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Researchers find brain cell transplants help repair neural damage(Cell Transplantation Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair) This study aimed at determining whether autografted cells derived from primate cortical gray matter, cultured for one month and re-implanted in the caudate nucleus of dopamine depleted primates, effectively survived and migrated. When transplanted, autologous cells, derived from the most dopamine depleted region of the caudate nucleus, migrated, re-implanted into the right caudate nucleus, and migrated through the corpus callosum to the contralateral striatum. Re-implanted cells survived at rate of 50 percent four months post-implantation.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Teriparatide outperforms alendronate in treating steroid-induced osteoporosis(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found
patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were treated with teriparatide for 36 months had a greater increase in bone mineral density and fewer new vertebral fractures than those treated with alendronate. The findings of this study are published in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology.
Eurekalert.org Thursday, October 29, 2009Spot shortages of Tamiflu for children are frustrating parentsFirst it was the rush for hand sanitizer. Then it was the quest for the vaccine. Now, as increasing numbers of children are coming down with swine flu, more parents are facing yet another anxiety-provoking chase: the hunt for liquid Tamiflu for kids.
Washington Post Thursday, October 29, 2009House health-care reform bill includes public option, Medicaid expansionHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a
government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
Washington Post Thursday, October 29, 2009House Democrats to unveil health billWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives finished work on Wednesday on a healthcare bill that includes a
government-run insurance plan, requires individuals to buy health coverage and imposes a surtax on the wealthy to help pay for it.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009Size matters when it comes to AIDS defenseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect men.
Reuters Thursday, October 29, 2009TED MED: Bringing Medicine Home for Better CareEric Dishman, a behavioral scientist, was holding a battered cardboard box with a mailing label on it. He promised the audience a preview of a wonderful tool for improving elderly healthcare and independence at home. “You’d better get a close up of this,” he said to the cameraman recording the talk for yesterday’s TED MED conference that is running from October 27 through 30 at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, Calif. (TED MED stands for technology, entertainment, design.) Dishman, chief strategist and global director of
product research, innovation and policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, pulled out the device: an old-fashioned telephone. [More]
Scientific American Thursday, October 29, 2009'Pear and apple' shape a DVT riskWomen who carry excess weight on the hips, and apple-shaped men carrying it on the waist, risk blood clots, say experts.
BBC Thursday, October 29, 2009Dieting 'keeps diabetes at bay'A period of careful eating and regular exercise can stave off
diabetes for a decade, a study suggests.
BBC Thursday, October 29, 2009Post row 'will not halt flu jabsGPs have promised not to let the postal strike beat attempts to get vulnerable
patients vaccinated against swine flu.
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