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First Imported Dengue Fever Case Reported

...at she came down with fever, headache, a rash, and muscle and joint pain on January 2. She was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital on January 6 and is now in stable condition. However, till now no such symptoms have been reported by her travel companions. SRI...

Jefferson Physicians Report on Potentially Fatal Complication of Heart Attack

...y Hospital. "The rupture occurs from a tear in the muscle that has already been damaged by a heart attack. The heart muscle breaks and the wall bursts usually causing cataclysmic death soon after." The Jefferson researcher...

Eating Spicy Food Daily Could Kill Cancer Cells

...es that are used in the treatment of psoriasis and muscle strains can be effectively used in the treatment of serious ailments. Dr Timothy Bates who led this study attributes the spicy food eating habits of Mexicans and Indians to the lower incidences of cancers in these countries on a comparative note wi...

Mitochondrial Protein Maintains Appetite During Fasting

...ysfunction in peripheral tissues such as liver and muscle has been shown to play a critical role in insulin resistance in diabetes. This study indicates that brain mitochondrial dysfunction may also play a critical role in the etiology of obesity and diabetes. Source: Yale UniversityBR>SRM...

Over-exercising Not Good for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

...rophy is a genetic disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and over 30 forms of the condition have b... weakness appears within 30 minutes of exercise or muscle pain between 24 and 28 hours after training, then they are warning signals that indicate strain," ex...

Are One-Third of Costly Implanted Heart Devices Unnecessary?

...rt attacks but had permanent damage to their heart muscle caused by lack of blood flow — a condition called ischemic cardiomyopathy. Each patient received a test called microvolt T-wave alternans or MTWA, along with a battery of other tests, during their evaluation. Half of the patients went on to receive ...

The Shape of Health to Come

...their top New Year's resolutions to improve shape, muscle tone and overall appearance, cancer survivors have another priority - life. // Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a customized fitness program to help survivors of endometrial cancer - or cancer of the...

Potential Key to Brain Blood-Flow Disorders Explored by Scientists

...ns to pour out of the astrocytes onto the adjacent muscle cells in the brain artery. The authors showed t...hanism. The teams next needed to uncover how the muscle cells responsible for determining blood flow in the blood vessel sense an increase in external potas...

New Gadget to Treat Insomnia, Stress

...oluntarily, such as heart rate, blood pressure and muscle tension. Source-IANS...

Risk Of Soft Tissue Sarcomas In Hereditary Retinoblastoma Survivors

...mon subtype was leiomyosarcoma, a cancer of smooth muscle cells that was diagnosed in 23 of the patients. Other frequently diagnosed sarcomas were fibrosarcoma (13 patients), malignant fibrous histiocytoma (12), rhabdomyosarcoma (8), and liposarcoma (3). The authors calculated that there was a 184-fold incr...

Fasting Mamata's Health Condition Deteriorates

...ropped coupled with low pulse rate, chest pain and muscle cramp. Her condition is worrisome, doctors said. Though the doctors said Mamata needed to take some oral fluid, the Trinamool leader refused it. Mamata's blood pressure was 96/52 in the morning. Meanwhile, a possible solution to the situation ...

Heroin Injection may Lead to Wound Botulism

... vision, slurred speech, drooping eyelids, and eye muscle weakness. The diagnosis turned out to be wound bot...d botulism following heroin injection into skin or muscle has risen dramatically in the UK since 2000. The reasons for this increase remain unclear, they say,...

Military College to Set Up Stem Cell Research Centre

...n's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, eye and muscle disease and various other diseases can be cured," ...he body with a more specialised function such as a muscle cell, a heart muscle cell, a red blood cell or a brain cell," Singh told IANS after his keynote addr...

Electrical Activity Alters Language Used By Nerve Cells

... of acetylcholine as the language used in nerve to muscle communication, or if other factors could play a ro...tzer and Borodinsky also looked for changes in the muscle cells’ transmitter receptors. They discovered that, unlike in adult muscle, very early in develop...

Protein Essential for Kidney-to-Bladder Urine Transfer

...ify a factor that guides the orientation of smooth muscle cells, which surround the ureter and provide the p...of the ureter. "In mutant mice, the longitudinal muscle is fine, but the circular muscle is either missing or has become longitudinal," Miner says. Swat a...

RVF Kills 14 in Kenya

...gher "because the symptoms of fever, headache, and muscle pain are also common in other diseases such as flu and malaria," he said. About RVF: RVF is endemic in Africa, naturally occurring in livestock but occasionally affecting humans. Animals are infected with the RVF virus by the Aedes mosquito. Th...

Botox Has Cramp Healing Properties

... as well. Writer’s cramp is involuntary spasmodic muscle contractions of the hand, arms or fingers which ca...elpful. Side effects included mild and temporary muscle weakness and pain at the injection site. Symptom relief lasted from three to 18 months, with an aver...

How Blood Flow Dictates Gene Expression

...ell. Understanding Klf2’s role in blood vessel and muscle biology could help with fighting atherosclerosis. ...r activates or represses genes that control smooth muscle tone, that is the caliber of the vessel. (Tone is governed by how much a muscle contracts or relaxes...

New MRI Technique Measures Intracranial Pressure in Brain Disorder

...ncluding severe headache, poor balance, dizziness, muscle weakness, numbness, and vision problems. In its most severe aspect, Chiari malformation can result in permanent neurological damage, including paralysis. Although medications can relieve pain, surgery is the only treatment currently available, and do...

Positive Animal Study on MYO-VAD, Promise for Treatment of Heart Failure

...or condition that puts extra stress on the heart’s muscle or deprives it of blood. High blood pressure, coronary artery disease and heart attacks are typical causes. Within 6 years of a recognized heart attack 22% of men and 46% of women will be disabled with heart failure, according to the American Heart A...

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