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stem cell regeneration break through

Single stem cells repair tissue damage STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've demonstrated a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal and repair damaged tissue.
Stanford University Professor Helen Blau and researchers Alessandra Sacco and Regis Doyonnas said they transplanted skeletal adult muscle stem cells into special immune-suppressed mice whose muscle satellite cells and been destroyed in a hind limb by irradiation.
The scientists also genetically engineered the transplanted stem cells to express Pax7 and luciferase proteins. As a result, every transplanted cell glowed under ultraviolet light and was easy to trace.
"To be able to detect the presence of the cells by bioluminescence was really a breakthrough," said Blau. "It taught us so much more. We could see how the cells were responding, and really monitor their dynamics."
Sacco said the researchers were thrilled with the results. "It's been known that these satellite cells are crucial for the regeneration of muscle tissue, but this is the first demonstration of self-renewal of a single cell."
The scientists said the ability to isolate and then transplant skeletal adult muscle stem cells could have a wide impact in treating not only a variety of muscle wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy, but also severe muscle injuries or loss of function from aging and disuse.
The research was presented last week in San Francisco during the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology.

regeneration

heal thyself.

Army scientists examine body self-healing WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The saw "Physician, heal thyself" may yield to "Body, heal thyself" as U.S. army scientists study skin regeneration and other self-healing technologies.
Regenerative science was one of several technologies showcased at the recent 26th Army Science Convention in Orlando, Fla. The 4-day gathering provides a form to exchange ideas and highlight collaborative projects between Army research labs, universities and business partners, CNN reported Monday.
The Army's regenerative medicine study combined properties from the intestinal lining and the urinary bladder to create a regenerative substance called Extracellular Matrix, a crystal substance that boosts the body's tendency to repair itself, U.S. Army Biological Scientist Sgt. Gen Rossman told CNN. When applied to a missing digit or limb, "the body thinks it's back in the womb," Rossman said.
Through both animal studies and human clinical trials, the institute is developing therapies for soldiers injured by roadside bombs and other explosives in Afghanistan and Iraq, CNN said.
"We are working on trying to regenerate limbs, to repair limbs and to keep them from being amputated," said Col. Bob Vandre, project director for the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
Armed Forces Institute scientists said they also developed a process to rebuild missing or damaged bone.

Witch hunt , denial tool or constructive opportunity?

Review of nursing home system 'long overdue';Local News: http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1117515

More eyes on long-term care in Ontario is a good thing, but what's really needed to help seniors is more staff, say advocates for the elderly.

Response was mixed Wednesday to news that Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin will investigate how long-term care facilities are being monitored.

Marin said his office will conduct a full investigation into the effectiveness of the province when it comes to ensuring nursing homes are meeting government standards.
His office, responsible for handling grievances against provincial government organizations, has long received complaints about long-term care. While he doesn't have the authority to investigate those complaints, he can launch a probe of the system that handles them.

"In one sense it's long overdue," said Eleanor Maslin, administrator of the John Noble Home.
Maslin said that, over the last few years, nursing homes which were once reserved for the frail elderly have become "melting pots" mixing young mentally handicapped adults, developmentally delayed adults and seniors with complex issues.

"It's a huge challenge for us," Maslin said. "We have a critical nursing shortage and as long as we're seen as an industry that doesn't provide quality care, people aren't going to enter the profession."

Do you have input ?

-"It's scary and I think something horrible is going to happen to someone before it's going to change." Marin said his investigation will take about six months to complete.

He is inviting the public to tell his office about their long-term care experiences or issues with the provincial monitoring system. Go to www.ombudsman.on.ca or call 1-800-263-1830.

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Seniors enjoyment trend

Seniors Having More Sex Than Ever
By Alan Mozes, HealthDay Reporter - Wed Jul 9, 8:47 PM PDTProvided by:

Not yet rated- WEDNESDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to sex, grandma and grandpa are having more of it these days, new Swedish research suggests.


According to the study, the last quarter century has seen a dramatic rise in the frequency of sex among the 70-year-old set, whether married or unmarried. And as an added bonus, seniors today (particularly women) say they're much more satisfied with their liaisons than the previous generation -- facing less sexual dysfunction and feeling more positive about the experience.


"Our study shows that a large majority of elderly consider sexual activity and sexual feelings a natural part of late life," said study author Nils Beckman, a doctoral candidate with the neuropsychiatric epidemiology unit at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Gothenburg University. "It is thus important that health professionals and others

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Nanotubes may help regenerate cartilage PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UPI) -- U.S. nanotechnologists say they've published the first study that shows how carbon nanotubes, along with electrical pulses, can help regenerate cartilage.
Brown University Associate Professor and nanotechnology engineer Thomas Webster said scientists have long wrestled with how to aid people who suffer cartilage damage and loss.
Now Webster says he has regenerated cartilage naturally by creating a synthetic surface that attracts cartilage-forming cells.
"Cartilage regeneration is a big problem," said Webster. "You don't feel pain until significant cartilage damage has occurred and it's bone rubbing on bone."
Webster's work involves carbon nanotubes, which are among the stiffest and strongest fibers known and are great conductors of electrons.
Webster and his team -- including Brown researcher Dongwoo Khang and Purdue University's Grace Park -- found nanotubes work well for stimulating cartilage-forming cells, known as chondrocytes.
A nanotube's surface is rough, yet it closely resembles the contours of natural tissue, so cartilage cells see it as a natural environment to colonize.
The team plans to test the cartilage regeneration method procedure with animals, and, if that is successful, to conduct the research on humans.

Diamonds -new wealth is good for health and well being

When the wolf is at the door, a diamond is just what the doctor ordered . It was a great experience to get $5000 from a $100 investment that I had forgtten about!

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to be or not to be

To be or not to be an independent entrepreneur – that is the question?
To be really effective as an entrepreneur – you need the will and drive to have many real customers and products to drive and diversify your business revenue and income..

When you first begin your entrepreneurial career-whether as a business owner, distributor, inventor, writer, photographer, web designer, graphic artist or whatever challenges, motivates and inspires your personal interest -you have to face the ultimate challenge of getting clients or users of your products and services. This is your ultimate and primary golden hurdle!

So you scour all the Internet articles and marketing books, and you prudently and diligently do your home work, talk with others who have gone before you, to see if they have a secret to make your dream opportunity and desire for financial independence a successful reality. You build up your knowledge, resources and the courage to take the “less safety and security” risk jump.

Then, one day, you take the leap. You begin to market your entrepreneurial business. You soon come to realize that if you don't aggressively market your products and services, you are going to get nowhere fast. That's not why you became a driven self directed independent entrepreneur or is it? You became a entrepreneur because you wanted to call your own shots, make a difference and you believed that you could make more money working for yourself than for someone else-right!

If you are diligent, focused and determined, your marketing efforts will soon begin to pay off. You land a couple of clients. One of them, in fact, may be a big one. It's a well respected, credible large company with lots of work for you to do and plenty of money to give you in return for your effort and performance. Excellent and bravo, you’ve cleared a major hurdle, you've managed to impress and wow them .Your new clients have given you the .opportunity to strut and show case your talent, energy and capability.

Welcome to the gravy train! Welcome to the world of the chosen- those who get paid for their creative effort and talent at some else’s expense.

Can this pleasant dream turn into a nightmare? What are the pitfalls, and other considerations that you should consider and be aware of? Is it just too good to be true?

A pragmatic reality check

Too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of allowing a large percentage of their income to come from one source. If one client supplies more than 20 percent of your revenue on a consistent basis, you need to find more clients and other sources of revenue...as soon as possible. Client diversification is a prudent and survival must!

Everyone knows people who worked full-time and then decided to do entrepreneurial work as an independent consultant, almost exclusively, for their former employer. This is a simple mistake. Don't let familiarity doom your bottom line. Always be on the lookout for new clients or “opportunities”. The more golden eggs in your diversified talent portfolio or nest, the better and stronger you truly are.

It is reasonable in the very beginning of your entrepreneurial career, to have only one or two clients to start, so they will, naturally, contribute a large percentage of your income.. Drive yourself to get more clients. Set a realistic target –after about six months, you really need to have multiple clients and many baskets full of all those golden eggs. Client diversification is a prudent, important common survival sense that you must instinctively follow.

Complacency, the lack of discipline and your negative time wasting self indulgences are all critical and common business mistakes of Independent entrepreneurs. These mistakes often turn self-employment into an excuse for self-indulgence, procrastination and ineffectiveness. Remember your time is your money and real sweat capital-spend it wisely to succeed.. Having one big, lucrative, timeless client is a surefire way to fall into the trap of self-indulgent complacency. Self-indulgence leads to all kinds of excuses for not working or working effectively. The sad reality and fact is -that when you're a non-working independent entrepreneur, you are destined to be a broke independent entrepreneur.

While it is okay - and quite rewarding - to have a big, lucrative client, don't let that client dominate your time or make you financially dependent on him or her for your livelihood. Be disciplined enough, self-motivated enough to always diversify your client and business customer base. The alternative is to remember your past before the entrepreneurial plunge- motivate yourself to get new clients, or quit being a self employed entrepreneur. Do you really want to go back to a dismal or less appealing work environment in that restrictive company box or cubicle with its many restrictions, constant pressure, few if any fast track chances, a reduced and different destiny, with little prospect for advancing in your field of endeavor, lower freedom to make your difference or mark in the world and no chance to make more money-no matter how hard you work.


About the author

Siegfried Holle, BS, M.B.A , is a seasoned business consultant and entrepreneur , who gives enterprising people the confidence, support knowledge and action plans they need to start, run and grow their own lucrative independent entrepreneurial businesses - much sooner and more easily than they could by themselves. For information, resources, more business survival tip articles and a complimentary new business recommendation, contact the author at siegholle@gmail.com or visit his latest opportunity site

A professional business leader registered in the National Registers Who's Who in the executives and professionals' classification, Holle holds an M.B.A. in marketing and logistics from Indiana University and a B.S. in business with honors. He is a serial business and social entrepreneur, with extensive experience in real life client challenges,

Googling your health - power to patients

How do we improve access to our medical reords?

Placing information that's as highly sensitive as personal medical records into the care of unregulated Internet storage systems is risky business, and it could open the door to all manner of marketing and false advertising people who are eager for this gold mine of medical information.
Unfortunately, the only way to safeguard against this sort of thing is to get the government involved … and while I'm not fool enough to believe that the Federales cannot get their mitts on your personal medical records if they really want them, I'm incredibly uneasy about handing over stewardship of medical records to the government.

The authors of this article are doctors after my own heart. As Dr. Isaac Kohane, one of the authors said, "I'm a great believer in patient autonomy in general, but there is going to have to be some measure of limited paternalism."

One potential solution to this problem would be to extend the HIPAA to cover Internet players like Microsoft and Google. This seems to be the quick and easy solution to the problem. But what worries me is, as Dr. Kohane called it, the idea of "limited paternalism."

If you've been paying attention, you're well aware that once a government department or bureau is created, it grows. There's nothing at all "limited" about any government organization. I'm always suspicious of central authority, especially when the government has, in my humble opinion, such a bad track record with healthcare bureaucracies (as you know, my favorite example is the FDA).

But does the government really need to get involved? After all, every day millions of Americans already trust incredibly personal information to Microsoft and Google's care in the form of emails through free webmail services such as Hotmail and Gmail – this is merely the electronic form of the mail handled by the U.S. Postal Service, and it is often just as sensitive (if not more so) as medical records. Emails sent via Hotmail and Gmail routinely contain loads of personal and financial information. And yet this never seems to be compromised by Google or Microsoft.

I say leave Uncle Sam on the sidelines on this one. The security for personal medical records is already in place – Microsoft and Google are more than ready to safeguard Americans' medical records. They have the unique opportunity to usher in a new age of empowerment for patients all over the country. Let's give them the chance.

Power to the patients!
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

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Your hired help at hospital or in ER could be lifesaver
By Carla McClain
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 04.27.2008
advertisementAs patients die waiting in emergency rooms, as they lay neglected in hospitals beds, as they struggle to find proper care for injuries and illness, a new first commandment has emerged for anyone forced to seek medical care:

Never, ever go alone.
Do not enter a hospital, an emergency room, or any other medical facility without competent, assertive help by your side at all times. To do so puts your very life at risk. Even doctors and nurses on the front lines of the system will tell you that today.

As hospital care grows increasingly complex and medical errors kill some 100,000 Americans every year, a whole new industry is forming to deal with this disaster — offering hired help to get you through your hospital stay alive.

It is a trend emerging here and across the country, though it's not without controversy — and a hefty price tag. But it may be offering a vital, even lifesaving service in a severely overburdened medical system plagued by a shortage of nurses, doctors and hospital beds."

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Cash Up Front or Else — Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their Patients | Health Care Industry Blog | BNET

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Mydoctor launched by CMA

Mydoctor.ca launched by the Canadian Medical Association
Email the Editor Email a Friend By: Lisa Williams, assistant editor, InterGovWorld.com(Apr 03, 2008 06:00:00)
The Canadian Medical Association has launched a new health portal dubbed mydoctor.ca, which has online tools for tracking chronic diseases, as well as a physician-driven Canadian electronic patient health record platform.

The health portal allows patients to directly link to their physicians, and was developed by Ottawa-based Practice Solutions (a CMA company).

"The mydoctor.ca health portal provides a new way for physicians to give each patient the care and attention they deserve while also empowering patients to become active participants in their care," said Brian Day, president of the CMA in a released statement.

The portal was designed by physicians and allows patients to be registered by their doctors with any of the online tools on the portal, including an asthma tracker and a personal health record.

The setup is similar to online banking in which the patient inputs their health information via the secure portal in order for their physician to access and monitor. The data is then converted into a chart that displays the patient's results over time.

For more information visit www.mydoctor.ca

"Telemedicine" links Africans to Indian expertise on Yahoo! Health

"Telemedicine" links Africans to Indian expertise on Yahoo! Health: "Telemedicine' links Africans to Indian expertise
By Barry Malone - Thu Apr 3, 12:54 AM PDTProvided by:

An Ethiopian woman inside a clinic in Bahir Dar, March 10, 2007. Ethiopia's health problems are mirrored across Africa where doctors and nurses are often overworked and underpaid, villagers have to walk miles to the nearest clinic and drugs and treatment are often beyond the means of ordinary people. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)
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Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks on Yahoo! Health

Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks on Yahoo! Health: "Combining Internet With Office Visits Cut Heart Attack Risks
By HealthDay - Sun Mar 30, 8:45 PM PDT"

Overall, the results show that good communication -- whether it's done in the office or over the Internet -- between patients and doctors helps prevent cardiovascular disease, said Alfred Bove, professor emeritus of medicine at Temple's School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at Temple University Hospital.
He noted that telemedicine does have certain advantages.
"With rising health-care costs, a telemedicine system can encourage communication between patients and their doctors with less cost and time commitment than frequent doctor visits," Bove said in a prepared statement.
He believes telemedicine may help underserved patients lower their risk of cardiovascular disease and bridge the "medical divide" between treatment and outcomes for lower- and upper-income patients.

New Beginnings Seniors home fights to stay open

"Seniors' home faces closure; long-term care residence to close as of march 31
Posted By HEATHER TRAVIS

As Janet Spierenburg helped Howard Randall, a 78-year-old resident at New Beginnings put on his coat for the last time, she had tears in her eyes.
Spierenburg can't stand to watch the Ridgetown business she helped build, deteriorate in front of her eyes.
'I worked so hard to keep this place going and make it a home for seniors,' she said. 'It's hard to watch it go downhill.'
Spierenburg owned the long-term care facility for five years before selling it to current owner, Sieg Holle, in January 2007.
As the remaining three residents prepared to move out of the residence on Thursday, Spierenburg got choked up.
'Most of the people don't want to leave,' she said. 'They are not hard to care for.'
Above all, Spierenburg's heart broke as she helped Randall get into his son's truck to leave.
'It's hard, especially with Howard,' she said. 'We just seem to connect.'
Randall has spent the past seven years living at New Beginnings and was reluctant to leave the staff and his home.
Randall was relocating to a long-term care facility in Blenheim.
'I loved it here,' he said. 'They just give me everything I want.'"

The 18-room residence is scheduled to close on March 31, unless the owner is able to find new residents to fill the facility or if he receives financial support prior to that date to allow the place to stay open.
"We could (shut the doors), but we will probably keep them open until the 31st (of March)," said Holle. "If there is the support, then you can sustain it and keep it open. And if there isn't, well, there is no purpose (of staying open)."
Holle, who is located in Brantford, operates a similar long-term care facility in the city, called Sunridge. There are currently four residents living in the 10-room facility, however Holle said the low numbers are more manageable because the operation cost are lower.

save for chronic care

Solutions at long last but how long to put in place ? QJ

Canadians urged to save for chronic care expenses
Posted By CHRISTINA SPENCER

Creating a registered chronic care savings plan, similar to an RRSP, could help Canadians with the steep health bills they will face as they grow old, says a sweeping new report on health care and the elderly.
The study by the Special Senate Committee on Aging notes that chronic illness, particularly heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and dementia, is "a major concern for seniors."
It also notes that Canada's publicly funded health care system doesn't adequately cover home or long-term care, which people with chronic illness often require.
"Because home care is not entirely publicly funded, some . . . have suggested that Canadians be urged to save so that they will eventually be able to afford services to meet their needs," the committee says. "This could be done through the creation of a registered chronic care savings plan, similar to an RRSP."
An RRSP (registered retirement savings plan) lets people shelter income from taxation up to a certain annual maximum if they are saving for their retirement. A chronic care savings plan would operate on the same principle but permit people to use the money for old-age health needs.
The proposal is one of many explored in the committee's second interim report, "Issues and Options for an Aging Population." Among some of the other options identified:
Providing tax credits for seniors who volunteer. "Volunteering is strongly associated with social connectedness," the report says;
Expanding educational tax credits beyond those given for people who take accredited courses, so that seniors could also enrol in a range of classes. "Active learning helps maintain brain health," experts told the committee;
Creating a national respite program, so that those caring for an older relative could obtain temporary help in order to take a physical and emotional break;
Making compassionate care benefits, which already exist under Employment Insurance, available for longer periods so people looking after a frail elderly person could benefit;
Introducing a national home care program to provide minimum standards across all provinces. The committee asks, however, whether such a standardized program might actually reduce service in places that already have high levels of care;
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Expanding the number of training spots in gerontology and geriatrics. "The incorporation of interdisciplinary education about aging into the core programs of all health professionals would improve the delivery of age-appropriate services," the committee says;
Increasing training in palliative care and end-of-life care.
christina.spencer@sunmedia.ca
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Rural Care Crisis

What are the alternatives? better cost effective delivery systems maybe QJ

Forced to close; Newbury hospital loses outpatient physiotherapy
Posted By CHIP MARTIN

In a move called devastating to its local community, one of Ontario's smallest hospitals is being forced to close its outpatient physiotherapy program to balance its budget.
That means many of the 23,000 rural, small-town and elderly residents served by Four Counties Health Services in Newbury will have to travel farther and pay from their own pockets to replace the service. Or do without.

"This will have a huge impact," said Yvonne Lambert, board chairperson of the Middlesex Hospital Alliance that operates the 16-bed facility in Newbury. The physiotherapy service is slated to end Sept. 1.
"These are retired people, farmers and small businesspersons and less than a quarter of them have private (health) coverage" to cover the cost of private clinics. And the closest private clinic is 35 minutes away.
The announcement comes on the eve of today's provincial budget, expected to have little new money for health care.
New funding is unlikely despite hospital bed shortages across the London region and elsewhere because of a shortage of long-term and chronic-care beds.
For the Four Counties area, there's a slim chance residents will find replacement service at a hospital in Chatham covered by government health care, Lambert said. Private clinics are more likely.
Lambert said to balance its $10-million operating budget, Four Counties has had to chop $500,000, of which $300,000 is the 38-year-old outpatient clinic with three physiotherapists, an assistant and a manager shared with Strathroy-Middlesex hospital. The clinic had 6,350 outpatient visits last year.
"In a small hospital it is very hard to cut anything," Lambert said. She said talks about the situation continue with the Southwest Local Health Integration Network.
Monte McNaughton, a Newbury businessperson, described the closing as "devastating for patients, for the local economy and health care in Ontario."
McNaughton, a board member who ran for the Progressive Conservatives against local Liberal MPP Maria Van Bommel (Lambton-Kent-Middlesex), said provincial Liberals will buy 22 Made-in-Scotland buses for Toronto but won't support health care for local residents.
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"It just doesn't make sense and is a further slap in the face to our rural communities," he said.
Conservative health critic Elizabeth Witmer said the Four Counties situation "is happening across the province."
She said termination of services "has a very negative impact on people" and the government should allow private delivery of health care covered by government insurance.