Archive for November, 2007
High blood pressure may heighten effects of Alzheimer’s disease
Having hypertension, or high blood pressure, reduces blood flow in the brains of adults with Alzheimers disease, as per a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). While high blood pressure is not a cause of Alzheimers disease, our study shows that it is another hit on the brain that increases its vulnerability to the effects of the disease, said co-author of study Cyrus Raji, scientist and M.D. and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh where the study was conducted……..
Original post by Heather Craven
MINIMAL INTERVENTION DENTISTRY (MI) AGAINST DENTAL FEAR
Fear is a natural response towards anything unknown, which has the potential to be harmful or threatening. Any invasion into a person’s private sphere is always seen as a threat. The mouth is naturally an intimate part of everyone’s private sphere. In history Dentistry has evolved from extremely invasive procedure, particularly directed at this very part - the Mouth.
What can the dentist do?
Reduce discomfort and pain during dental treatment, by being as minimal invasive as possible
How? To change from a pure surgical treatment concept to a more health focused one.
What does this mean?
At this day and age, new innovations and research make a new type of dentistry possible called MINIMAL INTERVENTION DENTISTRY (MI).
A growing network of renowned researcher and dentists has -and continue to provide the scientific basis and clinical evidence for new modern more patient friendly dental treatment.
For more information go to:
http://www.midentistry.com/MIDF.html
Shift Calories, Lose Weight?
Shift calories, lose weight? It is it really possible?The reply is a resounding yes!Not only is it possible - but it’s one of the healthiest and fastest means of weight loss out there. There are a few reasons as to why that is so popular. First, the body doesn’t get used to a positive amount of calories, so it can’t slow down the metabolism like it would with normal diets.plus, a lot of citizens
Original post by Alex Smith
Stem-cell therapies for brain
An MIT research teams latest finding suggests that stem cell therapies for the brain could be much more complicated than previously thought. As per a research findings reported in the Public Library of Science (PloS) Biology on Nov. 13, MIT researchers report that adult stem cells produced in the brain are pre-programmed to manufacture only convinced kinds of connectionsmaking it impossible for a neural stem cell originating in the brain to be transplanted to the spinal cord, for instance, to take by functions for damaged cells……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Compounds Improves Brain operate In Rodents
MIT scientists have shown that a cocktail containing three compounds normally in the blood stream promotes growth of new brain connections and improves cognitive operate in rodents. The therapy is now being tested in Alzheimer’s patients and could hold promise for other brain diseases and injuries……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Prenatal arsenic exposure in newborns
The children of mothers whose water supplies were contaminated with arsenic during their pregnancies harbored gene expression changes that may lead to cancer and other diseases during the later part of life, MIT scientists reported in a new study. In addition to establishing the potential harmful effects of these prenatal exposures, the study additionally provides a possible method for screening populations to detect signs of arsenic contamination……..
Original post by Heather Craven
HIV Subtype More Deadly Than Others
Two studies led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health observed that folks infected with HIV in Thailand die from the disease significantly sooner than those with HIV living in other parts of the world. As per the researchers, the shorter survival date measured in the studies suggests that HIV subtype E, which is the most common HIV subtype in Thailand, may be more virulent than other subtypes of the virus. Both studies are published in a special issue of the journal AIDS, the offical journal of the worldly AIDS Society……..
Original post by Heather Craven
