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Stem cells reverse blindness caused by burns

(AP) -- Dozens of people who were blinded or otherwise suffered severe eye damage when they were splashed with caustic chemicals had their sight restored with transplants of their own stem cells - a stunning ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Piece from childhood virus may save soldiers' lives

A harmless shard from the shell of a common childhood virus may halt a biological process that kills a significant percentage of battlefield casualties, heart attack victims and oxygen-deprived newborns, according to research ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage

Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Olive oil protects liver

Extra-virgin olive oil can protect the liver from oxidative stress. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism exposed rats to a moderately toxic herbicide known to deplete antiox ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Images shed new light on inflammation (w/ Video)

Researchers at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine are using an innovative new imaging technique to study how white blood cells (called neutrophils) respond to inflammation, and have revealed new targets to inhibit ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Benefit of grapes may be more than skin deep

Can a grape-enriched diet prevent the downhill sequence of heart failure after years of high blood pressure?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

'Broken heart syndrome' no longer a myth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dying of fright or of a broken heart has long been dismissed as myth, but it’s a real phenomenon that one Northeastern physical therapy professor and researcher has observed and studied.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes

(AP) -- When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Statin cuts heart problems after artery surgery

(AP) -- Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive ...

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers implicate wayward DNA-repair enzyme in Friedreich's ataxia

Scripps Research Institute scientists have taken a step closer to understanding the cause of Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating neurological condition that affects tens of thousands of people worldwide, and so far has no ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein unfolding is key for understanding blood clot mechanics: study

Fibrin, the chief ingredient of blood clots, is a remarkably versatile polymer. On one hand, it forms a network of fibers -- a blood clot -- that stems the loss of blood at an injury site while remaining ...

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

New source of stem cells form heart muscle cells, repair damage

A new and non-controversial source of stem cells can form heart muscle cells and help repair heart damage, according to results of preliminary lab tests reported in Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created May 28, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Diabetes drug may have killed 500 in France: authorities

French health authorities sounded an alert Tuesday to patients who took a diabetes drug believed to have killed 500 people over three decades in France before it was banned last year.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0