| ALS: UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CELL TRANSPLANTS MAY HELP PATIENTS
Transplants of mononuclear human umbilical cord blood cells may help patients suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. MORE MARFAN SYNDROME: DRUG TREATMENT APPEARS TO WORK ON THE MOST LIFE-THREATENING DEFECTS
Johns Hopkins researchers said that losartan-a compound used for years to treat high blood pressure-slowed the enlargement of the aorta, the most life-threatening defect associated with Marfan syndrome. MORE STROKE: LEUKEMIA DRUG COULD HELP SAVE PATIENT LIVES
When the most effective treatment now available for stroke patients, the drug tPA, is combined with the leukemia drug imatinib (Gleevec), patients may avoid dangerous bleeding in the brain. MORE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: DRUG-ELUTING STENTS LINKED WITH DECREASE IN PROCEDURES TO UNBLOCK ARTERIES
The widespread adoption of the use of drug-releasing coronary artery stents into routine practice is associated with a decrease in the need for repeat procedures to unblock coronary arteries. MORE MEMORY: SENIORS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MAY EXPERIENCE FORGETFULNESS RIGHT AFTER UNHEALTHY MEALS
Adults with Type 2 diabetes who eat unhealthy, high-fat meals may experience memory declines immediately afterward, but this can be offset by taking antioxidant vitamins with the meal. MORE CARDIAC TISSUE: NEW SOURCE OF HEART STEM CELLS DISCOVERED
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that give rise to cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells. MORE GASTROSCHISIS: FOURFOLD RISK OF THE BIRTH DEFECT IN BABIES WHOSE MOMS HAVE STD AND UTI
Women who reported having both a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and urinary tract infection (UTI) just before or during early pregnancy were four times more likely to have babies with gastroschisis-a severe birth defect in which infants are born with their intestines and other internal organs outside the abdomen. MORE DIABETES: COMMON COOKING SPICE TUMERIC SHOWS PROMISE IN COMBATING THE DISEASE ALONG WITH OBESITY
Turmeric-treated mice are less susceptible to developing Type 2 diabetes, based on their blood glucose levels and glucose and insulin tolerance tests. MORE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS: MOTHERS' INFLUENCE IS DECISIVE IN TOTS' FIRST YEAR
The way mothers interact with their babies in the first year of life is strongly related to how children behave later on. MORE MSRA: HOSPITAL OVERCROWDING AND UNDERSTAFFING LEAD SUPERBUG CONTROL PROGRAMS TO FAIL
Overcrowding and understaffing in hospitals lead to a failure of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control programs, which in turn leads to increased inpatient hospital stay, bed blocking, and further infection control failure. MORE CANCER: LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS INCREASES RISK OF DEATH AFTER DIAGNOSIS
Cancer patients with low socioeconomic status have more advanced cancers at diagnosis, receive less aggressive treatment, and have a higher risk of dying in the five years following cancer diagnosis. MORE HEART DISEASE: CERTAIN ANTI-CANCER AGENTS COULD BE HARMFUL TO PATIENTS
A set of promising new anticancer agents could have unforeseen risks in individuals with heart disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. MORE POST-SURGICAL PAIN: GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN INCREASE IT
The general anesthesia that puts patients into unconscious sleep so they don't feel surgical pain can increase the discomfort they feel once they wake up. MORE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO IN CLINIC WAITING ROOMS REDUCES NEW INFECTIONS
A waiting room HIV/STD prevention video called Safe in the City lowers STD incidence among STD clinic patients. MORE OVARIAN CANCER: SYMPTOM SCREENING PLUS A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST IMPROVES EARLY DETECTION
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle said women's reports of persistent, recent-onset symptoms linked to ovarian cancer-abdominal or pelvic pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, and abdominal bloating-when combined with the CA125 blood test may improve the early detection of ovarian cancer by 20 percent. MORE VIRUSES: RESEARCHERS GAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY REPLICATE IN HOST CELLS
Viruses can travel around cells they infect by hitching a ride on a microscopic transport system. MORE | |
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STROKE: SUDDEN HEARING LOSS COULD INDICATE EARLY SIGN OF VULNERABILITY
Researchers in Taiwan said sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years. MORE CANCER: BLUE LIGHT USED TO HARDEN TOOTH FILLINGS STUNTS TUMOR GROWTH
A blue curing light used to harden dental fillings also may stunt tumor growth. MORE OSTEOPOROSIS: SIMPLE ULTRASOUND EXAM MAY PREDICT RISK
An ultrasound exam of the heel may be able to predict if a woman is at heightened risk for fractures due to osteoporosis. MORE INFECTIOUS DISEASES: EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS CAN UNLEASH A "PERFECT STORM"
Climate extremes, such as the increased frequency of droughts and floods expected with global warming, can create conditions in which diseases that are tolerated individually may converge and cause mass die-offs of livestock or wildlife. MORE
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