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Fish Found To Improve Fetal Growth

...ight baby. Researchers say that low birth weight normally occurs in one in 10 pregnancies. In women who ate no fish, that rate increased to one in eight, or 13 percent. Nearly 12,000 women were asked to report their levels of fish consumption at 32 weeks of pregnancy. The women’s average intake amounted to ...

Endometriosis And Its Association With Migraine

...ndometriosis is where endometrial tissue, which is normally found only in the lining of the womb, develops outside the uterus // and attaches itself to ligaments and organs in the abdominal cavity. As the condition progresses its symptoms include pain, bleeding, inflammation, adhesions and infertility. Rese...

Improving Fertility In Patients With Cervical Cancer

...cles remained regular and follicle growth occurred normally for more than a year. According to the study, treatment for cervical cancer, including high-dose pelvic radiation and chemotherapy, improves survival and cure rates but it can also cause permanent ovarian failure. That failure can be a severe blow t...

Umbilical Cord Blood Offers Hope For Patients Who Require Bone Marrow Transplants

...ngs researchers say umbilical cord blood, which is normally discarded at birth, could provide an important source of transplants for these individuals....

Effectiveness Of Infertility Treatments Questioned

... study . Researchers say natural killer cells are normally found in the uterus and increase significantly in number during early pregnancy. However, specialists are not sure why these cells exist or what their function is during pregnancy and till date women who appear to have high levels of the cells are be...

Understanding The Link Between Celiac Disease And Osteoporosis

... osteoporosis patients, outpacing that which would normally be expected with standard osteoporosis drugs. Researchers say their study raises the question of who should be screened for celiac disease and when, hence they suggest that further study be done inorder to more clearly define the population at risk....

Fungal Infections Effectively Controlled By Light Therapy

...lowing fungal invasion may spark infection. Light normally inhibits mating of the C. neoformans -- a potentially life-threatening human pathogen. Two genes have been identified for the response. It is said that the loss of the same genes reduces fungal infection in mice. Mice which lacked either of the light...

Epilepsy surgery to help child development

...with only 8% failure rate. Most children developed normally after the surgery, with the gain being most prominent being that of 15 or more points in the IQ. The researchers concluded that although postoperative recovery also may show delay in mental development, most children, the development proceeded at a ...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

...nset of cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. Age-related cataract is one of leading cause of blindness in the world today. Besides the physical handicap, cataract also represents enormous economic burden, both to the patient and to the country in terms of the operative pr...

Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage

...rolein is produced by the body and is non-toxic at normally occurring low levels, it becomes hazardous when its concentration increases, as it often does in tissue that experiences stresses such as exposure to smoke or pesticides. In the case of spinal injury, acrolein's hazard may be the key in causing debil...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

...wuchereria is susceptible to antibiotics which are normally used against bacterial infections," said Professor H?rauf emphasizes. In their study in Tanzania they treated 72 male patients for eight weeks with doxycyclin or a placebo. What they found was that initially the patients blood was swarming with mi...

Mutations in NOTCH1 cause an early developmental defect in the aortic valve

...f these families, we found that the NOTCH1 protein normally shuts down factors that control bone development, ... to severe calcification, the leaflets do not open normally which stops the proper supplying of blood to other parts of the body leading to replacement of the v...

Herbal Remedies For Insomnia And Anxiety May Be Ineffective

... reaction, towards any stress which the person can normally handle. Generalized anxiety involves excessive worry about actual circumstances, events or conflicts. Insomnia- This is the condition of sleeplessness. People who suffer from this condition often find it difficult to sleep, or may get up in the mi...

Studies On Hearing Loss Discovers New Causes

...fference in coloration in two structures which are normally alike in color.) Molecular genetic studies failed to link these patients with mutations known to be associated with Waardenburg syndrome, an inherited disorder often characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigme...

More News That Circumcision Could Reduce risk of HIV infection

...a normal foreskin? The skin over the tip of penis normally folds on itself as a sleeve and attaches to the head of penis. This extra skin is called foreskin. In newborn babies the under surface of the foreskin is fused to the head of penis. Because of this in 95% of newborn babies the foreskin can not be pul...

Patients Suffering From Severe Mental Diseases Are At Risk Of Being Crime Victims

... can disrupt the ability of the person to function normally and relate to his environment in a normal pattern. Most of the time people suffering from severe mental illnesses cannot live in the community unless adequately supported by the medical and familial help....

Turmeric Found To Slow Down Melanoma Growth

...rcumin was found to suppress two specific proteins normally part of an intracellular pathway that prevents apoptosis when stimulated. Curcumin partially inhibited NF-êB and strongly inhibited its upstream stimulator and another independent inhibitor of apoptosis, IKK. However, it did not suppress two other si...

Hyaluronic Acid – A Boon To The Problem Of Premature Infant

..., called oligodendrocyte progenitors. These cells normally mature to become oligodendrocytes that make myelin (the insulating sheath surrounding nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord) throughout life. In some cases, these cells fail to mature and cannot repair damage to the white matter of the brain. T...

Larynx transplant restores patient's voice after 20 years

...e motorcycle accident. He had been unable to speak normally for 20 years. The lucky recipient is now giving motivational speeches to other patients and support groups. Doctors replaced Heidler's larynx, or voice box, along with part of his trachea, throat and nerves. Because they didn't want to disrup...

An effective pain killer

...on pain sensory nerve endings. Vallinoid receptors normally react to heat and acidity. The 'hot' sensation experienced when eating chilli arises from the capsaicin in the chilli reacting with those pain receptors. But the problem with capsaicin is that it subsides pain receptors only after triggering them of...

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