Tag: "smooth" at medical news

New Blood Vessels can Be Created from Bone Marrow Stem Cells: Study

...n excellent source of adult stem cells, containing smooth muscle and endothelial cells, and add that these s...to develop the new method for isolating functional smooth muscle cells from bone marrow. Although the researchers concede that the tissue-engineered vessels...

Dotted All Over? - Count Yourself Lucky

...tion. They vary in size and may be flat or raised, smooth or rough. Accordingly, almost everyone has at least 10 moles, which generally develop in childhood or adolescence and tend to disappear from middle age. The average number in people with white skin is 30 but some people can have as many as 400. Mo...

Modified Herpes Virus Keeps Arteries Free-flowing Following Procedures

...sty, in addition to opening the artery can lead to smooth muscle cell proliferation, similar to formation of...gioplasty had minimal changes in the arteries. The smooth muscle cell proliferation which causes the restenosis was very low in the group treated with herpes ...

Cosmetic Eye Enhancer may Lead to Disfigurement

...l filler, which would be injected superficially to smooth wrinkles, but needs to be placed deeply below the muscles to be a safer and more effective agent. The technique is still so comparatively new and unproven, however, that Goodman cautions against its use around the eyes unless completed by a doctor...

TB Traveler Underwent Surgery to Remove Infected Lung Tissue

.... It was not a healthy glistening reddish one with smooth border. Speakers diseased part had lots of bumps on it. The lung was much darker. It almost looked like some of the cells had died. There were also pockets of white areas, which were the cavities of tuberculosis infection. A well coordinated team o...

Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study

...antly by country. Poland, which had a relatively smooth transition, saw the rate increase just 15 percent while Estonia, which was much more unstable, saw violent deaths increase 238 percent. More significantly, Kruger said, was that the gap between the male and female mortality rates grew an average of...

More and More American Women Go for Facelifts to Get Jobs

...ct and it relaxes. As a result, the wrinkled areas smooth out and soften. Liposuction is a cosmetic surgical procedure in which excess fatty tissue is removed from a specific area of the body, such as the thighs or abdomen, by means of suction. There is of course a craze for such surgeries in the US. Bu...

Cause of Gender Differences in Blood Pressure, Kidney Damage Under Study

...akes nitric oxide, a signaling molecule that tells smooth muscles cells to relax, may make more nitric oxide in females. Just how active an enzyme is depends on how its phosphorylized, or turned on by adding phosphate groups. Our preliminary data says that the phosphorylation status may increase nitric ...

Naresh Trehan Reinstated as Chief of Escorts After Weeklong Row

...r said that it would like to ensure a "healthy and smooth work environment where the doctors, nurses and premedical staff will enjoy a good work environment and patient would continue to receive best care". Managing director S.M. Singh, who had taken the decision to sack doctors, was also praised by the m...

Gene Therapy a Better Alternative to Viagra Please

...er the production of proteins which, in turn, help smooth muscle cells relax. Relaxing the smooth muscle in the penis allows it to fill with blood and achieve an erection. Dr Geoff Hackett, presiden...

U.S. Army Developing a Robot to Rescue Injured Soldiers

...lic arms are designed to pick up loads in a single smooth movement, to avoid causing pain to wounded soldier...an switch to two wheels to travel efficiently over smooth surfaces while adopting a variety of positions. To keep it steady no matter what position it adopt...

Asthmatics Arrived in Hyderabad to Take Fish Medicine

...ments continued to make arrangements to facilitate smooth conduct of the event, drawing criticism from physicians....

Make-or-break Exams Stress China Youth

...vernment still go to great lengths in pursuit of a smooth gaokao. Parents in the eastern province of Anhui successfully lobbied for an airport in the tourist city of Huangshan to alter flight paths so that planes did not distract students taking the test, Xinhua reported. Countless students are renting ro...

Where Children Lead the Sanitation Drive

...ch with teachers and health workers to monitor the smooth continuance of the programme. J.K. Sharma, an executive engineer with the Public Health Engineering Department of Rajnandgaon, said the total cost of the programme in his district is Rs.200 million, of which 15 percent (Rs.30 million) is allocated ...

More and More American Women Go for Facelifts to Get Jobs

...ct and it relaxes. As a result, the wrinkled areas smooth out and soften. Liposuction is a cosmetic surgical procedure in which excess fatty tissue is removed from a specific area of the body, such as the thighs or abdomen, by means of suction. There is of course a craze for such surgeries in the US. Bu...

Brazil Spider Offers Hope for Those Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction

...n of an enzyme dubbed cGMP. This enzyme causes the smooth muscles of the penis’ two cylinders to relax so that blood can rush in and fill up the now expandable tubes. (A human penis can hold about 10 times more blood when erect compared with its non-erect state.) “All of this leads to vaso-dilation of ve...

Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident

... of an acute asthma "attack" by relaxing bronchial smooth muscle. The World Health Organization recognizes that asthma is of major public health importance. The Organization plays a role in coordinating international efforts against the disease. The aim of its strategy is to support Member States in thei...

Indonesia Struggles Against Bird Flu and the Drug Industry as Well

... not to criticize the government. It has worked to smooth tensions by meeting with developing countries in Jakarta last month to ensure the poor are not left out as they have been historically - ranging from a lack of access to expensive AIDS drugs to seasonal flu vaccines available only to rich nations. ...

Botox Could Curb Excessive Sweating too

...ct and it relaxes. As a result, the wrinkled areas smooth out and soften. So also acetychline could temporarily block the nerves in the underarm that stimulate sweating. It is this property that has been successfully used by a team of German doctors at Dusseldorf to treat excessive sweat in a 23-year-o...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...dilation of capillaries, constriction of bronchial smooth muscle, and decreased blood pressure. If the heartburn is frequent or the symptoms very unpleasant, see your doctor. He or she will consider whether further tests, such as a gastroscopy, should be carried out, and whether stronger medication is req...

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