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WHAT'S
NEW IN MEDICINE - Volume 6
› The Genetic Report
Card
In the next decade, a baby first check up will be in the Petri dish while
she is an eight-cell embryo. By 2010, geneticists will be able to predict
babies' propensities for many of the diseases: breast, colon and prostate
cancer, heart disease and diabetes... read
more.
› Stem Cell Research:
The Facts Behind The Argument
What are stem cells? They are cells that have the ability to develop a
specialized cell of a body: skin, muscle, liver, brain cells and so on.
... read more.
› Ovary-Transplant Pregnancy
25-year-old woman has conceived a baby for the first time after having
an ovarian tissue transplant. Doctors from the Universite Catholique de
Louvain in Brussels, Belgium, removed and froze ovarian tissue from the
unidentified woman before she had chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkin's
lymphoma. She's now 25 weeks pregnant ... read
more.
› Stem Cells; A Hope For
Baldness
Scientists have shown that stem cells injected into bald spots not only
grow new hair but actually create hair follicles - at least in mice ...
read more.
› New Blood Test Can Warn
of Heart Attack
Tests available today, among them troponin blood tests and or EKGs, often
do not detect heart attacks until hours after they have occurred. For
instance, troponin is a protein usually found in heart muscle cells. By
the time it turns up in an emergency blood test, the damage is done. C-reactive
protein test can identify people with inflamed arteries who someday might
have a heart attack. But the new study shows that C-reactive protein is
an unreliable measure of heart attack risk, especially in people with
a positive troponin test ... read
more.
› Fat Could Fade Without
Gene
From the Journal of Science, dieters got a bit of hope yesterday from
a study that shows a change in a single gene in mice allows them to eat
as much as they want while staying thin - and even live longer ... read
more.
› All Women Should Know
Their Risk For Breast Cancer
Researchers at Rockefeller University have found that the body metabolizes
estrogens into several different metabolites that can impact cancer development
... read more.
› Estrogen To Have A Role
In Maintaining Normal Brain Function
Defining the patients who stand to benefit from estrogen-maintained neuroprotection
remains an important personal and public health issue, said Dr. Frederick
Naftolin (Yale University School of Medicine, Newhaven, USA) who presented
evidence showing that estrogens are a powerful positive agent in brand
development, function, and maintenance ... read
more.
› Twins Born From Embryos
Frozen 12 Years Ago
A mother has made medical history by giving birth to healthy twin boys
from embryos that were frozen 12 years ago. When the woman underwent IVF
treatment to conceive eight embryos, she was aged 27. Several of the embryos
were then successfully implanted and she gave birth to two baby boys ...
read more.
› Weight Loss Breakthrough
Scientists say a brain enzyme that monitors energy in cells also appears
to regulate appetite and weight, a discovery that could lead to new treatments
for obesity ... read more.
› Stroke Gene Identified
Scientists in Iceland have identified a gene associated with increased
risk for stroke, which kills 160,000 people each year in the United States
alone ... read more.
› HPV Vaccine Found
An experimental vaccine shows 100 percent effectiveness against cervical
cancer, which strikes about 450,000 women worldwide each year, killing
about half ... read more.
›
Stem Cell Update
Researchers in South Korea cloned a human embryo in an attempt to create
an unlimited supply of stem cells, marking an important step toward one
day growing patients' own replacement tissues and organs to treat diseases
... read more.
› Natural Alternative
To Prozac
SAM-e (S-Adenosyl Methionne) is an amino acid, produced in the brain from
another amino acid- methionine. SAM-e production is impaired in people
who suffer from depression. S-Adenosyl Methionine is the most active methyl
donor in our body, meaning it donates methyl groups to other chemical
compounds ... read more.
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