Title: Artificial Cornea
Offers Better Results for Infants, Some Blind Patients
Url: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1296
Description: Infants and adults who are
blind due to a cloudy or damaged cornea are seeing some remarkable results thanks to a new
version of an artificial implant that takes the place of the cornea, the clear covering of
the eye that serves as our window on the world. The results of operations involving the
first infants and children in the world to receive the device, performed by physicians at
the University of Rochester Eye Institute and a colleague at Johns Hopkins University, are
being announced at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Las
Vegas.
The results, though based on a small number
of patients, point to a new option for dramatically improving the vision of a group of
people for whom traditional cornea transplants usually fail. The new work, supported in
part by Research to Prevent Blindness, mirrors similar success in adult patients that was
reported by the Rochester team this summer.
Title: How Safe Is Splenda?
Url: http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/how-safe-is-splenda/58658.htm
The book, “Sweet Deception”
written by Dr. Joseph Mercola said Splenda's two main ingredients are dextrose and
malto-dextrine, two kinds of sugar. Dr. Mercola said, “These are both sugars
extracted fromhigh fructose corn syrup what people don't understand is these little yellow
packets are only 1% Splenda, 99% bulking agents which are pure sugar. If an unsuspecting
diabetic were to use multi-packets; four or five packets on his grapefruit, his cereal he
can easily disrupt his blood sugar control.”
Title: Childhood Trauma Ups Risk of
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Url: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/061107/6110718U.html
Childhood trauma, along with stress or
emotional instability at any point in one's life, might be risk factors for chronic
fatigue syndrome. So say two studies in the November issue of the Archives of General
Psychiatry.
Title: ScienceBased Health
Introduces Next-Generation Nutraceutical for Powerful Dry Eye Relief
Url: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061110/sff007.html?.v=68
ScienceBased Health, a leading provider of
premium nutraceuticals for eye health, today announced the launch of its next-generation
HydroEye, a patented oral formulation for dry eye relief. HydroEye now provides the omega
3 fatty acids: EPA and DHA from the highest quality, USP-verified fish oil.
Title: Oral cancer is curable with
timely treatment
Url: http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=31423
Oral cancer is the third most common
disease among the people, however, this disease is almost 99 per cent curable provided the
patient is dispensed treatment as early as possible or else the recovery chances would
assume alarming proportion. This was stated by Dr Mervyn Hosein, Prof and Head of Dental
Department, Hamdard University.
Title: Omega-3 fatty acids inhibit
growth of liver cancer cells
Url: http://www.xagena.it/news/medicinenews_net_news/4e6934f77e86b8c41a52f986de47181f.html
Description: Two studies by a University of
Pittsburgh research team suggest that omega-3 fatty acids - substances that are found in
high concentrations in fish oils and certain seeds and nuts - significantly inhibit the
growth of liver cancer cells. The studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may be an
effective therapy for both the treatment and prevention of human liver cancers.
Title: Role seen for complementary
medicine in allergic diseases
Url: http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=20813
Description: "In the animal study, we
found that ASHMI was effective in suppressing AHR, eosinophilic inflammation and airway
remodeling, and had an immunomodulatory effect on Th1/Th2 responses," said Dr. Li.
"In our clinical trial, there was significantly improved lung function and symptom
scores in patients who used ASHMI," said Dr. Li. "There was a beneficial
immunoregulatory effect on Th1/Th2 balance. This study indicates that ASHMI may be an
effective, safe, and well-tolerated botanical drug."
Title: Researchers link early
pollen seasons to warmer weather
Url: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/15989396.htm
Description: Researchers at Children's
Mercy Hospital have analyzed a decade's worth of data and found what appears to be a trend
of earlier pollen seasons, which they believe is triggered by rising temperatures. The
group has discovered that during the past 10 years the oak pollen season in Kansas City
has begun, on average, a half day earlier each year. The findings were to be presented
Saturday in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology.
Title: 'Baby boost' for cancer
patients
Url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6121910.stm
Description: Young women with ovarian
cancer should not resign themselves to never being able to have children, a US study says.
A Stanford University team found survival rates were significantly lower for the over-60s
than those aged 30-60.
Title: Strong grip and wife key to
longevity
Url: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20760964-1702,00.html
Description: A STRONG grip, a good
education, a wife, and not becoming overweight were key to a long life for middle-aged men
who wanted to grow old in good health, a US study said today.
Title: De imker als farmaceut
Url: http://www.site-supply.nl/dwarslaesie/gezondheid/gezond_blijven/de_imker_als_farmaceut.html
Description: Honing op een wond doet
wonderen". Met deze opmerking verbaast podotherapeut José Meijsen haar publiek
tijdens haar drukbezochte workshop over de diabetische voet op de Nursing Praktijkdagen
eind vorig jaar. "Honing?", hoor je de aanwezige (wijk)verpleegkundigen
verwonderd murmelen. Op brood of in de thee, oké, maar op de wond van je patiënt? Het
valt niet met elkaar te rijmen: de onbekendheid met honing als 'wondergeneesmiddel',
tegenover het enthousiasme van Meijsen, bestuurslid van de Woundcare Consultant Society
(WCS) en podotherapeut in het Diabetes Centrum te Bilthoven. Zij zweert bij een flinke lik
honing, zo vanuit het potje op de wond: "Hoe honing precies werkt, weet ik niet, maar
dat het snel wonden geneest is mij al jaren duidelijk."
Title: Het gebruik van honing ten
behoeve van wondgenezing
Url: http://www.dinoos.nl/scriptie/pdf/Scriptie.pdf
Description: Er zijn in de medische wereld
veel wondbehandelingsmethoden die niet in de regel overal gebruikt worden, maar toch
bekendheid vereffenen door hun opmerkelijke resultaten. Ik zou graag vele van deze
wondbehandelingsmethoden willen uitdiepen en verwerken in een scriptie, maar dat zou
betekenen dat ik niet slechts één koe bij de horens vat. Daarom heb ik besloten mij te
richten op één koe: de Wondbehandeling-met-Honingkoe.
Title: Medihoney
Url: http://www.medihoney.com/
Description: Australia has one of the
richest floral diversities in the world giving it varieties of honeys not found in any
other country. Produced from plants growing in native forests often in remote locations,
some of our honeys are demonstrating enormous medical potential. The specialised
antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity in these honeys is being used in
Medihoney™ products.
Title: Triticum
Url: http://www.triticum.org/
Description: Dr. Peter Molan of the Waikato
University (NZ) believes that "some clinicians are under the impression that there is
little or no evidence to support the use of honey as a wound dressing. " He proves
them wrong by his finding that "positive findings on honey in wound care have been
reported from 17 randomized controlled trials involving a total of 1965 participants, and
5 clinical trials of other forms involving 97 participants treated with honey.
Title: Honey Cure
Url: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s978921.htm
Description: People have known for
thousands of years that raw honey has amazing healing properties, the ability to heal skin
wounds and kill bacteria. But, science has been unable to understand what the active
ingredient in raw honey is.
Title: Contribution of caffeine to
the homocysteine-raising effect of coffee
Url: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/6/1244
Description: Caffeine is partly responsible
for the homocysteine-raising effect of coffee. Coffee, but not caffeine, affects
homocysteine metabolism within hours after intake, although the effect is still
substantial after an overnight fast.
Title: Hersenfuncties bij
schizofrenie
Url: http://www.abc.uu.nl/newsagenda/news/june/phddefencejune/37278main.html
Description: Schizofreniepatiënten klagen
wel eens over een 'informatie-overload' wanneer ze in een drukke winkelstraat lopen. Zo'n
'overload' kan ontstaan doordat patiënten niet alleen aandacht schenken aan relevante
visuele informatie, maar ook aan irrelevante.
Title: Stemming the rising tide of
yeast infections
Url: http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Stemming_the_rising_tide_of_yeast_infections.html
Description: University researchers have
discovered how the yeast that causes mild vaginal infections can become resistant to
drugs, a transformation that leads to 10,000 deaths in the United States every year. Their
work sets the stage for the development of new and better antifungal drugs. The yeast,
known as Candida, lives in about 80 percent of people and is normally kept in check by the
immune system. But in those with immune systems weakened by AIDS, chemotherapy or
immunosuppressive drugs, the yeast can produce serious infections. Doctors use the few
powerful antifungal drugs in their arsenal to beat back the attack, but with
drug-resistant yeast so prevalent, they lose the battle about 30 to 50 percent of the
time.
