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Cancer Drug Helps An Anti-Cancer Virus To Act More Exhaustively

...called cyclophosphamide has the ability to briefly weaken these immune cells, thereby giving the anti-cancer virus an opening to spread entirely through the tumour enabling it to kill more cancer cells. Specifically, the drug slows the activity of immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells and macropha...

Partial-match cell transplants for kids with resistant leukemia

... platelets, he added. Viral infections can further weaken the immune system of transplant recipients, leaving them vulnerable to fungal infections. Moreover, the drugs used to treat those viral infections and reactivation of old infections can cause low blood counts and kidney damage. Source-Eurekalert GYT...

How Brain Injury Leads to Seizures, Memory Problems

...tivity. “When lower levels of the KCC2 transporter weaken the dentate gyrus’s ability to act as a gatekeeper,” said Dr. Cohen, “neurons become more excitable, and seizures can occur.” In addition to its role in inhibiting seizures, the dentate gyrus is also believed to be important in memory formation. T...

Long-term Use of Stomach Drugs may Weaken Bones

Usage of certain stomach drugs may weaken the bones in the long run and increase the risk of hip fracture, warns a new study that advises doctors to consider the risk when// prescribing such drugs. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studied records from the gener...

Vision Loss Can Be Prevented in People With Diabetes

...omy of Diabetic RetinopathyHigh blood sugar levels weaken blood vessels in the eye's retina, causing them to leak blood or fluid. This causes the retina to swell and can lead to vision loss. Blood sugar fluctuations can also promote growth of new, fragile blood vessels on the retina, which can easily brea...

Surgery Can Improve Vision for People With Drooping Eyelids

...r time, the eyelids typically stretch, the muscles weaken and fat tends to gather over and under the eyes. The result is sagging eyelids that can affect vision and produce a tired appearance -- no matter how much you rest. The condition can be treated. Blepharoplasty (BLEF-uh-ro-plas-tee) is a surgery th...

Early Detection of Artery Weakening Can Be a Life-Saver

...aortic aneurysm occurs when the walls of the aorta weaken and the artery begins to bulge. If left untreated, the aorta may eventually burst, often causing fatal internal bleeding. “When that happens, it’s a disaster,” says Stanley, the Handleman Research Professor of Vascular Surgery. “If rupture occurs o...

Extra Cortisol Protects Women’s Mood Under Stres

...erm elevations of cortisol in the bloodstream, can weaken the immune system and induce depression, this new study adds to mounting evidence that cortisol given near in time to a physical or psychological stress may lessen the stressor’s emotional impact. Psychologists are especially interested in what thi...

Sania Mirza Admitted for Treatment of Knee Injury

...al role in mobility. Injury to either of them will weaken reflexes. The injury, which had forced Sania to pull out of the Qatar open, could keep her away from action for some time. The doctors said recovery time would be known only after four weeks. Sania has also been forced to skip the Pacific Life Op...

‘Mesothelioma’- Trouble Under the Asbestos Rof

...ts victims gradually as it releases chemicals that weaken the body and slowly destroy immunity. This form of cancer has a gestation period of 30 to 40 years. Dr David Landau, in charge of a mesothelioma clinic at St Thomas's Hospital in London, says, 'The typical patient is male and in his 60s. Most are m...

Anti-Fluoride Claims Discarded As False

...ater. According to this pediatrician, fluoride can weaken bones in adults. Jonathan Shenkin, dentist representing the Maine Dental Association dismissed Leonidas’s claim as baseless and erroneous. He also added that public water fluoridation has brought down tooth decay to a significant level. He said th...

Patients Buy Untried Cancer Drug On Web

...akis feels that this sort of use of the drug could weaken attempts to carry out a controlled trial. It is also essential to find out about the contra indications of the drugs. The US FDA is investigating the web purchasing of DCA. According to health experts terminally ill patients are keen to try whatever...

Gene Study To Reveal Radiation Poisoning

...n that is normally harmless, levels that typically weaken the immune system or a lethal dose of radiation. Six hours later, the scientists took blood samples. After analyzing thousands of genes in each group, the researchers focused on signature patterns of roughly 100 gene changes that each radiation leve...

Brain Networks Strengthened by Closing Ion Channels

...th ADHD may have genetic changes in molecules that weaken the production of norepinephrine. Treatments for ADHD all enhance stimulation of the norepinephrine receptors. These new data also have important implications for the researchers’ studies of more severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipol...

New Light on Working of Brain Networks

...th ADHD may have genetic changes in molecules that weaken the production of norepinephrine. Treatments for ADHD all enhance stimulation of the norepinephrine receptors. These new data also have important implications for the researchers’ studies of more severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipol...

Dry Eyes Are More Than a Nuisance

...ople with DES, a decreased production of fluid can weaken the tear film, causing the eye to become dry, irritated and uncomfortable. In a recent study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers discovered that DES can have a considerable and detrimental effect on everyday life for peo...

Scientists Explore ‘muscle’ in a New Drug to Assuage Muscular Dystrophy Symptos

...s a debilitating cluster of genetic disorders that weaken the muscles to such an extent, ultimately crushing the victim’s mobility. The disorder// hampers the victim’s quality of life, while also reducing the lifespan. Unfortunately, the cure for this disorder still remains a burning ambition for many sc...

World Largest Hair Congress Convene in Vancouver

...her long or short, thin or thick, loosing hair can weaken a person emotionally. Hair loss is not simply a matter of aesthetics but can also influence career advancement and emotional well being, adds Shapiro, who is a member of Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and clinical research direct...

Forgetfulness Actually Helps Your Brain Stay Healthy

... "In this simple test, we see it reverse memory to weaken competing memories. This is something that probably happens a lot in the real world," he added. As a part of the study, that appears in Nature magazine, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure the brain activity...

Activists Urge Greater Medical Support for Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Sarin Gas

... recognition. Third, an admission of guilt would weaken the DoD's credibility regarding controversial programs today. For example, the anthrax vaccine is mandatory for military personnel and civilians deploying to "high-threat" areas across the globe, including Iraq and Afghanistan, despite being linked t...

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