Blocking a protein in the heart that is produced under stressful conditions could be a strategy to prevent cardiac damage that results from chemotherapy, a new study suggests. Previous research has suggested that up to a quarter of patients who receive the common chemotherapy drug doxorubicin...
Obese adolescents with no symptoms of heart disease already have heart damage, according to new research. The findings were presented at the Heart Failure Congress 2012, 19-22 May, in Belgrade, Serbia. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European...
ACE2, a molecule that has been shown to prevent damage in the heart, is now proving to be protective of the major organs that are often damaged in diabetic patients. Gavin Oudit, a researcher with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and his colleagues at the University of Florida, found that...
Approximately 40% of individuals treated for head and neck cancer experience the distressing adverse-effects of dry mouth syndrome. However, researchers in the Netherlands may have found a way to prevent impairing salivary glands during radiotherapy treatment. The researchers note this finding...
Sports drinks hit the wire today with a red light that their level of acidity is increasingly responsible for irreversible damage to teeth, especially amongst adolescents and younger adults, their predominant target market. The report is published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry...
Collaborative research by groups headed by scientists Joan J. Guinovart and Marco Milan at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has revealed conclusive evidence about the harmful effects of the accumulation of glucose chains (glycogen) in fly and mouse neurons. These two...
A recent study published in the May/June 2012 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy of General Dentistry, found that an alarming increase in the consumption of sports and energy drinks, especially among adolescents, is causing irreversible damage to teeth...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder in which there are recurring episodes of upper airway collapse during sleep with ongoing effort to breathe. OSA is estimated to affect 1 in 5 adults in America. The serious nature of the problem was captured in a landmark study which found that...
If a human tried chopping wood with his head, he'd lose at least one eye and sustain permanent brain damage. But woodpeckers do it all the live long day and sustain zero headular damage. How do they do it? More »
High fat diets cause damage to blood vessels earlier than previously thought, and these structural and mechanical changes may be the first step in the development of high blood pressure. These findings in mice, by Marie Billaud and colleagues from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in...
Two breakthrough studies may explain why we see distinct patterns of brain damage associated with dementias, such as Alzheimer's disease, and could be useful for predicting future cognitive decline in patients. These independent studies published by Cell Press in the March 22 issue of the...
My dvd player in my bedroom is kind of old, and it keeps skipping and freezing whenever i try to watch something, and its with everything I try to use. I don't see anything wrong with the dvd's, and they play perfectly fine on my computer or another dvd player. I was just wondering because I...
A study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that the compound epothilone D (EpoD) is effective in preventing further neurological damage and improving cognitive performance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results establish how the drug might be used in...
...overheating? Driving home from work, I noticed --after driving for about 10 miles or so-- that the engine temperature was really hot. I pulled over as soon as I could and let the car cool for about 20 mins. Then I drove about a mile and got home. After letting the radiator cool down, I found...
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/volume-up-sound-booster/id409080892?mt=8
^ that app although unable to boost it up to "150%" does really boost up the volume by a lot. What I'm worried about is if it'll damage my ipad speakers. My ipad speakers are ridiculously quiet compared to my friends ipad...
My father brought me back to school last week (I don't have my own car), and for some reason, I forgot my Nintendo DS in his car. I live in PA, so we get cold temperatures and snowstorms here sometimes. I have my DS in a case, which is inside a drawstring bag still sitting in his car. Will it or...
Roughly half the people who get a serious blood clot in the leg experience lasting damage. Norwegian researchers are the first to show that a little-used supplementary treatment can help to prevent such complications. Pain, swelling, itching, eczema and venous ulcers are characteristic signs of...
...anything? Ok,I have a pre-owned uncharted 2.It has little slight scratches.I play this game a lot,you already know why.........so i m in little tension.I love my ps3 and dont want any trouble.So could it damage my ps3s blue ray lens or anuthing?
thanks for answers.............
Hello friends,my uncharted 2 disc has got some little slight scratches.And i play uncharted 2 every week.So could the disk damage my ps3s any part such as blue ray lens or anything?Is it safe?
thank u so much for your answers.........