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Topic: Degenerative diseases

	Pathology of Degenerative CNS Diseases
		Diseases with Lewy bodies should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of a wide range of clinical presentations including episodic disturbances of consciousness, syncope, sleep disorders, and unexplained delirium.
		In Parkinson disease, the Lewy bodies are found in the substantia nigra of the midbrain, coupled with the loss of pigmented neurons.
		The rare familial forms of Parkinson's disease include an autosomal dominant form with mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene and an autosomal recessive form with mutations in the ubiquitin-protein ligase (parkin) gene.
	www-medlib.med.utah.edu /WebPath/TUTORIAL/CNS/CNSDG.html (3226 words)

	Lifestyle diseases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lifestyle diseases (also called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer.
		They include Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, nephritis or chronic renal failure, osteoporosis, stroke, and obesity.
		In 1900, heart disease and cancer were ranked number four and eight respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lifestyle_diseases (372 words)

	Degenerative disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A degenerative disease is a disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs will progressively deteriorate over time, whether due to normal bodily wear or lifestyle choices such as exercise or eating habits.
		Degenerative diseases are the opposite of infectious diseases.
		Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), e.g., Lou Gehrig's Disease
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Degenerative_diseases (90 words)

	Degenerative Diseases - The Merck Veterinary Manual
		Degenerative lumbosacral stenosis is narrowing of the lumbosacral vertebral canal that results in compression of the cauda equina or nerve roots.
		Degenerative myelopathy of dogs (chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy) is a slowly progressive, noninflammatory degeneration of the axons and myelin in the white matter of the spinal cord.
		Equine degenerative encephalomyelopathy is a progressive neurologic disorder of horses and zebras characterized by diffuse degeneration of axons, myelin, and neurons in the spinal cord and, to a lesser degree, the brain stem.
	www.merckvetmanual.com /mvm/htm/bc/100702.htm (1356 words)

	Degenerative diseases: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A degenerative disease is a disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues biological tissue quick summary:
		Atherosclerosis is a disease of arterial blood vessels....
		Osteoporosis is a disease of bone in which the amount of bone is decreased and the strength of trabecular bone is reduced, cortical bone becomes thin and...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/degenerative_diseases.htm (172 words)

	Degenerative Diseases & Root Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is quite imperative for someone with a degenerative disease to know about a 25 year medical research study into the health affects of root canal filled teeth.
		After 25 years of meticulous study, this scientific team concludes that 75% of degenerative diseases are caused by a trauma that adversely affects a person's immune system and makes them vulnerable to the endotoxins emanating from a root canal filled tooth.
		Therefore, a person with a degenerative disease may want to seriously consider having their root canal filled teeth properly removed by a dentist or oral surgeon who follows the procedure outlined in the book, "Root Canal Coverup" by George E. Mening, co-founder of the American Association of Endodontists.
	www.trewhealth.biz /DegenDisease.htm (251 words)

	Degenerative Diseases: Interpretation and Treatment with Chinese Medicine
		The term "degenerative diseases" has been loosely applied to numerous severe health problems, but the primary medical use of this designation is for describing progressive diseases of the central nervous system-the brain and spinal cord.
		Susceptibility of the liver to deficiency and generation of wind may occur as the result of diseases that damage the liver, from excessive use of alcohol and drugs that can damage the liver, or from a long history of behaviors that are unhealthy (having the effect of damaging yin and essence).
		The persistence and progression of the disease may be attributable to "phlegm obstruction of the channels." This substance in the meridians and blood vessels "fixes" the wind so that the symptoms worsen and also persist over a long period of time.
	www.itmonline.org /arts/degenerative.htm (5433 words)

	What are Degenerative Diseases? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On one hand, both infectious and degenerative diseases have as their origin an outside source, whether bacteria, viruses, yeasts, fungi, or other pathogenic organisms in the case of infectious diseases, or toxic substances and acids, (including those produced by pathogens) in the case of degenerative diseases.
		Degenerative disease is a different ballgame but the same principles will apply.
		In all of my study of degenerative disease this is the one that makes the most sense and is the most effective.
	www.liverenewedlife.com /degenerative_diseases.htm (3251 words)

	Pet Degenerative Joint Diseases
		Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial organism, Borrelia burgdorferi which is closely related to the organisms which cause syphilis and Leptospirosis (A kidney infection of dogs).
		Dogs with Lyme disease usually are off their food, are weak and have poor haircoats, show signs of joint and muscle pain, and have a fever and swollen lymph nodes (swollen glands).
		Lyme disease is rare in cats likely because of their grooming habits.Lyme disease can be diagnosed on the basis of history, exposure to ticks, clinical signs and serological tests (or blood tests).
	www.porsha-distribution.com /petailments.html (6187 words)

	Retinal degenerative diseases - Macular Degeneration
		Because of the later onset of this disease, it is difficult to determine if it is inherited, but studies are showing familial patterns of the condition, indicating that there may be genetic causes.
		If a close blood relative has been diagnosed with Macular Degeneration or other retinal degenerative disease, it is recommended that family members advise their personal eye care professional of that diagnosis so that a more complete medical history can be maintained.
		Researches studying retinal degenerative diseases may contribute to the understanding of others so that, for example, research related to RP may also benefit those with Macular Degeneration.
	www.retina-international.org /maculardeg.htm (5786 words)

	Qigong: a cure for cancer and chronic, degenerative diseases?
		To understand how and why practising qigong can cure cancer and chronic, degenerative diseases, it is necessary to be aware that the conventional western medical paradigm is not the only correct way of looking at health care and disease treatment.
		Superficially, treating diseases and restoring patients' health may appear the same, but a deeper examination will show that they are crucially different, and in the case of cancer and chronic, degenerative diseases, it is a difference of resignation or hope, of suffering or recovery.
		Let us not forget that the same factors that cause cancer or any chronic, degenerative disease in a patient also affect other people, but other people do not succumb to the disease despite the presence of disease causing factors because their body systems function naturally to overcome them.
	www.geocities.com /sifuwong.geo/qi-cure.html (1400 words)

	A Natural Approach to Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System \| massagetoday.com
		Research indicates that a significant number of degenerative brain diseases are caused by the accumulation of waste products generated by physiological reactions that involve brain proteins.
		In view of all this, it's clear that the major causes of degenerative diseases of the CNS include the incomplete removal of BAPs and excessive inflammatory responses.
		Thus, a major contributing cause of degenerative diseases of the brain or spinal cord is eliminated.
	www.massagetoday.com /archives/2005/07/14.html (905 words)

	Postdoctoral Positions at the IND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Degenerative neurologic diseases devastate the lives of millions of Americans and their families each year.
		To better investigate degenerative neurologic diseases with respect to their cause, prevention, and therapy, a post-doctoral training program was started 15 years ago with its emphasis on experimental approaches to degenerative neurologic diseases.
		Attracting bright, young, talented investigators to the study of degenerative neurologic diseases was difficult, largely because the application of modern molecular technologies seemed so remote.
	ind.medschool.ucsf.edu /positions.htm (657 words)

	Pathology of Degenerative CNS Diseases
		Late in the course of the disease, affected persons are not able to recognize family members and may not know who they are.
		Some older persons with dementia who are thought to have Alzheimer disease may actually have diffuse Lewy body disease, and some of those persons may have a movement disorder resembling Parkinson disease.
		ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease after the famous Yankee first baseman who had this disease) results from loss of motor neurons which is most striking in the anterior horn cells of spinal cord but may involve cranial motor nuclei and Betz cells.
	library.med.utah.edu /WebPath/TUTORIAL/CNS/CNSDG.html (3226 words)

	Degenerative Diseases of the CNS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This category of diseases is grouped together by a common pathologic phenomenon: the loss of myelin sheaths around axons.The axons are relatively preserved.
		Devic's Disease (neuromyelitis optica): MS with necrotic Iesions of the spinal cord with demyelination of the optic nerves.
		Lesions resemble MS and this used to be called Schilder's disease a variant of MS adult onset slowly developing spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy with cerebellar ataxia, dementia, and hypogonadism.
	cppweb.bsd.uchicago.edu /ta/CNS.html (3703 words)

	Magnetic Resonance Bio-Oxidative Therapy for Rheumatoid and Other Degenerative Diseases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It should be understood that rheumatic disease subjects who are not already diabetics are in the stage of compensated diabetes mellitus process and are predisposed to develop Type II clinical stage decompensated diabetes mellitus disease process.
		Thus, we have the development of degenerative diseases including the encouragement of cancer cells which are known to develop in hypoxic, acid medium conditions.
		Thus, the development of cancer is an ever-present threat in all degenerative diseases which have the characteristics of cellular acidosis and hypoxia.
	www.garynull.com /Documents/Arthritis/Magnetic_Resonance_Bio-Oxidative_Therapy.htm (8187 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Stem cells 'turn into brain cells' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Scientists believe they could one day be used to repair or replace damaged cells in the body and cure a wide range of diseases.
		Stem cells are seen as a potential way of reversing the effects of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other similar diseases in the brain.
		Further analysis showed they had grown in areas of the brain that are generally affected by a range of diseases, including Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's and Alzheimer's.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/2976763.stm (339 words)

	The Foundation Fighting Blindess - Retinal Degenerative Diseases
		Retinal degenerative diseases affect the delicate layer of tissue that lines the inside back of the eye.
		Age-related macular degeneration is distinguished by its prevalence in the senior population, and age is considered to be the major risk factor for developing this eye disease.
		Much of today's RP research focuses on the genetic causes of the disease, and of the more than 100 gene mutations believed to be responsible for the various forms of RP, half have been found.
	www.ffb.ca /disease_about.php?hc=2&sub=3 (1031 words)

	NPEL: Degenerative Disorders of the CNS, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As the term implies, this is a disease in which the anterior horn cells (lower motor neuron) of the
		Occasionally, the disease process is limited to either the upper or the lower motor neuron.
		Occasionally, the disease process is limited to involvement of the cranial nerve nuclei (lower motor neuron) of the medulla and called progressive bulbar palsy.
	cats.med.uvm.edu /cats_teachingmod/pathology/path302/np/neuro_dd/neuro_dd1.htm (564 words)

	PA-00-009: COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ON RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASE RESEARCH
		Identifying the underlying molecular and cellular defects in retinal degenerative diseases will be critical to the development of effective therapies to slow or halt the degenerative process.
		Broad areas of interest related to the goals of this PA include, but are not limited to: o Identify novel causes of retinal degenerative diseases; examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby gene defects cause retinal degenerations.
		Information regarding NEI programmatic interest in retinal degenerative diseases is available in NEI's publication, Vision Research--A National Plan: 1999-2003, which is located at http://www.nei.nih.gov/resources/strategicplans/plan.htm.
	grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-009.html (4247 words)

	Surgery for Degenerative Diseases of the Cervical Spine
		Degenerative changes of the cervical spine are common in both symptomatic and asymptomatic adults.
		The degenerative cervical disease conditions for which patients are referred for surgery include cervical disc herniation, spondylotic radiculopathy, spondylitic myelopathy, spinal stenosis, and spondylolisthesis.
		Surgery for degenerative diseases of the spine include interbody fusion with autologous iliac bone graft, with or without discectomy.
	www.regence.com /trgmedpol/surgery/sur103.html (1131 words)

	Glial Cell Pathology and CNS Degenerative Diseases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Several studies have described extensive glial cell pathology in CNS degenerative diseases.
		This work is of special interest to researchers of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders because some of the pathology involves tau protein.
		As yet, however, scientists have not determined whether the glial cell disorders are part of the process of neurodegenerative disorders or are purely a secondary effect of the diseases.
	www.cumc.columbia.edu /news/frontiers/archives/biomed_v4n3_0004.html (329 words)

	Degenerative Myelopathy of German Shepherds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Many dogs may experience a spinal cord disease (myelopathy) which is chronic and progressive (degenerative); but, unless they are caused by the same immune-related disease which characterizes DM of GSD, the treatments described herein may be ineffectual.
		The release of antigens during the disease process could explain the immune deficits seen in DM and suggests that processing these immune-complexes by circulating macrophages leads to the development of the circulating suppressor cells that were previously noted.
		Degenerative Myelopathy is an autoimmune disease whereby the patient's own immune system attacks their central nervous system.
	neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu /neuro/DM_Web/DMofGS.htm (6301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Background of the Invention Degenerative diseases develop over a period of time, with the symptoms and signs becoming progressively worse and the affected person's life becoming increasingly and generally irreversibly affected.
		Very often, the seriousness of the disease is realized on the development of secondary symptoms that manifest in many forms, namely, difficulty in healing of wounds, neuropathy and so on.
		According to the present invention, etiology based cell assays and biochemical systems for the screening of plant extracts for anti-diabetic activities and degenerative disorders has been developed by developing formulations based on single or multiple extracts where the active constituents have been minimised to the least number that is required to retain activity.
	www.wipo.int /cgi-pct/guest/getbykey5?KEY=05/16224.050224&ELEMENT_SET=DECL (6717 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Stem cells could repair brain damage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Immature cells from bone marrow are able to travel to the brain and become fully functioning brain cells, scientists have found.
		A team from the US National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke examined post mortem samples from female patients who had received bone marrow transplants from male donors.
		The researchers suggest that developing a way to direct these stem cells into areas where neurons are damaged or diseased could help repair the brain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/health/2673343.stm (551 words)

	Sterols & Sterolins & Degenerative Diseases
		This is of paramount importance not only for general disease prevention, but also for specific immune enhancement in degenerative diseases and various aging processes as well.
		It is precisely to the topic of patho-histological dynamics of the herein referred to diseases, this essay is dedicated to, with the intention to suggest solutions to this paramount question.
		The hitherto accumulated evidence seems to indicate that the prelude to all degenerative diseases originates in a congenital or acquired malfunction in the genes that hampers biophotons in generating appropriate frequencies and intensities.
	www.regenerativenutrition.com /content.asp?id=409 (2421 words)

	One step further toward treatment for degenerative diseases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is a critical process as proteins that are not correctly folded or shaped are extremely harmful to cells and are the basis for a number of human degenerative diseases.
		The misfolding of proteins is the basis for a number of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
		Thomas' research focuses on cell signaling pathways and their role in infectious diseases, and on molecular chaperone systems in the endoplasmic reticulum.
	www.pharma-lexicon.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=8401 (568 words)

	Stem cell research on mice models offer hope for degenerative diseases
		To determine whether stem cell biology might play a role in benefiting degenerative diseases, the investigators first chose to approach, as proof-of-concept, a mouse model of a representative lethal neurodegenerative disease.
		The mouse model chosen falls in a class of genetic diseases that afflicts 1 in 5000 patients, typically children, but which is often used to model an array of adult neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's - particularly those with a genetic component.
		This part of the study not only represented the first "multidisciplinary" use of stem cells against a degenerative disease, but also highlighted the fact that, in the future, the most successful therapies - including those employing stem cells -- will likely invoke the use of multiple strategies in concert.
	story.indiagazette.com /index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/233587/cs/1 (1060 words)

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