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Stem cell research

...ll be possible to grow [embryonic stem] cells on a large scale, to introduce genetic modifications into them, and to direct their differentiation," the researchers wrote. Their success in maintaining stem cell lines in culture for an extended period, isolating early-stage nerve cells and nurturing them int...

Weight-Loss Drinks Can Make You Gassy

...l for the digestion of milk-based foods. Consuming large amounts of lactose can cause such individuals to e...onsumed the high-lactose preparation experienced a large increase in intestinal gas. The women passed gas three times as frequently--from about 10 times a da...

New Drug, Pleconaril speeds recovery from common cold

...ged noses and soothing aches, pleconaril attacks a large group of viruses known as the picornaviruses. Among these is the rhinovirus, the bug that causes about half of all colds.// Since the medicine doesn't make the sniffles disappear immediately, it is still debatable whether the scientists have discov...

Hidden influenza virus protein found

...ndom copies of the peptide. If it were a protein, large quantities of the molecule should be present. Dr. ...The cells we looked at just lit up.Researchers saw large amounts of this molecule in the mitochondria of flu infected cells, and we knew it was a real protei...

Do gardening and be fit

A large US study has found gardening is the best form of exercise for maintaining healthy bones.The US study, by Dr Sara Fenn and colleagues at the University of Arkansas, looked at the health habits// of over 40,000 women, including more than 3,000 aged 50 ...

Take care of constipation

...risk of developing the disease in the future." The large study, part of the Honolulu Heart Program, looked at 5,324 patients aged between 50 and 80 who were followed for 22 years. Constipation was defined as having less than one bowel movement a day - approximately 7% of the population are thought to be a...

Older Men Surviving Coronary Bypasses

...rease found in women in the same age range was not large enough to be statistically significant. Pell suspects this was probably due to the smaller number of procedures performed on women. "The main improvement has been in cardiac surgery, with the increased use of arterial grafts, particularly internal ...

Microchip gives blind a chance of sight

...at tests show faces can be recognised and words in large type can be read. Human tests started recently.Dr. Mark Humayun, formerly of the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is leading the research at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. To capture ...

A crude custom

... in western and southern Asia, the Middle East and large areas of Africa. Partisans of the practice say it is done for cultural and religious reasons, but rivals// say that not only is it potentially life-threatening - it is also an extreme form of oppression of women. The different types of circumcision ...

Senior drug card saves little

...name-brand drugs. // On average, seniors in three large cities -- Washington, Chicago and Seattle -- see savings of 8.2 percent on 12 name-brand drugs bought with drug discount cards compared with buying retail. The savings were more significant -- close to twice as much -- in a rural area in Georgia. T...

Dental x-rays to prognosticate heart attacks

...its present in the carotid arteries. These are the large vessels on either side of the neck that carry blood from the heart to the brain and back. The study involved 3,200 new patients in dental clinics. The UB researchers evaluated baseline panoramic dental X-rays for calcified plaque in the carotid arte...

Northfield Labs Receives FDA Comments

...undergoing clinical trials that has been tested at large enough dosages to be considered a substitute for acute blood loss in trauma and surgical settings. As a result of the process used to manufacture the blood substitute, essentially a solution of polymerized hemoglobin, PolyHeme has a longer shelf life...

Heavy Drinking Raises Risk of Liver Cancer

... having liver disease due to alcohol.// Drinking a large amount of alcohol for a few years is a risk-taking behavior, whereas drinking a low-to-moderate amount for many years is probably safe for an individual. Alcohol use is known to be a major cause of liver diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. ...

Ranbaxy Labs' Entry Into Anti-Acne Market

...ent of severe recalcitrant nodular acne. One other large US generic company, Mylan, is also expected to be in the race to manufacture and market the drug. The patent for isotretinoin will expire in February 2002. The worldwide sales of Accutane are about $757 million and are growing at about 8% - 10% . Th...

Vitamin E decreases high blood pressure in kidney failure

...mpaired kidneys// and high blood pressure produce large amounts of damaging free radicals. This process, known as oxidative stress, now looks to play a key role in high blood pressure. In the latest study, they also show that giving the animals vitamin E, a known antioxidant, reduces the high blood pressu...

Calcium reduces colon cancer risk

...lon cancer history of 135,000 men and women in two large health surveys.// They found that those who consum...side of the colon includes the last segment of the large intestine. The right side is higher up the gut and attached to the small intestine. The results of...

Microchip gives blind a chance of sight

...at tests show faces can be recognised and words in large type can be read. Human tests started recently. Dr. Mark Humayun, formerly of the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is leading the research at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. To captu...

The route to fertilization

...the egg," notes Epel, "the enzyme quickly produces large amounts of nitric oxide gas, which is injected into the egg once the sperm and the egg make contact."The injection of nitric oxide gas from the sperm triggers the release of calcium inside the egg about 30 seconds later. Calcium then activates nitr...

Statins reduce risks for angioplasty patients

...esterol by slowing cholesterol production. Several large studies demonstrated that the drugs prevent heart attacks and heart-disease deaths. Cardiologist Robert Harrington of Duke University said the results are anything but surprising. "It's more evident that statins are good for people with heart disease...

Hope for tinnitus sufferers

...ion, those with tinnitus have a disproportionately large region of their brain which corresponds to the frequencies of the rogue sounds. A distortion also occurs in patients with phantom limb pain who have a shrunken area of that part of the brain which represents the amputated arm or leg. Researchers suc...

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