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Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an idiopathic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Although the causes of UC remain incompletely understood, many experimental and clinical observations have suggested involvement of intestinal microflora in its pathogenesis//. ..In genetically susceptible individuals, tissue damage can result from failure of normal regulatory constraints on the mucosal...

Nerve Stimulator for Depression Though Not Effective Was Given Approval

A pacemaker-like device which has to be surgically implanted called the vagus nerve stimulator was approved by a top federal medical official against the opinion of his scientific staff . // ..This device is used in the treatment of persistent depression. As it was no approved by the staff due to its ineffectiveness in its only clinical trial, it was rejected. Cyberonics Inc is the maker and pla...

Electronic Nerve Stimulator Enables Walking

Sooner or later, it seems, most everything imagined in science fiction comes true. // From flying in space to talking on a telephone without wires, today's science increasingly resembles yesterday's fiction. And that's becoming more and more true in medicine. ....For those of us at the AAAS meeting, nothing was more impressive than the demonstration given by Jennifer French. She's not a scienti...