Articles Archive for September 2009
The mechanism of side effects of general anesthesia
Research conducted by staff of the medical center at the University of Georgetown (USA), gives a scientific explanation for the paradoxical effect of general anesthesia, which eliminates the …
To protect against liver diseases and obesity doctors offer to move to low-carbohydrate diets
People whose diet is based on foods with low carbohydrates, are more dependent on the oxidation of fat in the liver to …
Viruses can recover from nervous tissue
Viruses can recover from the nervous tissue and can eventually be used to treat patients with spinal-cord injuries, certain research team, Professor Seng-Wook Lee (Seung-Wuk Lee) from the University of …
Low-calorie diet improves memory
German scientists concluded that reducing calorie intake by about a third contributed significantly improve memory in older people.
Researchers from the University of Muenster decided to examine the impact of low-calorie diet on …
Found genetic markers of psoriasis
Doctors of the University of Michigan, found “hot spots” of DNA that help determine the genetic differences in psoriasis, autoimmune skin disease.
Psoriasis causes painful sensations in the skin, redness, itching and …
In the United States began the first clinical trials of a drug designed to protect the body from the harmful effects of radiation
Drug ON 01210.Na ( «Ex-RAD»), developed by Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., Affects the natural …
Diseases as a source of income
With the deepening recession, which has entered the global economy, different countries have to exercise more ingenuity in order to attract tourists, purses are much thinner as a result of …
Method of magnetic resonance imaging does not always work properly
Neuroscientists at Columbia University in New York Yevgeniy B. Sirotin and Aniruddha Das showed that one of the main methods are now being used by psychologists …
Vitamin D may prevent dementia
Vitamin D, contained in fish and produced by the body after sun exposure may help prevent senile dementia. For such a conclusion was reached by American and British scientists at Michigan …
Australia has developed a patch that replaces the syringe and pills
Australian scientists from the University of Melbourne have developed a unique type of medical adhesive. According to local press, “highlight” of the present invention are …
