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A Hands-on Approach to Treating Patients with Pulmonary Disease

By Guest PostAugust 15, 2012Healthaaron bohrer, biomarker, blood, breathing, chronic, copd, daniel jones, donald sefcik, drug free, hands on, hands on treatment, john wang, kerry melenovsky, lung diseases, medical care, michigan state university, obstructive pulmonary disease, osteopathic manipulative treatment, plasma, pulmonary disease, sham treatment, sherman gorbis, william pintal

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University are working to show how a noninvasive, drug-free form of hands-on medical care can help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improve their breathing.

The team from MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will apply four osteopathic manipulative treatments to a group of patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. One of the most common lung diseases, COPD typically manifests as chronic bronchitis (a long-term cough with mucus) or emphysema (destruction of the lungs over time). (more…)

For Young Adults, Appearance Matters More than Health, MU Research Suggests

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2012Culture, General, Healthappearance, carlia francis, college age, food environment, good nutrition, healthful choice, interactive play, maría len rios, mizzou advantage, nutrition 101, professor of theater, self image, societal message, suzanne burgoyne, unattainable figure, university of missouri, young adults

Research inspires interactive theater, opens dialogue

COLUMBIA, Mo. –When it comes to college-age individuals taking care of their bodies, appearance is more important than health, research conducted at the University of Missouri suggests. María Len-Ríos, an associate professor of strategic communication, Suzanne Burgoyne, a professor of theater, and a team of undergraduate researchers studied how college-age women view their bodies and how they feel about media messages aimed at women. Based on focus group research findings, the MU team developed an interactive play about body image to encourage frank discussions about conflicting societal messages regarding weight, values and healthful choices.

“During our focus group conversations, we learned that young people don’t think about nutrition when it comes to eating,” Len-Ríos said. “They think more about calorie-counting, which isn’t necessarily related to a balanced diet.” (more…)

Natural birth — but not C-section — triggers brain boosting proteins

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2012Healthadult behaviors, brain boosting proteins, brain circuits, caesarean section, natural birth, vaginal birth

Vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, who also found that this protein expression is impaired in the brains of offspring delivered by caesarean section (C-sections). (more…)

Muscle Cell Grafts Keep Broken Hearts from Breaking Rhythm

By Guest PostAugust 10, 2012Healthheart attack, heart regeneration, heart rhythm disturbances, heart therapies

Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts. They discovered that transplanted heart muscle cells, grown from stem cells, electrically couple and beat in sync with the heart’s own mucle. (more…)

Curbing Tobacco Use by Growing Less

By Guest PostAugust 8, 2012Healthcurbing tobacco use, die from smoking, tobacco growing municipality, tobacco rich china, tobacco workers, yuxi pilot project

UCLA researcher initiates successful crop substitution project in tobacco-rich China

In China, 350 million people smoke. Each year, 1 million die from smoking. Many more become disabled. Approximately 20 million Chinese farmers produce the world’s largest share of tobacco, nearly 40 percent of the global supply. (more…)

Grapefruit Juice Lets Patients Take Lower Dose of Cancer Drug

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2012Healthanti cancer drug, anti cancer effects, cancer fighting dose, grapefruit juice, metabolism of drug, trials of sirolimus

A daily glass of grapefruit juice lets patients derive the same benefits from an anti-cancer drug as they would get from more than three times as much of the drug by itself, according to a new clinical trial. The combination could help patients avoid side effects associated with high doses of the drug and reduce the cost of the medication. (more…)

Across the Border: Children of U.S.-born Latinas More Likely to Get Retina Cancer, Study Finds

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2012Healthcalifornia children, foreign born latinas, in vitro fertilization, latina mothers, pregnancy behaviors, retina cancer, retinoblastoma cases, risk for retinoblastoma

In a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center found that babies of U.S.-born Latinas are at higher risk for retinoblastoma — a malignant tumor of the retina which typically occurs before the age of 6 — than children of Mexico-born mothers. (more…)

Americans Gaining More Weight than They Say

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2012Healthawareness, causes of obesity, gaining weight, obesity, public health campaigns, weight changes

Despite the increasing awareness of the problem of obesity in the United States, most Americans don’t know whether they are gaining or losing weight, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, also known at IHME, at the University of Washington. (more…)

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