Holidays and the Elderly - Indiana University 12. Healthcare and EDI - SBPA Systems 14. The discovery, reported in the journal Science, centers on how the appetite-suppressing leptin may also control the growth of new blood vessels which supply blood to tumors and where certain fats are burned. Scientists at the National Eye Institute have discovered how a defective gene in mice leads to blindness, and correcting this deficiency may, in the future, restore vision to people who are born with blinding conditionscalled retinal dystrophies. A paper detailing these findings is published in the December 1998 issue of Nature Genetics.
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A unique treatment for patients with non-Hodgkins B cell lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, combines a monoclonal antibody that attaches itself only to lymphoma tumo r cells with a radioisotope that delivers radiation. Brain tumor patients now have a non-invasive treatment option available to them in South Carolina, providing better treatment precision and faster recovery time than traditional brain surgery. The Gamma Knife, located on the campus of Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, SC, uses 201 precisely focused beams of radiation on brain tumors and other damaged brain tissue and can be used without making an incision. Blood pressure and heart rate increase at a greater rate in middle-aged and older patients undergoing tooth extraction than in their younger counterparts, concludes a study published in the American Journal of Hypertension. PRN will issue a package of fitness-related feature stories on the wire December 15.