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Cellular extreme makeover - According to Harvard biologists, a new technique could offer alternative to drugs and stem cell therapies for treating chronic diseases and afflictions without the controversy of using embryonic stem cells. Sounds extremely promising for the future of medicine.
—Mike @ 09:57
A surprising find about magnesium sulfate - The amazing results of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health show that ordinary Epsom salts reduce the chance of cerebral palsy in premature newborns by 50%.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 23:51
Exciting news - Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center report the development of a vaccine that triggers an immune response to the amyloid-beta peptide protein in animal testing. In other words, the vaccine prevents Alzheimer's from forming in the brain. To satisfy regulatory requirements, it could be at least three years before human trials of the vaccine can take place.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 21:10
Beer Fights Cancer? - It's one of those stranger-than-fiction headlines, yet apparently true. Good-for-you Brew... bottoms up!Labels: medical
—Mike @ 22:19
Brain repair - It's not quite the tin-foil helmet of nerd fame... but almost. Some researchers claim to have invented a helmet that, if worn for just 10 minutes a day, can reverse the effects of Alzheimer's Disease and prevent further deterioration. This is apparently done through the use of "low level infra-red red light, thought to stimulate the growth of cells of all types of tissue and encourage their repair". Gotta love it.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 11:06
Prescription Drug Price Registry - NJ has launched a best-in-the-nation Prescription Drug Price Registry, allowing consumers to instantly compare pharmacy retail prices on the top 150 frequently prescribed drugs.
—Mike @ 23:40
NJ Prescription Drug Price Registry - For NJ residents: this new web site provides a comparison of retail prices charged by many pharmacies for the 150 most-frequently prescribed prescription drugs.
—Mike @ 10:59
The ultimate fuel? - Watch this collection of videos to see with your own eyes how inventor John Kanzius prove that he can make plain ordinary salt water burn. Oh, and he's also working on curing cancer and new desalination methods. Just another day in the lab, I suppose. [Thanks, Dave and Joe!]Labels: green power, medical, science
—Mike @ 19:38
Fiddling with Time - I managed to knock 17 years off my biological age, and add 17 years to my life expectancy by using the Real Age Calculator... check it out!We know that lifestyle choices, habits, and health issues affect the quality and span of our lives. This program approximates REAL age by asking 34 questions related to known health factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, etc.
Real Age, sometimes called health age, is a formula to calculate health risk factors to determine length of life and vitality. The results are only approximations. The science of aging cannot predict all events of one's life. It simply averages the lifespan of persons with known conditions.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 11:00
Somebody 'splain this to me? - Pfizer has announced a weight-loss drug for dogs. Yes, dogs. I'm missing something here... don't dog owners already have total control of their pet's food intake? We need to buy a product to give us -- what -- more than total control? Have pet owner gone completely off the deep end? Or is it we don't feel we can do anything without a drug anymore? Or are the dogs secretly going out to fast food restaurants while we're not looking? Funny, yet sad.Labels: currentEvents, medical
—Mike @ 23:23
Zeroing In on Alzheimer’s - "Final test results for the first in a whole new generation of drugs designed to attack the underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease" are scheduled to be released this month. Slowly but surely, the news is sounding more promising.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 11:21
Friendships - ...they're now officially good for your health!Labels: medical
—Mike @ 12:35
Who is sick in your area? - What are their symptoms? Well, there's a web site for just about anything you can imagine these days, so to find out who is sick, you simply go to WhoIsSick.org, of course!
—Mike @ 13:34
Blood transfusion breakthrough - Danish researchers have perfected an inexpensive and efficient way to convert any blood type into a universal donor type -- an achievement that promises to make transfusions safer and relieve blood shortages.Labels: currentEvents, medical
—Mike @ 20:17
How's your head? - Here's a list of suggestions and information links that summarize known ways to maintain and possibly improve brain health as we age. These include eating a healthy, well-balanced diet, exercising regularly, practicing stress management, getting enough sleep and keeping active — mentally and socially.Labels: medical
—Mike @ 21:10
It sounds almost too good to be true... - ...a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their “immortality”.
That's how this article at NewScientist.com starts off, in describing the drug dichloroacetate (DCA), and it's been creating quite a stir since it was first published a few weeks ago. DCA "has already been used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and so is known to be relatively safe", according to the article, but because it has no patent, and therefore no way for a pharmaceutical company to exploit for profit, there hasn't been much research into it thus far.
Now, the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Canada has created this DCA Research Information web page to track progress of further developments and possible trials of DCA. Stay tuned...Labels: currentEvents, medical
—Mike @ 08:41
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