Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Dental Faith Aesthetic & Family Dentistry: Transforming Smiles With Painless Care

11.27.2024 · Posted in Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dental Faith Aesthetic & Family Dentistry, November 26, 2024—Maintaining optimal oral health is crucial for overall well-being. However, traditional dental procedures can sometimes deter patients due to concerns about discomfort or invasiveness. Dental Faith Aesthetic & Family Dentistry, a leading family dentistry practice in Nashville, Tennessee, offers a unique approach to dental ...

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Building Confidence Through Cosmetic Surgery: Enhancing Self-Esteem

06.28.2024 · Posted in Health

Those who struggle with a lack of confidence and self-esteem due to insecurities that they have about their features and appearance, often consider cosmetic surgery as a solution to self-fulfilment. ...

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A New Way to Nip AIDS in the Bud

04.24.2023 · Posted in Health

When new AIDS virus particles bud from an infected cell, an enzyme named protease activates to help the viruses mature and infect more cells. That’s why modern AIDS drugs control the disease by inhibiting protease. Now, University of Utah researchers found a way to turn protease into a double-edged  ...

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Organ-sparing treatments effective for bladder cancer; Brachytherapy cost-effective treatment for prostate cancer

04.24.2021 · Posted in Health

Traditionally, treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is chemotherapy followed by the removal of the patient’s entire bladder, known as a radical cystectomy. However, Beaumont researchers have data suggesting that treatment consisting of limited surgery followed by combination chemotherapy ...

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UC San Diego Researchers Identify How Skin Ages, Loses Fat and Immunity

04.24.2021 · Posted in Health

Dermal fibroblasts are specialized cells deep in the skin that generate connective tissue and help the skin recover from injury. Some fibroblasts have the ability to convert into fat cells that reside under the dermis, giving the skin a plump, youthful look and producing a peptide that plays a critical role in fighting  ...

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Decreased deep sleep linked to early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

03.07.2021 · Posted in Health

Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may have uncovered part of the explanation. They found that older people who have less slow-wave sleep – the deep sleep you need to consolidate memories and wake up feeling refreshed – have higher levels of the brain protein  ...

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Experimental Stem Cell Therapy Speeds Up Wound Healing in Diabetes

02.25.2021 · Posted in Health

The healing of wounded skin in diabetes can be sped up by more than 50 percent using injections of stem cells taken from bone marrow, a new study in mice shows. The research, led by scientists at NYU School  ...

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Liver Transplant Patients Have Higher Prevalence of Colon Cancer and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

02.14.2021 · Posted in Health

Liver transplant patients over time experience an increasing trend toward colon cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to an award-winning study led by a Loyola Medicine gastroenterologist. The study by Ayokunle Abegunde, MD, MSc, and colleagues ...

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Stem Cell Signal Drives New Bone Building

01.08.2019 · Posted in Health

In experiments in rats and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that a cellular protein signal that drives both bone and fat formation in selected stem cells can be manipulated to favor bone building. If harnessed in humans, they say, the ...

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