Garlic may protect the heart from damage after surgery
... injury. This can be potentially fatal to patients undergoing heart surgery to remove clots or repair heart defe... important potential to save the lives of patients undergoing heart surgery....Long-term studies show most intersex adults happy with gender assignments at birth
... assigned to female gender by parents and doctors, undergoing surgeries and hormone treatments, to be reared as girls. Of the 39 participants in this study, 21 were raised as males and 18 as females. The majority of men (76 percent) and women (78 percent) were satisfied with their assigned sex of rearing. Two ...Chicago researchers find why uncircumcised men have more HIV
...tained from eight children and six adults who were undergoing circumcision for other reasons. Those tissues were compared with cervical tissue, which served as controls. The analysis showed that foreskin mucosa (cells underneath the surface) contain high concentrations of the cells targeted by HIV. The fores...Anti-inflammatory drug reduces growth of cancerous tumors In rats
...me a priority in the management of cancer patients undergoing surgery," she adds. Prior research in anima...to 63 percent. The scientists also found that rats undergoing surgery showed suppressed NK activity, which was restored after receiving indomethacin. Rats of both...Study identifies hypertension patients who can benefit from the little used diuretic amiloride
...ivided into four samples and frozen at -84C before undergoing electrophysiological examination. A determination of normal or abnormal ENaC regulation was based on the basal channel activity and a response to cyclic AMP. Blood pressure was compared before and after treatment. Results Cells from blood sampl...ORNL receives $21.7 million for DOE's Genomes to Life
...ir regulation and collective behavior. "Biology is undergoing a major transformation that will be enabled and ultimately driven by computation," said Thomas Zacharia, ORNL associate lab director for Computing and Computational Sciences. Al Geist, co-principal investigator on the project and an ORNL corporate fe...Smoking decreases men's chances of fatherhood by IVF and ICSI
...production, it represents a needless risk to women undergoing futile hormonal stimulation, as well as an unneces...hat quitting smoking will be beneficial to couples undergoing IVF or ICSI. However, we do not know how long the damaging effects of smoking last after quitting a...PGD could save women from the agony of repeated miscarriages
...ars. A control group of 28 fertile women who were undergoing PGD for sex-linked diseases was added to the study. The researchers found that the percentage of embryos with abnormal chromosomes was approximately a third higher in the RM and IF groups, compared with the control group. Ms Rubio said: "These diffe...Researchers identify protein linked to tumor invasion
...ug used to suppress the immune systems of patients undergoing organ transplants in order to prevent their bodies from rejecting their new organs. NFAT has also been shown to be important for heart development during embryogenesis. In this new study, lead author Sebastien Jauliac, Ph.D., was surprised to find hi...Nasal antibiotic ointment reduces infection risk after surgery
...ucing the rate of S. aureus infections in patients undergoing surgery, as with any antibiotic, there is the risk of widespread resistance. "This is a terrific drug, but the downside is that resistance does develop with overuse," says Perl. "You don't want to bathe the hospital in mupirocin. It is incumbent up...Invading species have harder time cracking diverse plant communities
...er intact areas of native prairie or plots of land undergoing restoration, will suffer less from exotic species invasions if a diverse mix of species is present. The work will be published in the June 6 issue of Nature. Elton, who has been called the father of ecology, published a 1958 book on invasions of exot...Hebrew University professor designs medication to lower recurrence of cardiovascular disease
...ps in 30-40 percent of patients a few months after undergoing angioplasty. Prof. Golomb has developed a medication which is applied prior to angioplasty and prevents a new blockage from developing. He explained that the body relates to the area where the angioplasty is performed as a wound and sends cells calle...HIV selectively suppresses anti-HIV defense cells
...xamined the cells of four HIV-positive individuals undergoing structured treatment interruption of their antiretroviral therapy. Because these individuals were past the early stage of infection, all their nave helper T cells had matured. When these patients went off antiretroviral drugs, their viral loads incre...Filtering patient's blood before kidney transplant allows transplant from any donor
...m the fluid. The cells are returned to the person undergoing treatment, while the plasma, which contains the antibodies, is discarded and replaced with other fluids. Doctors also gave patients an intravenous drip of a medication designed to prevent the antibodies from returning and to make patients less likel...A pilot study may offer promise of a marker for ovarian cancer
...nter, New Orleans, LA. Methodology Fourteen women undergoing primary cytoreductive surgery for ovarian carcinoma participated in this study following informed consent. On the day of surgery, blood samples were obtained prior to the induction of anesthesia and ascites was collected intraoperatively. Followin...Tibetans retain resistance to the oxygen-deficient disorder hypoxia regardless of altitude
...hes for treatment of hypoxic injury among patients undergoing cardiac surgery and prevention of mountain sickness among the world's growing number of mountain climbers....Spinal cord injury and Alzheimers risk among topics at American Chemical Society meeting
...animal models of chronic diabetes. It is currently undergoing phase II clinical trials in the United States and Canada. (MEDI 22, Sunday, April 7, 3:45 p.m., Convention Center, Auditorium, Level Three) Monday, April 8 Womens contributions to the Manhattan Project The Women Chemists Committee, as pa...Honey the darker the better Has potential as dietary antioxidant
...eth said. Follow-up studies, either in progress or undergoing data analyses, will shed more light on the exact phenolic compounds in honey and on how effectively honey that is consumed prevents oxidation in the blood of human subjects. Phenolic compounds are phytochemicals, which are non-nutritious compounds in...Researchers identify key gene that regulates immune response
...ry or urinary tract infections, to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. When bacteria seriously infect a body, one of the body's response may be for the arteries to inflame, or swell in size. Like water pressure suddenly switching from a garden hose to a larger pipe, the blood pressure in the arteries dram......ure trauma (burst eardrums, toothaches, etc.) when undergoing this training. The pressure chambers are also expensive to build and operate. The Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) with ONR funding has come up with a better way. Captain Charles Vacchiano, a NAMRL researcher, has developed...