London, July 15 : Scientists have been able to grow artificial lungs that function in rats.
They hope that a similar technique could one day engineer donor organs for humans.
Currently, donor organs are in short supply, and rejection is likely even if a lung becomes available.
Teams from Harvard Medical School in Boston and Yale University first [...]
Washington, June 23 : Scientists have explained Parkinson’’s patients” risky behaviour, a rare side effect of standard treatments for the disease.
According to researchers, the finding has implications for future medication of patients.
The treatments, which work by increasing dopamine signalling in the brain, can trigger highly risky behaviours, known as ”impulsive-compulsive spectrum behaviours” (ICBs) in approximately [...]
Washington, June 14 : Getting operated is a thing of the past for some patients of blunt aortic injury (BAI)—a new study shows that BIA can be safely managed non-operatively with beta-blockade to lower the heart rate and blood pressure.
According to the researchers from the 64th Vascular Annual Meeting, as many as 141 patients with [...]
Washington, May 30 : Patients with pancreatic cancer whose tumours respond most to preoperative chemotherapy and radiation survive four times as long, on average, as those whose tumours respond least, researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is rarely detected in early stages, making treatment difficult and survival statistics particularly grim.
In 1986, the [...]
Washington, May 25 : Beta-blocker medications could be good for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), claim scientists.
The patients may have fewer respiratory flare-ups and longer survival if they take the meds, according to the report in the May 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
COPD is a diagnosis [...]
Washington, May 3 : A new study has shown that extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current standards results in high clearance rates of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, and a low relapse rate.
“We found that patients who achieved a sustained virological response were more likely to have had extended [...]
London, Apr 17 : A major clinical study has found that years after suffering a stroke, patients show modest yet meaningful gains in limb movement and an improved outlook on life.
Published online this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study provides the best evidence yet that stroke sufferers in a controlled study [...]
Washington, Apr 3 : Men with testicular cancer who write positively about their experience show signs of improved mental health afterward, in contrast to men who write negatively or neutrally about their condition, according to results of a Baylor University pilot study.
Dr. Mark Morman, associate professor of communication studies and graduate program director at Baylor [...]
London, Feb 11 (ANI): Researchers in Canada have found that an intense three-week course of radiation therapy is just as effective as the standard five-week regimen for women with early-stage breast cancer.
In the study, lead researcher Dr. Tim Whelan, a professor of oncology of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, and [...]
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Young patients with chronic illnesses find relief in acupuncture, doctors at Rush University Medical Center believe.
They are offering pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses acupuncture therapy to help ease the pain and negative side effects like nausea, fatigue, and vomiting caused by chronic health conditions and intensive treatments.
The effort is part [...]