Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice

Title: Stem Cells Ease Stroke-Like Brain Damage in Mice
Category: Health News
Created: 9/16/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/16/2008

There is a common saying that goes like this,the early bird catches the worm.If only this saying could be used well by people suffering from sinusitis problems,then they wouldn't have any reason to suffer much.If you want to know why am insisting on this, is, research has shown that when a sinus infection is caught in its early stages, the patient is able to get appropriate treatment fast enough to avoid undergoing unnecessary suffering. However, for you to be in a position to achieve this, you need to know about the various sinus infection symptoms that accompany this health problem.

Detecting Sinus Infection Symptoms is Very Easy

When you notice that a thick yellow like or at times greenish nasal discharge that resembles pus is coming out from your nose, you should take it as another one of the sinus infection symptoms. This coloration and viscosity of the mucus is usually brought about by bacterial infection inside the nose. When mucous membranes swell up and cause mucus not to flow but in turn making it to be stagnant and as a result causing air not to flow freely, bacteria inside the nose take this opportunity to colonize the nasal cells that are situated where this mucus is stack. By doing this, a slight bacterial infection, causes the mucus to change into a different color and appear thicker than usual. This situation can be treated using medicinal sprays that help dilute the mucus, at the same time kill the bacteria causing the infection, and finally treat the sinus infection that brings all this discomfort and suffering.

Congested nasal pathways are common sinus infection symptoms that usually occur whenever a person is having sinusitis problems. The situation takes place as a result of mucus getting trapped in the patient's sinuses. When mucous membranes inside your nose and sinuses become inflamed, movement of celia (tiny hairs that are found on the nasal cells that are responsible for pushing away mucus) reduces.As a result, mucus in the nasal passages accumulates and form a blockage of the air pathways as well as that of sinuses hence experiencing discomfort and congestion inside the nose. This problem could however be easily done away with by using appropriate decongestants prescribed by the doctor.

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Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass

Title: Diabetics Less Likely to Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass
Category: Health News
Created: 9/16/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/16/2008

SPECT is single photon emission computerized tomography. It is a combined nuclear medicine CAT scan of the head performed by injecting a radioisotope material that is taken up by the brain according to blood flow and metabolism. A scan is produced that is a color-coded 3-D representation of brain metabolism or activity. Daniel Amen MD is one of the countries foremost experts on SPECT brain imaging. You can take a free online brain system quiz at www.amenclinic.com that may be helpful. His detailed and well-researched recommendations for nutritional interventions for the brain are also worth reviewing. More collaboration with neuroscientists and gastroenterologists is definitely needed to look further into the association of poor brain function and gluten. SPECT imaging technology appears to be one exciting tool available to us if we can get the research funded. We will continue to explore the gut-brain connection further.

References:
Images of Human Behavior: A Brain SPECT Atlas. Daniel G. Amen, MD 2004. Mindworks Press. Newport Beach, CA.

Making a Good Brain Great. Daniel G. Amen, MD 2005. Harmony Books. New York. Schizophrenic symptoms and SPECT abnormalities in a coeliac patient: regression after a gluten-free diet. De Santis A J Intern Med. 1997; 242(5): 421-3

SPECT brain imaging of the majority of the few celiac disease patients studied reveals abnormalities that are usually most severe in the frontal areas of the brain. Improvement of these abnormalities are seen on a gluten-free diet. The frontal area of the brain is important in brain function that controls attention, impulse control, organization, and problem solving. Problems in this area of the brain result in short attention span, disorganization, procrastination, short-term memory problems, anxiety and depression.

Frontal cortical perfusion abnormalities related to gluten intake and associated autoimmune disease in adult coeliac disease: 99mTc-ECD brain SPECT study. Usai P et al. Dig Liver Dis. 2004; 36(8): 513-8

The most dramatic report I have found comes from a 1997 report of a newly diagnosed celiac diease patient with established schizophrenia whose symptoms and abnormal SPECT scan reversed on a gluten-free diet. He presented with an established diagnosis of schizophrenia, diarrhea and weight loss. Endomysial antibody was positive and villous atrophy was present on intestinal biopsy. SPECT scan was performed before and after gluten free diet. Before GFD, the scan confirmed abnormal decreased blood flow to the frontal lobe of the brain. With a GFD schizophrenia symptoms resolved, the intestinal lesion resolved and the SPECT scan became normal. More recently in 2004, Usai et al. reported 34 celiac patients in whom 70% had abnormal SPECT scans. Again the abnormalities were most pronounced in the frontal areas of the brain and were less severe on a gluten free diet.

Celiac And The Gluten Gut-Brain Connection Seen In Reversible Abnormal SPECT Brain Scans

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