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Tag: "metal" at medical news

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

...tions by experts in Canada and the US, to the high metal content in ayurvedic medicines, Dr.Ramadoss said, 'This was because there were no standard criteria used. Heavy metals are part of standard ingredients in Ayurveda. Abroad they are tested by the criteria used for food products, whereas in India they ...

Three Teslas magnetic resonance imager acquired. Shot in the arm for research

...eld, as the influence of the field may cause these metal structures to move or their temperature to rise. Neuroimaging in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer The acquisition of the 3 Teslas magnetic resonance imaging unit will enhance Functional Neuroimaging research – already initiated at the Applied Medicine R...

Lack of Evidence on Treatment for Narrowed Kidney Arteries

...alloon; angioplasty in combination with a stent, a metal mesh tube placed inside the artery; or therapy with drugs, such as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), calcium channel blockers, and/or beta blockers. Some doctors also recommend statins to lower ch...

Specialized Bra for Women Post Heart Surgery

...ometimes happen after a surgery. Also there are no metal clasps that will afftect x-ray images. The economic feasibility of this bra will be assessed now as this is not covered by health insurance. There is also a further study to look at whether these bras will help reduce scarring. NLA...

Eating Fish has more Benefits than Risks

...e of concern in consumption of seafood. This heavy metal has been associated with learning disabilities and developmental delays in children and to heart, nerve and kidney damage in adults. "The controversy has been pretty one-sided, dominated by those who feel low levels of mercury impair cognitive deve...

Injecting Gold into Knees may Ease Arthritis Pain

...t big formal trial of gold next month in which the metal will be compared to a placebo or dummy treatment at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. The researchers will inject 50 osteoarthritis patients with gold, it said. According to the Arthritis Research C...

Bypass Surgery, a Better Option than Angioplasty for Severe Heart Patients

...s during angioplasty procedures. Stents are thin metal mesh tubes that are inserted at the site of a blockage after angioplasty to keep the artery open. For cardiologists, stents were a significant advance over angioplasty alone, cutting in half the rate of reblockage of the treated artery, Smith said. M...

Pelvic Exams without Stirrups May Improve Women’s Healt

... at ease about being asked to place her feet up in metal stirrups//. Still, the stirrups position is thought to afford the best view of the vulvovaginal area and facilitate proper placement of exam instruments. According to the findings of a new study, however, there may be an acceptable, less vexing alter...

Dangers Lurking in Soft, Cuddly Toys

...ards that stipulate the safety limits of the heavy metal contents in toys, internally manufactured or those imported, the issue of safety is left largely up to the manufacturers' discretion and judgment, the report states. "Since a large number of toys are imported into India, cheaply, or are made in the...

Does Life Saving Stents Actually Carry The Risk Of Blood Clots?

...newer generation of stents, compared with the bare metal variety, might cause the formation of blood clots long after implantation. The risk associated with the condition that is now known as known as late-stent thrombosis, were the center of debate at a cardiology meeting held earlier this week in Barcelo...

Drug-coated heart stents under scrutiny, after study

...tents lined with drugs do not afford. The exposed metal on this drug-coated stents could act as a potential clot magnet. Dr. Salim Yusef, professor of medicine and director of cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada said "It's time to stop and re-evaluate. Having done six million of these ...

Microcapsules target cancer cells

...ilver atoms. The scientists mixed together charged metal nanoparticles along with the polymers composing th... insignificantly absorbed in the tissue. It is the metal particles in the walls of the microcapsules only that absorb the light - even when the microcapsules...

High-Fat, Copper-Rich Diets Associated with Increased Rates of Cognitive Decline

...ts. Copper pipes may also add trace amounts of the metal to drinking water. Cognitive abilities declined in all participants as they aged. Overall, copper intake was not associated with the rate of this decline. However, among the 604 individuals (16.2 percent of the study group) who consumed the most sa...

A Mushroom Extract May Impact the Body’s Immune Syste

...–80°C. Samples were analyzed at pH3 on immobilized metal affinity capture (IMAC30) ProteinChip? arrays, using both low-performance and high-performance mass spectrometry (MS). Statistical analyses of low- and high-resolution MS data were cross-validated to determine whether changes in immunologically relev...

New Studies On Zebrafish Could Aid in Treating Birth Defects

...cal operation, it tends to keep using it. Handling metal atoms like copper is one such operation. These atoms are essential but can be very destructive if they get loose within the cell. "The fact that injecting the human gene can rescue the zebrafish embryo is also an example of gene therapy that works ...

Unmasking Nutrition's Role in Genes and Birth Defects

...in, hormone production and pigmentation. The trace metal is commonly found in shellfish, nuts, chocolate and liver. "Whether a zebrafish embryo has enough copper to develop normally depends not only on the total amount of copper, but on how well this gene functions," Mendelsohn said. Menkes disease is ...

Scientist Study New Treatment Modality for Psychiatric Disorders Using Mice

...ce of sweetened cereal hidden in two-inch diameter metal bowls. The scientists varied the material inside the bowls where the cereal piece was hidden and also varied the outer texture and smell of the bowls. The rodents learned to find the cereal by using a cue such as the bowl's outer texture. After ex...

Treatment of Endometriosis in the Pipeline

...chers also suggest that the harmful effects of the metal (iron) ion can be reduced by treating the patient with iron chelaters. Scientists suggest that excess iron which accumulates in the body as a result of the breaks down of red blood cells (RBCs) from the monthly internal bleed is the cause of endometr...

Endometriosis Could be Treated with Iron Therapy

...n chelater' which is a molecule that can attach to metal ions and neutralize their harmful effects on the body can reduce cell proliferation in the lesions. Research leader Jacques Donnez, head of the department of gynecology at the Catholic University of Louvain 'Our findings represent a crucial step in...

Dental Grills harmful For Users

...people do." He explained that it was the type of metal used to make the grill that becomes the key factor...rts have indicated that one in seven people have a metal allergy, Messina said, "What we are trying to do, is get people to understand the risks involved bef...

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