Nerves controlling muscles are best repaired with similar nerves
...Schwann cells were boosting the regeneration" To find an answer, the researchers broke down the nerve architecture by chopping up motor, sensory and mixed nerves. They divided the minced nerves into groups by type, inserted the mush into tiny silicone tubes and encouraged severed motor nerves to regener...Experts debate role of stenting, bypass surgery in left main coronary artery disease
...points of death and heart attack, I think we might find that drug-eluting stents stand up well to bypass surgery in left main diseaseand if you could have a less invasive therapy, why wouldnt you choose that"" Drs. Mack and Mehran agreed that important data will come from the Synergy Between PCI With Ta...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
... continence, but none have proven ideal. Trying to find a better way, Drs. Tewari and Vaughan reviewed 3-D videos that detailed the urological anatomy of patients who had retained full continence after prostatectomy. "We were trying to figure out what went right in those cases," Dr. Vaughan says. Armed ...New treatments needed for irritable bowel syndrome
...se the disorder is poorly understood, many doctors find patients with IBS difficult to treat. "Although extra time and effort may be needed, successful management is rewarding because it can substantially improve quality of life." IBS has a similar incidence in Europe and the USA, and is increasingly...Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion
...cations in that it questions where and how we will find the next generation of advanced practice nurses," said Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN and editor-in-chief of AJN. "This is not about whether one individual nurse is better than another, but rather if we believe more education will benefit nurses, pa...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
...al. We spend about 3 billion dollars each year to find and treat these pre-cancerous stages caused by some type of HPV." To date there is no vaccine specifically designed to treat disease that is already established. Dr. Ault explains the current HPV vaccine is meant to be a preventive or prophylactic...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
... heart attacks. The researchers also were able to find higher risk in patients with traces of HPV in oral rinses, a first step to developing a "swish-and-spit" screening method for at-risk individuals. HPV-linked oral cancers have been on the rise since at least 1973, and Gillison expects the trend to ...Swedish snus much safer than smoking but linked to pancreatic cancer
...r in snus users compared to never-smokers, but did find that snus users were around twice as likely to contract pancreatic cancer than never-smokers. But smokers were still more likely to contract pancreatic cancer than snus users. The authors say: "Our finding is at odds with the perception that use o...No evidence older women generate new eggs
...t-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, say they can find no evidence to support his hypothesis that women may generate new eggs after birth. The USF researchers searched for markers of stem cells or of meiotic cell division in ovarian cells biopsied from 12 women between the ages of 28 and 53. "Despi...Transcontinental wildfire emissions monitored from space
...e longer it travels. So, it was very surprising to find that even over Australian biomass-burning areas still up to 30% of the enhanced carbon monoxide levels from forest fires originate in South America." Forest fires in South America produced much more carbon monoxide in 2004 than in 2003, Gloudemans...Study evaluates why blacks do not successfully donate kidneys
...luded due to not completing the process. "I did find this kind of surprising because more women successfully donate than men, at a rate of 58 percent versus 42 percent," said Reeves-Daniel. "We hope all of these results will help with understanding so we can recruit successful donors in the future."...Global integration package welcome news
...research." "Health research and development can find solutions to help contain the growth in health costs, and ensure a healthy Australia into the future," Ms James said. Ms James welcomed the proposed tax changes as encouragement for more R&D to be undertaken in Australia. Funding for nanotechnolog...Cause of gender differences in blood pressure, kidney damage under study
...l." She's looking at these gender differences to find what protects females, at least for much of their ...m a lot of good," she says. One of her goals is to find out. When she looks in the outer most part of the kidney, called the renal cortex, she also finds ...India's DBT and IAVI forge partnership to develop 'next generation' vaccine candidates
...rtnership will broaden ongoing efforts in India to find an AIDS vaccine," said Seth Berkley, CEO and President of IAVI. "With our long-term Indian collaborators, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through the National AIDS Control Organisation and the Indian Council of Medical Research, IAVI has su...Web-based asthma program dramatically improves disease management for low-income black students
...rral coordinator assessed student needs, helped to find a doctor and obtained medication when applicable, and referred students to appropriate agencies or community resources as needed. Periodically, a risk assessment report was generated based on student responses to certain key questions in the progra...First clinical trial of gene therapy for childhood blindness
...-clinical testing. The purpose of this trial is to find out how safe and effective the new intervention is in humans. The team conducting the trial, from UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, is led by Professor Robin Ali and includes leading eye surgeon Mr James Bainbridge and lea...Parents can sneak veggies into kids' diet
...nsume fewer calories and eat more vegetables might find a healthy solution with stealth vegetables. A Penn...ege of Health and Human Development. Parents often find it difficult to get their kids to eat vegetables. The researchers developed two variations of past...Researchers urge caution in using ESAs for cancer-related anemia
...atment in cancer patients, it will be necessary to find out more about how the erythropoietin receptor functions in cancers, the authors believe. Recent studies at their laboratory suggest that erythropoietin may have abnormal effects on the erythropoietin receptors in cultured tumor cells. If this also h...Highlights from the May 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ion contains articles and research studies you may find of interest. Below is a summary of some of this months articles. Snacking Can Benefit Older Adults A nationally representative study of more than 2,000 people over age 65 found snacking is an "important dietary behavior" among older adults that c...Inflammatory system genes linked to cognitive decline after heart surgery
...oronary artery disease, many patients and families find that cognitive decline after surgery has reduced their quality of life, said Duke cardiothoracic anesthesiologist Joseph Mathew, M.D., lead investigator of the study reported online Tuesday, May 1, in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology...