Obstetrics & gynaecology
Are you ignoring endometriosis?
(HealthDay)—Endometriosis is a painful condition affecting many women, yet often years pass before it's diagnosed.
May 25, 2018
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Diabetes
"Living drug factories" may one day replace injections
Patients with diabetes generally rely on constant injections of insulin to control their disease. But MIT spinout Sigilon Therapeutics is developing an implantable, insulin-producing device that may one day make injections ...
May 17, 2018
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Cardiology
Heartbeat out of sync
Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias often occur after a heart attack, as the scar tissue can interfere with the spread of electrical impulses that activate the heart. An international research team under the leadership of ...
May 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Endangered salamander offers clues on healing spinal cord injury
One of the most vexing problems with spinal cord injuries is that the human body does not rebuild nerves once they have been damaged. Other animals, on the other hand, seem to have no problem repairing broken neurons.
Apr 23, 2018
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Cardiology
New study finds knocking out p63 gene as means of converting scar tissue into muscle tissue in the heart
Following a heart attack, the parts of the heart muscle that die do not regenerate into new heart tissue and instead are replaced by scar tissue. Using rodent models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are looking ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Cardiology
Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack
New research has shown how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after a heart attack, potentially offering a low-cost addition to existing treatments for heart failure.
Mar 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Promising therapeutic approach for spinal cord injuries
The healing ability of the central nervous system is very limited and injuries to the brain or spinal cord often result in permanent functional deficits. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in the scientific ...
Mar 1, 2018
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Neuroscience
Brain liquefaction after stroke is toxic to surviving brain: study
Scientists have known for years that the brain liquefies after a stroke. If cut off from blood and oxygen for a long enough period, a portion of the brain will die, slowly morphing from a hard, rubbery substance into liquid ...
Feb 20, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventing fibrosis
Researchers at Cardiff University and the Wales Kidney Research Unit have discovered a potential new method for preventing the process that causes scar formation in organs.
Feb 9, 2018
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Medical research
New robot can help treat rare birth defect
Researchers at the University of Sheffield and Boston's Children Hospital, Harvard Medical School have created a robot that can be implanted into the body to aid the treatment of oesophageal atresia, a rare birth defect that ...
Jan 18, 2018
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