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• Engineered Virus Targets and Kills Apparent Cancer Stem Cells in Neuroblastoma

After identifying an apparent population of cancer stem cells for neuroblastoma, researchers successfully used a reprogrammed herpes virus to block tumor formation in mice by targeting and killing the cells.

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• Sobering

That was how my week ended. My patients were doing well, fluffed and buffed, but elsewhere on the unit, there was a cloud.

No, not the “happy cloud” the instructors told people to go to in the class some of our cohorts took, but a pall of the doom you know is coming.

One patient came in and within a couple of hours got his first order of vitamin K and some more elaborate diagnostic tests. Someone was drinking a little more than they let on…

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Cord Blood and Diabetes

New Hope for children with type 1 diabetes may lie in cord blood. Researchers found that cord blood infusions decrease the need for insulin. It is thought that stem cells in the blood prevent pancreas from destroying insulin producing cells. Researchers hope that infusing type 1 diabetic infants with their own umbilical cord blood will eventually become standard treatment.

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• Drug-Coated Stents Less Risky For Heart Bypass Patients, UT Southwestern Researchers Find

Coronary bypass surgery may carry less risk of serious complications if stents coated with a drug that suppresses cell growth are used in the procedure rather than bare-metal stents, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and colleagues have found.

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• The Rightful Place

Today I received an email from the hivemind, saying, in part:
In his first speech as President-elect last November, Barack Obama reminded us of the promise of “a world connected by our own science and imagination.” He recently stated, “promoting science isn’t just about providing resources–it’s about protecting free and open inquiry… It’s about listening to what our scientists have to say, even when it’s inconvenient–especially when it’s inconvenient. Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as President of the United States.” And today, in his inaugural address, President Obama cemented his commitment to this ethos and culture by vowing to “restore science to its rightful place.”

What is being asked is this: help define the rightful place of science in our world. The answer is this: Literature, Science, and the Arts. The three noble human endeavors. Each necessary; none sufficient; each overlapping; none mutually exclusive.

Science is one leg of the three-legged table that elevates all mental sustenance out of the mud.

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Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric Medicine, the delivery of pressurized oxygen to the body – is best known for its ability to treat decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning, difficult wounds, certain types of infections and several other conditions. High atmospheric pressure is used to drive pure oxygen into tissues starved for oxygen. This is especially beneficial for diabetic patients with severe ulcers or chemotherapy patients.

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• Physicians counsel their overweight type 2 diabetes patients to lose weight - many not listening

Physicians say they are counseling their overweight type 2 diabetes patients to lose weight, but patients say that the message is not getting through, according to a new survey announced today by the Behavioral Diabetes Institute.

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• Does Personality Affect Dementia?

A new study published in Neurology suggests that the risk of developing dementia might be influenced by a person’s underlying personality. People who are active, social and calm may stay mentally sharp longer than people who don’t have those traits.

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Duodenal Ulcers

Dr. Robert Berger, Talks about the “Duodenum Ulcer”. What is a duodenum ulcer? An ulcer is an open sore, or lesion usually found on the skin or mucous membrane areas of the body. . An ulcer in the lining of the stomach or duodenum when hydrochloric acid and pepsin are present is referred to as a peptic ulcer. When the ulcer is in the stomach it is called a gastric ulcer. When the ulcer is in the duodenum it is called a duodenal ulcer. Gastrin is secreted by the stomach which relaxes the pyloric valve. If too much hydrochloric acid gets through the pyloric valve to the duodenum, then the rest of the stomach contents end up in the body cavity or at the least with an ulcerous lesion. A duodenal ulcer can be caused by too much HCL in the duodenal area.