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Happily Married Couples Consider Themselves Healthier, Says MU Expert

By Guest PostMarch 4, 2013Healthcaucasian, christine proulx, chronic conditions, develop, happily married couples, happy marriages, health promotion programs, healthier, life course, linley snyder rivas, marital instability, mu expert, personal relationships, research, spouses, treatment plans, university of missouri, well being

Medical professionals should consider how marital quality affects patients’ health

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Research shows that married people have better mental and physical health than their unmarried peers and are less likely to develop chronic conditions than their widowed or divorced counterparts. A University of Missouri expert says that people who have happy marriages are more likely to rate their health as better as they age; aging adults whose physical health is declining could especially benefit from improving their marriages.

Christine Proulx, an assistant professor in the MU Department of Human Development and Family Studies, examined the long-term relationship between self-rated health and marital quality. She found that, in all stages of marriage, positive or negative relationships affect the individuals’ health. Spouses should be aware that how they treat each other and how happy they are in their marriages affect both partners’ health, and they should think more about their personal relationships when thinking holistically about their health, she said. (more…)

For This Doctor, Hope Amidst Fear is the Best Medicine

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2013Healthbest medicine, doctor, emotional connection, hope, hope amidst fear, patients

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa may not be able to cure his patients’ brain cancer, but there is one thing that the internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist can provide them with: hope. (more…)

A Neural Basis for Benefits of Meditation

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2013Healthalpha rhythms, chronic pain, clinical benefits, meditation training, mindfulness meditation, mindfulness training

Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits. (more…)

UCLA Scientists Develop New Therapeutics that Could Accelerate Wound Healing

By Guest PostFebruary 27, 2013Healthaccelerate, acidic conditions, advertisement, antibiotic creams, bandages, basic, bfgf, bind heparin, biologist hugo armelin, bone regeneration, caitlin decker, chronic wounds, complex sugar, darice wong, dermatologist, diabetes, embryonic development, fibroblast growth factor, growth, growth factor, healing process, heather maynard, jenny kim, lloyd miller, motivation, natural biomolecules, naturally occurring, nervous system, new blood vessels, new cells, new therapeutics, nutrients, p sscopegma, pituitary gland, polymer, signaling molecule, stem cell renewal, structure of heparin, sung hye kim, thi nguyen, tissue regeneration, treat skin wounds, wound healing, wound healing ointments

In “before” and “after” photos from advertisements for wound-healing ointments, bandages and antibiotic creams, we see an injury transformed from an inflamed red gash to smooth and flawless skin.

What we don’t appreciate is the vital role that our own natural biomolecules play in the healing process, including their contribution to the growth of new cells and the development of new blood vessels that provide nutrients to those cells. (more…)

Breast Cancer DNA Mutator Found

By Guest PostFebruary 24, 2013Healthbreast cancer dna, breast cancers, cancer genes, dna mutating enzyme, enzyme induced mutations, human cancer

Masonic Cancer Center researchers discover a virus-fighting enzyme

It’s well known that sunlight and chemical carcinogens can mutate DNA, and that mutations are essential for cancer to develop. (more…)

Stay Cool and Live Longer?

By Guest PostFebruary 24, 2013Healthbi zhang, calcium, cells, chemical reactions, cold blooded animals, cold environments, daf 16, fat cells, fat tissue, fish, flies, foxo, gene, genetic program, humans, jianke gong, live longer, longevity in mammals, longevity of roundworms, nematodes, nerve, passive thermodynamic process, pharmacological stimulation, rate, rate of aging, receptor, rui xiao, shawn xu, spicy condiment wasabi, stay cool, temperature response, trpa1 channel, university of michigan, warm blooded lanimals, worms, yongming dong

ANN ARBOR — Scientists have known for nearly a century that cold-blooded animals, such as worms, flies and fish all live longer in cold environments, but have not known exactly why.

Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute have identified a genetic program that promotes longevity of roundworms in cold environments—and this genetic program also exists in warm-blooded animals, including humans. (more…)

Researchers Coat Spinal Polymer Implants with Bioactive Film to Improve Bonding with Bone

By Guest PostFebruary 22, 2013Health, Scienceafsaneh rabiei, bioactive film, body, bonding, bone, calcium phosphate, challenge, clinical testing, coating of hydroxyapatite, crystalline structure, degrees celsius, dissolve, heat shield, implants, improve, microwave, north Carolina, peek, spinal polymer implants, state university, stefan sandukas, success rate, surrounding bone, tissue, ysz, ysz layer, yttria stabilized zirconia

Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries.

The polymer used in these implants, called PEEK, does not bond well with bone or other tissues in the body. This can result in the implant rubbing against surrounding tissues, which can lead to medical complications and the need for additional surgeries. (more…)

Building Healthy Bones Takes Guts

By Guest PostFebruary 22, 2013Health, Scienceamericans, bacterium, balance, begins at childhood, bone density, bone fractures, bone loss, bone tissue, cellular physiology, chronic condition, coevolved with humans, female mice, food fermentation, gut, harmful effect, healthier bones, immune system, infection, inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, joint, laura mccabe, laura schaefer, male mice, mice lactobacillus reuteri, michigan state university, microorganisms, muscle pain, natural probiotic supplement, natural remodeling, negative side effects, osteoporosis, osteoporosis drugs, postmenopausal women, regina irwin, robert britton, species, treatments, type 1 diabetes

In what could be an early step toward new treatments for people with osteoporosis, scientists at Michigan State University report that a natural probiotic supplement can help male mice produce healthier bones.

Interestingly, the same can’t be said for female mice, the researchers report in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.

“We know that inflammation in the gut can cause bone loss, though it’s unclear exactly why,” said lead author Laura McCabe, a professor in MSU’s departments of Physiology and Radiology. “The neat thing we found is that a probiotic can enhance bone density.” (more…)

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