Clinical Research

Cognitive Decline Caused By Decreased Oxygen During Cardiac Surgery

Physicians have known for years that there exists a link between cardiac surgery and a subsequent decline in cognitive function of patients.   According to recent research, “previous studies have reported an 11% to 75% incidence of postoperative cognitive ...

Article - Erin Richards - Feb 9 2009 - 6:15pm

Researchers 'Tighten' Body's Protective Mucus Coating

A net with large holes won't catch small fish. Likewise, the microscopic fibers in the protective mucus coatings of the eyes, lungs, stomach or reproductive system naturally bundle together and allow the tiniest disease-causing bugs, allergens or poll ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2009 - 12:45am

Another Breakthrough For Neural Adult Stem Cells

The floodgates have opened, and through it rushes advances in stem cell research. It seems that every day, another effort makes a push forward for medical stem cell therapy. Earlier this week, a team of research scientists published a study evaluating long ...

Article - Erin Richards - Feb 20 2009 - 12:41pm

Case Study- Brain And Spinal Tumor Following Stem Cell Therapy

A case report published in PLoS Medicine describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, and colleagues report the case of a boy with a rare genetic diseas ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2009 - 11:43pm

Breastfeeding May Inhibit Multiple Sclerosis Relapses?

Make of it what you will but a study released today says that breastfeeding may reduce multiple sclerosis(MS) relapses.   Sorry guys, this only helps women MS sufferers and only after pregnancy. For the study, researchers followed 32 pregnant women with MS ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2009 - 5:55pm

The Science Of The Broken Heart- Depression And Cardiac Events

New data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggest that relatively healthy women with severe depression are at increased risk of cardiac events, including sudden cardiac death (SCD) and fatal coronary heart disease (CHD). Resea ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2009 - 6:10pm

Probiotics Soothe Your Irritable Bowel

If you are one of the many millions that suffer from unexplained abdominal cramps, bloating, constipation and diarrhea, you are not alone. According to the NIH, 1 in 5 Americans suffer from similar symptoms. The cause? Physicians have placed all of the une ...

Article - Erin Richards - Mar 24 2009 - 3:25pm

Life Threatening Aneurism- Surgery Monday, Home Tuesday With A Band Aid

Norma Wooley checked into Loyola University Hospital on a recent Monday morning for brain surgery to repair a life-threatening aneurism (also: aneurysm).  She went home on Tuesday, cured of the slurred speech, drooping face and worst headache of her life. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 26 2009 - 7:03am

Fight Obesity By Making Fat Cells Eat Themselves

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University say they have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process allows cellular fat to accumulate — ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2009 - 2:19pm

Gutsy Germs Succumb To Baby Broccoli

A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. Citing their new ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2009 - 12:33am