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Gene Mutation Linked With Risks of Stroke

...gree that its involvement may give researchers new leads for understanding and preventing strokes as well as the potential for genetic tests to predict who is most at risk. Strokes are the leading cause of disability in the UK and the third most common cause of death after cancer and heart disease. Smok...

A New Pathway To Deal With Sleeping Sickness

..., which halts the production of messenger RNAs and leads to the parasite’s death. Inducing SLS could therefore be a novel way to eradicate parasites and prevent sleeping sickness - trypanosomiasis. The researchers also believe this could have implications for related parasites and diseases, such as Leishma...

Inhibiting Blood to Save the Brain

...blood into the brain, triggering inflammation that leads to MS-related nerve damage. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have identified a fibrin-derived peptide that inhibits this specific inflammation process in mouse models of MS, reducing MS symptoms. “Cur...

Computer Imaging Assists With Facial Reconstructive Surgery

... in a poor aesthetic result if inaccurate analysis leads to an improper decision.” Travis T. Tollefson, M.D., and Jonathan M. Sykes, M.D., of the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento performed a photograph analysis and medical record review of 14 patients (average age 32, 12 female...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

...ion-causing organisms break these cells down. This leads to abnormally darkened urine and, more importantly, causes anemia. Depending upon the severity of the disorder, patients with PNH may have pain, fatigue and debilitating weakness, the need for frequent blood transfusions, blood clots, and life-threat...

The Science of Happiness

...ch they refer to as a ‘hedonic treadmill’ that leads one to search for more pleasure, and ‘doing good’ , which may pave the way for lasting happiness. Doing good is also associated with positive emotions like optimism, gratitude, hope, spirituality and love, among many others. Building one’s conf...

Salt Consumption Needs To Drop Further

...healthier food to consumers as higher salt in food leads to higher BP, cardiovascular disorders and strokes. But this campaign from FSA was not well received by the Salt Manufacturer’s Association (SMA) who feels that a general approach on salt cutting may prove counter productive in few cases. JYT...

Surgeon Develops Procedure to Prevent Arm Swelling in Breast Cancer Patients

... or an axillary lymph node dissection, which often leads to swelling in the arm. To prevent the arm swelling, Klimberg has developed the Axillary Reverse Mapping (ARM) procedure. The new technique evaluates the ways in which fluid drains through the lymph node system in the arm through the injection of b...

Vanderbilt Performs State's First Stem Cell Heart Regeneration Therapy

...experience permanent muscle loss, which ultimately leads to heart failure. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Five million people suffer from heart failure. Half of those die. “If you look at the big picture, we don’t have a definitive way to improve people’s heart function...

Due to Cost, Heart Attack Patients Often Avoid Follow-up Care and Medication

...riptions is common among heart attack patients and leads to a worse recovery//, more angina, poorer quality of life and higher risk of re-hospitalization, according to a study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The study sought to determine if self-reported financial barriers to health care servi...

‘Fingerprints’ to Track Common Infections in Childrn

...change the way we do things,” said Dr. Ramilo, who leads pediatric infectious disease research at UT Southwestern and Children’s. It could also prove useful for identifying previously unknown illnesses or biological weapons. “Even if we don’t know which pathogen it is, we still can tell which family o...

Health Minister Concerned About the Suicide Rates in India

...yone is facing stress to become first, which later leads to depression and metal illness. Though women attempt to commit suicide more, it's men who get success in their attempts," Paul added. Source-IANS...

Viagra Helps Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

...y progressive scarring// in the lungs, which often leads to a lung transplant. Published in the March issue of the journal Chest, the research shows that more than half of the patients treated with Viagra, also known medically as Sildenafil, improved their walking distance by at least 20 percent during a...

Harbinger of Hope for Kala Azar Victims of Bihar

... weight loss, swelling of the spleen and liver and leads to cardiovascular complications resulting in death. According to former union health minister C.P. Thakur, an expert on Kala Azar, more than 50,000 people are suffering from the disease. The little sand fly that transmits the disease multiplies i...

The First Commercially Available Brain Computer Interface

...he human brain and the computer//. Mental activity leads to changes of electrophysiological signals like the Electroencephalogram (EEG) or Electrocorticogram (ECoG). The BCI system detects such changes and transforms it into a control signal which can, for example, be used as spelling device or to control ...

Computer Programmers, need not fear Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

... (CTS)at all. Yes, the CTS, more often than not, leads one straight to the surgeon. But those who work for long hours with their hands could be suffering from nothing more than a repetitive-strain injury, researchers say. CTS happens when a nerve passing through your wrist gets pinched, usually because...

Indian American's Contribution in Cancer Gene Discovery

...osome contained an important gene, that when lost, leads to cancer. "There had been a very important question in cancer biology that whether there is a gene out there that might be regulating or preventing us from having cancer," Bagchi said. "There are multiple genes out there in that region (of the c...

Stem Cell Finding Could Help Reduce Transplant Rejection

...organs and are not derived from bone marrow, which leads to the possibility that the cells may be able to help with the rejection of donated organs and with various kinds of lung disease. The study by University of Michigan Health System researchers is significant because of the large number of lung tran...

Biologists Trace Cause Of Early Blindness To Tissue Defect

...inked hereditary retinal degenerative disease that leads to blindness in an estimated one in every 100,000 people, beginning with severe loss of vision and night blindness as early as the pre-teen years and progressing to complete blindness by middle age. Using a line of mutant zebrafish developed by Roc...

Atkin’s Low-carb Diet Best for Weight Los

... ‘ whether consistently eating all that fatty food leads to long-term health problems.’ Sharma added, “ What’s quite clear is that patients who have obesity and need to lose weight and keep that weight off cannot eat like other people. Diet is only one part of the obesity treatment plan. Physical activi...

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