Maternal Exposure To Crack Cocaine Produces Stressed Newborns
...he womb maynot produce newborns with hemorrhages, lesions and brain damage, as reportedelsewhere," said Barry Lester, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry and oneof the study's authors. "These are fragile, vulnerable babies. With the properchild rearing, they will do fine. If the resources are available, ...Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...hese clumps accumulate on damaged tissue, such as lesions in the blood vessel or a heart-valve replacement, which represents a damaged area in the heart. The transplanted bacteria can cause the valve to become infected, and the accumulated clumps can block blood vessels. "Weve known for some time th...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...d more easily detect the type and frequency of DNA lesions inliving tissues after exposure to environmental radiation or chemicalcarcinogens."...Fast Food Can Speed Up Clogging Of The Arteries
... (25 milligrams per day) increased atherosclerotic lesions by 100percent in comparison to those rabbits not fed the extra oxidized cholesterol. Co-authors include Xian-Mang Pan, Joseph H. Rapp and Kenneth R.Feingold.......of prostate cancer -- the presence of precancerous lesions known as PIN (prostateintraepithelial neoplasia) a...es. Notably, of the eight men who had precancerous lesions at the start of the studyand were treated with finasteride, six developed cancer after one year. Inc...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
... studies of animals and of people who suffer brain lesions orAlzheimer disease, Brewer said. Scientists did not know before, however, if thisregion was involved in encoding information into the memory, or if it wasinvolved in storing it or retrieving it later. The individuals in this study varied greatly on ......d to primary pulmonaryhypertension and heart valve lesions in a small number of the millions ofAmericans who took the anti-obesity drug combination from 1992 until 1997, whenone of the drugs, fenfluramine, was voluntarily withdrawn by its manufacturer.The other drug, phentermine, is still used to treat obesi...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...ith the Visible Human dataset, physicians look for lesions or polyps in the patient's CAT-scan. Wake Forest's David Vining, M.D., remarked, "Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States today. However, people are reluctant to undergo colorectal exams. Within six months,......ed to reduce the cost oftreating precancerous skin lesions contradicts standard medical practice in thevast m... dermatologistsoverwhelmingly prefer to treat such lesions by removing them immediately. Yet,Medicare policies give states the right to induce doctors into usi...Promising Bone Cancer Therapy Advances To Next Level
...hether ourapproach may actually help shrink cancer lesions that have spread to the bone,in addition to relieving the pain they cause," Srivastava said. "And, we'repursuing preliminary research on its use in treating primary bone cancer andrheumatoid arthritis." A New Option for Bone Cancer Pain Bo...... hydrogen peroxide incertain strengths can promote lesions that have already begun to develop in theoral cavi...percent hydrogen-peroxide solution to premalignant lesions in the right cheekpouches of hamsters. Hydrogen peroxide was applied three times a week for 12weeks....Vinegar Offers Dependable Test For Cervical Cancer
... study participants. Tissueharboring precancerous lesions turns white when exposed to vinegar. The testidentified almost twice as many cases of disease as did Pap smears. A simple screening test such as this is urgently needed, the authorssay, because only 5 percent of women in developing countries...Dental Researchers Retract Statement Indicating Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Cancer Promoter
...e-containing pharmaceuticals and oral precancerous lesions orfrank cancerous lesions in humans. "Briefly, this study utilized the hamster buccal-cheek-pouch model, andconsisted...People With Brain Injury To Frontal Lobe Don't Get Punch Lines -- Prefer Slapstick Humor!
... to the normal control group and people with focal lesions elsewherein the brain. Individuals with right frontal damage chose wrong punch lines towritten jokes and did not smile or laugh as much at funny cartoons or verbaljokes. They showed a preference for silly slapstick humor -- surprising butillogical en...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
...ngiogenesis inhibitors, the average area of plaque lesions was 0.250 squaremillimeters (mm2). At the end of the treatment period, the control group had anaverage plaque area of 0.751 mm2, compared to 0.321 mm2 for the group treatedwith endostatin and 0.402 mm2 for the TNP-470 group. Chronic treatment withe...Nonintrusive Imaging Technique Useful For Identifying Language Regions In Kids' Brains
...ese children have a form of epilepsyresulting from lesions that disrupt electrical pathways in the brain. Removingthe lesions often reduces the severity of their seizures, but the Wada test,used for decades to identify languag...New Cancer Procedure At Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Offers Hope
... the tumor in a minimally-invasive way." For liver lesions or bone tumors, the procedure is an excellent alternative,according to Zagoria. However, it is not designed to replace surgery. "I would not want a patient to undergo this procedure if they have a tumor thatcan be easily removed by surgery," he said....Cordis Cardiology Introduces The MINI Crown Stent
... easy deliverability in patients with small, tight lesions while minimizing the risks of edge dissection and ...m to 3.25 mm." Historically, most smaller vessel lesions have been treated with balloon angioplasty alone due to the small lumen size of these vessels and th...AVANT Atherosclerosis Vaccine Raises HDL, Reduces Atherosclerosis In Vaccinated Animals
...r blood HDL cholesterol levels and atherosclerotic lesions were reducedby approximately 40 percent (p<0.0...and hadsignificantly smaller areas of fatty streak lesions in their aortas than wereexhibited by untreated control animals. AVANT believes that inhibiting CETP...New Three Year Follow-up Data Of Novantrone In Multiple Sclerosis
...ials were conducted that showed a reduction in new lesions on MRI, as well asreductions in the number and severity of relapses in patients treated withNOVANTRONE. NOVANTRONE is currently marketed to treat pain in patients with advancedhormone-refractory prostate cancer in combination with corticoster...