Medicine
Attractive New Regenerative Medicine Tool Uses Magnets to Shape and Stimulate Stem Cells
How would it have been if we could develop embryoid bodies (EBs) from individual embryonic stem cells (ESCs) using technology? This could give birth to the development of the regenerative medicines and other therapies, which does not require an external supporting matrix as needed by the traditional regenerative technology to create a coordinated assembly. All …
The Clinical Relevance and Potential Benefit of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Are you looking for a different and advanced medical treatment? You are probably already familiar with the emerging era of stem cells and regenerative medicine, the hype of miracle cures and success stories along with warnings of fraud, potential harm and ethical critics. You can surf the web and encounter plethora of websites, hospitals, organizations, …
Breaking and Mending by Joanna Cannon review – a superb medical memoir | Books
Stories are what medicine and novel writing share, says Joanna Cannon, bestselling author of The Trouble With Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie. “We tell our stories in the hope that someone out there will listen, and we will be understood.” Breaking and Mending is an account of what nearly broke her when …
COLUMN: High quality health care, but expensive | Politics
We have the highest quality health care in the world, but our health care – from insurance to prescription drugs – cost way too much. That’s why I’ve spent so much time and effort working on and finding solutions for you and your family to make health care more affordable in part by bringing down …
Mum faces breaking law to get son’s epilepsy medicine
Image caption Angela Norton with her son Cayman, who has a rare and severe form of epilepsy The mother of two sons with severe epilepsy faces paying thousands or breaking the law to import cannabis-based medicine, despite having it prescribed by a British doctor. Angela Norton’s sons, aged 19 and 12, can suffer hundreds of …
New technology to improve dental implant bridges receives US patent
New technology to improve dental implant bridges invented by Dr. Avinash Bidra, associate professor at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, recently received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This is Bidra’s first patent, and the 22nd patent for the School of Dental Medicine As a prosthodontist, this is an …
Sauk County issues vaping health advisory as retailer says products are safe alternatives to cigarettes | Regional news
The Sauk County Health Department is urging people to stop using vape and e-cigarette products. The health advisory, issued in partnership with similar agencies in Adams, Juneau and Richland counties, comes after the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 35 cases of people hospitalized with severe lung or respiratory illnesses. All patients had reported recent …
New Anti-Cancer Therapies Could Result from MicroRNA Technology |
New anti-cancer therapies could result from a technology that manipulates microRNAs (miRNAs) developed by Jingfang Ju, a biochemist and Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The method may prove to be particularly effective against chemotherapy resistant cancers such as colorectal cancer. To advance the science of …
Population Health Versus Personalized Medicine – Lost in Translation?
Evidence-based medicine, it seems commonsensical; who could argue about using the best evidence available to make treatment decisions? The difficulty, of course, is that the evidence comes from studies of large populations, often expressed in terms of average responses; and as a clinician, you want to tailor the care to the one member of the …
Hemlock girl comes home after spending months recovering from breaking neck | News
A little girl who nearly lost her life is now back home and getting back to a sense of normal. 8-year-old Paige Baird spent weeks in a Grand Rapids hospital recovering after she broke her neck. Just last week, the Hemlock football team and community went all out to honor Paige and her family, doing …
