News tagged with scar tissue

Professor documents cancer battle in online videos

(AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Gene linked to pancreatic cancer growth, study finds

A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer's development but in its continued growth, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue

(PhysOrg.com) -- Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High rates of disability and health care use for older Americans with cirrhosis

New research shows that older Americans with cirrhosis have significantly worse health status and greater functional disability compared to those without this potentially deadly disease. In fact, findings now published in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights come from tracing cells that irreversibly scar lungs

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable disease in which the delicate gas exchange region of the lung fills with scar tissue, which interferes with breathing. Now researchers at Duke University Medical Center ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Promising and perilous? The ambivalent role of the CXCL12/ CXCR4 axis in heart repair

The chemokine CXCL12 acts as a chemical signal which mobilizes hematopoietic and other types of stem cells to leave the bone marrow and enter the circulation. Secretion of CXCL12 also guides these cells to sites at which ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Manipulating serotonin can promote healthy repair in chronic liver disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Publishing in the leading medical journal Nature Medicine, a team led by Newcastle University academics have identified serotonin receptors which can be targeted with drugs to enhance the natural healin ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

FDA approves first drug for bone marrow disorder

The first drug to treat a rare disorder that causes red blood cells to build up inside bone marrow was cleared Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug-eluting balloons are a promising tool in treatment of narrowed metal stents

A drug-coated balloon inserted in a narrowed bare metal stent is a promising therapy for restoring blood flow, according to research (Abstract 10244) presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scarring a necessary evil to prevent further damage after heart attack

After a heart attack, the portions of the heart damaged by a lack of oxygen become scar tissue. Researchers have long sought ways to avoid this scarring, which can harden the walls of the heart, lessen its ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Novel approach to treat proliferative vitreoretinopathy shows promise

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), or the formation of scar tissue within the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in patients recovering surgical repair of retinal detachment. A new study conducted by investigators ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging technology might help doctors determine best treatment for Crohn's disease patients

It's difficult for doctors to tell whether a patient with Crohn's disease has intestinal fibrosis, which requires surgery, or inflammation, which can be treated with medicine. A new imaging method might make that task easier, ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers report possible new approach to keeping arteries open after balloon angioplasties

Research at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine could help lead to new ways to prevent coronary arteries from reclogging after balloon angioplasties.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma

A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer-aided design used for breast tissue reconstruction

A technology usually reserved for designing buildings, bridges and aircraft has now been used to aid breast tissue reconstruction in cancer patients.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scar Tissue

"Scar Tissue" is the first single from the American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album Californication, released in 1999. It is one of their most successful songs, spending a then-record 16 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, the song reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2000. The song is notable for its mellow intro guitar riff and for its slide guitar solos throughout.

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