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Bottleneck in Blood Supply Makes Brain Vulnerable to Strokes

...neuroscientists has discovered a bottleneck in the network of blood vessels// in the brain that makes it vulnerable to strokes. The finding may explain the origin of the puzzling damage to the brain’s gray matter often detected in brain scans, especially among the elderly. In the study, published this week ...

Potential Key to Brain Blood-Flow Disorders Explored by Scientists

...nd glucose, which is provided through an intricate network of blood vessels in the brain. Different parts of the brain are engaged by every activity, such as analytical thought, piano playing, seeing, hearing, walking, and these regions then require a rapid elevation of blood flow to meet the increased me...

MIT Creates 3-D Scaffold for Growing Stem Cells

...om Milan, Zhang created a designer scaffold from a network of protein nanofibers, each 5,000 times thinner th...und them. A cell's normal environment is a complex network of tiny fibers, gaps and pores through which oxygen, hormones and nutrients are delivered and waste ...

Planning for Good Health Resolutions

...tance, if you plan to quit smoking, have a support network of friends and family ready to help, and speak to your doctor beforehand for tips on staying on track. “Or if you want to lose weight, draft up a healthy eating and exercise plan ahead of time, and perhaps ask your partner or a friend to embark on ...

Telemedicine Offers New Possibilities in Health Care

...he hospital, if they are in an electronic security network that remotely monitors key physiological data. The latest cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, implanted in people suffering from ventricular fibrillation, check themselves and send an email to the treating physician if they are not functioning p...

Indian American Donates $30 Mn to Healthcare System

...eastern Ohio and has 150 locations, encompassing a network of hospitals, outpatient centres and primary care physicians. "In many ways, my life is an example of the great American dream. I consider myself very fortunate to be so successful in business and to have such a wonderful family, and I want to give...

Indian MPs to Attend AIDS Conference in Lahore

...liamentarians for Global Action (PGA), a worldwide network of individual parliamentarians, in collaboration with the provincial assembly of Punjab (Pakistan), Pakistan National Assembly and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, is organising the conference on HIV/AIDS and the health policy in South Asia. ...

A Snapshot of the Findings of the National Family Health Survey in India

...he survey spanned 29 states and was supported by a network f 30 organizations who were involved in accumulating data. There was an evident improvement in certain categories. Fred Arnold, Vice-President, ORC Macro said, "Child marriage, for instance, declined drastically from the first to the third survey. I...

Link Between Huntington’s and Abnormal Cholesterol Levels in Brain Establishe

...lesterol is essential for promoting the connection network among brain cells and in maintaining their membrane integrity. Both the level of cholesterol and its delivery to the proper locations in the cell are essential for the survival of neurons,” explains Mayo Clinic molecular biologist Cynthia McMurrary, ...

Guiding Students Toward a Successful Medical Assistant Career

...ho are preparing for tests, quizzes,and finals can network and learn online to reach their goals thanks to Danni,also known on the Internet as Danni R.,a former Certified Medical Assistant that has worked in medical offices and taught the medical assistant curriculum at well respected vocational schools in h...

Telemedicine Improves Breast Screenings for Rural Indian Reservations

...s a member of ‘the Spirit of Eagles’, a leadership network to promote cancer control research among Native Americans. Source-Newswis SRM...

Brain Responds Better to Name Brands

... The results showed that strong brands activated a network of cortical areas and areas involved in positive emotional processing and associated with self-identification and rewards. The activation pattern was independent of the category of the product or the service being offered. Furthermore, strong brands ...

India’s First Full-Fledged Trauma Center Read

...ould definitely enhance treatment. The center will network among the hospitals of MCD, NDMC, Railways, armed forces and Delhi government.' SRI...

Spiritual Leaders Join Together to Fight Against HIV/AIDS in India

...h-based bodies have 'historically provided a vital network for community based work'. It stresses that these groups should play the key role in 'compassionate care' for HIV/AIDS infected. The conference also saw the presence of Nawab of Arcot Mohammad Abdul Ali, Phillip Kuruvilla of the Christian Conferenc...

A Computer Network Contract For NHS Approved In Scotland

...ealth minister, Andy Kerr,has announced a computer network for the NHS, that would cost ￡300 million. // The contract has been signed with a consortium of IT companies comprising of Atos Origin, BT, IBM, and another IT firm, Sopra Newell & Budge, andwill provide the NHS with national computer services for ...

Eye Surgeries Remain Cancelled Due To TASS Outbreak In Toronto

...first time, is still a mystery and a national TASS network has been launched to track cases and to pinpoint possible causes. SR...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health

...Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the nationwide network of Joslin Affiliated Programs and the hundreds of Joslin educational programs offered each year for clinicians, researchers and patients, enable Joslin to develop, implement and share innovations that immeasurably improve the lives of people with dia...

Novel methods to view how a drug attaches to a cell

...ures - called dendrites - which join together in a network or cage in the shape of the spherical liposome. The liposome that Shelnutt and his team used as a blueprint consists of a double layer of lipid (detergent) molecules. The liposomes are placed in a solution containing a platinum salt. When these lip...

Chronic Kidney Disease Related To Mutant Gene

...its in each human kidney. As blood flows through a network of tiny capillaries in the glomerulus, excess water, salts and toxic molecules are removed and flushed out in urine, while important blood proteins like albumin are retained in the bloodstream. If the kidney's filtering units don't work properly, nep...

Medical School Blog Gives Students “Dose of Reality

Just about every network on television features a show about young doctors and medical students in training. How realistic are they? //What’s the experience really like? The University of Michigan Medical School recently launched the “Dose of Reality” blogs, short for Web lo...

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