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Magnet therapy: what's the attraction?

...that placing a magnet of any strength against your skin produces no reddening at all." Other proponents suggest that the magnets cause water molecules in the blood to line up, somehow improving circulation. But according to John Schenck of the General Electric R&D Laboratory in Schenectady, NY, aligning...

Hormone linked to body weight may help regulate blood pressure

...hether the fat is deposited near the surface ofthe skin or deeper within the body. A third consideration is insulin, whichstimulates leptin production." Insulin is a hormone that helps the body useglucose, a main food source. Because so many things could affect leptin levels, the researchers used a meth...

Rebuilding the body

...rgeons to grow and transfer a tailor made patch of skin onto a patient'sscar, burn or ulcer or to grow a s...scaffolds that will automaticallyshape a growth of skin or cartilage to form the required shape. "Cartilageconstructs grown in this manner could even be us...

UCSF finding could lead to a new class of painkillers

...being drawn onto the body, become painful when the skin is sunburned; likewise, the movement of a joint, normally unnoticed, would cause pain in the presence of arthritis. Chemical signals act on pain-sensing neurons by latching on to specific cell-surface receptors that convey the signals into the cell....

MGH researchers identify angiogenesis inhibitor in gallbladder cancer

...r example, gallbladder cancercells grown under the skin - may produce misleading results. The study's results, appearing in the October issue of Nature Medicine, maysomeday lead to strategies to prevent the growth of metastases from gallbladdercancer, a serious problem in treatment of the disease. They ...

Raise eggs' vitamin D3 content sevenfold by adding more vitamin D to chicken feed

...steoporosis. People synthesize vitamin D in their skin with thehelp of sunlight, but inhabitants of northern countries, where sunlight can bescarce during much of the year, need to eat foods rich in vitamin D or takesupplements. Foods rich in vitamin D include fish, some wild mushrooms, and eggyolks. M...

Young children who are in regular contact with farm animals are less likely to develop allergies later in life

...re pronounced: 1.1% compared with3.9%.Reactions to skin prick tests were about twice less frequent (18.8% against32.7%) for farm children as for the others. This clearly marked difference persisted when other factors were taken intoaccount, such as genetic background, parents' education, eating habits and...

Doppler ultrasound can reduce hospital stays

...ng surgery involveinserting a catheter through the skin to a position in a major artery near theheart. This is invasive and technically demanding and is associated with ahigher complication rate, the researchers say."The Doppler ultrasound is fairly simple to use and doesn't take long fordoctors to learn...

Cedars-Sinai researchers participate in study to assess effects of soy-based supplement on symptoms of menopause

.... The result is a hot sensation and a red flush in skin color." Scientists have in recent years begun to evaluate the role of phytoestrogens in the diet. It has been noted, for example, that the prevalence of menopausal symptoms seems to be lower in some parts of the world in which the diet is high in phy...

Mayo Clinic investigates new device to regulate beating of the heart and improve pump function

...e of a small pager (66 cc), is implanted under the skin in the chest area, and three thin wires (called leads) are run through veins from the device to the left and right chambers of the heart. Only a small incision is required to implant the device. The procedures takes about two to three hours to perf...

Chemotherapy plus radiation therapy for head and neck cancer increases survival rates of some patients

... side effects, including difficulty swallowing and skin irritation, says Dr. Suntharalingam. Typically, people at highest risk of head and neck cancer are those who consume large amounts of alcohol and who smoke. There are more than 12,000 new cases diagnosed per year in the United States. Head and ne...

Vitamin A compound may help protect younger women against breast and ovarian cancers

...d side effects of the fenretinide regimen included skin or mucosal dryness, diminished adaptation to the dark, which was eased by staying off the capsules three days each month, and some gastrointestinal complaints. As with tamoxifen, fenretinide can cause fetal defects, so premenopausal patients were adv...

UF study shows contemporary method accurately predicts cancer risk

...n be prevented. Breast cancer rates second only to skin cancers as the most common malignancy in women. In 1999, about 175,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed among American women, according to the American Cancer Society. In the UF study, Masood studied FNAB specimens taken from pat...

Study examined switching rates between Allegra® (fexofenadine HCl) and Claritin®

...he suppression of medications on histamine-induced skin test reactions) between doses of Allegra® (fexofenadine HCl) 60 mg and 180 mg and terfenadine 60 mg and 180 mg, respectively. Average percent inhibitions of wheal and flare for equivalent milligram doses of Allegra and terfenadine were not stati...

Honey as medicine

...ey creates a moist healing environment that allows skin cells to re-grow across a healingwound flush with ...ty of the skin. (If a dry scab formson a wound the skin cells can only grow across the wound deeper down where it is moist.) Honey causes scabs and dead c...

Bristol-Meyers Squibb submits NDA for new formulation of once daily videx(R)(didanosine)

...itional supplements, infant formulas, and hair and skin products....

Genetic test for melanoma developed at UCSF

...ogists identify melanoma, the most common type of skin cancer, has been developed by researchers at Unive...mosomal abnormalities that characterize cancerous skin cells, was described here, today (March 9), at the annual meeting of the International Society of D...

Enbrel shown safe, effective in children and teenagers with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

...nd prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases. For more information about NIAMS, call our information clearinghouse at 1-877-22-NIAMS or...

No more shots?

... They range from medicated powders pumped into the skin at supersonic speeds to implanted microchips that ...ving tiny particles delivered painlessly into your skin at speeds up to that of a supersonic jet. That's the concept behind dry powder injection, a unique d...

Wake Forest study shows women suffer from 'gender gap' in treatment of severe psoriasis

... Psoriasis is a chronic disease that leaves the skin red and scaly. The affected areas are uncomfortabl...let treatments carry a significant risk of causing skin cancer. The report is based on a study of information gathered as part of the National Ambulatory...

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