ShareMediNewsDigest: Another case of our immune system getting out of control…. Quoting the Sao Paolo, Brazil Researchers: “….The B-1 cells produced the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in response to LPS. (a toxine from the bacteria)….” Here is a figure describing the complexity of sepsis:
ShareMediNewsDigest: Here is a link to an interesting article from Ivanhoe on an “enteral” feeding as alternative treatment from Crohn’s disease, an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. It is essentially a diet with an appropriate liquid food. the word “enteral” used in ivanhoe, conjures images of feeding tubes, as in this case, …Read the Rest
ShareMediNewsDigest: An apple a day…… Too bad there is no abstract on this paper from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association But what isthe metabolic syndrome? It seems a rather vague syndrome. A good, if technical defition article was published in the circulation journal In a nutshell, quoting Wikipedia …Read the Rest
ShareMediNewsDigest: Another work begging the question: Do we really know what we are doing with vitamin supplements? Click here for the microbiology journal article. The Helicobacter pylori [Follow the wikipedia link] bacterium has been linked to peptic ulcers and cancers! Shall we feed it vitamin B6 supplement? This is not to say …Read the Rest
ShareMediNewsDigest: Cosmetic surgery is just that, surgery. See this Danish study Quoting: “….Sensory changes and persistent pain are common following cosmetic breast augmentation and may have a negative impact on daily activities and satisfaction after surgery….”
ShareMediNewsDigest: This is a link to an important study of autism. The potential to develop methods to improve the integration of autistic children in to society starts with understanding the specific issues of the autistic brain. ScienceDaily Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2010, August 20). Autism linked to multisensory …Read the Rest
ShareMedinewsdigest: Questions in this post from sciencedaily What is a neural tem cell? What is Chronic Spinal Cord Injury? Medinewsdigest: Those question are mostly answered in the abstract of the original study, posted by PlosOne This about healing traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). So paralysis from auto-immune illnesses sus as Multiple Sclerosis …Read the Rest
ShareMedinewsDigest: Quoting Ivanhoe “…Women who received a combined treatment of estrogen and progestin for more than 15 years had a whopping 83 percent increased chance of breast cancer…” This is a good size study involving a lot of researchers click here for their paper . MedinewsDigest: So what is hormone therapy used …Read the Rest
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ShareMediNewsDigest: FDA panel’s recommendation about Cymbalta’s use against chronic pain seems ambivalent: See the NYT article. Maybe FDA ‘s drug recommendations should have something of a 2/3 majority? If it helps only for lower back pain and not for osteoarthritis, one will need a sharp health practitionner to help decide yay …Read the Rest
Share MediNewsDigest: Enough uncertainty remains so this discovery, which should lead to a blood test, is badly needed. This article is posted by Reuters Quoting: “….The genetic signature shows the extent of the disease in the lungs and disappears after successful treatment, they said in a study in the journal Nature…”
