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Tag: "novel" at medical news

Understanding Cancer Initiation Could Help In Early Detection And Prevention

...versity of Nebraska Medical Center. “We have a novel approach to cancer. We know the initiating step,” said Dr. Cavalieri. “We think prevention of cancer is a problem we can solve by eliminating this initiating step. Estrogens can induce cancer when natural mechanisms of protection do not work proper...

Cut down on food to live longer!!!

...ge. So this is very important information, totally novel in humans, that calorie restriction can reduce DNA damage." ...

Another feather in fish oil cap: hope against retinal degenerative diseases

...his knowledge might be applicable to the design of novel therapeutic interventions to halt or slow disease progression.'...

Protest against G.O. No. 19

...s. Osmania Medical College doctors have chosen a novel way of airing their grievances. They have organized a skit showing the Government doctors disturbing the wedding of the Health Secretary, the bridegroom with Merit, the rightful bride who in turn arranged the Health Secretary's marriage with a rich b...

Mortality Rates Due To Heart Diseases Is High In Rural Areas Too

...health problems in the study region and to develop novel ways of dealing with them. "The high mortality due to cardiovascular problems in rural Andhra Pradesh was found to be a result of a combination of life-style problems including smoking, wrong diet consisting of high salt, high oil and high sugar in...

Heart Related Problems-The Largest Killers In Andhra Pradesh

...health problems in the study region and to develop novel ways of dealing with them. The pilot study assessed a population of nearly 1.8 lacs, involving 45 villages in East and West Godavari Districts of Andhra Pradesh. Extensive research conducted over the last two years has showed heart diseases as bein...

Improved Bone Grafts With Bioactive cement scaffold

... repair of bones in the face, skull and jaw. The novel technology will enable a method for making scaffolds for bone tissue. The scaffold is seeded with a patient's own cells and is made from a cement paste consisting of minerals, available in natural bone. The paste is then injected into a bone cavity a...

Novel method conceived, to achieve genome-wide gene silencing.

... Wistar Institute and colleagues have discovered a novel way for achieving gene silencing, or gene repression. A report on the findings appears in the April 15 issue of Genes & Development. Shelley L. Berger, Ph.D., the Hilary Koprowski Professor at The Wistar Institute and senior author on the study sai...

HIV Type determines turn-out of the disease.

A novel study has shown that, the type of HIV, a person is afflicted with, among the different subtypes of HIV already existing, is a key indicator of how quickly// they will succumb to the disease. Researchers from the United States studied people in Uga...

Light at the end of the tunnel for patients suffering Keratoconus.

A novel treatment that utilizes a certain dose of light and vitamin B2, promises to be an eye opener to nearly tens and thousands of Australians. // It is well known that almost 10,000 Australians suffer a degenerative disease of the eyes, called keratoconus...

Reverse Heart Transplant Surgery On A Little Girl Makes History

...at this is a great example of how a pioneering and novel approach to a medical problem can lead to surprising results and could teach us a lot about how some heart diseases progress, explaining how in the past, patients with inflamed hearts either died or were transplanted before their own hearts had any c...

A Unique Technique To Visualize How The heart functions Developed

...that the new voltage-sensitive dyes, together with novel optical techniques, have greatly enhanced the understanding of how the heart works. The researchers hope to continue their work towards the development of a high-speed, depth-resolved 3-D imaging system that makes use of what may be the fastest camer...

A new medicine source: wallaby milk

A novel discovery has been done by an Australian team of scientists who have found that the milk of the female tammar wallabies contains a molecule //that is 100 times more effective against bacteria such a E.coli than the most potent form of penicillin. Thi...

Molecular Imaging Of Cancer Now Possible, New Hybrid Virus Produced

...a milestone in cancer research as it could lead to novel treatment strategies for combating cancer. As the technique increases the visibility of the cancer cells and makes it more accessible to treatment, it might allow precise monitoring of how certain anti-cancer agents work. 'In tumor-bearing mice, we...

Gender Difference In Pain Experience Explained By Brain Diversity

... important clinical implications. It could lead to novel treatment strategies to treat pain in men and women. The finding, reported in the April issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology, is the first report of specific differences in the parts of the brain responsible for the transmission of pain se...

Rare Bone Disease Traced To Faulty FOP Gene

... FOP gene could eventually pave for development of novel treatment techniques to treat the disease. Additio...defy all odds despite her total immobility. This novel breakthrough has indeed offered endless hope to numerous victims, afflicted with FOP....

Diabetes, The Silent Killer of New Zealand

...ed due to cancer, heart disease and stroke. With novel blood sugar monitoring being invented everyday, and the sustained efforts of the pharmaceutical industry offering endless hope in the treatment and cure of diabetes, the take home message which is valid now and forever is: 'Do not to wait to be detec...

Terahertz Imaging Promises To Revolutionize Breast Cancer Treatments

Researchers have found a novel way to verify that the complete cancer has been removed at breast cancer surgery. The detailed report is published in the May issue of Radiology.// Researchers used light waves in a newly explored region of the electromagnetic spectrum--the terahert...

Micro vascular Disease Enabled with a Superior Test, Courtesy: Women’s Heart Progra

...ll be a good boost// to the researchers to develop novel methods to treat this disease. This disease is found to afflict women much more than men. “Only in recent years have physicians become aware of micro vascular disease - a dysfunction of the heart’s small arteries - as a significant problem for wome...

Researchers Have Found New Methods To Treat Parkinson’s Diseas

...ant in Parkinson's, this is not going to suggest a novel approach to treatment, but it will strengthen the importance of searching for treatments along these lines," Stoessl added. ...

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