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Breastfeeding Mothers Need Calcium to Guard Against Periodontal Diseases

...her lactation affects alveolar bone loss, the bone surrounding the roots of teeth. They found lactating mothers c...disruption of the gingival epithelium, the tissues surrounding the teeth, in addition to increased attachment loss, and increased alveolar bone loss. Those groups ...

Eating Spicy Food Daily Could Kill Cancer Cells

...the mitochondria without causing any damage to the surrounding cells. According to Bates, laboratory trials of capsaicin yielded a very promising result on human lung cancer cell and pancreatic cancer cells. JYT...

In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...h is carried out to dissipate the air of ambiguity surrounding the device. This is in order not to coerce an innocent into ‘admitting’ a crime he did not commit, while ensuring that all the ‘tough cookies’, eventually, crumble. 'A truth that’s told with bad intent Beats...

Better Understanding of Quality of Life Assessments

...chers will continue to add to the body of research surrounding QOL, and strive to incorporate best practices across the medical field. “We expect that QOL assessments will someday become as routine as having your blood pressure checked,” says Dr. Sloan. “After all, if the best interests of the patient are what...

More Americans Die Due To Side Effects From Prescription Drugs Every Year: Report

...rogram. The legal, regulatory and ethical issues surrounding personalized medicine, or pharmacogenomics, is the focus of a March 2 conference at the College of Law. It is defined as using information about a person’s genetic makeup to tailor strategies for the detection, treatment or prevention of disease. T...

Bottleneck in Blood Supply Makes Brain Vulnerable to Strokes

...bstruction of blood flow resulted in damage to the surrounding brain area, which the researchers report resembled damage seen in the brains of humans and thought to be the result of “silent strokes.” Silent strokes have attracted attention recently because magnetic resonance imaging has made it possible to follo...

Brain-Damaged Girl Frozen in Time to Remain Child-Sized Forever

...on has been deliberately inhibited, and the ethics surrounding the treatment for disabled children had never been discussed in mainstream medicine until Ashley's treatment was revealed in the journal Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine in October. In discussions with doctors at Seattle Children's h...

New Gadget to Treat Insomnia, Stress

...blood pressure as deep breathing may relax muscles surrounding small blood vessels. The user puts a finger on the sensor and a wave-like image appears on the screen, which reflects the heartbeat detected by the sensor. The display prompts the user when to breathe in and when to exhale during the 15-minute ...

Researchers Find Stem-cell Therapy Effective in Targeting Metastatic Cancer

...redominately at tumor sites, so that normal tissue surrounding the tumor and throughout the body remain relativel..., and was converted into an active drug that kills surrounding tumor cells. The precursor-drugs were administered for two weeks, then after a two-week break, a sec...

Protein Essential for Kidney-to-Bladder Urine Transfer

...it," Swat says. A closer look at the musculature surrounding the ureter revealed why. Normally the ureter is surrounded by two layers of smooth muscle: an outer, longitudinal sheath where the muscles cells are oriented along the path of the ureter; and an inner, circular layer where the cells form rings around...

Baba Ramdev's Claims to Cure HIV by Yoga

... issues of sex and sexuality and break the silence surrounding HIV/AIDS. Information and knowledge is the only way of saving the lives of our youths. Source-PIB...

Options Improving for Patients With Acromegaly and Gigantism

...a tumor mass, minimized radiation damage to normal surrounding tissues, and reduced treatment times. Also in the past two decades, new medications have been introduced, working at the cellular and molecular levels to suppress the secretion of growth hormone, interrupt the proliferation of somatotroph cells, and ...

Much Ado About Herbicide Sprays?

... researchers confirmed that people who live in the surrounding areas or those who have been trained at the base, are not under any health risk. Dennis Furlong, co-coordinator of the fact-finding mission said, "The soldiers training there today are safe. Historically, people living in the vicinity of Base Gage...

Kill Two Birds With One Stone!

...e Alzheimer's disease and there are many questions surrounding the effectiveness of drugs that are available to delay or effectively alleviate symptoms of memory deterioration or dementia,' said Pasinetti. Surely, this is an area which needs to be explored further, to draw additional benefits from existing cur...

Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

...' a crime not found in U.S. statute books. Secrecy surrounding medical error has been a problem in both countries, but even more so in Japan. Thus, the latter’s criminal code also contains sanctions for attempts to cover up mistakes by altering patients' charts. Leflar said that in comparing the two countries...

Germ - Chemo Combo Fights Cancer

...ost of the cancer cells had been destroyed. Normal surrounding cells were largely unaffected. But the bacteria fa...t through the skins of tightly-woven blood vessels surrounding normal tissue and small enough to get through tumor vasculature. Combining C.novyi-NT and liposom...

Triumphs and Hurdles for the New HPV Vaccine

...advancement for women’s health, some issues remain surrounding the vaccine. “Access is always a concern for vaccines,” says Gilsdorf. The HPV vaccine requires three doses and the list price for each dose is $120. Some insurance companies will pay for the vaccine and Vaccines for Children (VFC), a federal progr...

Chronic Kidney Disease Related To Mutant Gene

...ytes–specialized cells with octopus-like tentacles surrounding the glomerulus. Podocytes are currently under intensive study, because scientists believe they play a vital role in the blood filtration process. Identifying genes and proteins that are active in podocytes will help scientists understand how they ...

Monkey Virus Identical to HIV Endemic in Gorillas

...bout one percent of HIV/AIDS cases in Cameroon and surrounding countries. 'It is only there that we find it,' Peeters explained, referring to the O strain. She and her colleagues have collected and analyzed hundreds of droppings from wild gorillas and chimpanzees living in remote forest areas in Cameroon. The...

Maternity leave mooted for South African girls

...leave. Radio talk shows have taken on the issues surrounding the proposal with callers divided on the best way to proceed. Many said they did not see the need for pregnant girls to be given special treatment for what was essentially their own problem. One caller to a radio station suggested a "draconian" app...

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