Muscular dystrophy mouse model yields potential growth factor treatment
...ced amounts of muscle-replacing fibrous tissue and enhanced biological pathways associated with muscle regeneration. Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic muscle-wasting disease caused by mutations in the gene for the protein dystrophin, results in repeated cycles of muscle damage and insufficient m...Calcium-dependent potassium channels as target to increase drug delivery to brain tumors
...s that regulate BTB permeability for selective and enhanced delivery of molecules across brain tumor microvessels, this study may have significant implications for improving the targeted delivery of anti-cancer drugs and other therapeutic agents....Cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials do better when they receive palliative care
...m, cancer treatment is not disrupted -- but may be enhanced -- when interventions designed to improve patients' physical, functional, emotional and social well-being are provided during clinical trials, according to a study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. The study was pr...Optimistic outlook may benefit lungs
...ous studies have shown a link between optimism and enhanced well-being, while pessimism has been shown to be a risk factor for poor physical health, said lead researcher Rosalind J. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., Instructor in Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. This is the fir...Heart health should be the front line of diabetes care
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...psychological as well as physical process, greatly enhanced by a spouse and other family members helping the abuser. But the elderly often do not have a support system within reach after their children move elsewhere and longtime friends leave the neighborhood. Turning to the government for help is not a vi...Smoking cessation success equally good with over-the-counter or prescription nicotine replacement
... expected to boost efficacy through counseling and enhanced compliance. However, we found that physicians had not done all they could and should do to help smokers use the medications to quit. This has been seen in other studies, too, says Shiffman. In fact, patients reported that physicians often failed t...Cancer patients' loss of taste, smell compromises treatment
...ucted by Schiffman, elderly patients who ate foods enhanced with powdered flavors like beef, bacon and cheese showed significantly higher levels of B-cells and T-cells than when they ate the same foods without enhancers. If the treatment proves successful in cancer patients, it will provide an important tool...Applied Biosystems introduces next generation production level DNA analysis systems
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