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Hemangioblasts Aiding Eye Damage Repair

...s Dr. Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific development at ACT :"We figured out how to produce literally billions of so-called 'hemangioblasts' -- the mythical cell in the embryo that gives rise to our entire blood and immune system as well as to the blood vessels in our body."We've also teste...

WHO's Guidelines Lack Evidence, Lancet Says

... the global community by sifting through competing scientific theories and studies to put forth the best policies. WHOs Director of Research Policy Dr. Tikki Pang said that some of his WHO colleagues were shocked by The Lancets study, but he acknowledged the criticism had merit, and explained that time pressu...

Stem Cells Endless Hope in Place of What Could Have Been a Hopeless End

...amage in animals. Vice-president of research and scientific development at Advanced Cell Technology, said, We also have studies under way indicating that the cells can also considerably accelerate wound healing and repair lung damage. We might also be able to use them to treat strokes and complications of dia...

Recommended Doses of Herbal Supplement Do Not Interfere With Drug Absorption

...nter drugs. Dr. Reeds presentation was part of the scientific program of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The research team, led by Dr. Reed and the late Dr. Aryeh Hurwitz, recruited 72 healthy non-smoking adults (31 men and 41 women, ages 20 to 59) who were not taking any ...

Majority of Herb Users Don't Follow Evidence-based Indications, Researchers Find

...people who use herbs dont do so in accordance with scientific guidelines, according to the article. Meanwhile, s...population took the herbal preparation for a known scientific indication. Dr. Bardia cautions that further study is warranted as the efficacy of herb use evolves ...

Nexus Between Psychiatrists and Drug Firms Dangerous, Say Critics

...tale symptoms. Others suspect it is a fad. And the scientific evidence that atypicals improve these children's lives is scarce. Some psychiatrists who advocate use of atypicals in children acknowledge that the evidence supporting this use is thin. But they say children should not go untreated simply because s...

Younger Women At Risk Of Heart Disease

...resented at the American Heart Association's (AHA) scientific forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, in Washington, D.C., says that women under the age of 55 often fail to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack until it's too late. Ignoring those signs, experts...

Blind Faith Dictates Use Of Herbal Supplements In Many

...of those who take herbal supplements, do not check scientific guidelines before doing so. In other words , those...sion). Bardia's team checked to see if there was scientific evidence supporting the use of those herbal supplements for the participants' health conditions. I...

Scientists Recommend New Guidelines For Cholesterol Testing In Children

...ducted a study into the subject: There is growing scientific evidence indicating that cholesterol levels in childhood and adolescence have an effect on the development of plaque in the arteries, which is a clear indication of cardiovascular disease risk. According to the latest U.S. National Health and Nutri...

Deforestation Plays a Critical Role in Climate Change: Study

...the atmosphere. This study ensures we have a sound scientific basis behind the consideration of deforestation reduction, he further said. The findings appear in the journal Science....

Scientists Saying Against Trees Sparks Debate

A leading expert in Germany has spawned a major scientific debate by claiming that trees put millions of tonnes of methane into the atmosphere every year exacerbating the greenhouse effect. Amid controversy, Frank Keppler of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry has reaffirmed findings by his team in Mai...

Mid-Life Headaches May Increase Risk of Vision Problems

...ished in the May 15, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers reviewed the headache history and eye health of 10,902 men and women who participated in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Participants, who were from comm...

Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia

...t. Many of the claims made for HGH have a doubtful scientific basis. Studies have shown that elevated levels of HGH can lead to swelling of the soft tissues in the body; abnormal growth of the hands, feet and face; high blood pressure; an increased tendency to sweat and excessive hair growth. There are othe...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

...enced by most women. The extensive review of 900 scientific studies concerning humans and rodents created a long list of chemicals in our food, air and water that appear to be a reason behind breast cancer. The researchers assert that 29 of the prospective carcinogens on the list are generated in the US in...

Holy Grail Of Dermatologists On The Verge Of Discovery

...California, San Francisco Hair Research Center and scientific advisory board member of Follica. Dr Denis Headon, University of Manchester was quoted: "Up to now we thought that the number of hair follicles we have is set before we were born and can only go downhill from there. This work shows that new hair fo...

Late Clamping of Umbilical Cord may Reduce Anemia in Children

... clamping at birth. This study has not found any scientific evidence to suggest that the practice of early clamping is advisable or to justify the abandonment of late clamping in newborns from full-term pregnancies, says de Paco Matallana. There are convincing findings for and against the two different types ...

Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Causes Cancer in Mice

...fter gaining inputs from the public and a panel of scientific experts about the study design. The study findings were announced at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences....

Functional Foods Must Be Monitored to Assess Their Long-term Safety and Effectiveness

... data is limited to 5-6 years of use. But they say scientific developments with food and pharmacology are ongoing and so data supported assessments are now possible. They pay specific attention to the group of products enriched with phytosterol and stanol which work to reduce the amount of bad cholesterol en...

Deep-sea Mining can Damage Marine Ecosystem

...gile ecosystem. 'We need to act now to establish scientific and legal methods to protect these sensitive ecosystems and minimize the potential environmental impact of this industry. Imposing regulations after operations begin would prove very difficult, and some of the governments in the jurisdictions targete...

Tomatoes are Not So Effective in Preventing Prostate Cancer

...h age, there has been a long-held suspicion in the scientific community that free radical damage could increase the risk of prostate cancer, a disease that has been clearly associated with age. In their current study, the researchers focused on non-Hispanic Caucasian men, as the small number of cases among ...

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