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Collagen injections can help some incontinence patients when surgery fails, researcher finds

Collagen injections can benefit women who still suffer from stress urinary incontinence (SUI) even after urethral or periurethral surgery, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify protein that may explain 'healthy' obesity

Mice whose fat cells were allowed to grow larger than fat cells in normal mice developed "healthy" obesity when fed a high-fat diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found in a new study.

Biology /

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Inflammation worsens danger due to atherosclerosis

Current research suggests that inflammation increases the risk of plaque rupture in atherosclerosis. The related report by Ovchinnikova et al, "T cell activation leads to reduced collagen maturation in atherosclerotic plaques ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Collagen VI may help protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND), UCSF, and Stanford have discovered that a certain type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta (Aβ) proteins, which ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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