Molecular Marker May Identify Bladder Cancer Patients Most Likely To Recur
...llrespond to treatment. Stein and Cote studied 242 men and women, aged 49 to 83, who had surgery toremove the bladder after being diagnosed with locally confined cancer.Participants were followed for an average of 8.5 years. Researchers analyzedbladder tumor tissue using antibodies specific to the p21 pr...Creatine Works, But Long-Term Effects Are Still Unknown
...vely constant. Creatine may work for both men and women engaged in resistance trainingprograms, but men are more likely to show improvement in strength and sprintevents and increases in fat-free mass than...Fetal Growth Rate Affects Risk Of Heart Disease
...mic heart disease: cohort study of 15,000 Swedish men and women born 1915-1929) There has been much research into whether circumstances affecting a fetus during pregnancy can affect the risk of cardiovascular disease in adult life. To date much of the research into this area has not been conclusive. ...University of Florida Research Shows Zinc Triggers Body's Defenses
...lls, Cousinssaid. In the study, 12 men took 50 milligram zinc tablets -- the typicalstrength available in supplements -- every day for 18 days, and another 12took a placebo. The participants' blood was drawn daily and analyzed forits ribonucleic acid, or RNA, the genetic code that tells c...New Research On Environmental Pollutants
...ls of various endocrine disrupting substancesamong men of varying ages and dietary habits. Swedish and Latvian men includedin the study did not, however, show any direct disturbances in hormone levels.On the other h...Penn Researchers Find Mutation In Prostate Cancer Gene
...nsylvania Cancer Center. The researchersfound that men who carry this mutation in the CYP3A4 gene had amo...evention strategies." In a study of 230 Caucasian men with prostate cancer, theresearchers found that men who were diagnosed after the age of63, who carri...Magnesium Supplements May Help Lower High Blood Pressure
...sium supplement affected the blood pressures of 60 men and women with highblood pressure. Blood pressure measurements were taken at the office, at homeand as an average for the whole day. Results of the study were not affected bythe participants' taking medication to control their high blood pressure, ......ssof p27 expression in prostatic tissue of elderly men may be causally linked toBPH. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world's oldest and largestprivate institution devoted to prevention, patient care, research, and educationin cancer. Throughout its long distinguished history, the C...Hopkins Researchers Discover Key Target In Molecular Pathway That Initiates Colon Cancer
...olon cancer, among the most common cancers in both men and women, this yearwill strike more than 131,000 Americans. Some 56,500 individuals will die ofit. In addition to Vogelstein and Kinzler, other research participants includedTong-Chuan He, M.D., Ph.D., Andrew B. Sparks, Ph.D., Carlo Rago, B.S., Hei......American HeartAssociation. According to the study, men with atrial fibrillation (AF) had a risk of death1.5 times greater than men without AF. For women, the risk of death was 1.9times greater in women with AF when compared to wom...Screening In Women Army Recruits Shows High Chlamydia Infection Rates
... "We hope thiswill bring routine screening of both men and women in the Army," says Gaydos. Funding for the study came from the Department of the Army. Other researchers are M. Rene Howell and Barbara Pare, of Johns Hopkins;Thomas C. Quinn, M.D., of Hopkins and NIH; Kathryn Clark, M.D., a...New Study Highlights Hazards On Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
...fferent. Testicular cancer and prostate cancer in men have been indicated to beincreasing in the Nordiccountries. The possible involvement of environmental endocrine disruptingchemicals in hormonerelated cancer is not known, but alterations in hormonal responses or in themetabolism of hormoneshave not b..."Salt Gene" Determines Benefit Of Low-Salt Diet
...ard as high blood pressure. The TOHP participants, men and women ranging in age from 30 to 54, were dividedinto four groups to determine whether sodium reduction and weight loss wouldsignificantly reduce blood pressure. One group ate a low-salt diet; another followed a weight-loss diet; a third wa...Hopkins And International Team Maps First Major Cancer Gene To X Chromosome
...s mapped, and the first on the X chromosome, which men inheritfrom their mothers. "This is clearl...ocation of the firstspecific gene that predisposes men to develop prostate cancer. The team namedthat gene HPCI (hereditary prostate cancer 1) and located...SOME men have low fertility because of microorganisms lurki... The reproductive systems of up to two-thirds of men are infected withanaerobic bacteria such as Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides fragilis.These i...Hopkins Study Shows Brain Damage Evidence In "Ecstasy" Users
...ars to develop, thescientists took PET scans of 14 men and women who reported heavy use of ecstasy. With a radio-labeled probe, the team targeted molecules -- serotonintransporters -- that normally reabsorb serotonin into nerve cells after it hasdone its job. Like certain antidepressants, MDMA al...Amnesia After Sex: More Than A Washington Phenomenon
... the hospitalhalf an hour or so after sex when the men became seriously confused althoughremaining fully conscious. In one case, the patient thought he'd had a stroke. Instead, according to Dang and Gardner, the "bearing down" -- also knownin medicine as a Valsalva maneuver -- along with the typ...Environmental Factors Contribute To High Blood Pressure In African-American Males
...essure. "Use of an intervention team kept the men from having to use a hospitalemergencydepartment a...nth follow-up,blood pressure control rates for the men increased by 44 percent. In addition,the number ofvisits the men made to emergency departments decr...Nuts And Oats May Build A Strong Heart
...ctors participating in the Physicians HealthStudy, men whose diets contained high quantities of nuts had ...in Boston, another group ofresearchers examined 43 men and women eating a diet rich in oats. People on thediet had lower blood pressure and reduced blood ......ane UniversityMedical Center, which followed 1,520 men and women for 16 years, starting whenthey were between the ages of five and 14. The scientists periodically measuredblood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (a common type of fat in the blood) and collected data on theparticipants' height, weig...