Free weight training gets workers with rotator cuff injuries back on the job
...ll 42 of the employees had been through surgery to repair their torn muscles or ligaments. All had already gone through weeks of traditional rehabilitation and physical therapy. Even so, none had been judged capable of going back to work and thus were eligible for disability and workmen's compensation sett...Mayo Clinic research in cardiovascular disease presented at Experimental Biology 2007
... move from the bone marrow into the bloodstream to repair the endothelium during a heart attack or stroke. "This work paves the way for successful harnessing of the therapeutic effect of EPCs in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases," Dr. Katusic says. The endothelium is a single laye...Bone marrow stem cells may cure eye disease
...troducing them into human corneas, we can possibly repair the loss of visual sharpness caused by mutations."... place the stem cells inside the cornea, they will repair the lost function of the mutated gene, and stem cells can presumably renew themselves and maintain e...Novel catheter technique successfully patches holes in the heart
... regain enough strength to safely undergo surgical repair at a later date, according to a study reported at ...moved and all 3 patients had successful surgery to repair the rupture. Even in such cases, the VSD patch serves its purpose by allowing patients to regain ...SCAI's 'Therapies in Evolution' showcases exciting future of interventional cardiology
... Equally impressive are advances in percutaneous repair of the mitral valve, which serves as the portal be...tallestbut we anticipate percutaneous mitral valve repair will offer an alternative for many patients who don't otherwise have one." The Therapies in Evolut...Screening men over 65 for abdominal aortic aneurysms could save lives
...neurysms before they burst, and the opportunity to repair them early significantly reduced deaths from aortic aneurysms. However, not everyone with an aneurysm will die as a result, even if it is not repaired, and so some people whose aneurysm would not have otherwise burst are subjected to major surgery wi...JCI table of contents -- May 17, 2007
...ion, this blockade appeared to stimulate cartilage repair following acute inflammation. The authors conclude...abrogates cartilage erosion and promotes cartilage repair AUTHOR CONTACT: Amanda J. Fosang University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Instit...New prevention, treatment methods for patients with painful bowel inflammation
...munoregulation and cell proliferation, which helps repair damaged tissue. In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial, researchers from three Mayor Hospitals in Madrid, Spain and led by La Paz University Hospital, evaluated the efficacy and safety of Cx401 in 49 adult patients with complex perianal fis...Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients
...nificant: Nearly 48,000 heart valve replacement or repair surgeries were registered with the Society of Thor...rdiac catheterization on the day of elective valve repair or replacement between August 2000 and August 2004. The average age of the patient was 65 years old ...Possible new breast cancer gene
...tigators discovered that BRCA1 was involved in DNA repair by maintaining the normal number and structure of chromosomes. DNA breaks that aren't repaired can lead to cancer by increasing the rate of mutations, cancer-causing changes in the gene sequence. More specifically, modification of proteins in the c...Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
... immune cell that rushes to injury sites and helps repair and clean up wounds in the brain. The work is the latest in a growing body of research that is trying to determine the exact role of inflammation in Alzheimers disease. OBanion notes that some studies have found that taking medications to squelch i...World first medical treatment announced by researchers
... responsible for the fibrosis, as the lungs try to repair the damage done by free radicals. In order to establish whether oxidative stress was indeed associated with episodes of bleeding into the lungs, we measured a biomarker of oxidative stress, and a marker of damage to DNA specifically, in urine. ...Loss of stem cells correlates with premature aging in animal study
...syndromes and many cancers involve the loss of DNA repair genes. When the researchers deleted ATR in the tissues of adult mice, they noticed that the mice showed signs of premature aging, such as hair graying, hair loss, and osteoporosis, within three to four months. To be able to renew itself, most ti...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...ing a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue. Regenerating healthy tissue in a cancer-ridden liver, healing a biopsy site and providing wounded soldiers in battle with pain-killing, infection-fighting medical treatment are among the myriad uses the scientists foresee for th...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...hers were testing the opposite situation - how the repair capabilities of young muscle stem cells were affec...m cell. Although Rando's research focused on the repair of acute trauma to muscles, he suspects that the same sort of problem arises on a lesser scale in re...Chromatin remodeling complex connected to DNA damage control
...s divide and multiply, then the DNA checkpoint and repair system can be considered a first-response firebrea...assess its DNA. The "fire" is either doused by DNA repair or by programmed destruction of the cell. The ATM/ATR kinases are known to regulate DNA repair and...