Sentences with phrase «treat other blood»

If X-SCID can be cured with no serious side effects, that will ease concerns about the risks of using similar vectors to treat other blood diseases such as sickle cell disease, notes Dunbar.

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The drug may soon find a wider market if it can be shown effective in treating lymphoma and other blood cancers, and the price for those indications may well be different, based on their if value story.

The rats treated with yumberry experienced a decrease in arterial blood pressure and other cardiovascular markers.

My blood sugar levels and insulin levels have dramatically improved since I started eating a plant - based diet (which is not surprising, considering its researched benefits on treating type 2 diabetes and other insulin - related issues).

With between 20 - 30 mm Hg graduated compression put on the legs, these socks stimulate blood flow and help treat swelling and other conditions such as spider veins commonly associated with the job of teachers.

Cord blood stem cells can be used to treat dozens of diseases and are being tested in FDA - regulated clinical trials to help people with autism, brain injury, and other conditions.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he and his counterparts in all the other states have reached a $ 13.5 million settlement with the maker of drugs to treat stroke, blood pressure and lung ailments over the alleged deceptive marketing of those products.

Either approach could produce enough HSCs to transplant and — pending further safety testing — potentially treat leukemia, sickle cell disease and other severe blood disorders.

That number includes people treated for leukemia and other types of cancer, blood disorders and immune diseases.

The simplest way to prove that treating high blood pressure helps to delay the onset of dementia would be to treat one group for hypertension and leave the other group deliberately untreated for the sake of the experiment.

U.S. doctors enrolled 42,418 patients from 623 offices and clinics, treated participants with one of four commonly prescribed drugs, and followed them for at least five years to see how well the medications controlled their blood pressure and reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems.

Moreover, participants were also treated for other co-existing conditions (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.).

The other, guanfacine, is currently used to treat high blood pressure and is thought to keep sensory neurons from releasing glutamate into the spinal cord.

Our findings indicate that if harnessed properly, the gas could, among other benefits, help treat heart attack patients and keep trauma victims alive until they can undergo surgery or receive a blood transfusion.

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists first used cyclophosphamide to prevent severe graft - versus - host disease (GVHD) after bone marrow transplant involving haploidentical or «half - matched» transplants, a treatment first used in 2000 at the Cancer Center to treat leukemias and other blood cancers.

Earlier research by other scientists has shown that the drug verteporfin, used to treat abnormal blood vessel formation in the eye, acts on the YAP pathway inhibiting the protein's YAP function.

Cord - blood stem cells have been used since 1988 to treat a wide variety of leukemias, thalassemias and other primarily blood - related illnesses.

A drug used for decades to treat high blood pressure and other conditions has shown promise in a small clinical trial for autism.

Abatacept, when added to the standard drug regimen used to prevent GvHD, reduced the occurrence of acute, grade III - IV GvHD from 32 to 3 percent in pediatric and adult patients who underwent mismatched unrelated donor stem cell transplants to treat advanced cancer and other blood disorders.

«Compared to other ways of trying to develop stem cells to treat blood diseases, this method is safer and quicker, because it does not involve using any artificial substances or any genetic modifications, merely a substance that already exists inside the body,» explains Kenichi Miharada.

«Although you can not change the genes you are born with, doctors can use this information to start screening for kidney disease earlier and to aggressively treat any other risk factors you may have such as diabetes or high blood pressure,» said Dr. Naik.

As a result, blood tests may be detecting the presence of other mycobacterial infections; they may also produce false positives when antibody levels remain elevated after cases of TB have been treated.

Research finds that people tend to believe that they are more likely than others to donate blood, give to charity, treat another person fairly, and give up one's own seat in a crowded bus for a pregnant woman.

A new test may reveal which patients will respond to treatment for graft versus host disease (GVHD), an often life - threatening complication of stem cell transplants (SCT) used to treat leukemia and other blood disorders, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published online today in the journal Lancet Haematology and in print in the January issue.

Blood derived from stem cells could be used to help treat leukemia, sickle cell and other disorders.

Or they can treat patients with plasma exchange, in which the body's red blood cells are separated from the plasma (which carries the antibodies and other immune cells) and then returned without the plasma.

They verified that blood concentration levels were comparable to effective levels in humans being treated for bipolar disorder or mania, and then administered the open field and other behavioral tests.

Other blood disorders that have shown significant benefit from targeted gene therapy in small trials include hemophilia (specifically, factor IX deficiency), severe beta - thalassemia (deficiency for the adult beta - globin gene) and leukemia, where the patient's immune cells were treated to enable them to recognize cancer cells and destroy them.

The researchers also treated old mice with 8 injections of blood plasma taken from either young mice or other geezers.

It is also approved for treating other patients who have a very low white blood cell count.

Most of the diseases treated by stem cell transplant are rare among children; however recent trials with cord blood have shown promise for stem cell therapy treating more common childhood conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism and others.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) is a standard therapy used to treat leukemias and other life - threatening blood diseBlood and marrow transplantation (BMT) is a standard therapy used to treat leukemias and other life - threatening blood diseblood diseases.

See a list of cancers and blood diseases we treat in malignant hematology, or for other blood disorders, please visit benign hematology.

Existing treatments for chronic migraines, a condition characterized by 15 or more migraines per month, mainly exist as a secondary benefit of drugs intended to treat other conditions, including depression, epilepsy, and high blood pressure.

Unlike solid tumor cancers, leukemia and other blood cancers (most lymphomas) can not be treated with surgery, and radiation is used rarely in special circumstances, such as before a transplant, Dr. Mattison says.

«Up until now, the only other prescription drug available to treat diarrhea was alosetron (Lotronex) which was only reserved for very severe cases since it can cause a potentially life - threatening condition called ischemic colitis, which reduces blood flow to the large intestine,» explains Dr. Sam.

Other side effects included anemia or other blood problems that were treated, and neurological problems such as sleepiness, confusion, tremor or difficulty speaking, which typically lasted only a few days, the wire service repoOther side effects included anemia or other blood problems that were treated, and neurological problems such as sleepiness, confusion, tremor or difficulty speaking, which typically lasted only a few days, the wire service repoother blood problems that were treated, and neurological problems such as sleepiness, confusion, tremor or difficulty speaking, which typically lasted only a few days, the wire service reported.

Perhaps less known is the effectiveness of massage therapy in treating deeper structures of the body such as ligaments, bones and joints, fascia, blood vessels, organs and other soft tissues of the body.

(Like chocolate, biscuits or some other sweet treat) The rapid drop in blood sugar initiates a very counter-productive cycle of sugar craving, hypoglycemic symptoms, and no doubt, weight gain.

In other words, insulin only treats the blood sugars, not the diabetes since it does not remove the sugar from the body.

Sometimes doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to help patients with HIV gain weight and to treat certain types of severe anemia (low red blood cells) or other health problems.

On the other hand, more recent research on rats treated with flax during pregnancy suggest it may improve the health of their offspring, including decreased risk of obesity, lower blood pressure, and better arterial health and brain function (11, 12, 13).

Always check with your physician before beginning a regimen to «treat» blood pressure or any other medical condition.

Noni juice has been used successfully to treat blood sugar problems, injuries and pain, digestive disorders, depression and many other ailments.

My blood sugar levels and insulin levels have dramatically improved since I started eating a plant - based diet (which is not surprising, considering its researched benefits on treating type 2 diabetes and other insulin - related issues).

As with other cardiovascular conditions, magnesium is used to treat this (usually through IV) and is thought to relax the blood vessels, thus decreasing the blood pressure.

Did you know there are diets proven to not only prevent and treat but reverse our # 1 killer, heart disease, along with other deadly diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure?

He's also done other testing including a blood test that confirmed that I'm truly (recently) in menopause now and also meridian testing that confirmed problems in the areas he's already aware of, plus an Epstein - Barr virus that he is treating with a homeopathic therapy.

The Wahls protocol is effective for more than just treating MS — it's also effective in the treatment of traumatic brain injury, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and other medical and neurological problems.

I have treated many dozens of people, diabetics and otherwise, who have supposedly been on other low carbohydrate diets, and lowered their blood sugars considerably when I put them on my diet, that generally entailed reducing protein while increasing fat.