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Muscle regeneration molecular signal found

December 22nd, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

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 damage. [...]

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Category : Allergies, General, Orthopedic

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Alzheimer’s caused by a toxin 10 times more deadly than previously thought

December 5th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Amyloid plaques are thought to cause the devastating neurodegenerative Alzheimer’s disease.
Until recently the fibrils made of small proteins of amyloid-beta where thought to be the toxic element that kills nerve cells. Recently Yoshitaka Ishii, associate professor of chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, was able to capture and characterize a crucial intermediate step in the [...]

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Category : Alzheimer, Orthopedic

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Artificial disc provides faster healing and less pain

October 12th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

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 discs [...]

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Category : Chronic Pain, General, Medical Issues, Orthopedic

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NIH addresses chronic pain

August 3rd, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) consists of numerous institutes that address a variety of medical issues. Often the addressed diseases and conditions deal with chronic pain and the NIH has prepared information to address those issues at a variety of web sites.

Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Acupuncture for Fibroymyalgia
Arthritis Information
Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases
Omega-3 Fatty [...]

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Category : Arthritis and Lupus, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia (FMS), General, Medical Issues, Orthopedic

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