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Spacer Insertion May Offer Less Invasive Option for Lumbar Problems

...ces the need for laminectomy — surgery to remove a portion of a disc. However, this two-year study does not compare the new procedure to other surgical decompressive procedures or treatments for spinal stenosis and does not provide long enough follow-up to determine how long the spacer will last. The d...

Britons soon will practise telling GPs how to practice

...ries all over England. This will also clarify what portion of ￡8,000 given in incentives is collected by a pr...ritish Medical Association also agreed on fixing a portion of the income from surgeries on the basis of the survey. The doctors expressed their displeasure abo...

Alcohol Consumption Could Lead to Disturbed Sleep

...ught it did, and their brain was awake for a large portion of the night, the study said. It is published in the December issue of journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Poor sleep quality can lead to mood disturbances. "If recovering alcoholics are irritable because they are not getting qua...

Alcohol Dependence For Sleep Perceptions May Result In Alcoholism

...ught it did, and their brain was awake for a large portion of the night. On average, the participants that were less accurate about how they were sleeping were more likely to return to drinking." "In other words," added Timothy A. Roehrs, director of research at the Sleep Disorders and Research Center at ...

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus, but why on Earth are Women so Woefully Wronged?

... of conjugal rights. The new law stipulates that a portion of the husband's earnings and property be given to the victim, which also includes medical expenses. Significantly, the recent law enables the abused wives, the legal right to continue to reside in the same home. Now, women need not worry about the r...

Promising Brain Tumor Treatment In The Offing

...treatment involves isolating a protein gp96 from a portion of a patient's tumor. After breaking down this protein, it is then reintroduced back into the patient. The body's immune system, then gets stimulated to attack and vanquish the tumor by itself. In the trial round, two groups of patients were studie...

Cancer Stem Cells Alone spread Cancer

... from Toronto, Canada have found that only a small portion of a tumor is responsible for spreading cancer and not all the cells as believed earlier. // This is the fourth type of cancer in which stem cells have been found to be the source of the disease. Previously it was discovered in leukaemia, breast and...

MRI Detects Early Heart Damages In Patients

...s commonly thought that when sarcoidosis damages a portion of heart muscle, the damaged areas can block or reroute the electrical impulses that keep the heart beating. Sudden cardiac death can occur when the heart's internal electrical system is disrupted, causing the heart to beat erratically and, in some c...

Fatty Fish beneficial in reducing risk of prostate cancer

Men who consume one portion of salmon per week are protected from developing prostate cancer//, as the risk is reduced by 43 percent, a study from Sweden has revealed. The study that is available online in the Journal of Cancer has indicated the benefits of consuming omega-3 ...

Hope For Patients With Macular Degeneration From Manmade Protein

...otein making machinery of a cell. It's made with a portion of a VEGF receptor called sflt-1, a free-floating receptor recently shown to help keep the cornea clear by taking up and effectively neutralizing VEGF. Although other molecules have an anti-angiogenic effect, sflt-1 was the only one they found that s...

Memories Linked To Their Packaging In The Brain

... of an event mainly depends upon whether a certain portion of the brain is activated to 'package' the memory, according to researchers at UC Irvine. // This would explain why sometimes people recall only parts of an experience such as a car accident, while they may vividly recall all of the details of a si...

Lose Weight To Reduce Risk Of Diabetes – Says A New Researc

...ndividualized menu plans and guided them to reduce portion sizes and replace high calorie foods with lower caloric choices. Their goal was to reduce their calorie consumption by 16 percent the first three months and by 20 percent for the next nine. Their progress was tracked by keeping food diaries and th...

Canadian Waistline Watch - Getting Bigger, But Not So Fast

...dvising, is - eat healthy balanced meals , reduce portion size , avoid crash dieting, and exercise regularly, including strength training to improve muscle tone. MAL...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

... of a lung tumor. The researchers used the healthy portion of lung tissue which is usually excised along with the tumor. The study looked at tissue samples from the lung's upper airway, just below the trachea, and from lower down in the airway, in the peripheral lung, where gas exchange takes place. This l...

Binge eating extremely common in restaurants

...the United States, it has been observed that hefty portion sizes, bingeing on fast food, eating out often and an inactive lifestyle, are major triggers for obesity. But little is known about the restaurant eating habits of those who binge eat, (the uncontrolled consumption of large amounts of food without ...

New, Minimally-Invasive Surgery for the Morbidly Obese

...eating so patients feel full when they eat a small portion of food. Unlike other procedures to restrict the stomach, this is done with an endoscope through the mouth without any skin incisions. Transoral gastroplasty represents an emerging category of endoscopic surgery using natural orifices for minimally i...

Portion Sizes in Restaurants Larger than Before

... customers would not notice 10% to 15% decrease in portion size. A few years ago, Lisa Young, a nutrition p... vice president of menu development for Applebee's portion sizes are determined by asking guests to rate meals for their size as well value and taste. "A simpl...

How Brain Injury Leads to Seizures, Memory Problems

...otassium-chloride co-transporter 2 (KCC2) within a portion of the brain called the dentate gyrus. The dentate gyrus controls overactivity from reaching seizure-prone brain cells further along the circuit. The dentate gyrus is a gatekeeper in maintaining a balance between two systems of neurotransmitters in...

New Asthma Medicine Targeting Vulnerable Inner-City Children Tested

...sponse,” Dr. Gruchalla said. The two-year Dallas portion of the study targets children 6 to 20 years old who reside within the Dallas Independent School District. Individuals interested in participating should call 214-648-5436 for additional requirements and information. Participating children will rec...

Asthma Symptoms Linked to Soot from Diesel Trucks in So. Bronx

...of tiny particles was diesel soot, but it was this portion that was most closely related to children’s adverse health effects. Particles smaller than 2.5 microns (a human hair is 100 microns thick) have been mostly closely linked to lung and heart disease. The EPA has regulated PM2.5 since 1997, limiting e...

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