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A New Rapid 3-D Cell-Growth Technique For Growing Heart Muscle

...e down as intended, after fulfilling its role as a temporary support for the cells. This may be a key achievement for future use of BEHM as a treatment option, because the tissue could be grown and implanted relatively quickly. The U-M Artificial Heart Laboratory (www.sitemaker.umich.edu/ahl) is part of the...

Uses for Botulinum Toxin — A Miracle Poison — Continue to Grw

...a deadly form of food poison. Then, fame came as a temporary remedy for wrinkles. Now, botulinum toxin is considered the 'miracle poison' and used for an increasing number of medical conditions. // The December issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers how this drug works and its multiple and emerging applic...

Vaccines — Good for Adults to

...st common side effects from vaccines are minor and temporary — suchas a mild fever or soreness at the injection site. And, vaccines are still necessary. Diseases now rare in the United States are still common elsewhere, and they are just a plane ride away. Vaccines aren’t just for kids, either. Talk with yo...

Myanmar National Undergoes Successful Liver Transplantation in Delhi

...en went to Thailand for treatment. "Though I got temporary relief from every single treatment, there was no permanent relief," he said, adding that he had even tried naturopathy from China. Before coming to India, he had spent over 10 million kyats ($1.5 million) on his health. Hope dawned when some doct...

AAD Warns Against Indoor Tanning for the Holiday Season

...ng is an unnecessary activity. While it produces a temporary cosmetic effect, it can cause long-term health problems,” said dermatologist Arielle N.B. Kauvar, MD, FAAD, associate professor of dermatology at New York University School of Medicine, New York City. “Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is th...

After Ecstasy Comes the Pain… WARNING

...d memory. Whether these disturbances could cause a temporary problem or whether there are long term implications, is being studied in detail by the scientists. In their study, Dr de Win's team enrolled subjects for the study - 77 men and 111 women, with average age being 21. The subjects had never consumed t...

Review Urges Restricted Use Of Devices To Keep Heart Patients Alive

... right now the heart pumps are generally used as a temporary fix for heart transplant candidates who aren't likely to survive until a suitable organ is found. All of the cases studied in the Health Technology Assessment review were surgeries performed as a bridge to transplantation. Most of the patients rece...

Call Centre Staff Could Face Hearing Damage Risk

...hock, say health experts. // Acoustic shocks are temporary or permanent disturbances of the functioning of the ear or of the nervous system, which may be caused to the user of a telephone or earphone by a sudden sharp rise in the acoustic pressure produced by it. The sound could be a whistle, a bleep or any...

Drug Boosts Platelet Production, Reversing Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

...riod. Four of a total of 41 patients did show some temporary post-treatment lowering of their platelet counts, but this later resolved. The drug's efficacy impressed the researchers. "We were very pleased," says Dr. Bussel. Hoping to boost platelet counts to between 50,000 to 450,000 per cubic millimeter,...

New Device May Help Heal A Failing Heart

... repair itself, say scientists in Britain.// The temporary pumps, known as Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), are currently used in patients with severe heart failure while they await transplantation, reported the online edition of BBC News. The LVAD takes on the work of one of the heart's four chambe...

Ingenious Biodegradable Heart Stent May Dictate Advancements in Heart Stent Technology

... time. He asks “Why have a permanent implant for a temporary condition? If you have a broken arm you don't have a cast on it for ever." Before the stents are implanted in the affected artery, they are coated with an anti-clogging drug. The stents are intended to work for 30 days and then designed to complete...

Cell Wall of Pneumonia Bacteria Can Cause Brain and Heart Damage

...eam infection with S. pneumoniae commonly leads to temporary impairment of heart function, and they suggest a way to prevent that from occurring, according to Elaine Tuomanen, M.D., chair of the St. Jude Department of Infectious Diseases. S. pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia, sepsis (a potentially lif...

A winning shot is here to battle ‘tennis elbow

...and corticosteroids injections which only offer a temporary palliation.However more investigations are essential before this therapy can be made available for patients suffering with tennis elbow world wide. Source-Medindi MST...

Smoky Haze Cause Health Problems in Singapore

...mittent showers are unlikely to do more than bring temporary relief to the city-state where the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) climbed to an unhealthy 103 Saturday, fell back to a moderate 65 during the night but started rising again Sunday. The health ministry reported the number of people who visited poly...

Hormones and the Skin: the Role Hormones Play as We Age

... loss and thinning, called telogen effluvium. This temporary shedding can be sudden and very alarming to some women, according to Dr. Jaliman. However, hair growth will subsequently return to normal approximately four to six months following pregnancy. Nails also are affected by the hormonal changes of pregnan...

Zaditor? - over-the-counter drug for itchy eyes

...te ophthalmic solution 0.025%), prescribed for the temporary prevention of itchy eyes due to allergic conjuncti...se, Zaditor has become a leading treatment for the temporary prevention of itchy eyes due to allergic conjunctivitis. Zaditor will be available over-the-counter ...

Polio Back in Kenya: WHO

...n that attacks the nervous system that may lead to temporary or permanent paralysis, or even death in most severe cases. Source-IANS...

A Family's Fight against Breast cancer

... instance the breast tissue would be removed and a temporary saline balloon inserted under the chest muscle so that the skin around the breast is prevented from shrinking. The next stage is the rebuilding of the breast using a silicone implant, or fat from the back or abdomen tunneled underneath the skin to ...

A Safe Drug For Safe Delivery

...g the delivery of a baby as a rule the placenta (a temporary organ which attaches a fetus to its mother while yet in the womb) is also expelled through the birth canal, following which the uterus(womb) begins to contract gradually, thereby compressing the blood vessels in its muscles. In the event of a tear ...

Dengue Outbreak in the Capital is not an Epidemic: Government

...engue menace, the Delhi government has hired 2,400 temporary workers, apart from over 3,000 working for MCD, to intensify surveillance of potential breeding grounds and launch fogging of anti-mosquito drugs. Source-IANS...

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