Travelers' diarrhea not improved by restricted diet
...r. DuPont, and to keep eating so that the diarrhea bout isn't prolonged. "The intestinal tract has been injured," he said. "It needs to grow back and needs to be provided with calories." Dr. Ericsson agreed. "The contamination in food is like rolling dice. It is more important to accept some risk of diarr...Heat and exercise alone may not determine how much we sweat
...wing exercise protocol on separate days, with each bout being separated from the prior bout by at least 48 hours: The subjects lay face up (supine) at the rear position of an adapted supine t...Mosquito researchers track dengue fever in Sonora, Mexico
...e fever a second time because, although having one bout of dengue fever makes a person immune to the one type, the person is still susceptible to the other three. It's only during the second infection with dengue virus that the person has about a five percent chance of developing the even nastier, hemorrh...ALL survivors bear genetic damage from life-saving chemotherapy
...to the treatment therapy they endured during their bout with cancer." Finette noted that children who are cured of ALL after chemotherapy have a 5-20 times greater risk of developing secondary malignant neoplasm's as well as other complications. Subsequent illnesses may be associated with increase...Imaging study shows brain maturing
...matter just prior to puberty, followed by a second bout of "use-it-or-lose-it" pruning during the teen years. The new study found that the first areas to mature (e.g., extreme front and back of the brain) are those with the most basic functions, such as processing the senses and movement. Areas involved ...Data show investigational antibiotic safe, effective in preventing travelers diarrhea
...energy for up to a week or longer. In addition, a bout of travelers' diarrhea can also cause chronic diarrhea and long-lasting irritable bowel syndrome in some people. The antibiotic, rifaximin, with the projected brand name of Xifaxan, is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration....Is a single bout of exercise helpful or harmful in getting a good night's sleep?
...rgh Sleep Diary the two nights before the exercise bout and the night after the exercise bout. An objective measure of sleep was obtained by using a wrist-worn actigraph and applying a sleep algorithm to the activity records. The actigraph is composed of a piezoelectric sensor that measures body motion....New research explores 'early bird' and 'night owl' sleep patterns
...he percent of slow wave sleep (percent of SWS; SWS bout length relative to rest time interval), percent of rest (total rest time relative to interval time) and fragmentation of rest (Frag; calculated as the number of transitions (per hour) from a minimum six second rest period to a minimum four second per...Can exercise before diving prevent decompression sickness?
...mation. In healthy divers we showed that a single bout of strenuous exercise 24 hours before a simulated dive significantly reduced the number of bubbles in the pulmonary artery compared to dives without preceding exercise. This finding may form the basis for a novel approach for preventing serious deco...Carbohydrates offer some help in muscle protein synthesis, but not enough for the desired effect
... of eight subjects performed a resistance exercise bout (10 sets of eight repetitions of leg presses at 80 percent of one repetition maximum) before they rested in bed for four hours. One group (CHO) received a drink consisting of 100 grams of carbohydrates one hour after exercise; the placebo group recei...Scientists identify molecular step that causes intoxication
...the channel could quickly sober someone up after a bout of drinking, or weaken the taste for alcohol among people vulnerable to alcoholism. "Until we conduct human studies, we can't say for sure whether this channel or the pathways involving this channel are defective in alcoholics, but this is a high...With flu season coming, don't forgetexercise?
...day. The exercise protocol consisted of a one-hour bout of treadmill running for six consecutive days. Mice in the control groups (Con-H20 and Con-OG) remained in their cages in the treadmill room during the bouts. Intranasal Inoculation of and Infection with HSV-1 : Intranasal inoculation of Herpes sim...Why does caffeine delay exercise-induced fatigue?
...intervals to allow full recovery from the exercise bout and washout of the drugs. On two days during the recovery period, all rats were exercised for 15 minutes to maintain acclimation to the treadmill protocol. All rats received all four-drug treatments in a randomized and counterbalanced design to minim...Alternative treatment for secretory diarrhea linked to the cystic fibrosis gene
... serious and life-threatening development during a bout of diarrhea is dehydration due to continued removal of water from the circulation. In 1989 the cystic fibrosis gene was identified and found to encode a chloride channel in cells lining the lung. Recognized as the cystic fibrosis transmembrane cond...JCI Table of Contents, December 2, 2002
...t serious and life-threatening developmentduring a bout of diarrhea is dehydration due to continued removal of waterfrom the circulation. In 1989 the cystic fibrosis gene was identified and found to encode achloride channel in cells lining the lung. Recognized as the cystic fibrosistransmembrane conducta...APS August/September journal hot picks
...control and (2) an acute heavy-resistance exercise bout (50 total sets consisting of squats, bench press, leg press, and latissimus dorsi pull-down). The exercise was performed from 1500 to 1700 hours, and blood samples were taken beginning at 1700 and continuing until 0600 the next morning. Blood was sam...Researchers study muscle cell damage that occurs when astronauts return from space
Astronauts returning from a bout of weightlessness experience painful tearing of muscle cells when they set foot on earth. But much like a punctured tire is patched, muscles cells literally ripped apart by use after even a week of disuse appear to patch themselves in a matter of s...Feeling nauseous? Research suggests your brain plays a role
...ausea and occurs just before a bout of vomiting. The researchers conducted a study in rats to determine how these brainstem neurons responded to TNF. Rats were injected with levels of TNF comparable to concentrations present ...Binge drinking: a dangerous rite of passage
...inge drinking can be loosely defined as an intense bout of drinking during a single session, such as a single evening. For males, that can mean five or more drinks in one sitting; for females, it can be four or more drinks. Several studies have found that a significant percentage of teenagers report reg...Vaccine put into tomatoes shows promise fighting virus in lab tests
...he elderly in nursing homes has lost a preliminary bout with a two-fisted enemy -- genetically modified cherry tomatoes containing an edible vaccine. The match took place in lab tests at the University of Illinois. The greenhouse-grown tomatoes carried genetic coding of a fruit-specific promoter that ta...