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Daorley Downy – The Love That You Don't Give (Blues)
This is my original slow blues song “The Love That You Don't Give” recorded July 16, 2006 at The Yale, Vancouver, BC. The band is: Daorley Downy, guitar and vocals George, guitar Simon, harp Chris, organ Ellie Johnson, bass Tony Robertson, drums The slide show depicts humanity's disastrous consequences of lovelessness. Images mostly from World War II serve the purpose, but the empty experiences of most of us, who either at some point or throughout our lives are unable to express love for ourselves or others, also serve, and were the ones I had in mind when I wrote the lyrics. The song was specifically inspired by an unnamed lady, a great beauty who was dying of Parkinson's disease because she found excuses to not return the love of men who loved her. She screened them out for petty reasons. My friend told me it was her soul destroying attitude that brought upon her disease. To us, there was clearly no other reason. The song's full title is really “The Love That You Don't Give is the Same Love That's Gonna Put You Down”. This concept is also related in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas: “If you bring forth that which is within you, then that which is within you will give you life. If you do not bring forth that which is within you, then that which you do not bring forth will destroy you”. Love and Honesty (which are one thing) is what we essentially are. When what we are is crucified, we are nothing but misery, and our lives a living hell. Many tears flowed as I made this video …From:daorleyViews:0 0ratingsTime:08:57More inMusic

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Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment | Changing Adopting Habits
http://www.sleepresourcecenter.org – There are no cures for primary restless legs syndrome, or RLS, although various treatments often can help relieve symptoms. Treatment for secondary restless legs syndrome (RLS caused by another medical problem) involves treating the underlying cause. The First Step in Treating Restless Legs Syndrome The first line of defense against restless legs syndrome is to avoid substances or foods that may be causing or worsening the problem. Stay away from alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine. This may partly relieve your symptoms. In addition, review all medications you are taking with your doctor to determine if any of these drugs could be causing the problem. Any underlying medical conditions, such as anemia, diabetes, nutritional deficiencies, kidney disease, thyroid disease, varicose veins, or Parkinson's disease, should be treated. Dietary supplements to correct vitamin or mineral deficiency may be recommended. For some people, these treatments are all that is needed to relieve RLS symptoms. You may also benefit from physical therapy and self-care treatments, such as stretching, taking hot or cold baths, whirlpool baths, applying hot or cold packs to the affected area, limb massage, or vibratory or electrical stimulation of the feet and toes before bedtime. Exercise and relaxation techniques also may be helpful.From:SleepResourceCenterViews:1 0ratingsTime:00:54More inEducation

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MIT news here looks at the present state of tissue engineering, with a focus on work that is taking place at their own institution:

In the 1970s and 1980s, tissue engineers began working on growing replacement organs for transplantation into patients. While scientists are still targeting that goal, much of the tissue engineering research [is] also focused on creating tissue that can be used in the lab to model human disease and test potential new drugs.

Another near-term goal for tissue engineers is developing regenerative therapies that help promote wound healing. [Healthy cells] sitting adjacent to diseased tissues can influence the biology of repair and regeneration, [which might be achieved via] implantable scaffolds embedded with endothelial cells, which secrete a vast array of proteins that respond to injury. Endothelial cells, normally found lining blood vessels, could help repair damage caused by angioplasty or other surgical interventions; smoke inhalation; and cancer or cardiovascular disease. The implants are now in clinical trials to treat blood-vessel injuries caused by the needles used to perform dialysis in patients with kidney failure.

One major challenge for designing implantable organs is that the tissues need to include blood vessels that can connect to the patient’s own blood supply. [Researchers] are working on inducing blood vessels to form by growing cells on nanopatterned surfaces, [and] recently developed 3-D liver tissues that include their own network of blood vessels. Though still a long-term goal, being able to regenerate new organs could have a great impact on the future of health care. “It’s the kind of thing that can transform society. You can’t have a drug that will grow a new liver or a new heart, so this could be huge.”

Link: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/engineering-health-tissue-engineering-growing-organs-1214.html

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http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/12/a-look-at-tissue-engineering-research.php

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You might recall past studies of elite atheletes that showed a sizable correlation with increased life expectancy:

• Atheletes Live Longer, Probably the Exercise
• Putting Upper Bounds on Longevity Derived From Exercise

Exercise and physical fitness are obviously things to point to here. Causation is harder to pin down in human studies: for example, we might ask to what degree competitive athletes are drawn their line of work because they are more robust than the average individual – and thus capable of living longer anyway. While it’s certainly the case that a mountain of studies show causation for health benefits deriving from moderate exercise, there isn’t as much to point to when it comes to the same for human life expectancy. There is certainly a lot of correlation in published research, however.

There are any number of other significant factors at play here when you look at statistical differences of a few years up or down in human life expectancy. For example, wealth: successful professional athletes are wealthier than the average fellow. To what degree is their longer life expectancy the result of the broad array of benefits that come with being wealthier? Easier access to medicine; more personal connections where it matters; greater likelihood of education or other access to knowledge that helps with taking advantage of medicine; and so forth.

Here is another study that shows a longevity advantage for athletes, but which unfortunately doesn’t help much with questions of causation:

Olympic medalists stay alive longer, study finds

Athletes who win at the Olympics may bring home more than just a medal: They could add a few years to their life spans, scientists have found. Winners of a gold (or silver or bronze) medal lived almost three years longer on average than their country’s general population – when matched for age, gender and birth year – according to a study [that] examined some 15,174 Olympic medalists.

“Some elite sportspeople may be influenced by fame and glory, which could confer longevity through increased affluence,” said an editorial accompanying the research, “unless undermined by excessive partying and hazardous risk-taking behaviors.”

Alternatively, survival edges could simply be due to more healthful lifestyles and physical fitness. [Researchers] said it wasn’t possible to examine the longevity fates of those who competed in the Olympics but did not win a medal because records for non-winners weren’t nearly as complete as those for winners.

The study is open access and very readable, so head on over and have a look at the published paper. It isn’t the first to suggest that high intensity regular exercise is either no more beneficial than moderate regular exercise or no more correlated with longevity:

Our results show that former Olympic athletes who engaged in disciplines with high cardiovascular intensity had similar mortality risks to athletes from disciplines with low cardiovascular intensity. This would indicate that engaging in cycling and rowing (high cardiovascular intensity) had no added survival benefit compared with playing golf or cricket (low cardiovascular intensity).

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http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/12/life-expectancy-in-successful-atheletes-is-a-good-example-of-why-its-hard-to-pin-down-correlations-in-human-longevity.php

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We possess a very large and diverse set of bacteria inside our bodies, and they play a vital role in process such as digestion. In effect they are the first link in the chain that leads from diet to metabolism to the pace of aging: a large portion of how environment influences natural variations in life expectancy. Researchers are still only in the very early stages of gaining a complete picture of human aging in terms of metabolism, genes, gene expression, and cellular mechanisms. It is enormously complex, but very little of this ongoing work has anything to do with our symbiotic bacteria – so by comparison next to nothing is known about how the intestinal microbiome fits into the big picture, and not much of a grasp on how important it might be in aging.

(As an aside: as soon as the research community can develop medical technologies like those envisaged in the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS), natural aging and ways to influence it become a quaint old-time sideshow. We will be able to reverse the progression of aging, so why bother with those small details? To my mind that means we should all treat these discussions like a quaint old-time sideshow today, and focus more on how to make SENS happen faster).

But back to the plot: think about calorie restriction and the degree to which it (a) affects health and longevity, and (b) seems to hinge on levels of certain essential amino acids transported to cells. In that context, it seems likely that changes or differences in gut microbe populations – some of which are preprocessing your dietary intake – could have some influence. But again, there isn’t much to go on in terms of solid data in comparison to research aimed at figuring out our own cells. You might look at these posts from the archives as a starting point:

• Investigating Intestinal Bacteria and Aging in Nematodes
• Becoming Aware of the Influence of Bacteria Upon Aging and Longevity
• Aging and Bacteria in the Body
• Intestinal Bacteria and Ageing

My attention was caught today by a post on changes in our gut microbiome over the past century – they have been very large indeed, now matter which causative mechanism you think might be the likely culprit:

Too Many Antibiotics? Bacterial Ecology That Lives On Humans Has Changed in Last 100 Years

[Researchers] analyzed microbiome data from ancient human fecal samples collected from three different archaeological sites in the Americas, each dating to over 1000 years ago. In addition, the team provided a new analysis of published data from two samples that reflect rare and extraordinary preservation: Otzi the Iceman and a soldier frozen for 93 years on a glacier.

“The results support the hypothesis that ancient human gut microbiomes are more similar to those of non-human primates and rural non-western communities than to those of people living a modern lifestyle in the United States. From these data, the team concluded that the last 100 years has been a time of major change to the human gut microbiome in cosmopolitan areas.”

The past hundred years has also been a time of greatly increased life span expectancy, both at birth and adult life expectancy at any age. There are plenty of obvious candidate mechanisms to point to when explaining these gains: control of infectious disease; improved medical technology across the board; rapidly increasing wealth and all the benefits that brings to the individual.

So there is no great incentive or missing cause that might drive one to go digging around in the microbiome of the gut in search of the degree to which changes there might influence life span. But it is interesting to speculate on that topic in advance of the studies that might provide an answer one way or another – which I would expect to require a great deal of time and work, given that the effects of medicine and wealth are comparatively large. Teasing out smaller effects from population studies is a challenging task.

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http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/12/a-little-speculation-on-gut-microbes-and-human-aging.php

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Previous estimates of ongoing gains in life expectancy at birth put it at around a fifth of a year every year. Life expectancy at 60 rises at about half that pace – a tenth of what is needed for actuarial escape velocity. This has been incidental life extension, achieved without any deliberate attempt to tackle aging.

New data suggests a slightly higher pace for gains in life expectancy at birth, with a decade gained since 1970. This is probably largely driven by increased wealth and accompanying reductions in childhood mortality:

In the first Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 paper [the] authors present new estimates of life expectancy for the last four decades in 187 different countries. While overall life expectancy is increasing globally, the gap in life expectancy between countries with the highest and lowest life expectancies has remained similar since 1970.

The new estimates show that, globally, in 2010 a man’s average life expectancy at birth had increased by 11.1 years (19.7%) since 1970, from 56.4 years in 1970, to 67.5 years in 2010. For women, life expectancy increased by 12.1 years (19.8%) during the same period, from 61.2 years in 1970, to 73.3 years in 2010. Deaths in children under five years old have declined by almost 60% since 1970, from 16.4 million deaths in 1970 to 6.8 million in 2010.

Link: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-world-population-gains-decade-life.html

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We expect to see good correlations between many aspects of our biology and aging: "Epigenetic variations have been widely described to occur during the aging process. To verify if these modifications are correlated with the inter-individual phenotypic variability of elderly people, we searched for a correlation between global DNA methylation levels and frailty. We found that the global DNA methylation levels were correlated to the frailty status in middle/advanced-aged subjects but not with age. A 7-year follow-up study also revealed that a worsening in the frailty status was associated to a significant decrease in the global DNA methylation levels. These results suggest that the relaxation of the epigenetic control in aging is specifically associated with the functional decline rather than with the chronological age of individuals. Thus, the modifications of DNA methylation, representing a drawbridge between the genetic and the environmental factors affecting the age-related decay of the organism, may play an important role in determining physiological changes over old age." Equally, it may go the other way - these changes could just as well be the symptoms of damaged systems flailing as they try to adapt to countless small breakages at the level of cells and molecular machinery. It is important in the development of therapies for aging to try to identify the root causes, as fixing those will also solve secondary issues.

Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21336567

A review paper here looks over the biochemistry, similarities, and differences between embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, both of which are presently used in the development of new therapies, but the former is far more limited by regulation than the latter:

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocysts and are characterized by the ability to renew themselves (self-renewal) and the capability to generate all the cells within the human body. In contrast, inducible pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are generated by transfection of four transcription factors in somatic cells. Like embryonic stem cells, they are able to self-renew and differentiate. Because of these features, both ESCs and iPSCs, are under intense clinical investigation for cell-based therapy.

Since the first isolation of human Embryonic Stem Cells (ESCs) huge interest has developed in the scientific and clinical communities and in the public in general because of their therapeutic potential. In particular, attention has focused on their potential use in cell-based therapy for diseases that are refractory to conventional treatments, such as neurodegenerative diseases and immunodeficiency, because of their ability to be programmed into new mature differentiated cells of all lineages.

Although our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms that control the self-renewal and differentiation of stem cells has grown considerably during the past decade, we still need more basic research in order to understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate proliferation, survival and differentiation of stem cells particularly after transplantation and in the pathological environment.

Link: http://impactaging.com/papers/v4/n12/full/100513.html

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http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/12/embryonic-versus-induced-pluripotent-stem-cells.php

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An interesting paper: "The idea that bodies wear out with age is so ancient, so pervasive, and so deeply rooted that it affects our thought in unconscious ways. Undeniably, many aspects of aging, e.g., oxidative damage, somatic mutations, and protein cross-linkage are characterized by increased entropy in biomolecules. However, it has been a scientific consensus for more than a century that there is no physical necessity for such damage. Living systems are defined by their capacity to gather order from their environment, concentrate it, and shed entropy with their waste. Organisms in their growth phase become stronger and more robust; no physical law prohibits this progress from continuing indefinitely. Indeed, some animals and many plants are known to grow indefinitely larger and more fertile through their lives. The same conclusion is underscored by experimental findings that various insults and challenges that directly damage the body or increase the rate of wear and tear have the paradoxical effect of extending life span. Hyperactive mice live longer than controls, and worms with their antioxidant systems impaired live longer than wild type. A fundamental understanding of aging must proceed not from physics but from an evolutionary perspective: The body is being permitted to decay because systems of repair and regeneration that are perfectly adequate to build and rebuild a body of ever-increasing resilience are being held back. Regardless of the reason for this retreat, it should be more fruitful to focus on signaling to effect the ongoing activity of systems of repair and regeneration than to attempt repair of the manifold damage left in the wake of their failure."

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Exercise doesn't just benefit people by reducing weight and making muscles stronger – it can also help cancer patients by reducing the side effects of cancer treatment.

According to Eleanor Walker, a division director from the Henry Ford Hospital, exercise may well be the missing ingredient in cancer care for the longest time.

According to Dr. Walker, introducing exercise alongside the usual cancer care offered to patients offers both physical and psychological advantages.  It appears that exercise also reduces the side effects commonly associated with cancer treatment.

ExCITE-ing

In addition to reducing the side effects of the various treatments for cancer, exercise is also a great energizer and is also capable of combating nausea – an all too common problem for cancer patients undergoing treatment.  The testing was done using an program called ExCITE, which was designed by researchers from the Cancer Center at the Henry Ford Hospital.

The patients were given the usual tests and specific diets and exercise programs were recommended to them, based on the initial test results.  One of the respondents, a breast cancer patient, reported that the usual side effects of treatment like nausea and even vomiting were eliminated after she joined the ExCITE program.

According to the patient, Cheryl Fallen, the ExCITE program is a very holistic approach to mitigating problems associated with cancer treatment because the exercise routines are able to strengthen the immune system and also improves the blood circulation of the patients.  Fallen also views the program as a positive aid for cancer patients; and it makes her feel good, too.

…And even more reasons to exercise

1. Exercise lowers your blood sugar levels, energizes you and improves your physical and psychological condition.  It’s all a matter of investing time and energy into it; the rewards of finally becoming physically fit are endless.

2. Exercises increases the capacity of cells to utilize sugar.  During exercise, the muscles in the body are forced to pump out energy and utilize the raw substrate used for work – glucose.  If you exercise on a daily basis, the cells in the body use sugar more efficiently, effectively lowering insulin resistance.

3. Exercising is a great way to deal with stress. Stress isn’t just a frame of mind. It’s the body’s reaction to worries and anxieties. Resting is not the best solution to stress- exercise is.  The more you exercise, the more the body heals and recovers from the physical and mental burdens of stress.  With less stress, you will be able to perform better at work or school and you will instantly feel better. After a workout (like walking or running), the body releases endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. Endorphins allow the body to cool down and relax – naturally.

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Crayfish species, like lobsters, appear not to age in any easily measurable way. As for the study of other long-lived species, perhaps there is something to be learned here: "The marbled crayfish is an emerging laboratory model for development, epigenetics and toxicology that produces up to 400 genetically identical siblings per batch. It is easily cultured, has an adult size of 4-9 cm, a generation time of 6-7 months and a life span of 2-3 years. Experimental data and biological peculiarities like isogenicity, direct development, indeterminate growth, high regeneration capacity and negligible senescence suggest that the marbled crayfish is particularly suitable to investigate the dependency of ageing and longevity from non-genetic factors such as stochastic developmental variation, allocation of metabolic resources, damage and repair, caloric restriction and social stress. It is also well applicable to examine alterations of the epigenetic code with increasing age and to identify mechanisms that keep stem cells active until old age. As a representative of the sparsely investigated crustaceans and of animals with indeterminate growth and extended brood care the marbled crayfish may even contribute to evolutionary theories of ageing and longevity. Some relatives are recommended as substitutes for investigation of topics, for which the marbled crayfish is less suitable like genetics of ageing and achievement of life spans of decades under conditions of low food and low temperature. Research on ageing in the marbled crayfish and its relatives is of practical relevance for crustacean fisheries and aquaculture and may offer starting points for the development of novel anti-ageing interventions in humans."

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Pacemaker for the Brain
Brain pacemaker – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_pacemaker – Traduzir esta página “Brain pacemakers” are used to treat people who suffer from epilepsy, Parkinson #39;s disease, major depression and other diseases. The pacemaker is a medical … Epilepsy – Parkinson #39;s disease – Clinical depression – See also #39;Brain pacemaker #39; effective for years against Parkinson #39;s disease http://www.sciencedaily.com/…/120620162426.htm – Traduzir esta página 20 Jun 2012 — A “brain pacemaker” called deep brain stimulation remains an effective treatment for Parkinson #39;s disease for at least three years. Brain Pacemaker Shows Promise in Fighting Alzheimer #39;s | Psych … psychcentral.com rsaquo; News rsaquo; Technology News – Traduzir esta página 8 May 2012 — A pacemaker that sends continuous electrical impulses to specific regions of the brain appears to reverse the downturn in brain metabolism that … Notícias sobre Pacemaker for the Brain abc7news.com Pacemaker for the Brain ABC News lrm;- 15 horas atrás Now to a new and promising procedure that could one day be used to fight alzheimer #39;s. A pacemaker for the brain. Here is abc #39;s john schriffen. NeuroLogic – A pacemaker for the brain http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/…/a_pacemaker_for_… – Traduzir esta página 1 Jun 2011 — NeuroPace, an experimental device expected to receive FDA approval soon, prevents seizures by sensing abnormal electrical activity and … Brain Pacemakers | MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/…/brain …From:foxnewssuicideViews:16 0ratingsTime:02:10More inEntertainment

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Lewy Body Disease – A Typical Case
Lewy body disease is a common neurodegenerative disease of ageing. This means that the disease causes gradual brain damage. For reasons not fully understood, it occurs when there is an abnormal build up of a protein called alphasynuclein in brain cells. These abnormalities occur in specific areas of the brain, causing changes in movement, thinking and behaviour. Lewy body disease affects over 100000 Australians. It is one of the most prevalent causes of dementia, but unlike Alzheimer #39;s disease, it is not well known. Lewy body disease includes three overlapping disorders: bull; Dementia with Lewy bodies bull; Parkinson #39;s disease bull; Parkinson #39;s disease dementia This overlap results in the disease being called a spectrum disease. This DVD features Robin Groves, who was diagnosed with Lewy body disease in 2006 and his wife Lis, and discusses how Lewy body disease has affected their lives, and features, and discusses some of the challenges they have faced, . The DVD is divided into 3 chapters: Robin and Lis — Robin and Lis talk frankly about the condition, and about the changing behaviours Robin experiences. A typical case? — discusses signs and symptoms of the illness. Visiting the doctor — strategies to ensure the doctor or medical professional gets the information they need to provide appropriate ongoing care.From:AlzheimersAustraliaViews:1 0ratingsTime:04:48More inNonprofits Activism

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Via EurekAlert!, another example of testing stem cells and heart regeneration: "Some patients with heart muscles seriously affected by coronary heart disease may soon be able to benefit from an innovative treatment. Researchers [are] evaluating the safety, feasibility and efficacy of injecting stem cells into the hearts of patients while they are undergoing coronary bypass surgery. These stem cells could improve healing of the heart and its function. The IMPACT-CABG (implantation of autologous CD133+ stem cells in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting) protocol evaluates this experimental procedure, which is destined for patients suffering from ischemic heart disease, in which the blood supply to the heart is decreased and associated with heart failure. These patients undergo open-heart coronary bypass surgery, performed by the medical team to improve perfusion of the heart muscle. A few weeks ago, the first patient received progenitor CD133+ stem cells isolated from his bone marrow and enriched, [and] has been doing very well ever since. Already, improvement has been noted in the contraction capacity of his heart, which has improved its ability to pump blood."

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Part Two – Restless Leg Syndrome | Restless Limb Syndrome | Malibu, CA (805) 557-9930
http://www.SleepMD4U.com – In this session, Dr. Popper discusses some of the treatment options for restless limb syndrome. The primary treatment class of medications for this are known as dopamine agonists. This is a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of Parkinson #39;s Disease. When using these medications for the treatment of Restless Limb Syndrome we use them in a much smaller dose than we would use for Parkinson #39;s Disease and therefore the potential side-effects are much less The most common drugs within this classification are Mirapex or pramipexole and ropinirole or Requip. The most common side-effects that occur when using these medications include headache or nausea, increased sleepiness or fatigue, and some patients feel drugged or have difficulties upon rising the next morning. There #39;s a black box warning that talks about a very uncommon side-effect which is sudden uncontrollable sleep attacks. This is almost never seen in patients with Restless Limb Syndrome and has primarily occurred in patients with Parkinson #39;s Disease who are taking vastly larger doses of this medication than patients with Restless Limb Syndrome would ever take. In addition, there #39;s a small incidence of an increase in compulsive behaviors; compulsive gambling, compulsive shopping, compulsive lying, compulsive sexual activity, any compulsive behavior can occur within this class of medication. Dr. Ronald A. Popper is a Board Certified sleep specialist and the Medical Director of the …From:Ronald A. Popper, MDViews:2 0ratingsTime:05:39More inEducation

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cord blood center | Cord Blood – Why So Important?
http://www.cordbloodrecommendation.com Private banks are often sought for families as a type of insurance, in the event of future illness, accident or medical emergency. Doctors have little experience in cord blood stem cell transplantation. If choosing to store or donate your baby #39;s cord blood, notify the cord blood bank of your choice (private or public) as soon as possible, ideally before the 34th week of your pregnancy. It contains stem cells that have been found to be excellent for research and treatment of many diseases. Therefore, if an end stage Leukemia patient is unable to find a matching donor, the result could be death. Public donation of umbilical cord blood also means there is a supply of stem cells available to treat those who most need it. Although stem cells have been used to treat Parkinson #39;s disease abroad for some time, it is still considered experimental and controversial in America. This is an application in the field of transplant medicine. They are equipped to store cord blood for as long as 21 years. In addition, there are annual fees for storage that typically average about $125. This makes the blood right for transplants that are needed. As a public entity the bank makes the donated stem cells available to research labs. A number of cord blood stem cell therapies are available that can treat 80 different diseases. Any person can request for umbilical blood stored in the public banks for their legitimate use. Many parents find this search daunting …From:fivespanishViews:0 0ratingsTime:01:18More inScience Technology

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Chin tuck
The chin tuck exercise is a simple movement anyone can do. It is one of the best exercises to help correct poor posture, such as a rounded back and forward head position. As many of us age, and due to medical conditions such as Parkinson #39;s disease and osteoporosis, there is a tendency to let the posture go. Our upper back begins to round forward, which then pushes our neck and head forward and out of proper alignment. This can lead to chronic neck and back pain. The good news is that, in most cases, these changes are muscular in nature, and muscles can be strengthened and stretched. No matter your age or fitness level, doing this simple exercise on a consistent basis can help counteract this forward head position, which in turn should help alleviate chronic neck pain.From:Jonathan ShinViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:23More inSports

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Cells Extracted From Urine
Scientists develop ways to extract cells from urine. Cells from urine can be used instead of embryonic stem cells to produce neurons in the brain. This method may be used in the future to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer #39;s and Parkinson #39;s disease. Stem-cell biologist Duanqing Pei along with researchers from Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health in China has shown that kidney cells from urine can be turned into neural progenitor cells. Embryonic stem cells are unstable and run the risk of turning into noncancerous tumors. The researchers cultured the urine cells with bacterial DNA, which might be a way to lower the risk of tumors. The benefits of using the urine stem cells rather than embryonic or non-embryonic stem cells is that this noninvasive method can collect samples from patients more easily, the danger of the neurons from the urine samples producing tumor cells is lower and the process of making them in a lab is more efficient for neural cells. Scientists have found that stem cells used to treat neurological disorders can be effective when snorted rather than being transplanted through invasive surgery. There are currently no FDA approved stem cell treatments for neurological disorders.From:GeoBeatsNewsViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:11More inNews Politics

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Tourette #39;s battle ……Liam #39;s Story Tourette #39;s and DBS.. Today To Night Channel 7
At just fifteen-years-old Liam Cook is living every teenager #39;s worst nightmare – battling a debilitating condition and dreaming of changing his life. Liam has had enough of living with Tourette #39;s syndrome, and is on a quest to change his life forever. “I dream of being just a normal person who can go out and not get stared at, not get imitated,” the teenager said of his prayers for a transformation. He hopes that an incredible operation will be the answer. “I hope it will change my life. I know it might not, but I #39;m prepared for that,” he said. Tourette #39;s Syndrome is a debilitating neurological disorder that causes involuntary movements, and Liam has a severe case of it. “I wake up every morning and I check my chest to make sure I have no bruises, I check my legs, I check everywhere to make sure I have no bruises because I hit myself,” he said. His hands are calloused – like the knuckles of a professional fighter. But unfortunately the only fights Liam has are with himself. Today Tonight #39;s latest health stories He is lucky if he gets 30 seconds of respite between each physical attack. “I have tried to stop the Tourette #39;s but my brain tells me #39;do it, do it, do it #39;,” he said. “I get sent out of class, I #39;ve been told to be quiet many, many times by teachers, even though my principal sent many emails to teachers saying I have Tourette #39;s.” More stories from reporter Laura Sparkes Through no fault of his own Liam is socially isolated. “I am totally isolated. It #39;s terrible …From:WestymediaViews:0 0ratingsTime:08:40More inEducation

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George HW Bush Stable After Weekend In Hospital
Former President George HW Bush is starting the week in a Houston hospital where he #39;s spent several days for treatment of a lingering cough related to bronchitis. George Kovacik with Methodist Hospital says the 88-year-old Bush remains in stable condition at the facility Monday. Aides earlier said the 41st president would likely be discharged over the weekend. Bush has been in and out of the hospital for treatment of the cough. Bush also suffers from a form of Parkinson #39;s disease that forces him to use a wheelchair or motorized scooter. The ex-president and his wife, Barbara, split their time between homes in Houston and Kennebunkport, MaineFrom:vkootViews:4 0ratingsTime:01:06More inPeople Blogs

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