Prior to taking his last two medical leaves from Apple, Steve Jobs fought off a rare form of pancreatic cancer that ended with a liver transplant and some medication. Or has the ordeal ended?
Certainly not, those who are well accustomed with the disease say, according to CBSNEWS. And so it would seem, given that J... |
26 August 2011
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The fight against juvenile diabetes will only get worse before it starts producing results, investigators say, and this is why engineers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are working on creating an artificial pancreas. According to the researchers the closed-loop, synthetic organ will contribute to monito... |
9 June 2011
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A recent investigation conducted on unsuspecting lab mice has revealed that administering a spoonful of sugar to diabetes patients may in fact be one of the best way to address the disease. In the new experiments, researchers looked at how much glucose was used up in pancreatic cells that produce insulin. The team al... |
6 April 2011
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A group of researchers from Washington DC managed to develop a new technology allowing them to convert stem cells in the male testes into cells capable of producing insulin in the pancreas. The achievement could lead to new drugs and therapies for conditions such as diabetes. Using the testes of organ donors, researc... |
13 December 2010
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Scientists from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (SMC) say that people who drink heavily, and binge drinkers too, are at increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. In the medical world, this condition is viewed as one of the most ruthless forms of the disease. Chances of survival are very slim... |
19 May 2010
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The hormone insulin is essential for the human body. One of its primary roles is to convert sugars, starches, and other types of food into energy for the entire organism. However, the cells that produce them, called beta-cells and located in the pancreas, can be hindered at times. When this happens, diabetes type I e... |
13 April 2010
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A team of German scientists from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (LMU) has recently developed a new animal model for studying the effects of type II diabetes, when they genetically-engineered pigs to exhibit symptoms that are associated with the condition in humans. This approach is tremendously important ... |
27 February 2010
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Concerns over Steve Jobs' physical condition have undoubtedly made a huge dent in Apple's stock lately, and for good reason too, since Jobs himself admits he isn't in perfect health just yet.Nevertheless, the biggest fear of Apple fans and investors alike - cancer - has been dismissed by a New York Tim... |
23 July 2008
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This is really remarkable: a woman had all her abdominal organs removed, for the extirpation of a tumor. Brooke Zepp, 63, from South Florida, was found, in May 2007, to have leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer type, located deep inside her abdomen. The tumor had wrapped itself around woman's aorta and other arteries d... |
27 March 2008
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1. The gall or bile is a yellow-greenish liquid deposited in the pear-shaped gall bladder. It is made of water, cholesterol, biliary salts and biliary acids, necessary for digestion, but also liver waste products, like biliary pigments and extra-cholesterol eliminated from the organism. The hormone cholecystokinin ca... |
17 January 2008
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