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In-Patient, Out-Patient Stroke Rehab Might Benefit From Yoga

Date: Jun-01-2012
In the United States, 5 million individuals are currently living with the consequences of stroke, such as limited mobility, decreased independence in activities in daily life, and reduced participation in society. Now, researchers have found that these patients might benefit from adapted yoga. Researchers from the Richard L...

Do Low Carb Diets Damage The Kidneys? Probably Not

Date: Jun-01-2012
Low carb diets, such as Atkins, which are popular for people who want to lose weight, have been found not to cause any noticeable harm to the kidneys, researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine reported in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The authors added that although their study detected no harmful effects on the kidneys, they say further follow-up studies are required to confirm this. Allon Friedman, M.D. and team set out to determine what effects a high-protein low-carb versus a low-fat diet might have on the kidneys...

Women Who Identify WIth Their Sexual Labels Are Healthier

Date: Jun-01-2012
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, men who have sex with men (MSM), and women who have sex with women (WSW), are just some of the labels commonly used in medical research to characterize sexual partnering. However, researchers have found that how women relate to their label could influence their health. The study, conducted by Vanessa Schick, assistant research scientist at the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University Bloomington, set out to examine the health issues and behaviors specific to behaviorally bisexual men and women...

Paralyzed Rat With Spinal Injury Walks Again With Robot Rehabilitation

Date: Jun-01-2012
A rat with spinal cord injury and paralyzed legs managed to walk again after robot rehabilitation got its spinal brain working again and voluntary movement was restored. Swiss researchers reported that when the spinal cord of a rat's innate intelligence and regenerative capacity is activated again, severed sections of the spinal cord can start to function again. Although not yet proven, the researchers believe there is a good chance that this technique could also be used with humans with paralysis due to spinal cord injury...

Liver Metastases And Its Prognostic Significance In Men With Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Date: Jun-01-2012
Liver metastases predicts shorter overall survival in men with metastatic castration-refractory prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to data being presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago. (Abstract # 4655, Sunday, June 3, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST, S Hall A2). In a phase III trial, lead study author William Kevin Kelly, DO, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, and colleagues from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, found that men without liver metastases lived 8...

Mesothelioma - Photodynamic Therapy Yields Longer Survival Rates

Date: Jun-01-2012
Treating patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma with PDT (photodynamic therapy) alongside lung-sparing surgery appears to result in significantly longer survival rates - up to two years longer compared to other treatments, and sometimes even more, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania reported in Annals of Thoracic Surgey. Mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive form of cancer and is typically caused by asbestos exposure. Experts say it is one of the deadliest forms of cancer...

First Success Of Targeted Therapy In Type Of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Date: Jun-01-2012
A novel compound has become the first targeted therapy to benefit patients with the most common genetic subtype of lung cancer, an international clinical trial led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other institutions will report at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) June 1-5 in Chicago. Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD, scientific co-director of Dana-Farber's Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science, will present the findings from the randomized phase II study (abstract 7503) on Monday, June 4, 3 p.m. CT, E Hall D2, McCormick Place...

93 Sick In 23 States With Salmonella From Ohio Mail Order Hatchery

Date: Jun-01-2012
A new outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 93 people in 23 states of the US has been traced to a hatchery in Ohio that supplies live chicks and ducklings by mail order, federal health officials said on Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say in an initial announcement dated 30 May: "Findings of multiple traceback investigations of live chicks and ducklings from homes of ill persons have identified a single mail-order hatchery in Ohio as the source of these chicks and ducklings." The age range of infected people is from under 1 to 100 years...

Life Expectancy Of Women In Their 70s Extended By Exercise And A Healthy Diet Of Fruits And Vegetables

Date: Jun-01-2012
Women in their seventies who exercise and eat healthy amounts of fruits and vegetables have a longer life expectancy, according to research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University studied 713 women aged 70 to 79 years who took part in the Women's Health and Aging Studies. This study was designed to evaluate the causes and course of physical disability in older women living in the community...

Researcher Develops New Antibodies To Target And Destroy Cancer Cells

Date: Jun-01-2012
Because cancer cells grow very quickly, chemotherapy is designed to target cells whose numbers grow rapidly. But this treatment comes with a heavy price - many healthy cells essential for body functions are also targeted and killed by the toxin. This dangerous side-effect has prompted researchers to seek better and more selective ways to kill cancer cells inside the body. Prof...