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Penn gets $9.7 million grant to study concussion-related brain damage

25.10.2019 Health Problems

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania will lead an international team in a new project to study relationships between brain injuries and various types of neurodegeneration that lead to dementia symptoms. The work will be supported by a five-year, $9.7 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute on Aging, Penn announced Thursday. […]

Meghan King Edmonds and Son Try Oxygen Therapy After Brain Damage Diagnosis

18.07.2019 Kids Health

In it together! Meghan King Edmonds tried oxygen therapy with her 13-month-old son, Hart, after his brain damage diagnosis. “Hart and I are taking our first dive in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber,” the Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 34, captioned her Wednesday, July 17, Instagram Story. “The goal is with repeated and regular ‘dives’ his brain cells get so […]

IL-1 inhibitors may reduce radiation-induced vascular damage

14.05.2019 Health Problems

Radiation therapy against cancer can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease much later in life, as the radiation causes chronic inflammation of the exposed blood vessels. In a new study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have shown that these inflammations can be treated with IL-1 inhibitors. Damage to healthy tissue is one of […]

Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath

18.04.2019 Health Problems

Researchers have designed a new type of adhesive patch that can be placed directly on the heart and may one day help to reduce the stretching of heart muscle that often occurs after a heart attack. The patch, made from a water-based hydrogel material, was developed using computer simulations of heart function in order to fine tune the material’s mechanical […]

Researchers find targeting rare form of cystic fibrosis earlier prevents organ damage in ferrets

28.03.2019 Health Problems

A team of researchers from the University of Iowa, University Medical Center Utrecht and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, reports that earlier administration of a drug already given to patients with a rare form of cystic fibrosis can prevent organ damage—at least in ferrets. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the group describes their study of the impact […]

Managing high blood pressure in diabetics may prevent life-threatening organ damage

24.10.2018 Health Problems

The most effective way to prevent life-threatening complications of extreme hypertension in African-Americans with diabetes is to better control their blood pressure, according to a Rutgers study, the largest of its kind. The study, which appears in Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, included 783 diabetic and 1,001 non-diabetic patients from a New Jersey hospital emergency department that serves predominantly African-American communities. […]

Hormone helps reverse brain damage caused by obesity

06.10.2018 Health Problems

The neurobiotechnology research team of the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón, Spain, headed by professor Ana María Sánchez, has proven the positive effects of a vegetable hormone, reversing brain alterations caused by high-fat diets, type-2 diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity. The results of this work, developed by the Health Sciences Department, have been published in Molecular Neurobiology. “We have […]

New target could prevent progression of liver damage to cancer

27.08.2018 Health Problems

Problems like obesity and alcoholism appear to chronically trigger in the liver a receptor known to amplify inflammation in response to invaders like bacteria, scientists report. The relentless, increased activity of TREM-1 in turn accelerates injury and scarring of the liver, a first step toward cirrhosis and liver cancer, says Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, reproductive immunologist in the Georgia Cancer Center […]

Research shows it’s possible to reverse damage caused by aging cells

15.08.2018 Health Problems

What’s the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered it- on a cellular level. Aging starts in our cells, and those aging cells can hasten cellular senescence, leading to tissue dysfunction and related health impacts. New research involving University of Minnesota Medical School faculty Paul D. Robbins and Laura J. Niedernhofer, recently published in Nature […]

Avoiding the lifelong psychological damage of childhood bullying

08.08.2018 Health Problems

Childhood bullying is so common that it may not seem like a big deal. Up to 35% per cent of people are estimated to have experienced it at some point. By adulthood, we are generally expected to have “got over” it. But the mental health effects of being bullied can be serious and last a lifetime. One study has even […]

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