Archive for 2009/10


New Study Reviews Science Behind Efficacy Of Biofield Therapies - Reiki, Therapeutic Touch And Healing Touch

Biofield therapies, which claim to use subtle energy to stimulate the body's healing process, are promising complementary interventions for reducing the intensity of pain in a number of conditions, reducing anxiety for hospitalized patients and reducing agitated behaviors in dementia, over and above what standard treatments can achieve. However, longer-term effects are less clear. Dr. Shamini Jain, from the UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, and Dr.
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10/30/2009 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Influenza’s Achilles Heel Discovered By Scientists

As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains of the flu - antioxidants. In an article appearing in the November 2009 print issue of the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.
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10/30/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Swine Flu | Trackback | Comments Off

Zebrafish Play Pivotal Role In Helping Treat Disease

Tropical zebrafish have helped researchers at the University of Sheffield pave the way for the discovery of new anti-inflammatory drugs to treat illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
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10/30/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - COPD | Trackback | Comments Off

World Pneumonia Day: Time For Renewed Global Action Against This Forgotten Killer Of Children

A Comment in this week's edition of The Lancet highlights the first ever World Pneumonia day, and the forthcoming strategy of WHO and UNICEF to tackle this forgotten killer of children. The Comment is written by Dr Bill Frist, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, and Dr Richard Sezibera, Minister of Health for Rwanda. Dr Frist is the former US Senate Majority Leader, a trustee of Save the Children, and chairs the Survive to 5 Campaign and Hope Through Healing Hands.
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10/30/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Respiratory / Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis Pain In The Elderly

Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who engage in regular Tai Chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain. Tai Chi (Chuan) is a traditional style of Chinese martial arts that features slow, rhythmic movements to induce mental relaxation and enhance balance, strength, flexibility, and self-efficacy.
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10/30/2009 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Arthritis / Rheumatology | Trackback | Comments Off

Natural Products Foundation Representatives Meet With Federal Regulators On Truth In Advertising Campaign

The Natural Products Foundation (NPF) recently met with officials from both U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to turn over the names of 10 companies that have continued to make drug or disease claims in their advertising and other promotional materials. These meetings were part of an ongoing effort through the foundation's Truth in Advertising (TIA) program, which aims to first educate advertisers to help them bring their advertising into compliance.
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10/30/2009 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine | Trackback | Comments Off

Stem Cell Therapy May Offer Hope For Acute Lung Injury

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have shown that adult stem cells from bone marrow can prevent acute lung injury in a mouse model of the disease. Their results are reported online in the October issue of the journal Stem Cells. Acute lung injury (ALI) is responsible for an estimated 74,500 deaths in the U.S. each year.
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10/29/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Respiratory / Asthma | Trackback | Comments Off

Dendritic Cells Spark Smoldering Inflammation In Smokers’ Lungs

Inflammation still ravages the lungs of some smokers years after they quit the habit. What sparks that smoldering destruction remained a mystery until a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine found that certain dendritic cells in the lung - the cells that "present" a foreign antigen or protein to the immune system - provoke production of destructive T-cells that attack a key protein called elastin, leading to death of lung tissue and emphysema.
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10/29/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Smoking / Quit Smoking | Trackback | Comments Off

Injured Human Donor Lungs Repaired By Gene Therapy

For the first time, scientists in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network have successfully used gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them potentially suitable for transplantation into patients. This technique could significantly expand the number of donor lungs by using organs that are currently discarded, and improve outcomes after transplantation. In their pioneering work, a team of researchers led by Dr.
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10/29/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - Transplants / Organ Donations | Trackback | Comments Off

Mortality Rates Reduced Among Children Whose Mothers Received Iron-folic Acid Supplements

Offspring whose mothers had been supplemented with iron-folic acid during pregnancy had dramatically reduced mortality through age 7, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that other supplement combinations, including the multiple micronutrient supplement, did not confer the same benefit. Nearly 40 percent of pregnant women worldwide are estimated to be anemic.
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10/29/2009 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Pregnancy / Obstetrics | Trackback | Comments Off

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