Surgery :: Natural polyester makes new sutures stronger, safer
With the help of a new type of suture based on MIT research, patients who get stitches may never need to have them removed.
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Ear :: Viral protein is an effective preventative against infection
Using lysins, a protein from viruses that infect bacteria, scientists have developed a novel way to prevent kids from developing middle ear infections.
Stroke :: MIT brace aids stroke recovery
At age 32, Maggie Fermental suffered a stroke that left her right side paralyzed. After a year and a half of conventional therapy with minimal results, she tried a new kind of robotic therapy developed by MIT engineers. A study to appear in the April 2007 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation shows that the device, which helped Fermental, also had positive results for five other severe stroke patients in a pilot clinical trial.
Weight Loss :: Sanofi’s Acomplia reimbursable in France for obese and type 2 diabetic patients
Sanofi-aventis announced that Acomplia? 20mg (rimonabant), the first drug in a new therapeutic class, the selective cannabinoid-1 receptor antagonists, has now been included in the list of pharmaceutical products reimbursable by the Social Security, by virtue of a decree dated March 22, 2007, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Heart Disease :: Heart disease risk more in US firefighters
Firefighters engage in a dangerous occupation, risking life-threatening burns and smoke inhalation, among other hazards. So it may surprise some that the leading cause of death on duty among U.S. firefighters is coronary heart disease (CHD).
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer risk increased with greater fat intake
Eating a high-fat diet may lead to an increased risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Schizophrenia :: Feinstein researchers uncover genetic risk for schizophrenia
Psychiatric researchers at The Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have uncovered evidence of a new gene that appears to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a disorder characterized by distorted thinking, hallucinations and a reduced ability to feel normal emotions.
Steroid :: Steroid hormones regulate the body clock
To establish circadian cell cycle rhythms, cell-autonomous clock mechanisms act in concert with a systemic signaling environment of which glucocorticoids are an essential part.
Obesity :: The answer to childhood obesity – 15 minutes of football
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (also known as Children of the 90s) is a unique ongoing research project based in the University of Bristol. It enrolled 14,000 mothers during pregnancy in 1991-2 and has followed most of the children and parents in minute detail ever since.
Melanoma :: Early sunbed use increases melanoma risk
People who use tanning beds do not protect themselves from skin damage from subsequent sun exposure. Use of sunbeds before age 35 substantially increases the risk of developing melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer, the researchers found.