http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Treatment with denosumab, a drug targeted against a protein that helps promote bone destruction, decreased the number of tumor giant cells in patients with giant-cell tumor of the bone, and increased new bone formation, according to the results of a phase II study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-denosumab-burden-giant-cell-tumor-bone.html Cancer Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:41:14 EST news267446466 The skin, the blood, and the lining of the gut—adult stem cells replenish them daily. But stem cells really show off their healing powers in planarians, humble flatworms fabled for their ability to rebuild any missing body part. Just how adult stem cells build the right tissues at the right times and places has remained largely unanswered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-regeneration-scientists-pluripotent-stem-cells.html Medical research Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:26:07 EST news265559014 (Medical Xpress)—New research published online first in The Lancet Neurology highlights the long-term, often hidden, after-effects of meningitis in children. The study, led by Professor Russell Viner at the UCL Institute of Child Health, shows that 1 in 3 children who have experienced meningococcal group B disease (MenB), the most common type of bacterial meningitis in the UK, will be left with after-effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-children-survive-meningitis-after-effects.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:10:01 EST news265015099 Amputation disrupts not only the peripheral nervous system but also central structures of the brain. While the brain is able to adapt and compensate for injury in certain conditions, in amputees the traumatic event prevents adaptive cortical changes. A group of scientists reports adaptive plastic changes in an amputee's brain following implantation of multielectrode arrays inside peripheral nerves. Their results are available in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-neural-interface-prosthesis-function-motor.html Neuroscience Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:59:23 EST news264686306 (HealthDay) -- For patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), long-term limb salvage is favorable; however, long-term survival remains poor, particularly for those with peripheral artery disease (PAD) or chronic renal insufficiency, according to a study published online July 18 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-good-long-term-limb-salvage-diabetic.html Diabetes Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:40:01 EST news262800461 Patients with blocked arteries to their extremities, known as peripheral artery disease (PAD) or critical limb ischemia (CLI), may now find relief from lower leg pain and wounds caused by impaired leg artery circulation with the previously unproven therapy, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). The XCELL trial results now available in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), reports that infrapopliteal nitinol stenting to treat CLI is safe and effective in improving wound healing, providing pain relief, and promoting amputation-free survival. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-angioplasty-procedure-blood-blocked-arteries.html Cardiology Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:58:16 EST news262353441 When a farmer or rancher is injured on the job, there's an 11 percent chance that an amputation will occur. That's two and a half times more likely than in any other industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-farmers-tough-artificial-limbs.html Other Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:10:36 EST news261929176 Your parents must have told you a thousand times - don't eat so fast, slow down! Now it appears that scientific research is backing them up. At the recent joint International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy, a research team from Lithuania presented their research showing that people who eat their food quickly are 2.5 times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than those who take their time during meals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-slowly-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:00:01 EST news259821087 (AP) -- New research sends a stark warning to overweight teens: If you develop diabetes, you'll have a very tough time keeping it under control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-heavy-teens-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:26:05 EST news254931949 (HealthDay) -- The Gritti-Stokes amputation procedure is beneficial and appears to be safe for patients in a trauma setting, according to a study published in the April 4 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-gritti-stokes-amputations-beneficial-trauma-patients.html Surgery Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:30:01 EST news254457819 A research team at Tulane University will report this week that the application of high levels of oxygen to a severed bone facilitates bone regrowth, study results that may one day hold promise for injured soldiers, diabetics and other accident victims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-oxygen-regenerate-bone.html Medical research Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:30:03 EST news254397230 (HealthDay) -- Electrocorticography (ECoG) signals from patients with chronic motor dysfunction represent motor information that may be useful for controlling prosthetic arms, according to a study published in the March issue of the Annals of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-electrocorticographic-arm-movement.html Neuroscience Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:30:01 EST news252300630 A simple test to identify MRSA in wounds could identify the superbug quickly and help prevent infection from spreading. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tiny-electrical-sensors-faster-mrsa.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:45:07 EST news252236696 Clifford Barnes heard the news in April: He might lose his left leg below the knee. The prospect was almost too much to bear for the 57-year-old triathlete, whose passion is competing in endurance races. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-amputation-averted-triathlete-big.html Surgery Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:34:59 EST news249554084 Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems -- bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which shorten the effective life of an implant and greatly hinder replacement of that implant. MRSA can result in prolonged disability, amputation and even death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-immunization-mrsa-horizon.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:37:01 EST news248459752 (Medical Xpress) -- Ultrasound, the diagnostic tool first developed at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the 1950s to scan the body, is now being used in its fracture clinic to help heal fractured bones and speed up the recovery time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ultrasound-fractures.html Medical research Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:29:42 EST news237731370 (Medical Xpress) -- At the recent Interscience Conference on Anti-Microbial Agents and Chemotherapy, Dr. Lawrence Eron from the University of Hawaii presented his results on the use of maggots to heal diabetic wounds. The small trial treated 37 diabetic patients with 27 showing successful outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-maggots-diabetic-wounds.html Medical research Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:32:26 EST news236338324 It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the best option, McLean never hesitated to pursue reconstruction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-women-reconstruction-mastectomy-options.html Other Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:20:01 EST news236230896 Learning to walk again after a stroke, broken hip or amputation can now be made a lot more realistic thanks to a new treadmill. The so-called C-Mill has been developed by NWO researcher Melvyn Roerdink (VU University Amsterdam) and is gradually entering rehabilitation practice in the Netherlands and abroad. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-treadmill-significantly.html Health Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:10:02 EST news235387059 Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke -- and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-interventional-radiologists-peripheral-arterial-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:18:32 EST news234530295 Robert Winkler says he limped around on his painful left foot for six months, suffering unnecessarily from a misdiagnosis by a physician who didn't know about the symptoms and treatments for Charcot foot, a form of localized osteoporosis linked to diabetes that causes the bones to soften and break, often resulting in amputation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-crippling-condition-diabetes-misdiagnosed-misunderstood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:39:38 EST news234103149 Blood vessels and supporting cells appear to be pivotal partners in repairing nerves ravaged by diabetic neuropathy, and nurturing their partnership with nerve cells might make the difference between success and failure in experimental efforts to regrow damaged nerves, Johns Hopkins researchers report in a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-diabetic-nerve-blood-vessels-cells.html Medical research Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:50:32 EST news228066607 (Medical Xpress) -- As a result of a 70 million dollar investment from the U.S. military, researchers from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh announced a successful technique using growth factors and proteins from a pig's bladder to regrow skeletal muscle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-pig-bladder-cells-regenerate-war.html Medical research Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:00:01 EST news227932622 Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have found more evidence of the benefits of home dialysis for patients with kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-evidence-benefits-home-dialysis-kidney.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:43:09 EST news227868159 Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood flow to the bones and tissues of the feet, leaving diabetics vulnerable to infection. This study shows that combining two imaging agents with molecular imaging techniques provides diabetic patients an excellent infection screening method that has already spared a number of patients from aggressive amputation of infected feet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-amputations-diabetic-patients-dual-isotope.html Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:10:01 EST news226584205 Despite showing promising results in a recent phase 2 trial, administration of a novel gene therapy (NV1FGF) to enhance the growth of new blood vessels in people with critical limb ischaemia (whose legs are damaged when blocked arteries lead to a lack of blood flow), does not reduce amputation or death, according to the results of the phase 3 TAMARIS trial. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-effective-treatment-critical-limb-ischemia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 May 2011 18:30:01 EST news225988295 Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an indicator for coronary and carotid arterial disease and carries inherent risks of claudication and amputation. PAD screening has increased dramatically, particularly among cardiologists, while vascular surgery has demonstrated the greatest growth in revascularization procedures treating PAD, according to research being presented at the 2011 American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-peripheral-arterial-disease-revascularization-screening.html Cardiology Wed, 04 May 2011 05:00:29 EST news223704002 A new study of older diabetes patients has found that well-controlled blood sugar levels were associated with a lower risk of major complications such as heart attacks, amputation and kidney disease, but the very lowest blood sugar levels were associated with a small but significant increased risk of death. The study published in the June 2011 issue of the journal Diabetes Care, followed more than 70,000 type 2 diabetes patients from Kaiser Permanente who were over 60 years of age for four years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-elderly-diabetes-patients-glucose-slightly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:01:30 EST news222361199