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Stem Cells Speed Growth of Healthy Liver Tissue

...the liver. PVE blocks blood flow to the diseased portion of the liver and diverts blood to the organ’s healthy tissue, promoting liver growth. Bone marrow stem cells extracted from the patient’s hip bone and injected into the liver also help the liver regenerate. The study included 13 patients with large...

Indian Parliamentarians Join to Fight Against TB

...ons should be made so that willing MPs can spend a portion of their local area development fund for the TB control program. Source-IANS...

Stem Cells to Treat Liver Cancer

...the liver. PVE blocks blood flow to the diseased portion of the liver and diverts blood to the organ’s healthy tissue, promoting liver growth. Bone marrow stem cells extracted from the patient’s hip bone and injected into the liver also help the liver regenerate. The study included 13 patients with large...

Drugs More Effective Than Angioplasty in the Case of Heart-patients

... create a detour, or 'bypass,' around each blocked portion of artery. Patients usually stay in the hospital at least three days; full recovery may take months. Angioplasty, an alternative to bypass, is a non-surgical procedure to open a blocked artery, usually by inserting a wire mesh tube called a stent....

Rare Brain Condition Linked to Obesity Surgery

...stric bypass in which surgeons section off a small portion of the stomach into a pouch that bypasses the first part of the small intestine and connects directly to the lower portions. Other types include surgery to "band" the stomach and gastric partitioning that divides the stomach into two parts. Sing...

Successful Islet Cell Transplant in Mice With Type 1 Diabetes

...ignant cells still have the gene for p53 or if the portion of the chromosome on which p53 is found has been deleted. Sourc-Newswise SRM...

Targeting SOCS-3 can Control Obesity

...alth problems. "This research demonstrates how a portion of the hypothalamus of the brain, called the arcuate nucleus, is negatively impacted by an overabundance of leptin," explained Michael Cowley, Ph.D., an associate scientist in the Division of Neuroscience at ONPRC. "By developing a special test of ne...

Simple Act of Brushing Your Teeth can Trigger an Epileptic Fit, Say Experts

...ers, repetitive brushing of the teeth stimulates a portion of the mouth that triggers the seizures, by sending an electrical signal to a part of the brain, which has this lesion, and causing these jerking sorts of seizures. The researchers documented the case of three patients who suffered fits while brush...

New Surgical Technique Decreases Colorectal OR Time

...give the surgeon more room during the laparoscopic portion of the procedure. Dr. Richard L. Whelan, chief of colon and rectal surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and associate professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explains some potent...

Nonsurgical Thoracic Aorta Repair Has Much Less Risk of Paralysis Than Surgery

... a violent life-threatening injury to the thoracic portion of the aorta. Since there was no underlying pathology, it was clear in the surgical trauma group that adverse events were not due to underlying disease, and could be more clearly attributed to the procedure. In both institutions, the data strongly su...

Schools Help Hold the Line Against Childhood Obesity

...lthier choices outside of school, such as limiting portion sizes, favoring healthy snacks, and playing kickball instead of video games. “We need to change children’s behavior after the bell rings at the end of the school day. And that means changing the out-of-school environment or the way that families re...

Study to Look at Aspirin as Aid to Conception, Healthy Pregnancy

...t and of maintaining a pregnancy to term. // UB's portion of the study is funded by a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Development. The trial is aimed at women who have miscarried a pregnancy in the past year. "In women who have had their first miscarriage, the reason...

Improving Body Image Key to Treating Eating Disorders

...much string it would take to wrap around a certain portion of their body that they are concerned about, such as their thigh or waist. Patients often think the amount is three times more than what it actually takes. When they measure the string, they realize the circumference is much smaller than imagined. ...

Intense Cessation Treatment Proves Successful in High-Risk Smokers

...lease,” said Dr. Mohiuddin, “making the outpatient portion of this program the most significant element.” All participants returned at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months, during which follow-up medical histories and expired carbon monoxide levels were obtained. Patients who reported having not smoked during the prev...

Researchers Improve Soy Processing by Boosting Protein and Sugar Yields

...logy Byproducts Consortium is supporting the nisin portion of the project with a grant of $155,711. Khanal said the technology has boosted protein and sugar release in batch-by-batch lab tests. The researchers will now try lab tests to see how it works in the same kind of continuously flowing stream that w...

Vaccine in the Dock- Suspicions of Intussusception

...unfortunate incidences. In intussusception, one portion of the intestine telescopes into a nearby portion, causing an intestinal obstruction. The most common site is where the small intestine joins the large intestine. As intussusception can occur spontaneously without vaccination, it is still not know...

Scientists Discover New Gene

...as a novel tumor suppressor, mapping to a specific portion of chromosome 1 known as 1p36. When CHD5 is not doing its job, the machinery within our cells that normally prevents cancer is switched off. The ability of CHD5 to function as a master switch for a tumor suppressive network suggests that this gene is...

British Doctor of Indian Origin Saves Bihar Woman's Life

... boon for Vijayanti Devi, who was comatose after a portion of her large intestine was cut out by mistake during a routine family planning operation. "It was a very complicated operation and risky. I did what I can to save the life of a woman, that was all. It was my duty," said Vardhan. Vijayanti Devi, a...

On the 'Fast Buck' Trail: Kidneys on Sale

...omised ransom never reaches the donor as a sizable portion goes to the middlemen ? When money becomes the motivating factor for the donation, crucial information may not be forthcoming and several guidelines may not be adhered to ? The medical history of the donors or their close relatives, high-risk...

UN Sends Medicine to Afghanistan

...n in conjunction with the Government. The health portion will target child survival, maternal health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS by training provincial health caregivers on treating malnourished children. It will also fund programmes to increase polio immunizations and vaccines against measles and tetanus. ...

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