Autoimmune Diseases May Be Triggered By Cells From Your Mother
...ge internal organs, seem to have an unusually high incidence ofmicrochimerism. In one study, male cells were detected in 32 out of 69 women withscleroderma, but just one out of 25 women who did not have the disease. Womenwith scleroderma and microchimerism also seem to have ten or more times as manyfor...Purdue Students Win $4,500 For Vegetarian Gelatin Dessert
...diets high in soy-based food products, have alower incidence of diseases such as breast cancer, prostate cancer and heartdisease. The new gelatin dessert naturally contains isoflavones, and it is alsofortified with calcium and vitamin C. Other winning entries: "Pete's Sweet Delite," a soy-based, vegetaria...Renowned Prostate Cancer Experts Present Latest Findings At UCSF Cancer Center Symposium
...ficant health care problem in the U.S. due to high incidence and mortality,costs associated with detection and treatment, and lack of consensus regardingthe best form of treatment for each stage of the disease. In addition, the causes of prostate cancer are multiple, incorporating familial(genetic) elements, ...The Reason The French Have Low Levels Of Heart Disease
...y the French population has experienced such a low incidence of heart disease and provide supporting evidence. The crux of their hypothesis is that animal fat consumption and serum cholesterol are relatively new phenomena in France and that there is a time-lag in the effect they have on health. Animal fat con...UF researchers explore gene therapy to treat obesity
...1996Scientific American article. "With the incidence of obesity on the rise in the United States, we needto develop therapies that will alleviate the symptoms associated with obesity,"said Harveen Dhillon, a third-year College of Medicine graduate student in UF'sinterdisciplinary biomedical sciences pr...Cardiac surgery patients at higher risk
.../L showed no association between potassium and the incidence of anyperioperative arrhythmias. However, when levels fell below 3.5 mmol/L, theassociation became progressively stronger and even occurred at levels oftenconsidered safe by anesthesiologists, surgeons and other clinicians. When levelsdropped below 3...Inherited deafness studies may affect genetic counseling
... of sequence variation in the GJB2 gene. But the incidence of a second type of mutation in GJB2 (whichresearchers call M34T) was found to be very low in the group with profounddeafness. An earlier study by other investigators suggested that the M34Tvariant is a "dominant mutation," which means that inherit...Green tea can help prevent rheumatoid arthritis
...again all six in the watergroup had arthritis. The incidence of arthritis in the third experiment wasthree of six in the green tea group and five of six among the other mice. The study also shows the mice that developed arthritis despite receivinggreen tea polyphenols had a less severe form of arthr...Malaria called failure, puzzle and challenge
...aexpert for PAHO. The plan aims to reduce malaria incidence by controllingtransmission, using community health workers to help diagnose and treat thedisease. PAHO Director Dr. George Alleyne says that "Despite earlier successes inshrinking the disease's geographical boundaries, malaria control today is mored...Schizophrenia possibly linked to early brain development
..." In addition, studies have found a higher incidence of minor physicalanomalies of the head, eyes, ears, mouth, hands and feet in schizophrenics thanin other individuals. Even more striking, said LaMantia, is a study at the National Institutesof Health. Among children who met stringent criteri...Study shows cognitive decline is not normal in aging
...tions about their health to track past history and incidence of diabetes andvascular diseases, including heart attack, congestive heart failure, atrialfibrillation, coronary artery bypass graft, the use of a pacemaker, stroke, ortransient ischemic attack. Researchers identified early signs of vasculardisease b...SIDS prevention tactic leads to epidemic of 'misshapen head' in infants
...Craniofacial Clinic. Over the last five years, the incidence of nonsynostotic positionalplagiocephaly has jumped fivefold: from an estimated 1 in 300 live births to 1in 60 births today. Though easily treatable, plagiocephaly and accompanyingtorticollis, a shortened or tightened muscle on one side of the neck, ...Sensible health warnings to stay out of sun may also be denying some people the benefits it provides
...ertain skin conditions, such as psoriasis; and the incidence of multiple sclerosis. Ness et al surmise that evi...weigh the widely publicised adverse effects on the incidence of skin cancer. They stress that this does NOT mean that the advice should now be for the public to...Burrowing mayfly swarms signal a healthier ecosystem, USGS scientists say
...tions, which began in1930, and from records of the incidence of mayflies in fish stomachs. In the western-most end of the lake, USGS biologists Bruce Manny and DonaldSchloesser have found that contamination of bottom sediments by oil and metalswas the main factor in eliminating burrowing mayfly populations. Ne...Drug users, Native Americans susceptible to infectious diseases
...a small number of NativeAmericans may increase the incidence of infectious diseases, according to amulti-center...merindian tribesin South and Central America where incidence rates can reach 30 percent. In the United States, approximately 200,000 people are infected with HTL...$6.75 Million to extend primate studies of diet and aging
... diet. Animalsallowed to eat freely have a greater incidence of diabetic or pre-diabeticconditions. Monkeys on a reduced-calorie diet have fewer signs of spinal arthritis, acondition that manifests itself with age in rhesus monkeys and humans alike. Physical activity in calorie-restricted animals and monkeys......ationship between quartz exposure and an increased incidence of lungcancer. Although silicosis points to a high quartz exposure, it is not possibleat present to define a scientifically validated limit in order to prevent ahealth hazard. Michler's ketone was assigned to category 2, i.e. substances to be conside...Genes play a bigger role in women's depression than in men's, twin study finds
...ed the research. Assessing symptoms Studying the incidence of a disorder in twins is one way to tease out geneticfactors from environmental influences. Genes are likely to play a role if adisorder occurs more often in both members of identical twins, who have the samegenes, than in both members of fraternal ...UK researchers discover a molecular cause of spinal cord injuries
...s more prevalent inmales than females. The incidence of spinal cord injuries is rare compared to other healthproblems, such as heart disease, cancer or stroke. However, the total financialburden of spinal cord injuries is disproportionately high. The estimated costof spinal cord injuries in the Unite......h dietaryphytoestrogen intake, there is also a low incidence of endometrial cancer," saidDr. Hale. "Asian women have an endometrial cancer rate as low as one in 100,000but women in the United States have rates as high as 20 in 100,000. Furthermore,when Asian women adopt a Western diet, their endometrial cancer...