Gene connected to Multi-System disorder discovered
...es during development. However, they also add that until now problems with connexins had only been tied to simpler manifestations. Connexins are a family of roughly 20 genes, best known for creating connections between cells, bridging space called a "gap junction". When connexins on one cell interact with...Fireflies help speed development of new drugs
...kept the molecule from producing the telltale glow until cells started to die in response to cancer treatment given to the mice. Researchers then used a highly sensitive camera to detect the glow in the mice as the cancer cells were destroyed by the drugs which was being tested. Researchers concluded tha...More compelling reasons to lower blood pressure
...rs saw a protective effect of lower blood pressure until it hit about 115/75 mmHg, a low but fairly common reading. Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, a researcher and a cardiologist said that lower blood pressure - as long as it is not too low - is always better than higher blood pressure. Sarah Lewington, co-autho...Women with diabetes could benefit from HRT
... and breast cancer. Doctors therefore believe that until further studies in this area are done to positively confirm the benefits the better way for women to reduce their risk of developing diabetes is to eat healthily and take to regular exercise....Exercise helps people with cramping leg pain
...ed that PAD patients with claudication should walk until they reach a moderate level of leg pain and then continue for several minutes longer as this appears to increase muscle metabolism and endothelial function, though not beneficial in increasing blood flow to the limbs. br>...Stroke also in list of common childhood ailments
...ost common diseases among children that were known until now were chickenpox, ear infections, colds, etc. However, very recently, researchers and neurologists have found that stroke is also among one of the most common ailments //in newborns that often go unnoticed. A National Hospital's database analysis ...Women who quit smoking during pregnancy tend to relapse
...smoking data from 10 states collected between 1993 until 1999 found that the percentage of women who quit smoking rose from 37% to 46% during pregnancy. However, more than half of those were unable to remain ex-smokers six months after giving birth.// The study published in the American Journal of Prevent...Use of CT scans to detect lung cancer questioned
...that consumers may want to hold off the screenings until solid data is available. He also added that smoking cessation is the only proven, cost-effective method to reduce lung cancer risk....Life expectancy lessened due to obesity
...eight and obesity may not decrease life expectancy until a BMI of approximately 32 to 33 for men and 37 to 38 for women is reached. At these BMI levels, longevity begins to decrease, especially among individuals in the younger age categories. However, the optimal BMI (associated with the least YLL or great...Progression of Glaucoma could be controlled with early detection
...ffected patients are unaware they have the disease until it has advanced. And once someone has lost his or her vision from glaucoma, it cannot be regained. Researchers in New York and Sweden, focusing on a previous study called The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial, conducted a study which looked// at why some...Macular Degeneration treatment with Laser
...fer from the dry form that has no proven treatment until now. However, a new laser could offer hope to those suffering from the disease. This laser treatment, which takes just 15 minutes, involves gently heating the retinal pigment// epithelium, the tissue that contains harmful deposits called drusen. This......hey started chemotherapy and then every three days until they were discharged from the program. Researchers found that there was significant improvements in patient perceptions and comfort levels when touch or massage therapy was provided. Patients receiving massage therapy also had fewer central nervous ......ted as long as the wound appeared to be healing or until surgery was performed to repair the site. Researchers found that 38 of the wounds healed while receiving the topical oxygen treatment and there were no complications. Another four healed after undergoing surgery to repair the wound, while eleven othe...Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage
...ined the next day. The second group was kept alive until they were about a month old while the third group grew into adulthood. Researchers tested the month old and adult rats to see how the anaesthesia affected their learning and memory. They also recorded electrical activity in the rats' hippocampus, a ...Stroke victims have new hope with activated protein C
...i-inflammatory and anti-coagulant properties,which until now is being used to treat septic infections, may also help reduce the damage caused by stroke. Researchers who conducted the study on mice found that APC could protect brain cells from the secondary damage associated with ischemic stroke by preventi...Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"
Women suffering form fibroids, who until now had only an option of a hysterectomy or removal of the fibroid, now have an alternative of shrinking the fibroid with the drug Mifepristone. Lead researcher Steven H. Eisinger, MD, said that fibroids are a common and vexing problem in women and f...New ways to help children with trauma
...children, the "Infant Face Scale", which has been, until now, effective in better assessing infants following traumatic brain injury....New hope for spinal cord injury victims
...Spinal cord injury affects millions of people and, until now, has left them with little hope of living a normal life. However, recent research has begun to suggest that maybe stem cells - primitive cells that can turn into specific cell types - could repair the damage involved in such disabling injuries. R...Cosmetic plastic surgery for a youthful healthy look
...0s, contrary to the past, when patients would wait until they were 50 to visit a plastic surgeon to reduce the normal signs of aging. He also added that non-surgical treatments like chemical peels( which have increased 25%)// and collagen injections (which have increased 48%)have become more popular with w......suffer from nodular melanomas when left undetected until it becomes deeper and thicker will die. However doctors said, when people are there to follow their advice, many lives could be saved. Nodular melanomas are raised from the start....