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Depression after heart attack
There are several factors can lead to depression after heart attack. The stress of being in the hospital, the fear of another heart attack, time away from work can all contribute to feeling depressed, helpless, down and despondent.
Do many...
Effects Of Stress On The Body
Stress. You sure hear that word a lot these days. But do you really know what that little innocuous word really means in relation to your body? This article describes exactly what effect stress has on your body and why it is essential to break the...
How 40,000 People Reversed Heart Disease
It is well known that about two-thirds of the U.S. population is either overweight or obese. The U.S. Surgeon General has stated that approximately 75% of Western diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, gout, arthritis,...
How to Start a Walking Program
Copyright 2005 Michael Brooks Did you know that walking is the number one participation sport in the world? Walking is one of the best things you can do for overall health and wellness. When you walk you use more muscles than any other sport. ...
Obesity and Cholesterol in kids
Nowadays obesity is becoming serious problem within the kids. It
has been revealed in the survey that almost 65% of infant
population is said to be suffering from obesity and its related
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How magic are stem cells?
Research on stem cells is advancing knowledge about how an
living bodies develop from a single cell and how healthy cells
replace damaged cells in adults. This promising area of science
is also leading scientists to look at the possibility of
cell-based therapies to treat disease, sometimes called
regenerative or reparative medicine.
What are stem cells and why are they important?
stem cells have two
main characteristics that distinguish them from other types of
cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves
for long periods through cell division. The second is that under
certain physiologic or experimental conditions, they can be
induced to become cells with special functions such as the
beating cells of the heart muscle or the insulin-producing cells
of the pancreas. Scientists primarily work with two kinds of
stem cells from animals and humans: embryonic stem cells and
adult stem cells, which have different functions and
characteristics. Scientists discovered ways to obtain or derive
stem cells from early mouse embryos more than 20 years ago. Many
years of detailed study of the biology of mouse stem cells led
to the discovery in 1998 of how to isolate stem cells from human
embryos and grow the cells
in the laboratory. These are called
human embryonic stem cells. The embryos used in these studies
were created for infertility purposes through in vitro
fertilization procedures and when they were no longer needed for
that purpose, they were donated for research with the informed
consent of the donor. Stem cells are important for living
organisms for many reasons. In an embryo that is 3 to 5 days old
stem cells in developing tissues give rise to the multiple
specialized cell types that make up the heart, lung, skin, and
other tissues. In some adult tissues, such as bone marrow,
muscle, and brain, specialized adult stem cells generate
replacements for cells that are lost through normal wear and
tear, injury, or disease. Scientists believe that stem cells
may, at some point in the future, become the basis for treating
diseases such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and heart
disease. Currently heart disease and diabetes are at epidemic
proportions in many parts of the world, and so great hope is
placed on future cures using stem cell based treatments, but
much work still remains to be done before these cures become a
reality.
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