Free-electron laser targets fat
...at lipid-rich tissues, or fat, in the body without harming the overlying skin. Laser therapies based on the new research could treat a variety of health conditions, including severe acne, atherosclerotic plaque, and unwanted cellulite. The result will be presented at the American Society for Laser Medicine a...President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
... grant programs," Dr. Blaser said. In addition to harming flu research, the proposal cuts $15 million from HIV/AIDS research, harming research into vaccines, treatments, and prevention strategies. It also would force NIAID to cancel a...NHS cash crisis will delay national bowel screening programme, warns expert
...about the speed of introducing the programme risks harming the professional goodwill and motivation that have driven service improvements. "The government's short term financial difficulties should not be permitted to erode national confidence in its commitment to tackling bowel cancer death rates," she conc...New study reports increased response to therapy with no added toxicity in treatment of ...
...natural defenses to help fight tumor cells without harming healthy cells; these therapies hold promise for effectiveness without the extreme toxicities seen in conventional chemotherapy. This randomized trial involved women from seven different research sites (although a majority were from one institution)...Experts call for balance in addressing under treated pain and drug abuse
...se and diversion of prescription medicines without harming access to these medicines for people affected by pain," states Will Rowe, Executive Director, American Pain Foundation, in his commentary. The commentary points to a failure on the part of the DEA in not abiding by its commitment to the pain communi...U of M researchers identify cause of memory loss
... the disease and what we can do to prevent it from harming the brain." Once the memory-robbing protein complex is better understood, drugs could be developed to stop Alzheimer's disease in its tracks.Currently about 4.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a number that is projected to increase t...Gold nanorods may make safer cancer treatment
...h lasers only half as powerful as before without harming the healthy cells. The method, which allows for a safer, deeper penetrating noninvasive cancer treatment, has just appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 128. Last year, the father and son research team of Mostafa El-Sayed ...Pregnancy complications increase women's risk of heart disease, death
... to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy are not only harming health of the developing fetus but are doubling their own risks of dying from future heart disease or from any cause. These insights have important public health implications, the researchers continued, because they identify young pregnant women as a...Wrinkled membranes create novel drug-delivery system
...m that remains is how to cool the capsules without harming the surrounding tissue. The solution, Chaieb said, might lie in newly discovered nanoparticles that can be chilled through magnetic cooling. Chaieb and colleagues at Illinois are exploring ways to coat the capsules with the nanoparticles. When expose...Gold nanoparticles, radiation combo may slow Alzheimer's
... could halt or slow the disease's progress without harming healthy brain cells. The research is scheduled for publication in the Jan. 11 issue of the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters . Using test tube studies, the scientists attached gold nanoparticles to a group of beta amyloid fibrils, incubated ...Noninvasive ultrasound treatment shrinks fibroids
... radiologists to precisely target fibroids without harming healthy surrounding tissue. The study was presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "This treatment immediately stops blood flow in the fibroid tissue, which results in a significant, sustained decreas...The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, Issue 4
...th asthma improved cardiopulmonary fitness without harming lung-function People with asthma who perform regular exercise have an increased ability to take up oxygen and increase their ventilation leading to improved cardiopulmonary fitness. Physical training involved 20 to 30 minutes of aerobic exercise, ta...Mayo Clinic research collaboration discovers why some DNA repair fails
..., under certain conditions, Msh2-Msh3 was actually harming the cell. Msh2-Msh3 did this when it arrived at the wrong place at the wrong time and bound to a specific portion of DNA (CAG-hairpin). This accident of binding at the CAG-hairpin altered the biochemical activity of Msh2-Msh3. This change in biochemi...Heart disease patients face greater risk of PTSD
...cycle, with the PTSD associated with heart disease harming the patient's future cardiac heath, according to the study in the current issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. Among heart attack patients, about 15 percent develop the psychiatric disorder, according to review authors Helle Spindler of the University o...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...selectively and therapeutically eliminated without harming the immune response of white blood cells. Instead, blocking T-regs boosts natural immunity. Dr. Knutson emphasized that further studies must validate these findings before they can be applied to human breast cancer patients. Even so, he says thi...