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Small aneurysms best left untouched

...dominal aorta is the main artery serving the lower organs of the body, supplying them with blood from the heart.// Fragility in the wall of the aorta leads to a bulge called an aneurysm which may rupture a potentially fateful problem. The standard treatment for an aneurysm is to repair it surgically. But r...

Novel research on liver cancer

...cancer. Many of these cases have spread from other organs and doctors feel that particular form of the disease, known as metastatic, is ghastly. Patients can sometimes die within six months. The researchers from Johns Hopkins say that the research will be on to find new treatment options....

Time to re-assess lung donation concept

...lungs for transplant.There is always a shortage of organs for transplantation.// Researchers in San Francisco and Nashville have been looking at the supply of lungs for transplant. They note that currently 80 per cent of lungs are rejected. That's a very high number. Could the criteria for selection be too ...

Importance of type of sex in organ transplantation

...rugs may be needed both for those receiving female organs and for female recipients....

Oxygen Treatment may be injurious

...h severe lung or heart disease.Oxygen supports the organs of the body when the heart can't deliver enough through the blood. But oxygen is often given inappropriately. Overall the fact to believed is that Oxygen is the 'breathe of life'. A study by researchers at New York Medical College now confirms that ...

The 'lazy man's yoga"

...re are meridians on the arms that are connected to organs and the entire body," Diftler said. "So as you press on the physical body and release tension, it allows the energy in the body to flow." Thai massage is relatively new in the United States, but the number of classes and instructors certified are g...

Baltimore doctors perform three simultaneous kidney transplants

...ce of medical choreography that had nurses rushing organs in labeled coolers among six operating rooms. "We each have a piece of each other inside us," said one of the recipients.The six synchronized operations -- three to remove the kidneys, three to implant them -- became possible after an extraordinarily...

Stem cells grown into sperm cells

...e new embryo and later developing into the various organs and tissues as the fetus grows. Researchers have grown stem cells into many other types of cells, including egg cells,// but this is the first time a sperm cell has been developed, the scientists said. The work is very preliminary, and was done in...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

...and blood sugar levels rise. This causes damage in organs throughout the body. In the first study, researchers retrained the immune system not to attack the islet cells. But researchers were not clear if the islet cells were there or if they were regenerated. The latest research shows islet regeneration was...

Animals Can give us a second chance at life

... surgeons experimented by transplanting chimpanzee organs into humans in need of an organ transplant. In 198...them. “The holy grail of all this is a pig whose organs are not recognized as pig organs but rather are seen essentially to have tissues that our immune sys...

Islet Cells May Lead to Diabetes CureChildren

... blood sugar levels rise. This causes damage in organs throughout the body. In the first study, researchers retrained the immune system not to attack the islet cells. But researchers were not clear if the islet cells were there or if they were regenerated. The latest research shows islet regeneration was...

Animals can give us a second chance at life

... surgeons experimented by transplanting chimpanzee organs into humans in need of an organ transplant. In 198... them. “The holy grail of all this is a pig whose organs are not recognized as pig organs but rather are seen essentially to have tissues that our immune sys...

Stroke Patients May Benefit By Wearing Cooling Helmets

...to function better in a cooler environment whereas organs like heart function better at normal body temperature. This type of cooling did not require anesthesia. Limited cooling using this novel technique is improvement over previous attempts to cool the brain involved cooling the entire body. Cooling of ...

A Drug That Might Relieve Chronic Cough

...hronic cough is considered a disease of the lungs, organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and upper // part of the digestive tract, or even psychiatric in nature. The common treatments are successful for a great majority of patients with chronic cough. A seizure drug may be the answer to quieting a ch...

How Good Are Vitamins For You ?

... arteries from clogging and the pancreas and other organs from damage caused by diabetes....

Eating Fruits And Vegetables Found to Fight Endometriosis

... outside of the uterus and begin to surround other organs in the abdomen. // The condition can cause bleeding, pain and discomfort. Women who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to suffer from the painful condition known as endometriosis, shows a new study. Researchers surveyed 504 women diagnos...

CT Scans Found To Increase The Risk Of Cancer

...T scans deliver much larger radiation doses to the organs than conventional X-rays. The effective dose delivered during a full-body CT scan // is nearly 100 times that of a typical mammogram. A new study shows the risk of cancer death from a single full-body CT scan is just slightly less than the cancer dea...

Endometriosis And Its Association With Migraine

...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. Researchers say they have now found evidence that women with endometriosis are at higher risk of having migraines. Re...

Ebola-like virus is on the way to cause epidemic in Angola

...h flu like symptoms the virus can affect the major organs like liver, kidneys, spleen and reproductive organs....

New treatment for babies with sickle cell anemia

...ls and thus can cause damage and pain to the major organs like kidneys, spleen, and brain amongst others. Researchers of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, US, have found out that treating babies with sickle cell anemia with administration of oral liquid hydroxyurea can prevent some of the complication...

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