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Liver fibrosis is the 12th leadingcause of death in the UnitedStates; © panthermedia.net/krishna creations
The discovery in mouse models could ultimately help lead to new human therapies for reversing fibrosis in the liver, and in other organs like the lungs and kidneys. “The take-away message . . . → Read More: Scarring Cells Revert to Inactive State as Liver Heals
The COMT gene provides instructions for making enzymes which breakdown a specific chemical messenger called dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that helps conduct signals from one nerve cell to another, particularly in the brains reward and pleasure centres. Adolescent cannabis use and its interaction with particular forms . . . → Read More: Brain Regions Associated with Schizophrenia
The study is the first to directly show how low testosterone levels in fat tissue can be instrumental in the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Testosterone is present throughout the body. Low testosterone levels are linked to obesity, a known risk factor for diabetes. It acts on fat . . . → Read More: Low Testosterone Levels Could Raise Diabetes Risk
The syndrome is believed to belinked to dysfunction of thestomach; © University ofGothenburg
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) causes chronic or recurring problems with pain and discomfort in the abdomen together with changes in bowel habits. The syndrome is common and is believed to be linked . . . → Read More: Biomarkers can reveal Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Virtual blood allows pre-testingof drugs; © Universityof Pennsylvania
Having a virtual copy of a patient’s blood in a computer would be a boon to researchers and doctors. They could examine a simulated heart attack caused by blood clotting in a diseased coronary artery and see . . . → Read More: Large-scale Simulation of Human Blood
“This form of beta-amyloid, called pyroglutamylated (or pyroglu) beta-amyloid, is a real bad guy in Alzheimer’s disease,” said Doctor George Bloom of University of Virginia. “We have confirmed that it converts more abundant beta-amyloids into a form that is up to 100 times more toxic, making this a . . . → Read More: New Understanding of Alzheimer’s Trigger World Laughter Day: Laugh for your health! May, the 06th 2012, is World Laughter Day. On this occasion thousands of people meet in different cities across the world in order to laugh at that special day together. Laughter is not only fun – it’s healthy too! According to a U.S. study, laughter . . . → Read More: Laugh for your health!
US spending linked to higher prices and greater use of me-dical technology, not more doctor visits or hospital stays;© panthermedia.net /Erwin Wodicka
The U.S. spent nearly 8,000 Dollars per person in 2009 on health care services, while other countries in the study spent between one-third . . . → Read More: US Spends Far More for Health Care Than 12 Industrialised Nations
“We followed 1,664 COPD patients recruited from five pulmonary clinics in the United States and Spain for a median of 51 months,” said Doctor Miguel Divo of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Among the 79 comorbidities we observed in these patients, 12 were significantly and independently associated with an . . . → Read More: Comorbidities Increase Risk of Mortality
Haemodialysis can be delivered through arteriovenous (AV) grafts, artificial vessels created to join an artery to a vein. Unfortunately, AV grafts are prone to congestion and clotting, causing disruptions to treatment and a need for surgical correction. Research suggests fish oil could prevent AV grafts from clotting and . . . → Read More: Fish Oil Capsule May Provide Kidney-related Benefits
The picture shows a cerebellumsample from a mouse afterglycogen accumulation; © IRB
These two animal models will allow scientists to address the genes involved in this harmful process and to find pharmacological solutions that allow disintegration of the accumulations or limitation of glycogen production. Advances . . . → Read More: Glycogen Accumulation in Neurons Causes Brain Damage
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The image share project includes the University of California, San Francisco, University of Chicago, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, the University of Maryland in Baltimore, and the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. “The patient can arrange with . . . → Read More: Anywhere Access to Medical Images
At its core is a small plastic chip developed with nanotechnology that holds the key to determining whether a patient is resistant to cancer drugs or has diseases like malaria. The chip can also pinpoint infectious diseases in a herd of cattle. “We are basically replacing millions of . . . → Read More: Nano Nod for Lab on a Chip
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a disorder in which skin and mucous membranes, including the eye surface, react severely to a medication or infection. SJS causes painful skin blisters, and as the disease progress, the skin sloughs off as if the patient had been burned. A more severe form . . . → Read More: Foetal Membrane Transplantation Prevents Blindness
This image shows a construction ofa possible ring oligomer positionin the cell membrane after fournanoseconds of moleculardynamics simulations; © UCSD
The new results conflict with an older theory that insoluble intracellular fibrils called amyloids cause Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Instead, the new findings . . . → Read More: Strong Support for Once-Marginalised Theory |
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