions. Meningitis or urinary tract involvement can occur in the absence of other signs of tuberculosis. Blood stream dissemination leads to militar...

Dermaseptins: Potent vaginal contraceptives

...t of many studies in recent years because of their involvement in host defense mechanisms and their potential use as therapeutic agents. These antimicrobial peptides include dermaseptins (DSs), a family of five structurally and functionally related peptides that were originally isolated from the skin of a tree-d...

Morality More Effective Than Legality In Preventing Drug Abuse

...id, cocaine or heroin jumped 20 percent. Parental involvement was found to be more influential than legal restrictions in preventing children's involvement with drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. Parents are the most effective way to discourage teen drug use b...

The Kidney Transplantation conspiracy in South Africa

...frican Indian doctors have been charged of alleged involvement in a scam, which saw Brazilians being paid paltry sums for their kidneys, which were transplanted into mainly Israeli clients.//The medical men were allegedly part of a team that performed more than 110 transplants at the St Augustine Hospital, which...

Astrocytes Found To Cause Epilepsy

...aches for years and so a new way in with astrocyte involvement would be very useful." Professor Nedergaard said, “To our great surprise, we found that there was an increase in reactive astrocytes in all five models, which could not have been caused by over-firing of the neurons as expected – because there had b...

Influence of Celebrities on Breast Cancer Awareness

... screening and they reported that the celebrities’ involvement in the campaign encouraged them to undergo the screening test. Results of a telephonic interview conducted in American adults reported that almost three-quarters (73%) of women age 40 and older (the age group potentially eligible for breast cancer s...

Brain scans show why we always have room for dessert

...olved in this process. The researchers found heavy involvement of the amygdala -- the area of the brain best known for processing emotions -- and the orbitofrontal cortex. Something must tell the brain when to respond and when not to, and this does not necessarily stop at food.Whether we are talking about food ...

Scientists use plastic to help body make new bone!!!!

...as a potential in helping people with painful bone involvement in advanced stages of cancer. If this breakthrough can heal the bony defects sooner and help in regrowth of bone faster, people with cancer spreading to the bones will be spared of a lot of trauma. This research also opens the possibility of...

Intense Fight Against Polio In India Gets Results

...lebrity based advertisements worked as much as the involvement of local, influential people, particularly religious and spiritual leaders. Significantly, the immunization teams include a large number of local Muslim women to increase trust perceptions. But polio eradication is not only about immunization but ...

Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage

...at keeps injured spines from healing." Acrolein's involvement with other conditions suggests that it could be the key to fighting a number of diseases, Shi said. "When the brain suffers a stroke, for example, it is deprived of oxygen, which is often thought to be the cause of brain damage. But, in fact, you c...

Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Depression

...hibited increased physiological activites and more involvement in talking and similar activities. Initially, the reactions were happening only after the immediate stimulation. Later the patients were able to sustain their emotional state out of depression for long. Depression is the state of extreme melancholy...

Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate Can Now Be Predicted Before Birth

...t. Researchers identified the gene IRF6 that has involvement with cleft lip and palate. After tremendous testing, they created a gene test called haplotype. A haplotype gene test is the sum of several recurring variations in the unusual DNA sequence of a species. In this case, they found distinct combinations ...

Exercise to Prevent Early Breast Cancer

...chers asked the participants questions about their involvement in activities such as walking, jogging, dancing and swimming to calculate a weekly activity log for each woman. Results of the study show women who exercised had a 35-percent lower risk of developing BCIS than those who were inactive. Women who exer...

Alternative Therapy in HIV Patients

...ected patients who desired medical information and involvement in medical decision-making were most likely to use CAM. Researchers suggest a need for a health care setting that encourages open discussion between health care providers and patients. They say, "Improved physician understanding about patients' need ...

Breast Cancer in Men Often Underestimated and Under-treated

...rvival was similar between 1,762 men without nodal involvement and 762 men with node-positive disease." The respective median survival in these groups was 139 months and 136 months. Breast cancer is rare in men; there were about 1,600 cases in the US in 2002, accounting for about 1% of all breast cancer cases. ...

AEterna's acquisition of Zentaris being followed up with its new product pipeline and clinical development strategy

...ctors; development costs, competitive environment, involvement of pharmaceutical partners, time to market and potential markets for future drugs. The new structure is expected to drive drug discovery on an ongoing- forward basis through a state-of-the-art drug discovery unit, including a 100,000 proprietary comp...

Gene connected to Multi-System disorder discovered

...nd 100 additional people. Scientists suspected the involvement of connexin 43 in the disorder since the gene is turned on in fetal development in a pattern that reflects the problems seen in oculodentodigital dysplasia. They therefore determined the sequence of its building blocks in affected and unaffected memb...

Specialist care convalesces intensive care survival

...dicine. Previous research has suggested that the involvement of an 'intensivist' reduces death rates by ten per cent. This study suggests that figure is as large as 30 per cent. It means that the potential lives saved each year by employing such experts could be 162,000. Patients in hospitals where there are i...

Comparing Breast surgery techniques

...odes. They also studied 502 women with lymph node involvement - who received similar treatment. There were no significant differences in survival among the three groups of women who started off with their lymph nodes free of cancer. Nor were there differences in the groups who had positive nodes....

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