Archive for the ‘Anatomy’ Category

Why Do Flu Viruses Affect Smokers Worse Than Non Smokers?

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine have recently uncovered a potential explanation for why smokers experience worse symptoms from the same flu virus than non smokers. Traditionally, it was thought that smokers had compromised immune systems, but this study found the reverse to be true in mice. Mice were ...

Viagra Used to Treat Women With Sexual Dysfunction.

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Antidepressants are the number one outpatient prescribed drug across the United States. There are a specific class of antidepressants called SSRI's or SRI's: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors that are widely used, but can cause sexual side effects including decreased lubrication and arousal and delayed orgasm. In a study published in ...

Local Hospitals Scan Fewer Lymph Nodes For Cancer Metastases.

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Researchers at Northwestern University in the United States have found that small, local hospitals check fewer lymph nodes for possible metastases of pancreatic and gastric cancer than larger, more central hospitals. The standard medical practice at larger hospitals is to check 15 regional lymph nodes for the presence of cancer. ...

New Protein Markers May Diagnose Alzheimer’s Long Before Clinical Symptoms Appear.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

John Ringman, a researcher in Neurology at UCLA has identified specific proteins in the blood and spinal fluid that can signal Alzheimer's Disease. Many years (up to 30) before any clinical symptoms develop, certain protein levels steeply decline. These decreased levels indicate that the patient will develop Alzheimer's before the ...

Researchers Identified a Brain Region Implicated in OCD.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have found a way to determine predisposition to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by examining the lateral orbitalfrontal cortex. This area of the brain is responsible for habitual behavior, flexibility of thought and decision making. In patients with OCD, this area is under ...

UK Government is Looking at Using Cervarix to Prevent HPV.

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Seven out of 10 cases of cervical cancer arise from the Human Papiloma Virus strains 16 and 18. Gardasil is a new vaccine on the market designed to prevent HPV strains 16 and 18, but it also protects against 2 strains of anogenital warts; strains 6 and 11. These strains ...

New Research into Cell Death May Help in the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Researches at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis have uncovered new research into cell death and immunity. It has been known for a long time that cells undergo two different types of death, and that one triggers the immune response ...

New Findings in Diabetes Research May Save Limbs From Amputation

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Scientists in Britain have discovered a receptor gene present in the blood vessels of diabetic patients that inhibits the repair of those blood vessels. Under normal conditions, when damaged, blood vessels are able to repair themselves and restore blood flow to an affected area. If you receive a large flesh ...

How Long Does it Take to Drown?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Well, you guys asked it, so I will answer it. It takes approximately 2 -3 minutes to lose consciousness and 5-10 minutes to die. Many people who have nearly drowned have permanent brain damage of a result of oxygen deprivation. In the U.S., drowning is the second most common cause ...

How Long Does it Take For Your Body to Die Without Food and Water?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

A person will probably die without water after 5 days, but will suffer serious, adverse effects after 3 days. There are a number of dependent factors that will determine how long it would take. First, the weather conditions; obviously if you are in a desert, water is evaporating away from ...