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Higher Risk of Asthma in children with autoimmune disease

A new study has found that children with some autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of asthma. In the study, Dr. Jukka Kero of Ruprecht-Karls-University at Heidelberg in Germany and colleagues//looked at health records for all children born in Finland in 1987, including more than 60,000 youngsters.The team checked the prevalence of asthma in children with three autoimmune conditions...

Autopsy reports could be valuable and informative

The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality recently conducted an analysis of 50 autopsy studies going back forty years to show the importance of autopsies in revealing discrepancies in diagnosis that could be clinically// informative. The study indicated that the correct cause of death escapes clinical detection in about 8 to 23 per cent of cases. Out of this, in about 4 to 8 per cent o...

Memory said to automatically improve with age

What you do to improve your physical health may actually go to your head, according to researchers.// It was thought that we were born with a brain and that brain degenerated as we aged until we died, but now research has shown that there are many triggers that make parts of the brain regenerate themselves. One of those triggers may be linked to individuals fitness level.Card...

Asbestos Exposure Associated With An Increased Risk For Autoimmune Disease

Asbestos exposure has long been associated with cancers, fibrosis and other diseases. Based on findings of a recent study researchers say // exposure to asbestos may lay the groundwork for future autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Researchers examined 50 residents from Libby, which is known to be polluted by asbestos. They found these residents were...

New Oral Medication That Could Arrest Autoimmune Diseases In its early Stages

Researchers say they have found a way to prevent type 1 diabetes in rats that are generally prone to develop the disease. In the past researchers discovered the human protein zonulin and found it is produced // in very large amounts in people with autoimmune diseases. This overproduction triggers a number of other reactions that lead to the production of antibodies that can destroy insuli...

Autoimmune disorder caused due to mutation in cryopyrin protein

Professor Gabriel Nunez, Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School has reported in the Journal Nature that the protein Cryopyrin is responsible for producing hypersensitive immune response leading to autoimmune disease. // The protein Cryopyrin is activated by the bacteria against which the protein produces an immune response by activating IL-1 beta, which produces s...

Gold Therapy- A Potential Treatment For Autoimmune Diseases

A new research has highlighted the use of platinum and gold in the treatment of autoimmune disorders. The mechanism of how gold helps in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases // has remained a mystery. It has now been found that platinum or gold can prevent the disease-causing microorganism (bacteria and virus) from taking hold of an important immune system p...

A Sneak Preview of Human’s Susceptibility to Auto Immune Disease, Allergy, Asthm

A new study unveils the possible link between widely used childhood medicines and the risk of developing allergies and especially asthma//. It says that to head off allergies, expose the kids to pets and dirt early. The new approach to allergy prevention and treatment arises from what is known as the hygiene hypothesis. It suggests that growing up in cities and suburbs, away from field...

Autoimmune Diseases – Newer Preventive Measure

A set of genetically caused diseases from type 1 diabetes to alopecia, from which the imbalance of killer cells and immune regulating system, autoimmune disease can be understood//. By age 5, out of three problems – an underactive parathyroid, yeast infection of the skin and/or mucous membrane and adrenal gland insufficiency, two will result in a condition called APS1 (Mutation in the A...

Manual vs. Automated Chest Compression After Cardiac Arrest

CHICAGO - Two studies comparing the use of manual chest compression vs. an automated chest compression device during resuscitation for out-of-hospital// cardiac arrest produce contrasting findings, according to the studies in the June 14 issue of JAMA. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest claims hundreds of thousands of lives annually in North America. Successful resuscitation depends on a co...

Autoimmune disorders studied in detail by U-M researchers.

University of Michigan researchers have been able to zero in (on) the modalities of a drug, capable of rectifying autoimmune disorders and other types of diseases. // Clinical trials on animal models have revealed the capacity of the drug to reduce the potency of a key enzyme, in charge of energy production. 'Many drugs block the function of enzymes, essentially turning them off,' sai...

Expert panel confident of making AIIMS fully autonomous

Against the backdrop of questions being raised about its autonomy, a high-level expert committee is confident of making the All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS) "as immune as possible from authorities". "We hope we can come out with some recommendations which will make AIIMS as immune as possible from authorities," M S Valiathan, who has been named the head of the four-me...

Automated Hepatitis B Test Approved By FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a test that can screen as well as confirm the presence of hepatitis B. Medical professions can now use the test// to check the blood that is donated for the hepatitis B virus. In addition the test can also be used to check the organs and tissues from cadavers. Currently the screening and confirmation of hepatitis B are separate tests. The a...

Autopulse Would Reduce the Mortality Rates in Rural Victoria

According to a study conducted by Prof Bernard a senior lecturer at Monash University's department of epidemiology and preventative medicine, it was found that more number// of rural people of heart attacks than their counterparts who live in urban areas. Statistics show that heart disease mortality rates in rural areas are 30 % higher in men and 21 % higher in women than in urban areas...

Amgen introduces Autoinjector For Treating Anemia

Patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia and anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) will now have access to Amgen's Aranesp, //which is a prefilled autoinjector. The product will be available initially in the United States. "With the availability of the Aranesp prefilled SureClick autoinjector, healthcare providers and patients now have a new secure and simple option that...

Automated Technique Accurately Measures Platelet Counts in "Platelet Gel" Products

A special blood concentrate known as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) can promote healing in a wide range of medical and surgical situations, // but research has been limited by the lack of a universally accepted approach to measuring the platelet concentrations contained in PRP. A study in the September/October issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery presents an accurate approach to measu...

'Autopsies' dissected

A recent survey done to study the accuracy of autopsy reports have shown that one –fourth of all autopsies done in England is flawed and quite inaccurate. It's sad to note that unlike popular belief a death certificate // may not actually have the last say regarding the cause of death of an individual. The enquiry done by The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death...

Age, Gender Major Factors in Severity of Auto-Accident Injuries

Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries,// said researchers in a new study showing stark statistical differences in traffic-accident injuries depending on the gender and age of drivers. The new findings are especially important because the number of drivers 65 and older is expected to double by 2030 in...

Understanding Autoimmune Disease

Cambridge: Type 1 diabetes, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are autoimmune diseases, which are a result of the inadequacy of the immune system// to check itself. Researchers are still unsure about the location of the molecular breakdowns, which are responsible for weakening the immune system. Now, a team of scientists from the Whitehead Institute and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ha...

A Single Biological Mechanism Behind Several Autoimmune Disorders

A recent study has found supporting evidence to implicate insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) in the development of Graves’ disease.// In a previous research, Terry J. Smith, M.D. and Raymond Douglas, M.D., Ph.D. had identified the interaction between immunoglobulins and IGF-1R as a cause of inflammation and lymphocyte infiltration in both Graves’ disease and rheumatoid arthr...

Researchers Discover New Molecular Path to Fight Autoimmune Diseases

Multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and arthritis are among a variety of autoimmune diseases that are aggravated when one type of white blood cell, called the immune regulatory// cell, malfunctions. In humans, one cause of this malfunction is when a mutation in the FOXP3 gene disables the immune cells’ ability to function. In a new study published online this week in the Proceedings of the Nati...

Autoimmune Diseases can Be Prevented by Green Tea

A new study has revealed the beneficial aspects of the green tea, saying that it helps to fight against the autoimmune disease. // Scientists have earlier shown that antioxidant properties found in green tea could help prevent atherosclerosis, particularly coronary artery disease. In the new study, researchers led by Stephen Hsu, from the Medical College of Georgia, School...

New Therapeutic Approach for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases

Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) made an important finding, which could eventually lead to a new therapeutic approach for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, psoriasis and others. .The studies, conducted in laboratory mice, demonstrated the role of retinoic acid, a substance derived when Vitamin A is...

Cannabis can Help to Treat Allergies, Autoimmune Disorders

Latest research suggests that cannabis, also known as marijuana or ganja, can help in the treatment of allergies and autoimmune disorders that occur when body tissues are attacked by its own immune system. Researchers led by Andreas Zimmer, at the University of Bonn, used tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in the cannabis plant to treat mice and found that it reduced...

AutoGenomics Addresses TB Crisis With a Genetic Drug Resistance Test

CARLSBAD, Calif., "In light of the recent news event where a passenger with extensive drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) flew on multiple airline flights and potentially infected other passengers, the need for rapid identification of MTB and assessment of drug resistance is critical to control of the spread of the disease" said Dr. Nani Dattagupta, Chief Scientific Officer of AutoGenom...

Death Due to Drowning can Be Identified With the Aid of 'Virtual Autopsy'

"Virtual autopsy" performed with multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can aid forensics teams in determining if a person has drowned, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology . MDCT is comparable to conventional autopsy in demonstrating airway froth and sediment that are indicative of drowning. "Our findings show that MDCT can be used either to...

Indian Researcher Duo Finds Automated Tailgating can Save Fuel, Cut CO2 Emissions

Automated tailgating that allows cars to drive much closer to each other in heavy moving traffic, could save fuel and cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to two researchers at the University of Jadavpur, Kolkata . To test their theory, Debojyoti Mitra and Asis Mazumdar from the university's Mechanical Engineering Department investigated the drag on platoons of four vehicles in t...

Autoimmune Response in Multiple Sclerosis

In multiple sclerosis (MS), the myelin that surrounds the axons of nerve cells is attacked by the bodys own T cells, resulting in slowed and disrupted nerve impulses and, ultimately, axon loss . Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a major component of the myelin sheath and when used as an antigen will induce experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) in mice, which is used as an animal model...

Autophagy may Lead to Heart Disease

Autophagy, a normal process by which cells eat their own proteins to provide needed resources to the body in times of stress , may paradoxically cause harm to hearts already weakened by disease, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. In certain forms of heart disease, autophagy is taking place, but how much of it is occurring and whether it participates in di...