UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
...art of biking. There are multiple remedies to help heal scrapes with minimal scarring. The important thing is to wash and clean the area. There are a variety of antiseptic skin cleansers available for this purpose. "Failure to do this can lead to tattooing of the affected area from retained gravel, dirt o...UCI eye doctors invent laser-assisted cornea-transplant surgery
... in place for years, because the cornea is slow to heal and, as a result, the transplant remains a weak spot, vulnerable to injury for the rest of the patient's life. After the laser-based transplant, suture removal may be as soon as three months, and the strength of the repaired area may be nearly 10 tim...Routine procedure during childbirth provides no benefits, study review finds
... had been thought that a deliberate incision would heal more quickly and with fewer complications than a spontaneous tear, and that a woman who has an episiotomy would be less likely to have pelvic floor problems, such as fecal or urinary incontinence or impaired sexual function, later on. By the 1930s, ...Study compares stomach acid control of three proton pump inhibitors in chronic NSAID users
...ell as healing erosive esophagitis. Most erosions heal in 4 to 8 weeks. Individual results may vary, and only a doctor can determine if erosions to the esophagus have occurred. Symptom relief does not rule out the existence of other serious stomach conditions. For full prescribing information for NEX...Avoiding amputation: Early infection intervention can save feet & legs
...they entered the hospital were much less likely to heal -- perhaps because the bacteria in their infected wound had grown resistant to antibiotics. Those who had been on antibiotics for a long time before hospitalization were also less likely to keep their limbs, possibly because the non-healing infectio...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...he regeneration of cartilages, tissues that cannot heal themselves. His Musculoskeletal Bioengineering Laboratory conducts basic research on the healing processes of cartilage and applied research into methods of growing tissues. Athanasiou's group boasts 15 doctoral students, five post-docs and lab manag...Young athletes' post-concussion migraine may signal greater neurocognitive impairment
...n athlete to play before the brain has had time to heal places that athlete at risk for a second concussion and further, more serious injury. First-ever research involving high school athletes published by the University of Pittsburgh in recent years has shown that even seemingly mild concussions may be m...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...ctivities so people can do what they need to do to heal themselves. I see myself as a servant as the old lady who sweeps the bridge and keeps the nails pounded in. And that's valid. It's like the mother's gaze -- acceptance of a person and what they produce." Last fall, the fruits of the participants' cr...Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients
...ossibility that cannabis-derived drugs may help to heal the gut lining, which is damaged during the course of disease. Both Crohn's and ulcerative colitis - often referred to under the umbrella term of IBD - cause patients' immune systems to go into overdrive, producing inflammation in different areas of ...Common C-section method leads to unnecessary scars, Stanford study finds
... the end of the caesarean or allow the membrane to heal on its own. "There is surprisingly little data on the best way to perform c-sections," said Lyell, who is also part of the Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Although the tradition had been to clo...Implantable pacemaker-like device sends pulses to the brain to treat chronic depression
... pulse generator to the vagus nerve. The incisions heal in one to two weeks, and the scars fade over time. The neck scar is usually located within a natural crease of the neck and is therefore not very visible. "The pulse generator, which is like a pacemaker, is implanted in the chest area and sends mild...National funding goes to Johns Hopkins to advance research on stem cell therapies for heart attack
...t mesenchymal stem cells as a potential therapy to heal damaged hearts. Last year, his research in animals showed that stem cells harvested from one pig's bone marrow and injected into another pig's damaged heart restored heart function and repaired damaged heart muscle by 50 percent to 75 percent after ...Radiologists tackle diagnosis of puzzling football injuries
..., and you send somebody out to play, the ligaments heal improperly, the ankle doesn't fit as tightly as it should, and often the result is arthritis." The researchers used MRI and x-rays to study 18 candidates for the 2005 professional football draft who were found to have a history of high ankle sprain. ...Hair follicle stem cells contribute to wound healing
...em cells in the hair follicle are enlisted to help heal wounds in the skin. This finding, published online in Nature Medicine last week, may suggest a therapeutic target for the development of drugs to encourage and promote wound healing. Wounds, including skin ulcers and other dermatological problems as...Stress substantially slows human body's ability to heal
...rgument is enough to slow their bodies' ability to heal from wounds by at least one day, a new study has s...showed the following: Wounds took a day longer to heal after the arguments than they did after the initial supportive discussion; Couples who showed high ...Australians of the year forge partnership for burns drug development
...ajor problems with burns is that the time taken to heal often leads to severe scarring. What we've seen in early experiments is that the Phylomers seem to assist cells in reinfiltrating the burn area and to re-grow healthy tissue, reducing the time taken to heal," Dr Washer said. "Obviously challenges rem...Vertebroplasty improves back pain, activity level, Mayo Clinic study reports
...r, for one in five patients, the fracture does not heal and the pain persists, requiring treatment. Surgery is not an option for these patients, as their bones are too weak. Vertebroplasty is the only available treatment option for patients in this condition. Vertebroplasty is not appropriate for patien...Study: Exercise helps speed wound healing in older adults
The body's ability to heal even small skin wounds normally slows down as we age. But a new study in older adults finds that regular exercise may speed up the wound-healing process by as much as 25 percent. "This is the first time we've been able to document this kind of enhanc...Caloric restriction appears to prevent primary aging in the heart
...blasts to produce collagen and make scar tissue to heal the wound. Fontana says the low levels of TNFa, CRP and TGFb, combined with evidence of "younger" hearts in people on caloric restriction, has led his research team to hypothesize that inflammation may play a key role in the aging process. "Our hyp...Vertebroplasty heals fractures but may cause others, Mayo Clinic study finds
...er one out of five patients, the fracture does not heal and the pain persists, requiring treatment. Surgery is not an option for these patients, as their bones are too weak. Vertebroplasty is the only available treatment option for patients in this condition. Vertebroplasty is not appropriate for patients...