Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Cure For Heartburn and Indigestion

The problem with this is that your stomach acid is actually quite strong. Your stomach has a protected lining for it, but your esophagus doesn't. That is why you have that burning sensation. Most people don't have it that often, so it's no big deal. The people that get it on a daily basis have to deal with it now. Your stomach acid will actually eat away at your esophagus until it is gone, which is something you don't want to have happen.

ATS Forcefield Anti-platelet Technology Continues To Demonstrate Positive Results

ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, announced completion of the final feasibility milestone in the development of the ATS Forcefield(TM) technology. The animal feasibility study has been completed with positive results regarding the inhibition of platelet adhesion on mechanical heart valve prostheses. Continue reading ...

Cholesterol, which is found in every cell of the body, is used to build healthy cells, as well as some vital hormones. An individual who has high blood cholesterol may develop fatty deposits in the blood vessels. Eventually, these deposits can clog arteries and reduce blood flow. As a result, the heart may not get enough oxygen-rich blood, increasing the risk of a heart attack. Decreased blood flow to the brain can cause a Continue reading ...

METABOLISM: Keeping food consumption under control, a new role for the protein PrP Tatsushi Onaka and colleagues, at Jichi Medical University, Japan, have provided new insight into the network of signals that emanate from the gut and the brainstem of rodents to regulate food intake. Continue reading ...

1. Stimulating Growth Hormone Increases Muscle Mass in Elderly Healthy Adults As people age, the decline of growth hormone secretion in the body may play a role in the development of frailty, the debilitating loss of fat and muscle tissue. Researchers sought to determine if stimulating growth hormone release in healthy older adults could alter body composition. Continue reading ...

People should be vaccinated now against bird flu rather than waiting for a global pandemic to erupt, an international panel of experts - including a leading British influenza specialist - say in a new report. 1 The influenza researchers say the World Health Organisation (WHO) and national governments should give "urgent consideration" to the idea of priming people in advance of bird flu with a preparatory vaccination. Continue reading ...

Broken hearts could one day be mended using a novel scaffold developed by MIT researchers and colleagues. The idea is that living heart cells or stem cells seeded onto such a scaffold would develop into a patch of cardiac tissue that could be used to treat congenital heart defects, or aid the recovery of tissue damaged by a heart attack. The biodegradable scaffold would be gradually absorbed into the body, leaving behind new tissue. Continue reading ...