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Extra vitamin D may ease Crohn's symptoms, study finds

(HealthDay)—Vitamin D supplements may help those with Crohn's disease overcome the fatigue and decreased muscle strength associated with the inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists find clues to some inherited heart diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in diseases known as laminopathies, a group of some 15 genetic disorders that include forms ...

Medical research created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers mechanism for how grapes reduce heart failure associated with hypertension

A study appearing in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry demonstrates that grapes are able to reduce heart failure associated with chronic high blood pressure (hypertension) by increasing the activity of several genes ...

Cardiology created May 02, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how people with a severe unexplained psychological illness have abnormal activity in the brain

Psychogenic diseases, formerly known as 'hysterical' illnesses, can have many severe symptoms such as painful cramps or paralysis but without any physical explanation. However, new research from the University of Cambridge ...

Neuroscience created Feb 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals how melanoma evades chemotherapy

Nitric oxide (NO), a gas with many biological functions in healthy cells, can also help some cancer cells survive chemotherapy. A new study from MIT reveals one way in which this resistance may arise, and ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Injectable gel could repair tissue damaged by heart attack

(Medical Xpress) -- University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new injectable hydrogel that could be an effective and safe treatment for tissue damage caused by heart attacks.

Cardiology created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hormone replacement therapy improves muscle function

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) significantly improves muscle function – down to the muscle fibre level – in postmenopausal women, a new study published today in The Journal of Physiology shows.

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When nerve meets muscle, biglycan seals the deal

A protein that has shown early promise in preventing the loss of muscle function in mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been found in a new study to be a key player in the process of joining nerves ...

Neuroscience created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New injectable hydrogel encourages regeneration, improves functionality after heart attack

University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated in a study in pigs that a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, ...

Medical research created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem-cell approach shows promise for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) prevents the ...

Medical research created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Peptides helping researchers in search for Parkinson's disease treatment

(Medical Xpress)—Australian researchers have taken the first step in using bioactive peptides as the building blocks to help 'build a new brain' to treat degenerative brain disease.

Medical research created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows that blocking an inflammation pathway prevents cardiac fibrosis

(Medical Xpress)—New research from UC Davis published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that blocking an enzyme that promotes inflammation can prevent the tissue damage following a heart attack ...

Medical research created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds new pathway critical to heart arrhythmia

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have uncovered a previously unknown molecular pathway that is critical to understanding cardiac arrhythmia and other heart muscle problems. Understanding the basic science ...

Medical research created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disruption of cellular signaling identified in pulmonary arterial hypertension

(Medical Xpress)—Impairment of a key signaling cascade in the pulmonary blood vessels plays an important role in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a Yale study has found. The study appears in the advance ...

Medical research created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New gene transfer strategy shows promise for limb girdle and other muscular dystrophies

The challenge of treating patients with genetic disorders in which a single mutated gene is simply too large to be replaced using traditional gene therapy techniques may soon be a thing of the past. A Nationwide Children's ...

Genetics created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast