http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Evidence has shown that green tea extract may be an effective herbal remedy useful for weight control and helping to regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes. In order to ascertain whether green tea truly has this potential, Jae-Hyung Park and his colleagues from the Keimyung University School of Medicine in the Republic of Korea conducted a study, now published in the Springer journal Naunyn-Schmedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-green-tea-weight.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:03:06 EST news286455774 Physicians and parents must be aware of the growing danger of magnet ingestion by children because magnets can adhere to each other and cause life-threatening problems such as bowel perforations, a new case study illustrates in CMAJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-magnet-ingestion-young-children-problem.html Pediatrics Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:01 EST news282221348 For seniors who are constipated, the use of polyethylene glycol and lactulose are effective, according to a review of current treatments published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The article reviews the latest evidence on the efficacy and safety of treatments to help doctors treat their patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-constipation-seniors-current-treatments.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:00:02 EST news278589048 Michael Caplan shares authorship of a paper on cancer treatment research published this week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-asu-bioengineer-key-contribution-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:23:19 EST news274954993 A study published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Skeletal Muscle reports of a new therapeutic technique to repair and rebuild muscle for sufferers of degenerative muscle disorders. The therapy brings together two existing techniques for muscle repair – cell transplantation and tissue engineering – specifically, mesoangioblast stem cells delivered via a hydrogel cell-carrier matrix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-degeneration-regeneration-advances-skeletal-muscle.html Medical research Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:21:38 EST news273158490 A new study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic Arizona showed that system-wide implementation of a split-dose preparation as the primary choice for colonoscopy significantly improved both polyp detection rates and adenoma (precancerous polyp) detection rates, overall quality of the preparation, and colonoscopy completion rates. The study appears in the September issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-split-dose-colonoscopy-precancerous-polyp.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:50:42 EST news267288634 (HealthDay) -- Recurrent Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) can successfully be treated in the vast majority of patients through a fecal transplantation procedure via colonoscopy, according to research published in the March issue of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fecal-transplant-feasible-recurrent-ic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:40:04 EST news249970988 Cartilage, bone, and skin can already be regenerated in vitro, and these tissues are currently available for clinical applications. However, regeneration of more complex tissues such as the liver and pancreas has yet to be fully realized. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-possibilities.html Medical research Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:56:30 EST news239280984 Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged soft tissue relatively safely and durably. The material, a composite of biological and synthetic molecules, is injected under the skin, then "set" using light to form a more solid structure, like using cold to set gelatin in a mold. The researchers say the product one day could be used to reconstruct soldier's faces marred by blast injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-composite-material-soft-tissue.html Medical research Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:50:01 EST news231427179 A gel that creates a watertight seal to close surgical wounds provides a significant advance in the treatment of patients following spinal procedures, effectively sealing spinal wounds 100 percent of the time, a national multicenter randomized study led by researchers at UC Davis has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sealant-gel-effective-spinal-wounds.html Medical research Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:08:37 EST news227462905