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Susan Samueli, PhD of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine UC Irvine to Headline A2Z Health Expo in Los …

Posted: Published on February 26th, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -02/24/12)- A2Z Health Expo today announced it will hold its 5th annual Health Expo at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, March 22, 2012 from 4pm to 10pm. According to Dr. Ben Drillings, Director, the keynote speaker for the event will be the co-founder of the Samueli Foundation, Susan Samueli, PhD. Mrs. Samueli serves on the Board and Advisory Board of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrated Medicine (SSCIM) at UC Irvine. SSCIM promotes integrative medicine by providing education, scientific research and a model of clinical care that emphasizes healing of the whole person. Mrs. Samueli was honored with the UCI Medal in March 2000, the 2002 Ellen Cooperman Angel Award Recipient from the John Wayne Cancer Institute and the 2005 General William Lyon Crystal Vision Philanthropy Award from the Orangewood Children's Foundation. In 2006, Susan and Henry Samueli became the owners of the NHL franchise the Anaheim Ducks. The topic of Mrs. Samueli at the expo is: "Integrated Clinic in the 21st Century: Innovations, New Models & Challenges." The A2Z Health Expo event is focusing on bringing together healthcare professionals, philanthropists, academicians, that are interested in learning more about the integrated clinic … Continue reading →

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Posted: Published on February 26th, 2012

By Dahl Erickson on Feb 25, 2012 in Featured, News, Sports The Braves had three grapplers who advanced to the finals on Friday night over some stiff competition at the 3A Wyoming State Wrestling championship.  Mitch Heap at 120, Carbon Kennington at 126 and T.J. Guild at 132 earned a trip to their respective finals.  Three other Braves, Gabe Waldron at 106, Devin Semadeni at 145 and Marshall Watkins a 182 advanced to the semi-finals but were defeated and will wrestle Saturday for a medal.  Heap went through the first round via forfeit and then pinned both Connor Warner of Worland and Lance Lucas of Wheatland.  It is the second consecutive final for Heap who lost 4-0 to Cheyenne Central’s Bryce Meredith last season as a junior.   Kennington claimed his second consecutive regional championship last week.  He finished fifth a year ago at state but was able to advance to the 2012 finals with a pin over Jesse Bishop of Pinedale, followed up with a 10-0 major decision over Justin Polkowske of Torrington.   Kennington then knocked off Buffalo’s Taylor Bell by decision to make the championship. For Guild, the trip to his first final has been a culmination of … Continue reading →

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Surgery most effective within 24 hrs of spinal injury

Posted: Published on February 26th, 2012

Updated: Thu Feb. 23 2012 16:45:19 CTVNews.ca Staff Victims of spinal cord injuries who undergo surgery within 24 hours are less likely to suffer paralysis, a new study suggests. In fact, the timing of treatment for victims of spinal cord injuries can have a significant impact on the eventual outcome of their recovery, according to multi-clinical trials undertaken by Toronto's Krembil Neuroscience Centre. Key findings also show that a patient is twice as likely to experience a "major neurological recovery" when they have surgery within a day of their injury. "The differences that we are seeing with early decompression surgery are very significant and the results have a major impact on a person's life," said lead author and neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Fehlings. The importance of a quick surgery is to ease pressure on the injured spinal cord, doctors say. In the study, half of the patients waited the usual two days for their conditions to stabilize before undergoing decompression surgery. "We are seeing about 1 in 5 people walking away from an injury they might not have otherwise," said Fehlings. The report was spurred by concerns that early decompression surgery on patients suffering spinal injuries could cause complications later on. … Continue reading →

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Symbolic Play – Video

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

24-02-2012 10:19 Our children on the Autism Spectrum can learn to play symbolically. One way to help them aquire this sill is to model it. Click on the video to see how. Follow this link: Symbolic Play - Video … Continue reading →

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Training parents is good medicine for children with autism behavior problems, study suggests

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2012) — Children with autism spectrum disorders who also have serious behavioral problems responded better to medication combined with training for their parents than to treatment with medication alone, Yale researchers and their colleagues report in the February issue of Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. "Serious behavioral problems interfere with everyday living for children and their families," said senior author on the study Lawrence Scahill, professor at Yale University School of Nursing and the Child Study Center. "Decreasing these serious behavioral problems results in children who are more able to manage everyday living." Scahill and his team completed a federally funded multi-site trial on 124 children ages 4 to 13 with autism spectrum disorders at three U.S. sites including Yale, Ohio State University, and Indiana University. In addition to autism spectrum disorders, children in the study had serious behavioral problems, including multiple and prolonged tantrums, aggression, and/or self-injurious behavior on a daily basis. The children in the study were randomly assigned to medication alone for six months or medication plus a structured training program for their parents for six months. Parent training included regular visits to the clinic to teach parents how … Continue reading →

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Tai chi may help Parkinson's patients, study concludes

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

LOS ANGELES — A six-month program of tai chi exercises helped people with various stages of Parkinson's disease improve stability, their ability to walk and reduced the frequency of falls. A study released this month in the New England Journal of Medicine compared a six-month tailored tai chi program to resistance training and stretching to see which was most effective at improving functional movement, walking and balance for Parkinson's patients. Researchers randomly assigned 195 men and women ages 40 to 85 who were in stages one to four of Parkinson's disease (on a scale of one to five). Parkinson's is a neurological disorder caused by a loss of neurons that produce dopamine, a chemical involved with muscle function and movement coordination. It can result in tremors, stiffness, poor coordination and more difficulty doing daily activities. It also can lead to a higher risk of falls, which can cause serious injuries. Tai chi, a discipline that incorporates slow, deliberate movements, plus breathing, has health benefits that include reducing stress and improving balance and posture. The study participants were randomly assigned to hourlong, twice-weekly sessions of tai chi, resistance training or stretching, for six months. Researchers assessed their status at the beginning … Continue reading →

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While there's no MS cure, new drugs have made the feared disease recede

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

Zach Nielson, 14, a young MS patient, with the help of a new drug is living a very normal life. Zach, an active boy scout, hangs out at home, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Arvada. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) Zach Nielson at age 11 couldn't quite put his finger on the two words his doctors were avoiding using around him. But his mother certainly could. Deb Nielson knew people in wheelchairs, knew what it meant that Zach was waking up numb, knew how scary it was when he staggered stiffly down the hallway like a young drunk. But just over two years later, a new generation of powerful drugs has drained the power of the words "multiple sclerosis" for Zach and thousands of patients like him. The drugs have erased symptoms and reversed nerve scarring in the largest subgroup of MS sufferers, transforming for the first time victims' experience with the disease. Far from a life sentenced to relentless disability, Zach Nielson is among a growing group who feel as if their MS never happened. "When they first told me, I was worried it would get worse and worse, and I wouldn't be able to have my dream job," … Continue reading →

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One Response to “Rescuing the white rhino?”

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

Breakthrough stem cell research at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif. has the potential to revive endangered species. Researchers at the Center for Regenerative Medicine are aiming to turn stem cells into gametes. Once new eggs and sperm are created, “test tube babies” can be born, possibly preserving a species. In 1972, researchers preserved skin cells of certain endangered species at the Frozen Zoo, hoping that future technology would help to revive populations, and today Scripps researchers are combining the frozen skin cells with human stem cells to generate stem cells specific to the animal. Stem cells are turned into gametes through re-programming, a process in which retroviruses are used to bring the cells back to earlier stages of development. Last month, scientists created mouse sperm cells through this process. Scientists view this method of species preservation as a last resort when cheaper, simpler means have failed. For instance, the white rhino, whose population is numbered at seven in the world, would benefit immensely since other methods of trying to save the species have failed. Scientists also hope to help the drill, a West African primate threatened by hunting and habitat degradation. —compiled by Michelle Lim Follow this link: … Continue reading →

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Advancing personalized medicine: Tailoring drugs to fit a patient's genetic predisposition

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2012) — The RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine is examining how drugs can be matched to a patient's genetic information through the study of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Taisei Mushiroda from the Laboratory for Pharmacogenetics explains... Drugs are not equally effective on all patients. A treatment that is dramatically effective on some patients can be ineffective on others. Drugs can also have serious side effects; in the worst case, a drug used to treat a disease can produce a fatal outcome. By examining genetic differences among individuals and administering drugs on the basis of such findings, the impact of side effects can be reduced. Taisei Mushiroda, the Laboratory Head of the Research Group for Pharmacogenomics at the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, is making advances in personalized medicine with research into how drugs can be tailored to a patient's genetic information through the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Identifying the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that plays a key role in drug rash Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that the gout treatment allopurinol, the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine and the analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic drug loxoprofen hold the highest incidence of serious drug rash. "The data we … Continue reading →

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Marshalltown native develops program to curb ER drug-seeking

Posted: Published on February 25th, 2012

The number of people who visited the emergency room for pharmaceutical drugs increased 98 percent between 2004 and 2009, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of these visits were to fraudulently obtain prescription drugs, usually pain killers. "Doctor shopping" is not an uncommon practice for those hooked on prescription drugs. The principle is simple: users go into the ER and claim to be in pain. With policies in place to ensure patients who have pain management issues are not ignored, many doctors simply want to help someone suffering, so they prescribe the medications. Hecticness is all too common in an ER, and the necessary conduit to get the patient's medical history is often sluggish. Addicts take advantage all these things to get the fix they need. A growing problem Deaths from prescription drug use are now nearly on par with fatalities from car crashes, according to CDC reports. Still, Vickie Lewis, director of Substance Abuse Treatment Unit of Central Iowa, said that alcohol is still, by far, the substance which poses biggest threat to public health. While prescription drug use has certainly seen an steady increase over the last few years, she said, it isn't nearly … Continue reading →

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