- Transcendental Meditation Reduces The Brain's Reaction To Pain
Twelve healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response to pain compared to 12 healthy controls, reported by a latest NeuroReport journal article, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Vol.17 No.12; 21 August 2006:1359-1363). - Antioxidants May Protect Against Tick-borne Illness
For hikers, campers and others who enjoy the outdoors, summer can bring concerns about tick bites and related illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Researchers are investigating the role that antioxidants -- alpha-lipoic acid and potentially others like green tea and vitamins C and E, for example - might play in preventing or treating the deadly rickettsia bacteria. - Failure Of "scout Cells" May Lead To Cancer In Transplant Patients
A serious form of cancer that occurs in some transplant patients may arise because cells that normally serve as scouts for the immune system become weakened, a new study suggests. - Tropical Traditions Virgin Coconut Oil Highest In Antioxidants Tests Reveal
Professor Vermont P. Dia of the University of the Philippines Los Banos recently conducted several tests on samples of Virgin Coconut Oil produced by Mt. Banahaw Health Products Corporation in the Philippines for phenolic acid content. Professor Dia and his students found that the level of phenolic acid in these samples was higher than any other Virgin Coconut Oil they had previously tested. - CMS Sends Letters To 35 Organ Transplant Centers, Warning About Underperformance
CMS on Thursday began to issue warning letters to about 35 transplant programs that have failed to meet agency standards, "giving them one last opportunity to prove their quality before taking enforcement action," which could include the loss of federal funding, the Los Angeles Times reports (Ornstein, Los Angeles Times, 8/4). - How Tumors Respond To Treatment Prior To Liver Transplants May Be Useful In Selecting Recipients
The results of this study appear in the August 2006 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS). The journal is published on behalf of the societies by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and is available online via Wiley InterScience at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/livertransplantation. - Chinese Herbal Preparation With Western Drug Ingredients Found
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 3) urged members of the public not to buy or take a Chinese herbal preparation labelled as Beijing Jiannan Zhongyi Hospital Zhongyao Pei Fang Ke Li, as the product was found to contain western drug ingredients that might cause serious side effects. - Innovasis Submits 'PEEK Box' System For FDA Clearance
Utah-based spinal implant company Innovasis recently submitted its "PEEK Box" System to the FDA for 510(k) clearance. The "PEEK Box" System will be used as a Vertebral Body Replacement within the spine. The Innovasis "PEEK Box" System is manufactured from PolyEtherEtherKetone (PEEK) with Tantalum ELI markers. PolyEtherEtherKetone (PEEK) is a material with an elasticity module (GPA) that is the closest to Cancellous Bone compared to Cortical Bone, Titanium or Stainless Steel implants. - New Source For Kidney Transplants: People Who Die From Heart Attack Outside A Hospital
In the United States, kidneys for transplant operations come from people who are declared brain-dead in the hospital ("heart-beating donors") or from living donors. But in Spain, eligible kidney donors include "non-heart-beating donors," who are people who die of cardiac arrest in the community after unsuccessful CPR if a series of other stringent criteria are met. - MUSC Researchers Test Possibility Of Growing Kidneys For Transplant
Bioengineers from the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University believe their research has the potential to save the lives of thousands of patients desperately waiting for a kidney while, at the same time, cutting costs associated with kidney disease. - Exactech Asserts Superiority Regarding Knee Replacement Performance
Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC) confirmed today that its Optetrak(R) knee system with net compression molded polyethylene proved to have wear characteristics that are superior to those reported by competitors. Responding to competitive claims regarding knee replacement performance, Exactech cited laboratory testing that simulates normal walking conditions and long-standing data that clearly demonstrated the superiority of the Optetrak knee to those cited in recent competitive claims. - "Domino" Transplant Program Makes Best Use Of Altruistic Donated Kidneys
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers reporting their early experiences with "domino" kidney donation suggest that wider use of this strategy could effectively double the benefit of the organs from these non-directed, altruistic living donors. - Honey Helps Problem Wounds: "Medihoney" Is Often More Effective Than Antibiotics
A household remedy millennia old is being reinstated: honey helps the treatment of some wounds better than the most modern antibiotics. For several years now medical experts from the University of Bonn have been clocking up largely positive experience with what is known as medihoney. Even chronic wounds infected with multi-resistant bacteria often healed within a few weeks. - Steroid Withdrawal In Kidney Transplants Given "Unprecedented" Support By National Trial
Preliminary results of a study led by University of Cincinnati (UC) scientists suggest that reducing corticosteroid treatment in kidney transplant patients significantly lowers the toxic side effects of anti-rejection drugs without affecting survival rates. - ImmuKnow(R), Cylex's Immune Function Test For Guiding Post-Transplant Therapies
Cylex Incorporated, a life sciences company and leader in immune function testing, today announced that results from seventeen (17) clinical studies recently conducted by leading independent research institutions will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the World Transplant Congress (WTC), supporting the clinical utility of ImmuKnow(R), Cylex's flagship product for the assessment of global immune status in transplant recipients. - Feeling Sleepy? Don't Have A High Sugar, Low Caffeine Drink - It Could Make Things Worse
An hour after consuming a high sugar, low caffeine drink you will tend to have slower reactions and experience more lapses in concentration than if you had simply drunk a decaffeinated, nil carbohydrate drink. - Acupuncture Can Help Clear A Chronic Pain In The Neck
There is moderate evidence that acupuncture can relieve chronic neck pain. Between 26 - 71 percent of the adult population claims to have had at least one episode of neck pain or stiffness during their life. In many cases, this can last for months and has a large impact on life style, work and health care expenditure. - Kidney Donors Often Suffer Financially
People who donate a kidney to help someone else often suffer financially to do so, according to a study done in part by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
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