Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: saline solution http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Prenatal intervention reduces learning deficit in mice Mice with a condition that serves as a laboratory model for Down syndrome perform better on memory and learning tasks as adults if they were treated before birth with neuroprotective peptides, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-prenatal-intervention-deficit-mice.html Medical research Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:09:51 EST news273488980 From degeneration to regeneration: Advances in skeletal muscle engineering 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 Dangerous air quality alert issued for toxic mold The Midwest is under an air quality alert for dangerous levels of mold. The Midwest mold count today is 60,000 – well over the 50,000 threshold that signals a dangerous air quality warning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dangerous-air-quality-issued-toxic.html Health Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:02:09 EST news266227301 Illnesses in Colorado children's hospital prompts discovery of contaminated alcohol pads A small cluster of unusual illnesses at a Colorado children's hospital prompted an investigation that swiftly identified alcohol prep pads contaminated with Bacillus cereus bacteria, according to a report in the July issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The investigation ultimately led to an international recall of the contaminated products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-illnesses-colorado-children-hospital-prompts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:15:09 EST news258722038 Does your child have seasonal allergies or a cold? (HealthDay) -- It can be difficult during the spring months for parents to determine whether their children have a cold or seasonal allergies, but an expert outlines how to tell the difference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-child-seasonal-allergies-cold.html Health Tue, 15 May 2012 05:20:01 EST news256276048 Patients who suffer dry eyes find relief from wide-diameter contact lenses (Medical Xpress) -- Susan Loughman is among the tens of millions of Americans who suffer dry eyes. She has an especially bad condition, which makes it feel like there's sandpaper in her eyes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-patients-eyes-relief-wide-diameter-contact.html Ophthalmology Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:11:47 EST news251622686