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New Drug Could Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

...g brain by retarding the formation and survival of nerve cells. Infants affected by FAS had retarded brain development especially during the first three years of life when brain development proceeds at a rapid pace. But the Cornell reserachers said that more research was needed to confirm the usefulness of...

Smoking Increases Chances Of Needing Root Canal Treatment

... canal treatment is necessary when the pulp or the nerve of the tooth gets diseased. It was found that 998 teeth received the treatment in the said period. It was found that people who smoked had a higher risk of undergoing the treatment. "For example, the teeth of a man who smoked for less than four years...

Nerve Damage Can Be Prevented By Xenon Administration During Surgery

...ent of new treatments for diseases associated with nerve damage such as stroke, spinal cord and brain injur...ctivity of the glutamate receptor that resulted in nerve death. Prof. Nick Franks accidentally discovered this potential of xenon while he was involved in th...

Xenon Could Limit Nerve Damage After Stroke

...ng from strokes in whom brain damage and damage to nerve cells is always a risk. In a report published in A...udies that xenon was effective in stopping damaged nerve cells from dying, but this study is of tremendous importance as it shows that it is feasible to admi...

New Test Offers Hope in Effective Hearing Aid Design for Babies

...t. This in turn is responsible for transmission of nerve impulses to specific region of the brain involved in the hearing process (auditory region). Children with hearing loss have dead regions that represent the cochlear region which is non-functional or where the cells have died off. The hearing aids t...

Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug curbs the disease in mic

...arinic receptor which is present on the surface of nerve cells. In the Alzheimer's disease there is a selective loss of neurons which produce the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. He said that by stimulating the M1 receptor one can boost the acetylcholine activity and AF267B does the stimulation. It was de...

Multiple Sclerosis Drug Trial Criteria to Be Redefined

...ation of myelin sheath destruction surrounding the nerve cells. The immune system cells attack the myelin sheath, eventually leading to loss of control over motor function and even paralysis. The drug was found to block this effect. It was highlighted that the inhibition of immune cells, could lead to a...

Disturbance in Serotonin Levels Result in Reduced Gasping In Kids with SIDS

... times and they don't wake up. This is because the nerve cells required for gasping need serotonin. In their experiments, Ramirez's team found that when they took serotonin away from these pacemaker cells, the gasping decreased from about 20 gasps to two or three not enough for the baby to wake up. He sa...

Large Scale Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine Trial to Be Initiated By PharmaFrontiers

...isease in which the myelin sheath, surrounding the nerve fibers in the spinal cord and brain is destroyed. ...ion of this protective sheath, the transmission of nerve impulses to the brain is affected. Approximately 2.5 million people are afflicted by the disease, ev...

Vaccine to Impede MS Is In the Trials

...rain’s myelin sheath. // It is a layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord that allow the brain to transmit the electrical signals that stimulate movement. A vaccine is under trail to slow down the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. It is to be tested for the first time on U.S. pa...

Protein Responsible for Memory Loss in Alzheimer's disease

...n deposits called amyloid plaques deposits between nerve cells in the brain and tangles of a protein called tau inside nerve cells. The researchers reported the findings in the journal Nature. The scientists found a form of...

Drug Combo Improves Performance Of Multiple Sclerosis Drug

...the myelin sheath (an insulation layer) present in nerve fibers around the spinal cord and brain. Treatment of the disease is based on the use of drugs (Copaxone) that selectively inhibits the destruction of myelin. Copaxone treatment however is effective only in about 30- 35% of the cases. The researche...

A New Focus For The Mechanism Of Nerve Growth

...archers at Yale shed new light on the mechanism of nerve cell growth by identifying novel functions for a m...icle in the March issue of Nature Cell Biology. As nerve cells develop or attempt to recover after damage, they extend growth cones, highly flexible extensio...

Bamboo Shoots Causes Botulism Outbreak

...s a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin called Botulin that is produced by the bacte.... Botulin is the most potent known toxin, blocking nerve function and leading to respiratory and musculoskeletal paralysis. Symptoms include double vision, b...

How Healthy Is A Regular Dose Of Cod Liver Oil?

...h. It helps in tissue repair, for skin repair, the nerve and the immune system. Scientists at Cardiff University have observed that cod liver oil is effective in relieving arthritis and also has beneficial effects in reducing the risks of heart disease. Cod liver oil is capable of reducing the blood c...

JRRD Focuses On Issues Such As Spinal Cord Injury and Prosthetics

...developing foot ulcers due to poor circulation and nerve damage, putting them at risk for amputation. Data suggests a strong relationship between foot deformity and ulceration and between foot deformity and foot type. A recent study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) along with work services ...

Understanding Basic Motor Skills

...ability to learn by adapting to signals from other nerve cells. The findings were published in the journal... AMPA receptors. The investigators used individual nerve cells as well as brain slices from three different populations of genetically modified mice lacking ...

Adequate Foot Care, the Only Way to Prevent Amputation of Lower Limbs in Diabetics

...on. Diabetics, who have had a history of ulcers, nerve damage, circulation problems and foot deformities, are at increased risk of amputation. But nearly 25% of diabetics who are considered to be in the risk category are not being offered any kind of special treatment, according to the researchers. They ...

New Therapy For Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome

...protein AChE-R interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses that can affect memory and behavior. Stress caused by a traumatic event can result in the production of the variant protein for a long time. Most memories decay naturally, but people under extreme stress pump an abnormal amount of stre...

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...was removed, she now suffers form paralysis due to nerve damage. January 2006, India: An emaciated old man lies confined to a dilapidated charpoy at Lok Biradari Prakalp, set up by two doctors who were determined to devote their lives to help a tribal community which has seen nothing but poverty, malnutr...

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