Fluctuating eye pressure associated with visual field deterioration in glaucoma patients
...and as opposed to conditions of static stress, the tissue is unable to compensate and damage occurs. I would propose for your consideration IOP modulation rather than IOP reduction as appropriate treatment, he concludes. This would not only lead to robust IOP reduction in patients with advancing disease b...Stomach cancer rate set to fall further 25 percent over next decade
...ecorded in the Dutch national registry of diseased tissue samples. The monitoring period covered the years... included almost 98,000 patients who had a routine tissue sample (biopsy) taken. Most of the cases were intestinal metaplasia, which was diagnosed in almost...MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous
...s out of the milk ducts into the breasts glandular tissue can it spread via blood and lymph vessels in the body. 'If we find DCIS and remove it we can prevent the formation of real breast cancer,' the Bonn radiologist Professor Christiane Kuhl explains. 'That way we prevent the development of a disease that...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
... as great a capacity for repairing acutely damaged tissue as do young cells. It was while the researchers ... by the aged environment, repairing damaged muscle tissue just as slowly and poorly as old stem cells in the same surroundings. This confirmed their earlier r...UCLA researchers awarded $9M contract for study identifiying antibiotic treatment for MRSA
...s for the treatment of uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections may be effective in treating MRSA, or m... had become the most common cause of skin and soft tissue infections among patients presenting to a geographically diverse group of 11 emergency departments a...New contracts support clinical trials on antibiotic-resistant, community-acquired staph infections
...ctively treat uncomplicated cases of skin and soft tissue infections caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) bacteria. If so, doctors could use those antibiotics first in an effort to dampen the development of resistance to such last-resort antibiotics as vancomyci......arily by an object piercing the skin or entering a tissue of the body, such as bullets and knives. The lower the unemployment rates, the higher the number of admissions for blunt trauma - physical trauma caused to a body part, either by impact, injury of physical attack which can result in contusions, a...Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
...at the transmitter does penetrate the thickness of tissue that would be required for this application." Th...bit the seizure. The engineered neurons are living tissue stimulated with a microchip. Rickus and Irazoqui have shown that a certain amount of electrical cu...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...high-frequency alternating current heats the tumor tissue and destroys it. The technique has been used successfully in liver tumors since the early 1990s and has more recently been adapted for treatment of RCC. Renal cell carcinomas that are smaller than 3.7 cm in diameter can be reliably and safely ...Shining light on pancreatic cancer
...SF), produce an optic fingerprint from the altered tissue and then enhance the data for a clearer diagnosis. The researchers scanned tissue samples from 19 people already diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 32 without the disease. They pro...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...ancerous or cancerous lesion in the pancreas, even tissue that looks normal and is away from the lesion -- i...shown that they can detect changes in the duodenal tissue and that these optical markers predict the presence of cancer. The researchers found that the same...UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
... 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 the new technology. The patented invention by Joel......ound in the plant leaves. Concentrations in plant tissue also increased as the amount of antibiotics present in the manure increased. It also diffused into potato tubers, which suggests that root crops, such as potatoes, carrots, and radishes, that directly come in contact with soil may be particularly vu...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...the speed of ultrasound transmitted through breast tissue and the density of that tissue. This is potentially important because high amounts of dense breast tissue are associated with increased breast cancer risk. Using ultrasound avoids the use of ionizing x-rays...Patients with soft tissue sarcomas should be treated at high volume centers
Soft tissue sarcomas---rare tumours of the connective tissue--... in the Annals of Surgery last month. STS [soft tissue sarcomas] are rare. This paucity leaves most health care institutions with low case volumes and outd...Chemical in brain acts like a fuel gauge
...araventricular nucleus. Khan then compared brain tissue sections from both groups of animals and also examined blood samples for the presence of hormones released by paraventricular nucleus activity. The same paraventricular neurons lit up in both sets of animals, and the animals displayed similar incr...'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
...measurements of electrical impulses in spinal cord tissue that distinguish between normal and diseased myelin. CARS imaging takes advantage of the fact that molecules vibrate at specific frequencies. In a CARS microscope, two laser beams are overlapped to produce a single beam having a new frequency repre...Taking animals out of laboratory research
...ntists hope that by developing the use of cell and tissue cultures, computer modelling, cell and molecular biology, epidemiology and other methods, they will one day be able to completely remove animals from medical research while still maintaining crucial work to defeat diseases that affect millions of pe...University research wins royal accolade
...molecular and cellular sciences, drug delivery and tissue engineering. It is also a centre of excellence in social research in medicines and health. The school was singled out for enhancing significantly the development of new medicines. Sir Andrew will present the award during a reception at the Boots ...Poor sleep hygiene in children associated with behavioral problems
... stop breathing during sleep. OSA occurs when the tissue in the back of the throat collapses and blocks the airway, which prevents air from getting into the lungs. Parents who suspect that their child might be suffering from OSA, or another sleep disorder, are encouraged to consult with their child's ped...