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News | Archive (29 April 2010) [Page 3]
Pigs provide clues on cystic fibrosis lung disease
— 10:31 GMT | HealthAided by a new experimental model, scientists are a step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis (CF) causes lung disease in people with the condition. The findings, published online April 28 in the journal Science Translational Medicine, could help improve treatments for lung disease, which causes most of the deaths and disability among people with CF…
Melting icebergs causing sea level rise
— 10:28 GMT | EnvironmentScientists have discovered that changes in the amount of ice floating in the polar oceans are causing sea levels to rise…
Fibromyalgia affects mental health of those diagnosed and their spouses, study finds
— 10:25 GMT | HealthFibromyalgia is a condition that causes chronic, widespread pain throughout the body. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers are examining how the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia can affect marriages. Initial findings reveal that diagnosed spouses have considerably higher levels of depressive symptoms and pain and report more marital instability and anger than their spouses. For both spouses, the symptoms can trigger increased emotional withdrawal and mental strain…
MU researcher developing test for swallowing disorder treatments
— 10:22 GMT | HealthMuscle degeneration and confinement to a wheelchair are the hallmarks of Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy and other neurodegenerative diseases. One of the silent, and most serious, symptoms of these diseases is losing the ability to swallow. Swallowing impairment, or dysphagia, affects about 500,000 people annually in the U.S., but little is known about the disorder and only a few temporary, behavioural treatments are available. Now, a University of Missouri researcher is developing a test that might help pinpoint the neurological or physiological origins of swallowing disorders, leading to possible life-saving treatments…
U-M study: Use of alternative therapy for pain treatment increases with age and wealth
— 10:19 GMT | HealthIn a University of Michigan Health System study, 1 out of 3 patients with chronic pain reported using complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic visits for pain relief…
Resilient gypsy moth continues to shrug off best pesticides
— 10:16 GMT | ChemistryThe gypsy moth, a highly destructive insect that has damaged millions of acres of forests and urban landscapes, continues to slowly spread throughout the country despite the use of safer, more effective pesticides, according to an article in Chemical and Engineering News (C and EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine…
Research shows part of Alaska inundated by ancient megafloods
— 10:13 GMT | Geology and palaeontologyNew research indicates that one of the largest fresh-water floods in Earth's history happened about 17,000 years ago and inundated a large area of Alaska that is now occupied in part by the city of Wasilla, widely known because of the 2008 presidential campaign…
Antibiotic regimen effective for reactive arthritis
— 10:10 GMT | HealthResearchers from University of South Florida College of Medicine found a combination of antibiotics to be an effective treatment for Chlamydia-induced reactive arthritis, a major step forward in the management, and possibly cure, of this disease. Results of this study are published in the May issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology…
Acellular dermal matrix and short bowel syndrome
— 10:07 GMT | HealthAcellular dermal matrix (ADM) is a dermal biomaterial in which all of the cellular elements have been removed. The biologic properties of ADM, including its ability to support tissue regeneration repopulation with fibroblasts, revascularisation, new collagen deposition and eventual absorption and replacement with native tissue permit its use in tissue reconstruction. A few studies for intestinal elongation have been performed, but the results are uncertain…
New advances in science of the ultra-small promise big benefits for cancer patients
— 10:04 GMT | HealthA $145-million Federal Government effort to harness the power of nanotechnology to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is producing innovations that will radically improve care for the disease. That's the conclusion of an update on the status of the program, called the National Cancer Institute Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer. It appears in ACS Nano, a monthly journal published by the American Chemical Society…
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