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Cannabis Relieves Painful Muscle Stiffness Of Multiple Sclerosis
Date: Oct-10-2012Painful muscle stiffness, which affects the vast majority of people with multiple sclerosis, is eased with progressively stronger doses of cannabis extract (tetrahydrocannabinol), according to Phase III trial results published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Painful muscle stiffness can seriously affect an MS (multiple sclerosis) patients' ability to go about their daily routine activities; sleep quality may be affected and their mobility is reduced...
Chewing Ability Linked To Lower Dementia Risk
Date: Oct-10-2012People who maintain their chewing ability are probably less likely to develop dementia, compared to those who cannot chew well any more, researchers from the Department of Odontology and the Aging Research Center at the Karolinska Institutet and from Karlstad University found. The authors reported their findings in the October issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. We all live in aging communities. The older we get, the greater are our chances of losing cognitive functions, such as the ability to solve problems, make decisions and remember things...
10 Years HRT Reduces Heart Attack And Heart Failure Risk Dramatically
Date: Oct-10-2012Women who receive Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) soon after the menopause have a much lower risk of heart attack, heart failure or dying early compared to women of the same age who do not, Danish researchers reported in the BMJ. HRT has been a controversial subject for a number of years. There are frequent discussions and arguments regarding the advantages of HRT and its negative consequence, namely breast cancer risk...
Molecular Pathway May Play Role In Schizophrenia
Date: Oct-10-2012A molecular pathway which may impact on the development of schizophrenia has been identified by scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital while they were studying a rare genetic disorder. The researchers, who reported their finding in the October 10th issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, say their discovery might pave the way for a new therapeutic target for treating schizophrenia. One of the problems with current treatments, apart from weight gain and some other undesirable consequences, is that some drugs for schizophrenia can actually structurally remodel the brain...
New Clue To How Cancer Cells Spread
Date: Oct-10-2012Scientists have found a new clue to an important question in cancer research: how do cancer cells spread? The clue lies with changes in their stickiness or adhesion properties: they become unstuck at the original tumor site, then reattach themselves at a new site. The changes involve molecular interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix, the "scaffolding" that holds cells in place to form three-dimensional tissue...
In Future Intrauterine Surgery May Improve Prognosis For The Fetus
Date: Oct-10-2012Fetuses with congenital malformations can be helped by surgical intervention while still in the womb. The potential of intrauterine surgery to improve their chances of survival is described by Anke Diemert and her co-authors in the latest issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; 109(38): 603). This kind of intervention is indicated only in fetuses with diseases that would lead to intrauterine death or to damage not amenable to postnatal repair. Studies have shown a particularly high benefit of fetoscopic laser coagulation in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome...
Heart Attack And Stroke Risk Can Be Reduced By Brisk Walks
Date: Oct-10-2012Going for a jog or taking a brisk walk every day could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 50%, according to new research. Scientists studied the health of over 10,000 people for 10 years. They found that people who jogged or who had a higher walking speed had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, than those who had more sedentary lives or who walked at slower speeds...
Cx601 Phase I/IIa Study Published In International Journal Of Colorectal Disease
Date: Oct-10-2012TiGenix (Euronext Brussels: TIG) have announced the publication in the International Journal of Colorectal Disease of the Phase I/II study of Cx601: Expanded allogeneic adipose-derived stems cells (eASCs) for the treatment of complex perianal fistula in Crohn's disease: results from a multicenter phase I/II clinical trial. The authors of the study state that the full analysis of efficacy data at week 24 showed 69.2% of the patients with a reduction in the number of draining fistulas, while 56...
Blocking Neuropathic Pain Before It Starts
Date: Oct-10-2012Using tiny spheres filled with an anesthetic derived from a shellfish toxin, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to delay the rise of neuropathic pain, a chronic form of pain that arises from flawed signals transmitted by damaged nerves. The method could potentially allow doctors to stop the cascade of events by which tissue or nerve injuries evolve into neuropathic pain, which affects 3.75 million children and adults in the United States alone...
Researchers Study Effect Of Chemotherapy Combined With Immunotherapy For Advanced Cancers
Date: Oct-10-2012Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China have discovered that combining chemotherapy drugs and immunotherapy cancer vaccines results in an enhanced anti-tumor effect. The results, achieved by testing cancer cells in a laboratory, are surprising because chemotherapy generally reduces immunity and could cancel out the benefits of immunotherapy when given together...
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