Cancro da próstata

A história de Brian Custer:
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a23025236/brian-custer-prostate-cancer/

Citando:
"He says his fitness routine was crucial to his rapid recovery. "My marital arts instructor came over to visit and said, 'You’re a martial artist, you're mentally tougher and physically tougher than anybody. He had me using 2-pound and 5-pound little kettle bells. He said, 'Even if you have to sit on your couch and arm curl these, try to do these little squats with 2 pounders. So that's what I did."

Custer also did Kegel exercises to regain strength in his pelvis and help him fend off incontinence, a common side effect of prostate cancer surgery. He was initially worried that he would experience erectile dysfunction, another common side effect of the procedure, but "my doctor was very honest that he wasn't going to snip any nerves, that he wanted me to have a very happy and healthy sex life," he says."

Licopeno (em suplementos) ajuda a recuperar artérias danificadas

Um estudo confirma (apesar do mecanismo ainda não estar bem compreendido) a acção benéfica do licopeno (presente no tomate, ketchup) mesmo em suplementos:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jun/09/tomato-extract-lycopene-relieves-damaged-arteries-cambridge-study

Citando:
"A substance found in tomatoes relieves impairment of blood vessels, which may explain why people who eat a Mediterranean diet have a notably reduced incidence of cardiovascular disease, according to a study.

A supplement of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant which is 10 times more potent than vitamin E, improved and normalised function of the endothelium (the inner lining of blood vessels) in volunteers with cardiovascular disease, researchers from the University of Cambridge found."
(...)
Lycopene is found in tomatoes and its potency appears to be enhanced when it is consumed pureed, in ketchup or in the presence of olive oil. It is also found in other fruit and vegetables, such as grapefruit, watermelon, asparagus and carrots."

Recuperação de mobilidade com células estaminais depois de AVC (até 3 anos depois)

A fonte da notícia é chinesa mas já a vi noutros lados (e o pequeno estudo é de Stanford):
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/06/c_135414635.htm


Citando: "In an "unprecedented" clinical trial, U.S. researchers have successfully reversed the long-term debilitating effects in some of the stroke patients by injecting stem cells directly into their brains.
"This wasn't just, 'They couldn't move their thumb, and now they can,'" lead author Gary Steinberg, professor and chair of neurosurgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said in a statement.
"Patients who were in wheelchairs are walking now," said Steinberg, who led the 18-patient trial and conducted 12 of the procedures himself."
(...)
"The stem cells, called SB623, are derived from the bone marrow of adult donors and modified to beneficially alter the cells' ability to restore neurologic function."

Privação do sono, diabetes e recuperação

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/639507/diabetes-sleep-deprivation-lack-of-sleep-lead-to-diabetes-study-finds


Citando (recuperação):


"But a few nights' bad sleep doesn't have to be cause for despair, researchers say

But if you miss a few nights’ slumber you don’t have to despair, according to the author of the study Dr Josiane Broussard.
Speaking to Independent.co.uk, Dr Broussard said: “In this short-term study, we found that two long nights spent catching up on lost sleep can reverse the negative metabolic effects of four consecutive nights of restricted sleep.”

Medicamento ajuda na recuperação?

Mais um caso de (conveniente) "reutilização"?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12058459/Cheap-NHS-sleeping-pill-could-help-stroke-victims-recover-more-quickly.html
Citando:
"Zolpidem could help repair the damaged connections in the brain caused by a stroke
A cheap sleeping pill already available on NHS could help stroke victims recover within days rather than months, a study by Stanford University suggests."