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New Target for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Therapy Discovered

... "This approach of 'repressing the repressor' is medically relevant to treating muscular dystrophy in that we hope to one day be able to upregulate utrophin production," explains Dr. Khurana. Since the gene sequence of utrophin is over 80 per cent identical to that of dystrophin, it may substitute for dyst...

Genetic Variation may Increase Premenstrual Depression Risk

... risk for severe premenstrual depression . Known medically as premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD, this psychiatric condition affects approximately 8 percent of women in their childbearing years. It's characterized by bouts of major depression and/or anxiety and bad temper during the second half of the ...

Australia Proposes Comprehensive Plans to Protect Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse

...dren under the age of 16 in the territory would be medically examined, he said. The commonwealth will bear the costs of the checks and any subsequent medical treatment. Welfare payments will be made dependent on children attending school and half the money will be quarantined to ensure "to ensure that these...

C- Section Does Not Affect an Infants Health

...nt time it has been seen that there is a growth of medically unnecessary, elective C-sections. Though there was no evidence of longer-term harm in this study, "we still recommend the judicious, informed and evidence-based" use of cesareans, Leung said....

Children With Chronic Illness Die in Hospitals

...nology are extending survival, as well as allowing medically fragile children to live at home. In addition, ...here is a clear trend toward higher proportions of medically fragile children dying at home, our research does not support a value judgment that dying at home is...

Many Elders in US Not Treated for Glaucoma

...primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) are not treated medically or surgically for the condition according to a study. The study is the first investigation of glaucoma-therapy use in the U.S. to utilize longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of Medicare patients. The researchers examined tren...

Bihar Under the Grip of Kala Azar

...lits an easy prey to the disease. The kala azar, medically known as Visceral Leishmaniasis, is also known as the poor man's disease because it affects the poorest of the poor. According to sources in the state government, the World Bank, WHO and the Bill Gates Foundation have shown keen interest to fund th...

Feeding Premature Babies by Cup may Not Be of Much Help

... as "non-introduction of supplemental feeds unless medically indicated," and education, reported health portal Medical News Today. The review appears in the current issue of the Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration - an international organisation that evaluates research in all aspect...

Trade Center Collapse Caused Lung Ailments in Rescuers

... and other organs swell up to form lumps of cells, medically called as granulomas. This condition can be controlled with drugs, yet, in some cases it worsens leading to death. A year after the collapse, statistics showed the incidence of this illness in 86 cases per 100,000 workers. Doctors also detected 2...

Army Training Regimen Brutal in US, Needs Overhauling

...until the point at which they are chaptered out or medically discharged. As trainees, all have yet to be grante...in March, redeploying troops who, doctors say, are medically unfit, altering medical profiles so that they can kill again. It pushes antidepressants on the psych...

Medical Marijuana Activist Drops Lawsuit

...up the case. "But I'm really having a hard time medically speaking right now - my brain tumor has finally started causing damage and I have to start radiation treatment in a couple of weeks at Stanford," she explained, adding she's lost some sensation in the left side of her face, including problems with bl...

Cancer Patients Turn Their Backs on Canadian Health Minister

...y're spending anywhere from $40,000 to $60,000 for medically necessary drugs to be injected in the hospital, which is a violation of the Canada Health Act,'' he said. "There are just a lot of folks here who are really struggling to pay for something that should be covered by the government." Gawur, 57, ha...

Aggressive Treatment for Whiplash Does Not Promote Faster Recovery

...authors state. They note that effective care, if medically needed, improves the prognosis of patients and tha... visits and refer patients to specialists when not medically needed. 'This in turn may lead to adverse outcomes and even prolong recovery by legitimizing patient...

Urologists Begin Clinical Trials on Treatment of Peyronies Disease

...penis extenders within urological clinics. Already medically certified, results of this study may increase urologists prescription of non-surgical devices for the treatment of mild cases of penile curvature. For Mor Information Please Contact:- Adam Griffin, adam@enlargementworld.com...

Diabetes Management in Schools Act Will Help Ensure Oklahoma Students With Diabetes Are Safe at School

...f this legislation, our children will finally feel medically safe at school and parents will have peace of mind knowing their kids truly are being cared for. Additionally, school personnel will have the training, tools, and resources they need to welcome our children with diabetes into their classrooms." The...

Medical Students Get Poor Quality Sleep

...ng undergraduate students whose majors were either medically or humanities-oriented, found that, while there were no differences between STEM and humanities majors' self-reported sleepiness, there were significant differences in their self-reported sleep quality with STEM majors reporting worse global PSQI sco...

Stem Cells- a Miraculous Boon

... Adult stem cells from bone marrow have been used medically for years to help regenerate the immune system, according to Arnold Kriegstein, a stem cell expert at the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco. He added that stem cells derived from fetal tissue (as opposed to developing embryos) are currently being...

CELL THERAPEUTICS PAYS Heavily to Resolve Dispute FOR ALLEGED ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CANCER DRUG

...-approved uses, or uses that were determined to be medically accepted as published in certain specific pharmaco...or only one type of cancer and was not listed as a medically accepted treatment in the compendia for any other condition. Nevertheless, the complaint states and ...

MicroRNAs Can Be Tumor Suppressors

... of the HMGA2 gene is an essential feature of many medically significant tumors, such as uterine fibroids," explains Dr. Dutta. "It is very exciting to realize that microRNAs have an important role in suppressing the overexpression of HMGA2. Thus, they may also have a role in causing, and perhaps curing, a dis...

UCSF Brain Tumor Vaccine Trial Shows Promising Results

...o attack the tumor cells, a function that is known medically as tumor-specific immune response. All the patients had recurrent, high-grade glioma, and all showed the immune response. The vaccine is made from the patient’s own tumor. The clinical trial was conducted by the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center. Re...

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