Daily Archives: December 20, 2015
How to best treat severe and chronic heartburn
Heartburn, a burning sensation behind the breastbone, is the most frequent symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) causing acidic stomach contents to be pushed up into the esophagus, the muscular tube connecting the mouth to the stomach.
Use of an in vitro model of blastema tissue from Rabbit pinna
Rabbit ear wound repair is an accepted model for studies of tissue regeneration, leading to scar less wound repair. It is believed that a specific tissue, blastema, is responsible for such interesting capacity of tissue regeneration. To
Nutrients in pomegranates and dates provide maximum protection against the development of atherosclerosis
A combination of pomegranate fruit and date fruit and pits provides maximum protection against atherosclerosis, indicates research by Prof. Michael Aviram, Head of the Lipid Research Laboratory at Technion Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Rambam Medical Center
Silicon based radical, radical ion, diradical and diradicaloid
The chemical behavior of a transition metal is extremely different when compared with that of a characteristic main group element. The former is prone to remain cationic while the latter prefers to attain a closed shell electronic
The portal venous system in liver cirrhosis: not yet a gray zone
Liver cirrhosis is a complex disease involving many systems, mainly located inside the abdominal cavity. The clinical diagnosis today is usually followed by laboratory, endoscopic, radiological examinations, among which the sectional imaging tools, ultrasound, computed tomography and
Does physical functioning, emotional and behavioral problems differ in children with ADHD +ASD and ADHD?
ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are two of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting approximately 5% and 1% of the population, respectively. Up to 79% of children with ASD and 50% of children with ADHD are
Treating primary cardiac angiosarcoma
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are usually reserved for inoperable patients or given adjuvantly for those with residual tumor and/or metastatic disease. Elsayad and coworkers describe a novel treatment modality with adaptive radiotherapy using tumor-volume tracking in a 37-year-old
