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Organs made from cloned embryos

...the claim without seeing the data. There are many, many years of work ahead of us. These are exciting but very preliminary data," said Dr. George Q. Daley, a stem cell expert at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ultimate goal of the research is to find replacement parts for worn ...

Cooling treatment for newborn asphyxia

... supply or detachment of the placenta, however, in many cases the cause cannot be identified. On the strength of these studies, researchers from hospitals and other medical institutions across the UK, with funding from the Medical Research Council, plan to undertake extensive trials to find out conclusiv...

AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death

...treatment in the next 10-15 years we could have as many as 65 million deaths from this disease," said Peter Lamptey, president of the Family Health International AIDS Institute a non-governmental agency based in Arlington, Virginia. The illness has decreased life expectancy, increased infant mortality a...

The negative advancement

...e found a relationship between// tanning lamps and many types of skin cancer like basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School in the US interviewed almost 2,500 people between 25 and 74 years old - most of whom had developed skin cancer - aski...

Risk Of Decongestants In Hypertensive Patients

...gh blood pressure. Though they are generally safe, many popular cold and flu medicines contain decongestan...els, the warnings often go unnoticed or ignored by many who assume over-the-counter drugs are safe for one and all. One big reason such warnings may be igno...

Caution On Use of Cholesterol Drugs

...n their 40s and early 70s, Fedder's group says. As many as 40 percent of those now eligible to take the drugs fall outside that age range. The new guidelines also force a significant shift in the proportion of men and women who'll probably receive cholesterol-lowering medication. Under the earlier recomme...

Herbal Drug In Controversy

...been witnessed in Pacific Island populations or in many practices in the United States. Canadian health officials are warning consumers to stop using kava. "Consumers are advised to check the labels of any herbal products for the presence of kava, and to discontinue use of any product labeled to contain ...

OxyContin Abuse Continues To Rise

...y that OxyContin has become the pill of choice for many addicts. OxyContin is designed to treat moderate to severe, chronic pain. The drug's classification requires patients to present a written prescription to a pharmacist. Its time-released form allows patients to take it once every 12 hours. Abuse of...

Leukemia pill shows promise against stomach cancer

...ntestinal stromal tumors, or GIST, which affect as many as 5,000 people in the US each year. Studies have shown it to be as effective in treating chronic cases of GIST as it has been in treating chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Researchers reported 59 percent of patients with advanced-stage GIST went...

No link between bad weather and rheumatism

...s not clear what exactly causes the condition, but many patients often report that certain weather changes influence their pain. Now a study led by Dr Egil Fors from Ostmarka Hospital in Trondheim suggests the link is just only a illusory mental image. The team found that weather played no role in levels...

Undertaking the obesity epidemic

According to a new survey, many people trying to lose weight are not using the right scheme. Researchers phoned 1000 local residents and found that 60 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women said they were overweight or even obese.// Most of these were trying to lose weight or at...

Depression elevates heart failure risk

...een depression and heart disease has been shown by many research studies. Now researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in the US have shown that women who// are depressed are more likely to suffer from heart failure. The study included 2000 participants - 1000 men and 1500 women - of average a...

Knee fat turns into cartilage

...adable matrix. The work has enormous potential and many applications. In years to come, those with injury to a joint or some other skeletal problem could find themselves with a ready repair material created from their own cells....

Obesity a global problem

...th may be found hand-in-hand with adult obesity in many places. The phenomenon means countries that still face problems of under-nutrition also need to pay attention to the prevention of obesity-related illnesses, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Obesity is also on the increase among non-Wes...

Heriditary dental disorders

...ember of the superfamily of TGF proteins that have many diverse functions in normal development throughout the body. It has long been known that TGF-b1 plays a part in tooth development and that it is active in the dentin-forming cells from as early as day 13 in the mouse embryo. The research team will c...

Senior drug card saves little

...xchange for discounts. But savings are minimal for many of the most popular name-brand drugs. // On avera...n. The cost of prescription drugs is crucial for many older people. Medicare, which provides health insurance to all Americans over age 65, does not cover...

Anthrax vaccine produced

... form presently used, which although effective has many side effects. Dr Bhatnagar was motivated to find a vaccine for anthrax following a major epidemic among animals in West Bengal seven years ago....

Mutation connected to Osteoporosis

...on. Although about one in 100,000 people have POH, many millions of people will develop osteoporosis, which affects most elderly women and many elderly men. Up until age 30 healthy people have the ability to grow new bone but after that time t...

Cancer hazard Found With Animal-Based Nutrients

...pants' use of nutrient supplements. "We found that many animal-based nutrients found in foods of animal origin are strongly associated with risk of developing these types of cancers and we were able to identify nutrients that presumably would be protective," said Mayne. They further found that regular use...

Scios Inc. targets drug giants in arthritis war

...size of the potential market makes it a prize that many big pharmaceuticals companies also covet. So far, ...city in high doses in some animals. There are also many competitors. They include drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, which first isolated the p38 kinase in the ear...

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