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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...lammation of a joint or joints and the surrounding tissues and affects millions of people all over the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an appr...

Women suffer from sexual dysfunction too

...n as genital atrophy. This results in thinning of tissues in the vagina, which can make sexual functioning, and response difficult. Researchers who studied these dysfunctions, while addressing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists annual meeting in Chicago, said much of the problem with f...

Blocked viens block eye sight

...osurgery. As lasers tend to damage the surrounding tissues by creating bubbles in local body fluids, the pure saline jet might make even finer cuts without causing stress to the nearby tissue....

Human gene number increases

... detect the activity of some of the genes in human tissues confirming that both groups predicted real genes. If the rest of the mooted genes are genuine, an estimate of 42,000 or more is closer to the mark. According to the researchers, gene-prediction algorithms are at fault, rather than the underlying seq...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...normal tissue, tissue with benign change, and also tissues from both localised and aggressive prostate cancer. They found that more than 200 genes were expressed differently between normal and cancer tissue. Of these, some are already known to be involved in cancer, while others were completely new. Of par...

A poke to cure your snore

...the New Scientist magazine, destroys some of these tissues to form scar tissue which subsequently stiffens the soft palate to reduce vibration and can reduce the loudness of snoring from 11 decibels to 2 decibels.// In the past severe snorers have undergone an operation whereby portions of the soft palate...

Pollution could be a risk

...PM2.5s are dangerous because they can get into the tissues of the lungs more easily.He said: "They can get past the normal defence mechanisms in the lungs and penetrate deeply into the air exchange regions. Prof Dockery said the best way to avoid was outdoor activity on hot, hazy days."If a person exercise...

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

...l forms a bright blue "sticking plaster" and stops tissues sticking together to form painful scars. One of the advantages of the new dressing is that it can be used during keyhole surgery, which is now commonly preferred to open surgery techniques. // The spray, made from polyethylene glycol, is now under...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

...ds or crosslinks created in the arteries and other tissues when glucose attaches to the protein collagen. //...proliferate with age. Crosslinks appear to toughen tissues and may contribute to some of the deterioration associated with aging and diabetes, such as elevated...

All the more bad

...molecules known as free radicals. These damage the tissues of the body, and are thought to stimulate the build up of fatty deposits in the arteries. The new research suggests that smoking has a double whammy effect - it stimulates clogging of the arteries, and sabotages the body's attempts to tackle the prob...

For healthy lungs

...properties of the vitamins, which help protect the tissues of the lung from damage. The two vitamins are found abundantly in certain fruit and vegetables. The properties are also thought to be responsible for protecting the lungs against the development of cancer, according to a separate study published th...

Infertility in relation with virus

...ommon virus which can often be detected in genital tissues - infection appears to take place when a child is in the womb, during childhood, or young adulthood.// In the German experiments, 67 men with semen abnormalities were tested for traces of AAV. These were found in 28 of them - compared to only one o...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

... face of much of what we know about development of tissues and organs. However, once the right growth factor cocktail had been concocted, it took just an hour to turn 100 per cent of the stem cells into neurons. The cells were also producing specific brain chemicals like serotonin, a compound that's lackin...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...sive to insulin,the hormone that helps the body's tissues absorb nourishment (glucose). Unlike diabetes, in which the body cannot create enough insulin, people with insulin resistance have plenty of insulin but their bodies do not use it properly. Glucose levels therefore remain high, which causes more insu...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...ame time. Whereas MRI looks at the organs and soft tissues of the human body, MRA looks specifically at the blood vessels. It enables the determination of flow velocity, direction, and even profiles within the vessel. It is painles and the study takes 30 to 60 minutes, whereas DSA sometimes takes several hou...

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...agging is caused by the increased laxity of eyelid tissues with age. It may also be related to a loss of fat around the eye socket. Researcher Dr Willem van den Bosch said eyelid droop was associated with two painful conditions. Inward rotation of the eyelid, or entropion, leads to the eyelashes rubbing ag...

Stem cell research

...a major step towards the production of replacement tissues for treating neurodegenerative conditions like Par...pe of cell means they could be used to develop new tissues for disease treatment, and possibly organs for transplantation. If nerve cells can be grown from scr...

A unique factor in breathing disorder

...eathing many times in the night. Lack of oxygen to tissues raises the risk of heart disease and stroke in the long term. Now Japanese investigators have found that obesity and certain facial characteristics make sleep-disordered breathing more likely, by causing collapse of the tissue at the back of the th...

A new recovery for heart attacks

... implications for treating heart diseases in which tissues are deprived of oxygen because the blood vessels are not functioning correctly," Dr Whitelaw said.He said his findings could be used to help develop drugs that enhance cells' adaptation to low-oxygen conditions. These drugs would prevent the binding ...

Honey curbs bacteria in the oral cavity

...iseptics, though, honey is more gentle on inflamed tissues and can treat swelling and pain. It also has a sti...tory effect on the growth of cells that repair the tissues damaged by infection, according to Dr. Molan....

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