November 26, 2014 The regeneration of normal and cirrhotic liver has been very well demonstrated after partial hepatectomy; although the tissue regenerated by cirrhotic liver is also cirrhotic. The structural differences of the regenerated tissues between normal and cirrhotic livers may also indicate different regeneration capacities. In this rat study, cirrhotic livers revealed a significantly…
Read MoreNovember 25, 2014 The University of Montreal’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine developed a new product based on medicinal plants and dietary supplements. Only a few previous studies have investigated a plant based approach. Professor Troncy and his team worked with 32 dogs. The first formula composed of curcumin, devil’s claw, black current, Indian Frankincense, willow…
Read MoreNovember 24, 2014 In Anesthesia and Analgesia, the researchers analyzed the relationship between Vitamin D level and surgical outcomes in approximately 3,500 patients who had surgery, other than heart surgery between 2005 and 2011. Only patients who had available Vitamin D levels around the time of surgery– from three months to one month afterward were included…
Read MoreNovember 21, 2014 From the journal JAMA Ophthalmology one year ago. Cataracts are the main cause of low vision. As the elderly population grows, the incidence of cataracts is likely to increase. Investigators have previously hypothesized that statin anti-oxidant effects may slow the natural aging process of the lens. The results revealed that the risk…
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November 20, 2014 The natural history of screen-detected breast cancers is not well understood. In this Swedish study, women aged 40-49 years were screened every year and women aged 50-74 were screened every 2 years. All women were followed up after 6 years as well as the control group who went 4 years without screening.…
Read MoreNovember 19, 2014 Breast cancers are thought to be organized hierarchically with a small number of breast cancer stem cells able to regrow a tumor while their previous cells lack this ability. The authors of this study found that ionizing radiation reprogrammed differentiated breast cancer cells into induced breast cancer stem cells. They concluded that…
Read MoreNovember 18, 2014 The Gamma rays from Hiroshima and Nagasaki are considered to have biological efficiencies equal to those of other low-LET radiations including mammogram X-rays. Both the data available in the literature and the results of this study strongly suggest and increase in the carcinogenesis in animals, neoplastic cell transformation with decreasing photon energy…
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November 13, 2014 This was a retrospective study on the evaluation of Vitamin D levels and the correlation with Alzheimer’s Disease. There were 10 of 284 studies that met the criteria. In conclusion, Alzheimer’s Disease patients had lower serum Vitamin D concentrations than matched controls. Here is the link to the article: Low Serum Vitamin…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2014 The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the possible connection between chronic ingestion of acrylamide-containing potato chips and oxidative stress or inflammation. Fourteen healthy volunteers were given 160 grams of potato chips daily for a week (one-half of a large bag). Acrylamide increases the production of reactive oxygen species in…
Read MoreNovember 11, 2014 This PubMed study was done to see whether fluoride would also affect human birth rates since previous animal studies showed a correlation with fluoride toxicity and decreased fertility. Most regions showed an association of decreasing total fertility rate with increasing fluoride levels. There is no evidence that this outcome resulted in bias.…
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