Ginkgo biloba extract: More than just for memory?
... have a clearer picture of how an extract from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree reduces the risk of aggr...ors reported that treating mice with an extract of leaves of Ginkgo biloba both before and after implanting human breast or brain (glioma) tumors decreased ex...Anti-inflammatory drug's potentially deadly side effect found to be rare
...n and, in advanced phases, paralysis and coma. "It leaves the brain short-circuited," Clifford says. "It's a very bad disease that normally progresses to death within a few months unless we can reverse the immune suppression." MS is an autoimmune disease believed to result from misguided immune system atta...Study finds patients agree on ideal physician behaviors
... verbalize understanding of what's been shared, it leaves them feeling like they were heard," Dr. Li says. "This leaves them with the impression that the physician was thorough."In their interviews about physician behavi...Molecule targets and kills tumor cells, starves blood supply
... compound called ARC causes tumor cells to die but leaves normal cells unharmed, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report in a study highlighted in the March 15 issue of Cancer Research. ARC also proved to have strong anti-angiogenic properties, showing promise as an inhibitor of new bloo...No-hands origami: New DNA self-assembly makes more complex structures, more easily
... technology left to squeeze before miniaturization leaves it behind. What will comprise the next transistors, wires and architecture is as yet anybodys guess; electronic devices might be self-assembled on DNA "circuit boards," for instance, and not in factories but beakers. Indeed, two biochemistry professo...Severe cases of occupational hand eczema may predict unemployment or days missed from work
...rkplace may lead to unemployment or prolonged sick leaves from work for some individuals, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Hand eczema or dermatitis is characterized by redness and inflammation of the hands, often due to irritants in s...UQ scholars win Fulbrights for nursing and cancer research
...earch and Higher Degrees in the School of Nursing, leaves in November to work with Harvard Medical experts i...elanomas, the most deadly form of skin cancer. He leaves in July for Seattle to work with global cancer experts at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre...PENN surgeons offer transfusion-free heart surgery to all
...proach that Bridges and Ford use, your blood never leaves your body making clerical errors virtually impossible and making sure that every blood cell is working at full capacity at all times. WHY PATIENTS ARE CHOOSING THIS OPTION Irv Shapiro didn't let anything slow him down, until his heart valve needed ...There's more than meets the eye to catching a fly ball in the outfield
...ying to calibrate its track. "The batter purposely leaves eye contact mid-way through a pitch and makes an anticipatory saccade to the point just in front of where the ball crosses the plate. If the ball seems to rise (which it physically can't if it was thrown overhand), it is traveling faster than the bat...Study shows more than half of esophageal cancer patients now survive
...eaths than a transhiatal resection, a surgery that leaves the lymph nodes in place. Researchers believe en bloc resection is more effective because it has a better chance of completely removing the cancer to control the disease at the tumor site. While still controversial, the authors argue that their resu...Researchers discover new disease-causing bacterium in patients with rare immune disorder
...omatous disease (CGD)--a rare immune disorder that leaves individuals susceptible to frequent and sometimes life-threatening fungal and bacterial infections. Details of the discovery are described in the April 14 issue of PLoS Pathogens. Researchers found the novel bacterium--which they named Granulobacter ...Inhaled steroids preferred over cromolyn to treat asthma
...ing medical trials on a topic. The consensus still leaves room for cromolyn treatment, according to William Storms, M.D., an allergist at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and director of the William Storms Allergy Clinic in Colorado Springs. "Any expert would agree that inhaled corticostero...Faster, more efficient searching of medical images
...Says Nielsen, "Zoom in on a tree, and branches and leaves appear. The algorithm we've developed allows such a coarse-to-fine way to break shapes into parts, compare them and determine how they relate to each other." DSSCV partners have been awarded five grants, for the projects 'Natural shape', from the Dan...New clinical team approach reduced cardiovascular risk
... inflammatory protein factors in their blood. This leaves them extremely vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases caused by plaque deposits. These include coronary and/or peripheral artery disease and strokes. The team reviewed charts of over 480 patients treated in the recently-developed obesity and metabolic...Perfect timing: Cardiologists meet in Chicago during May's National Stroke Awareness Month
...alloon to push aside the cholesterol build-up, and leaves in place an expandable metal, mesh tube--a stent--to keep the artery open. In some cases, clogged arteries of the heart can be treated in the same session, avoiding open-chest coronary artery bypass surgery. "Patients can walk out of the hospital wi...Penn researchers start new clinical trial to examine ways to improve treatment of uterine fibroids
...is destroyed. They'll look again, when the patient leaves the hospital. Shlansky-Goldberg adds, "We hope to answer two questions. One - In looking at the different outcomes of each particle, does one do a more effective job of eliminating fibroids? And two -- What does the uterus look like immediately after...Results of clipping and coiling of aneurysms are similar over time
...ted with either method," Johnston explained. "This leaves the physician and the patient in the awkward position to decide which is best. Without good data on long term results, the choice is difficult and may be based on purely anecdotal evidence or the preference of the physician. My hope is that this stud...Free radical cell death switch identified
...onverts oxygen into energy. But this process also leaves a kind of exhaust product known as free radicals. When free radicals are not destroyed by antioxidants, they create oxidative stress. As the body ages, it produces more and more free radicals and its own antioxidants are unable to fight this proces...Hopkins scientists use embryonic stem cells, new cues to awaken latent motor nerve repair
...ircuit." For a brief period after a nerve dies, it leaves behind what's essentially an empty shell, with some scaffolding and non-nerve substances remaining. But with ES injections at the right time and place, and by adding the right cues, we've learned to restore the biological 'memory' for growing neurons...Estrogen plays different role during stress in black and white teens
... ability to secrete sodium following stress, which leaves their blood pressure elevated for longer periods and may help explain why blood pressures don't decrease as much during sleep. "Estrogen is probably another mechanism through which the blood pressure is staying elevated," he says....