News tagged with supply blood
Relatives of people dying suddenly from heart problems have increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Relatives of young people who have died suddenly from a heart-related problem are at greatly increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease according to a study published online today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Jo ...
Cardiology
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Woman benefits from precision-guided needle to glue shut dangerous and disfiguring blood vessel growth
(Medical Xpress)—Using a technique performed at Johns Hopkins but rarely elsewhere, imaging specialists and surgeons have successfully used precision, image-guided technology to glue shut a tangle of abnormal ...
Surgery
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Yellow fever kills 32 in Sudan's Darfur: ministry
Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2012 |
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World experts enlist to help Malaysia mitigate problem of poorer nutrition as incomes rise
With health problems like obesity and diabetes on the rise due to changing diets in emerging economies, Malaysia is forging new linkages between domestic and international scientists and institutions in hopes of mitigating ...
Health
Nov 01, 2012 |
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The effects of turmeric therapy on cerebral malaria studied
A Centenary researcher is off to New Delhi to study the impact on cerebral malaria of the major ingredient of turmeric, curcumin.
Medical research
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Using CD47's protection to deliver anti-cancer drugs directly to tumor cells
(Medical Xpress)—For most of their natural lives, red blood cells hide safely under the radar of the body's immune system, thanks to a cloak of "don't eat me" protein called CD47. Ching-An Peng of Michigan ...
Cancer
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Gene helps predict which ovarian cancer sufferers will benefit most from chemotherapy
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Dundee have discovered that measuring how active a gene is could predict which women with ovarian cancer will benefit from platinum-based chemotherapy ...
Cancer
Sep 19, 2012 |
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Perceived control affects complication rates in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Patients admitted to hospital with obstructed heart arteries were three times more likely to experience complications when they were in hospital if they felt they were not in control of their condition, according to research ...
Cardiology
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Lack of oxygen in cancer cells leads to growth and metastasis
(Medical Xpress)—It seems as if a tumor deprived of oxygen would shrink. However, numerous studies have shown that tumor hypoxia, in which portions of the tumor have significantly low oxygen concentrations, ...
Cancer
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Blood transfusion services in Africa should suit local contact—funders take note
Scientists find that Western approach to blood transfusion employed in Africa - often a condition of financial aid - may add significant cost to blood units, due to emergency nature of most African patients ...
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Sep 11, 2012 |
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Tumor suppressor genes vital to regulating blood precursor cells in fruit flies
UCLA stem cell scientists have shown that two common tumor suppressor genes, TSC and PTEN, are vital to regulating the stem cell-like precursor cells that create the blood supply in Drosophila, the common fruit fly.
Medical research
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Space bugs for blood testing — and more
Thanks to ideas of putting swarms of tiny robot bugs to work on a future space station, patients being medicated for blood clots may soon get a simple, home-use testing kit, here on Earth.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 17, 2012 |
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Protein that helps tumor blood vessels mature could make cancer drugs more effective
Since anti-cancer drugs are carried to tumors by the bloodstream, abnormal blood vessel development can hamper delivery. In a paper published Aug. 14 in Cancer Cell, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medica ...
Cancer
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Study uses stem cells to boost red blood cell production
(HealthDay) -- Using human stem cells, scientists have developed methods to boost the production of red blood cells, according to a new study.
Medical research
Aug 07, 2012 |
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Zaltrap approved for advanced colorectal cancer
(HealthDay) -- Zaltrap (ziv-afilbercept) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in combination with a FOLFIRI chemotherapy regimen for adults with advanced metastatic (spreading) colorectal cancer, the ...
Medications
Aug 04, 2012 |
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