http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:41:52 PST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/microchip-cancer.php Medical Research University of Toronto researchers have used nanomaterials to develop a microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that the disease can be detected earlier for more effective treatment. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:54:14 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/microchip-cancer.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/obesity-cancer.php Medical Research The number of new cases of obesity-related oesophageal cancer was particularly high in the UK relative to the rest of Europe. Dr Renehan said that although European countries were taking steps to tackle the obesity epidemic, this study underlined the urgency of the task and the scale of the problems caused by increasingly overweight populations. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:19:03 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/obesity-cancer.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/magnetism-drugs-nanotechnology.php Medical Research Researchers led by Daniel Kohane, MD, PhD of Children's Hospital Boston, funded by the National Institutes of Health, have devised a solution that combines magnetism with nanotechnology. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:22:12 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/magnetism-drugs-nanotechnology.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/lasers-joints-stents.php Medical Research Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:31:05 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/lasers-joints-stents.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stem-cells-skin.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood Stem cells have a unique ability: when they divide, they can either give rise to more stem cells, or to a variety of specialised cell types. In both mice and humans, a layer of cells at the base of the skin contains stem cells that can develop into the specialised cells in the layers above. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:17:23 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stem-cells-skin.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/artificial-intelligence.php Medical Research Mayo Clinic researchers say that "teachable software" designed to mimic the human brain may help them diagnose cardiac infections without an invasive exam. Those findings are being presented today at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in San Francisco. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:39:28 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/artificial-intelligence.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/heartburn-treatment-cancer.php Medical Research Fears about the cancer causing effects of the second most prescribed group of drugs in the Western world have been put to rest, following the largest ever study into their use. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:15:31 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/heartburn-treatment-cancer.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/bone-lead.php Medical Research Growing evidence shows that exposure to lead in the environment is associated with cardiovascular disease, including increased risk of hypertension. However, those studies have looked at lead concentrations in blood, not bone lead, a better indicator of cumulative lead exposure over time. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:45:12 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/bone-lead.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/red-wine-benefits.php Medical Research Scientists from Scotland and Singapore have unraveled a mystery that has perplexed scientists since red wine was first discovered to have health benefits: how does resveratrol control inflammation? New research published in the August 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:43:08 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/red-wine-benefits.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/pluripotent-stem-cells.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat heart disease. iPS cells are stem cells converted from adult cells. In this study, the researchers reprogrammed ordinary fibroblasts, cells that contribute to scars such as those resulting from a heart attack, converting them into stem cells that fix heart damage caused by infarction. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:40:02 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/pluripotent-stem-cells.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/paying-bills-weight-gain.php Medical Research Stressing out can cause people to gain weight, according to a study appearing in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. This new study is believed to be one of the first of its kind to look at the relationship between weight gain and multiple types of stress-job-related demands, difficulty paying bills, strained family relationships, depression or anxiety disorder - in the U.S. population. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:46:48 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/paying-bills-weight-gain.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/debate-stem-cells.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood More than 40 scientists, bioethicists, lawyers and science journal editors are calling on their colleagues, policy makers and the public to begin developing guidelines for the research and reproductive use of stem cell-derived eggs and sperm, even though such use may be a decade or more away. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:25 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/debate-stem-cells.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/deep-brain-stimulation.php Medical Research Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:53 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/deep-brain-stimulation.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/huntingtons-disease-transmission.php Medical Research Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have quantified the probability of a male who carries a "high normal" variant of the Huntington's Disease (HD) gene having a child who develops the disease. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:26:54 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/huntingtons-disease-transmission.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/enhancing-stem-cells.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood New way to stimulate muscle regeneration paves the way for new treatments for debilitating conditions such as muscular dystrophy. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:02:35 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/enhancing-stem-cells.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/obesity-diabetes-heart-failure.php Medical Research The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes will continue to fuel an explosion in heart failure, already the world's most prevalent chronic cardiovascular disease, according to John McMurray, professor of cardiology at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, and President of the Heart Failure Association. Sun, 31 May 2009 09:02:44 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/obesity-diabetes-heart-failure.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stemcell-ms-research.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood Stem Cells and human testing have not been popular topic for many Americans although as of March 9th 2009 White House administration has given go ahead to push stem cell research to next level. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:00:14 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stemcell-ms-research.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stem-cell-disability.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood Recently, Ryan K. approached Disabled World concerning stem cell research and the potential effects it may have on the Disability Community. Ryan had read an article at Disabled World on the subject of Stem Cell Research and was interested in my opinion regarding any potential effects on the community. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:30:58 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/stem-cell-disability.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/ms-treatment.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood A preliminary study on the use of stem cells obtained from a patient's own adipose tissue in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has shown promising results. The three case studies, described in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine support further clinical evaluation of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells in MS and other autoimmune conditions. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:43:34 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/ms-treatment.php http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/nih-guidelines.php Stem Cells and Cord Blood The director of stem cell research at the Stanford University School of Medicine says he is troubled by draft guidelines issued today by the National Institutes of Health that would prohibit federal funding for research on stem cell lines created through a technique sometimes referred to as “therapeutic cloning” or somatic cell nuclear transfer. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:12:18 PST http://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/stemcells/nih-guidelines.php