Family Ties To Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Study Finds Risk Goes Up 50 Percent
...ly without heart disease. The rate was 70 percent higher forthose whose brother or sister had suffered a heart attack or sudden cardiacarrest. The explanation for the family cluster in sudden cardiac arrest stillremains unknown, says Friedlander. It could be due to genetic factors relatedto distur...Garlic Prevents Hardening Of Aorta, New Study Shows
... positive effect of garlic was more than 3.5 times higher in the60-69 age group than it was in the 50-59 age group. In the 70-80 age group,the effect was more than 4 times higher. Boudoulas said this may reflectthat the fact that in younger people the aorta is more or less functioningnormally regardless o...Gene For Inherited Syndrome Is Possible New Tumor Suppressor
...d on the fingers. These individuals are also at a higher risk for a variety of cancers, includingthose of the intestine, breast, pancreas, testis, andovary, said Albert de la Chapelle, director of the Human Cancer Genetics Programat Ohio State University's ComprehensiveCancer Center and a co-author of the ...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...ive testing of the old and new workstations, a 15% higher productivity rate is obtained with the new one. Venda reports that the average value of products assembled per worker per shift at these types of workstations varies between $15,000 and $20,000. Thus, the additional value produced by one worker per d...B-Vitamins Lower Homocysteine Levels In The Blood; May Reduce Vessel Damage In Stroke Patients
...py maynot be just specific to individuals who have higher levels; there may be nothreshold effect," Macko adds. Finally, neither group showed changes intheir fibrinolytic system, another way in which the body protects againstunhealthy clotting, in this case by cutting up a protein called fibrin thatholds a...Study Finds Gene Is Associated With Higher Risk Of One Kind of Stroke Among African-Americans
...CH than Caucasians, and that they tend to die at a higher rate,"Alberts said. While not nearly as common as strokes caused by blockages invessels in the brain (85 percent of all strokes), ICHs are much more severe,with a mortality rate approaching 50 percent, Alberts said. "This study demonstrates ...Transposable Elements May Have Had A Major Role In The Evolution Of Higher Organisms
...der to keep the genes working in an orderlymanner, higher organisms developed two global gene-silencing mech... The second major gene-silencing mechanism in higher organisms is calledmethylation. McDonald points out that the vast majority of methylated genesequenc...Emerging Field Of Industrial Ecology
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...igure 2 shows that the risk of death was 6.5 times higher overthe course of 4.6 years in patients with coron...e/blood." The rate in the last period is 168-fold higher than inthe initial period (data up to December 1997). Figure 2. Results of a prospective study cond..."Genetic Factors Influencing Cholesterol Response To Diet"
...ignated apoE3, those with apoE4 have atendency for higher blood cholesterol levels, increased heart disease ...y heart disease, resulting inan overall three-fold higher risk compared with individuals with larger LDL(pattern A). While blood levels of LDL are no......se todiet. "People with apoE4 have a tendency for higher blood cholesterol levels,increased heart disease r...y heart disease,resulting in an overall three-fold higher risk compared with individuals withlarger LDL," he explained. Larger LDL is called pattern A. His r...$2 Million Dollar Grant Funds Salton Sea Web Site
...nd highsalt levels. Salinity levels are 25 percent higher than the ocean, and saltcontent increases by 4 million tons a year. A consortium of water districts and government agencies known as the Salton SeaAuthority is exploring various solutions, including building a system of dikesand evaporation pools, a ...Jefferson Researchers First To Create Genetically Engineered Mouse To Study Photoaging
... which elastin promoter activity wasreduced. "The higher the SPF we applied to the skin of the mice, the lower thepercentage of elastin promoter activity, or photodamage, that we measured,?explained Dr. Uitto. ?We saw the highest reduction in photodamage when weapplied compounds that protected against UVB...Genetics May Explain Much Age-Related Hearing Loss
...ss thanthe control-group mice, particularly at the higher frequencies, results showed. The mice lacking both genes were very likely to be deaf at 13 months. "We know that the free radicals produced throughout the body asby-products of normal cell metabolism can cause extensive damage to livingtissu...... it is the leading American organizationsupporting higher education in Israel. Technion societies are located in 24countries around the world. Technical Backgrounder: How to Build a Nanowire Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scientists Erez Braun, Yoav Eichen andUri Sivan used a bottom up approach to...Leftover Fetal Cells May Affect Development Of Scleroderma
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...ed that immunoglobulin genes were mutatedat a much higher rate in mice with B cells containing Pms2 compared to micelacking the gene, suggesting that Pms2 somehow acts differently to play anactive role in hypermutation of these genes in B cells. Prior to cell division, when a cell duplicates its ge...... so that we have more concentrated development and higher densities, then it will be easier for people to use public transportation," Soberman says. "Their trip lengths would be shorter which would mean less fuel consumption and less environmental damage." The report also recommends ensuring public transit...