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Negative emotions and impulse control link observed
Little is understood about borderline personality disorder. A devastating mental illness that affects 1 to 2 percent of Americans. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, used the functional MRI (fMRI) to observe the prefrontal cortex of 16 patients with borderline personality disorder and 14 healthy control [...]
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Spinal cord injuries can cause some people to take very desperate steps, like going to other countries, to receive stem cell transplants. Most of these approaches are often not controlled trials and the patient undergoes a lot of risk and expense. Researcher, Karim Fouad, University of Alberta, Edmonton, reports in an article recently published in the journal [...]
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Dolphin ‘therapy’ dismissed as dangerous fad
Dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) has been growing in popularity during the past decade. Part of its increase in popularity are the studies that claim people suffering from chronic mental or physical disabilities benefit from the dolphin “healing” experience. Lori Marino, Behavioral Biology Program, and Scott Lilienfeld, Department of Psychology, both of Emory University, reviewed 5 studies [...]
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Muscle regeneration molecular signal found
Muscle injury can sometimes occur with a sudden, inconsiderate movement. Unlike other tissues, such as bone, muscles are not efficient at repair. Regeneration of the muscle requires complex coordination between several different processes. The key player in muscle repair is the muscle stem cells, which divide and produce new muscle cells to fix the muscle [...]
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Novel approach for regenerating nerves
Currently there is no treatment for recovering human nerve function after injury to the brain or spinal cord because central nervous system neurons have a very limited capability of self-repair and regeneration. Regeneration in the central nervous system requires neural activity, not just neuronal growth factors alone. Chemical neurotransmitters relay, amplify and modulate signals between [...]
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New non-invasive method to observe memory cells forming
Just a few years ago most scientists believed that the human adult does not produce new brain cells. What is now known is, yes, adults do generate new brain cells and that the area of the brain that creates the new cells is called the hippocampus. (The hippocampus plays a part in memory and spatial [...]
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General Chronic disease linked to food preparation
A Mount Sinai study has linked Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease, diabetes, insulin resistance, and inflammation to advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGE naturally occurs highest in animal products that are grilled, fried, or broiled (i.e. meats and cheeses). Researchers are alarmed at how AGE consumption correlates with the current trends of disease epidemics. They understand that the concept of food-related [...]
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General Long-term opioid pain medication users are capable drivers new study suggest
Opioid pain relievers, like morphine, carry warning labels urging patients not to drive or operate heavy machinery while taking the medication. Drivers under the influence of pain drugs are typically subject to the same laws and penalties as people who drink and drive. A study by researchers at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago [...]
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Artificial disc provides faster healing and less pain
This past July, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first artificial neck disc. The traditional treatment for cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) is to remove the diseased disc in a patient’s neck and then fuse two or more bony vertebrae. Degenerative disc disease is a normal part of aging and occurs when our intervertebral [...]
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FDA places gene therapy clinical trial on hold after woman’s death
Sadly, a Seattle patient, who was part of a gene therapy clinical trial for inflammatory arthritis, died unexpectedly. As a result the FDA called a halt to the clinical trial. The company conducting the clinical trial, Targeted Genetics, notified the FDA when the patient died. The clinical trial will remain on hold until the cause [...]
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