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Implantable pumps extend lives of patients too sick for transplant

... no external parts, which would greatly reduce the incidence of infection." Another technological challenge involves the pump itself, Rogers said. The Novacor device is a pulsatile pump which contains blood in a polyurethane sack. The blood is then propelled out of the pump between two pusher plates. However,...

Targeted drug delivery achieved with nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates

... higher rate than the white population. The lowest incidence is seen in Asian populations.1There are just under 238,000 cases of prostate cancer in Europe each year and it is the cause of 85,000 deaths annually.2 Risk factors associated with prostate cancer include family history of the disease, age (predomin...

Researchers use 'trickery' to create immune response against melanoma

... higher rate than the white population. The lowest incidence is seen in Asian populations.1There are just under 238,000 cases of prostate cancer in Europe each year and it is the cause of 85,000 deaths annually.2 Risk factors associated with prostate cancer include family history of the disease, age (predomin...

Parents need to be educated about HPV vaccinations for daughters

...l of suffering. Tragically, its regions of highest incidence are those in which preventative screening cannot b...er and has been responsible for a dramatic fall in incidence and death rates. Vaccination programmes will still require some form of screening to be in place ei...

Liver cancer linked to cellular repair pathway

...s rare in people with healthy livers. The cancer's incidence is rising in the United States, with an estimated 17,550 new cases diagnosed in 2005 and 15,420 deaths. One reason for the rising rates is the increasing prevalence of obesity, which raises the risk of liver cancer five- to six-fold, said Anna Mae Di...

Pain killer fights breast cancer by targeting key enzyme

...ave suggested that NSAIDs may reduce breast cancer incidence by 40 percent. However, these drugs tend to halt aromatase production throughout the body. Brueggemeier presented the work with Bin Su and Serena Landini, both graduate students in Ohio State's pharmacy program, on March 27 in Atlanta at the annual...

Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits

...e hand, this has been accompanied by a drop in the incidence of gastric cancer and ulcers. On the other, there has been an increase in esophageal cancer. H. pylori appear to protect against cancer of the esophagus. "So that says that there might be something about persistent infection that might be protective,...

Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation

...e hand, this has been accompanied by a drop in the incidence of gastric cancer and ulcers. On the other, there has been an increase in esophageal cancer. H. pylori appear to protect against cancer of the esophagus. "So that says that there might be something about persistent infection that might be protective,...

Learning and memory stimulated by gut hormone

... with a decline in ghrelin levels and an increased incidence of conditions of memory loss like Alzheimer's disease. ...

Researchers reverse juvenile diabetes in animal model

... other severe chronic diseases of childhood. Peak incidence occurs during puberty, around 10 to 12 years of age in girls, and around 12 to 14 years of age in boys. The symptoms of type 1 diabetes can resemble the flu in children. Type 1 diabetes tends to run in families. Brothers and sisters of children wit...

Skin disease common among Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina, research shows

...rable to diseases of the skin and have the highest incidence of skin disorders of any industry," said Thomas Arcury, Ph.D., professor of family medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and lead researcher. "These workers represent a medically underserved population that is at risk for both environ...

Lack of a key enzyme dramatically increases resistance to sepsis

...mory University School of Medicine showed that the incidence of sepsis in the United States has increased almost nine percent a year since 1979. The new study showed that caspase-12 deficient mice were resistant to peritonitis and septic shock and were able to clear pathogenic bacteria more efficiently than ...

Fertility drugs given 'all-clear' in new study

... says Dr. Tulandi. "For one thing, it compared the incidence of birth defects in children conceived spontaneously with that in children conceived through fertility treatments using letrozole. This is an apples-and-oranges comparison, because there are always fewer birth defects in children conceived spontaneou...

Faster immune system testing set to improve poultry quality

...agement to maximise output ?leading to an increase incidence of disease. And, because poultry is a global industry, similar disease problems are found all over the world, as highlighted by the emergence of bird flu. Useful research and preventive tool Reduced immunity is a serious problem for commercial pou...

Common practices at petting zoos put visitors at risk

...rotect against infection. "There is an increasing incidence of reported outbreaks of illness associated with petting zoos over the years. People need to be aware of these risks and take the appropriate precautions such as washing their hands after visiting," says Fred Angulo of the Centers for Disease Contro...

Curry and cauliflower could halt prostate cancer

... a half-million new cases appearing each year. The incidence and mortality of prostate cancer have not decrease...y. The authors noted that in contrast to the high incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, the incidence of this disease is very low in India. This ha...

Breast implants not associated with cancer risk, study reports

...r Center in Nashville, and colleagues examined the incidence of cancer in a nationwide cohort of 3486 Swedish w...udy on cosmetic breast implants and risk of cancer incidence to date. The authors identified 180 cancers in women with breast implants, fewer than the 193.1 pre...

Protein finding could lead to treatment for inflammatory diseases

...ften confused as such. There is no treatment. The incidence of MCV infections has increased with the rise of AIDS. MCV is an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised people, with MCV lesions growing very large and persisting for much longer periods, even years, in this population, Shisler said. "This vir...

Supersized 'island' of resistance genes discovered in an infectious bacterium

...public health concern worldwide. Recently, a high incidence of resistant A. baumannii was reported in US Army service members injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. In France, the resistant strain is widespread in 54 healthcare facilities, where 26% of infected patients die. "Less than 2 years after the start o...

Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

...l disease is a life threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in adolescence. The incidence and fatality rate among teenagers in England and the United States rose dramatically during the 1990...

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