http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Elderly or people with osteoporosis, smokers, diabetics or people who have had cancer are sometimes not eligible to receive dental implants as their bones are unable to correctly integrate the new prostheses which replace the root. Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón have developed an implant coating with a novel biodegradable material aimed at people with bone deficit. It will also increase the overall success rate of implants through an enhanced biocompatibility and reduce the time of osseointegration or bone integration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-success-tooth-implants.html Dentistry Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:28:22 EST news286446495 Replacement of prostheses is unpleasant to the patient and expensive to society. Replacement of failed hip prostheses gives rise to an expenditure of about 10 million euros yearly in Finland. A usual reason for the need to change a prosthesis is its becoming detached from bone. A recent doctoral dissertation at Aalto University has come across several methods with which the adhesion of implants to bone can be improved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-methods-implant-bone.html Medical research Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:10:04 EST news282379339 Elderly or people with osteoporosis, smokers, diabetics or people who have had cancer are sometimes not eligible to receive dental implants as their bones are unable to correctly integrate the new prostheses which replace the root. Researchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón have developed an implant coating with a novel biodegradable material aimed at people with bone deficit. It will also increase the overall success rate of implants through an enhanced biocompatibility and reduce the time of osseointegration or bone integration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-success-tooth-implants.html Medical research Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:33:22 EST news277979596 Professor Jose Miguel Soria, a member of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, has co-directed with Professor Manuel Monleón of the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia a study on the compatibility of polymeric biomaterials in the brain and its effectiveness to favour neuroregeneration in areas with some kind of damage or brain injury.   http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-biomaterials-neuroregeneration-brain-injury.html Neuroscience Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:04:38 EST news273398649 (HealthDay)—Compared with high-density porous polyethylene (HDPPE) implant materials, sphere-templated poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (poly[HEMA]) tissue scaffold stimulates a minimal inflammatory response; supports cellular ingrowth, collagen formation, and neovascularization; and may induce less scar formation, according to an experimental study published online Oct. 8 in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-sphere-templated-tissue-scaffold-viable-subcutaneous.html Surgery Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:30:01 EST news269414499 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study from the University of Reading has established that a prosthetic cornea made from human cells is the best model for testing how irritants and toxins cause eye injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cornea-resistant-chemical-injury.html Ophthalmology Mon, 28 May 2012 06:32:16 EST news257405520