Stem Cell Heart Treatment: Amorcyte Inc. A small stem cell company based in Allendale, New Jersey has received what it calls the “the first U.S. patent in the industry to fully enable practical development of stem cell therapies for treating heart damage following a heart attack.”
Amorcyte Inc. received the patent after its small study, conducted last year, showed that stem cells taken from a patient’s own bone marrow can help repair damaged heart muscle and cause new blood vessels to grow.
Stem Cell Face Lifts: Good or Bad? Effective or Not? Although there is no sufficient scientific evidence to prove that stem cell facelifts are effective, a growing number of people are getting this done to improve their looks.
There is no doubt that stem cell face-lift is becoming more popular and that the demand for it is growing.
Dr. Nathan Newman, a cosmetic surgeon in Beverly Hills says he performed more than 200 of the procedures in the last half-decade.
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The incidence of rectal cancer among people aged 40 years old and below has been increasing over the past years. This is true for all races and whether one is a man or a woman.
Using time-series data (from 1973 to 2005), taken from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results cancer register which covers 7,661 colon and rectal cancer patients age 40 and below, researchers concluded that the rectal cancer rate is increasing among people age 40 and below.
The study, which was published in the journal Cancer, shows that rectal cancer overall rates rose annually by 3.8 percent from 1984 to 2005. In contrast, colon cancer remained basically flat in people age 40 and below during the recent decades.
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What is robo-tripping? It’s the abuse of over-the-counter cough medicine such as Robitussin. A decision by the Food and Drug Administration will determine whether this will continue.
The Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will decide on Tuesday evening whether or not to restrict access to over-the-counter cough medicine.
This move by the FDA is prompted by several reports of kids taking too much bottles of cough syrups in order to get high. According to an NBC report, at least five percent of teens admit to have taken eight to 20 times the recommended dosages of the cough medicine in an attempt to get high.
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Smokeless Tobacco Side Effects: Risk of Cancer, Heart Attack, Stroke. What are the health effects of smokeless tobacco? Apparently, it is still as bad for your health.
The American Heart Association (AHA) has found allies in its campaign to discourage smokers from using smokeless tobacco products as an alternative to popular cigarettes or as part of stopping the habit.
Canadian health organizations are delighted with the statement, issued recently by the AHA, which essentially asserts that no tobacco product is safe.
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Weight Loss Tips: Breastfeed Your Baby! What is the similarity between a mother going to the gym and a mother breastfeeding her baby? Both can burn 500 calories a day. Breastfeeding is a pretty cool way of losing weight, huh?
Because of this, the New York State Department of Health has launched a public health education campaign to educate mothers on the benefits of breastfeeding not just to their babies but also to the mothers themselves. Doctors behind the campaign say that new mothers should continue breastfeeding for a year or longer.
The good news is that the number of nursing mothers has increased over the past 15 years. According to the United States News and World Report, at least 75% of babies now were breast-fed for some period of time which is higher than the 60% reported 15 years ago.