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Study: Stem Cells Reverse Heart Damage – Video

15-02-2012 13:09 BY ALYSSA CARTEE ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY A breakthrough discovery in stem cell treatments. A patient’s own stem cells could actually regenerate the heart after a heart attack Continue reading →

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Foundation Medicine: Personalizing Cancer Drugs

It's personal now: Alexis Borisy (left) and Michael Pellini lead an effort to make DNA data available to help cancer patients. Credit: Christopher Harting Michael Pellini fires up his computer and opens a report on a patient with a tumor of the salivary gland. The patient had surgery, but the cancer recurred. Continue reading →

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Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research

Public release date: 21-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Margaret Allen mallen@smu.edu 214-768-7664 Southern Methodist University A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Heart Failure: Eduardo Marban – CIRM Spotlight on Disease – Video

21-12-2011 10:03 CIRM has funded a $5.5 million Disease Team to develop a follow on clinical trial that uses a patient’s own heart stem cells to regenerate scarred tissue damaged by a heart attack. Continue reading →

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Healthy Family: The Integrative Medicine Approach – Video

27-01-2011 18:37 David Becker, MD, MPH is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He works with children and families to develop integrative approaches to care in the primary care setting, and for children with chronic pain and other medical and bio-behavioral conditions. Series: “UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public” [2/2011] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 20221] Continue reading →

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Synthetic protein amplifies genes needed for stem cells

ScienceDaily (Feb. Continue reading →

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Synthetic Oct4 protein more effective at turning genes into pluripotent stem cells

Scientists have found a way to generate and maintain stem cells much more efficiently by amplifying the effect of an essential protein. Researchers from Denmark, Scotland and the USA have created synthetic versions of a protein, which manipulates adult cells – such as skin cells – so that they can subsequently revert to an earlier, embryonic like state. These reverted cells have the potential to become any cell in the body Continue reading →

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Groundbreaking Clinical Trials Study Cord Blood Stem Cells to Help Treat Brain Injury and Hearing Loss

SAN BRUNO, Calif., Feb. Continue reading →

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Biomask: Improving Facial Burn Treatment for Soldiers in the Field

Current treatments for facial injuries often lead to disfigurement or speech impediments, but the Biomask could change regenerative medicine. It's estimated that 85 percent of injuries to our armed forces in the field cause damage to the extremities or the face. Continue reading →

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APMA President to Discuss Preventative Care and Reducing Health Care Costs at National Labor and Management Conference

Podiatrists are vital to maintaining a healthy workforce, and saving billions in health-care expenditures. That’s the message APMA President Michael J. King, DPM, will share with hundreds of labor and management industry leaders this Saturday as he speaks at the 35th Annual National Labor & Management Conference (NLMC) in Hollywood, FL Continue reading →

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Hot nanotubes blast chemo-resistant breast cancer cells into oblivion

These cancer stem cells are difficult to kill because they don't divide rapidly–a common behavior that most cancer treatments target. Continue reading →

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Heart Disease: Stem Cells To Toothbrushes

Related To Story -Dr.Dianne McCallister, Chief Medical Officer at Centuras Porter Adventist Hospital February is heart month, and we are all familiar with exercise and diet to help our hearts. But do you know how stem cells or your toothbrush can help your heart? This week, Lancet published an article on the use of Stem Cells to help repair the heart.Other medical literature shows a link between the health of your teeth and heart disease. Continue reading →

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American College of Medical Genetics Unveils New CME Program: Using Databases to Interpret Cytogenomic Arrays

To: HEALTH AND NATIONAL EDITORS BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Technologies that allow for the evaluation of the entire human genome have become increasingly inexpensive and show great promise in clinical application. Continue reading →

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Genetic mutation implicated in 'broken' heart

ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2012) — For decades, researchers have sought a genetic explanation for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a weakening and enlargement of the heart that puts an estimated 1.6 million Americans at risk of heart failure each year. Continue reading →

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Bone Marrow Stem Cells Help Heal Heart Attack Damage

Featured Article Academic Journal Main Category: Stem Cell Research Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 15 Feb 2012 – 2:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly opinions Current Article Ratings: Patient / Public: Healthcare Prof: A systematic review of the evidence so far suggests stem cells derived from bone marrow moderately improves heart function after a heart attack. But the authors say larger trials are needed before we can devise guidelines for therapy practice, or draw conclusions about the long-term benefit of the treatment, such as whether it extends life. The review, about to be published in the Cochrane Library, updates one done in 2008 that reviewed 13 trials; the new one takes into account another 20 more recent trials Continue reading →

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UTMC opens off-campus office

Home » News» Local Loading… Published: 2/15/2012 BY JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER The University of Toledo Medical Center is opening the first of several physician’s offices away from its South Toledo campus. A Family Physicians primary care clinic is set to open Thursday at the corner of Talmadge Road and Sylvania Avenue in West Toledo — an intersection Scott Scarborough says sees more traffic everyday than any other location in northwest Ohio. Continue reading →

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Integrative medicine: Trying these may help avoid doctor

Many people in the United States now have no health insurance, and many more are under-insured or have very high deductibles, which require them to pay significant amounts of cash for medical services before any insurance coverage kicks in. As our current health care crisis continues to unfold, more people will be using the Internet to make their own diagnoses and to figure out their own treatment plans before even considering entering the medical system. In this light, let's look at some common medical concerns, along with some over-the-counter remedies that you can try to help you feel better without having to make a trip to the doctor: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY -SAMe can work wonders for depression, and can also help to reduce arthritis pain. Continue reading →

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TREAT Act Offers Renewed Hope for Patients

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) praised Sen. Continue reading →

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Heart's stem cells used to mend attack damage

SAN FRANCISCO — Stem cells grown from patients' own cardiac tissue can heal damage once thought to be permanent after a heart attack, according to a study that suggests the experimental approach may one day help stave off heart failure. In a trial of 25 heart-attack patients, 17 who got the stem cell treatment showed a 50 percent reduction in cardiac scar tissue compared with no improvement for the eight who received standard care. The results were published Tuesday in the medical journal Lancet. Continue reading →

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Providers take love of medicine to new clinic

During the monthly Brush Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Bunker Hill Country Club Wednesday, Karen Zack, Nancy Samples and Lila Statz provided lunch goers with a presentation on the new Banner Health Clinic in Fort Morgan. (Katie Collins/News-Tribune) The new Banner Health Clinic is gearing up for its grand opening in Fort Morgan on February 27 and to celebrate, this offshoot of East Morgan County Hospital’s own Banner Health practice will be hosting an open house. The new site is located at 909 E Railroad Ave, formerly the SALUD clinic building Continue reading →

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