Researchers call for doubling of RDA on vitamin C
...xidant vitamin could play a more important role in prevention ofdegenerative disease. "If the antioxidant function of vitamin C is accepted as relevant to andimportant for human health, then morbidity and mortality from cancer,cardiovascular disease and cataract - in addition to scurvy - must be used as...Study shows cognitive decline is not normal in aging
Finding opens door to prevention by showing older people with atherosclerosis ordiabetes in combination with the ApoE4 gene are at much higher risk for memoryloss, cognitive decline. (Sacramento, Calif.) -- In a study that tracked changes in cardiovascularhealth and cognit...Human Genome Sciences announces the discovery of a novel immune stimulant
...have significant medical use for the treatment and prevention of infectiousdiseases, and may also contribute to the treatment of immune deficiencydisorders. The discovery may also lead to new approaches to the treatment ofcertain types of leukemia and lymphoma. The immune stimulant, called BLymphocyte Stimula...Young rats challenged as model for blood vessel response in older people
...accumulation ofneutrophils. In the young rats, the prevention of the accumulation also resultedin the prevention of the leakage that leads to inflammation and swelling. However, in the old rats, leakage still occu...Clinical results with AVANT rotavirus vaccine demonstrate nearly 90% protection in young children
...se oral rotavirus vaccine should be helpful in the prevention of rotavirusdisease in young children. The clinic...ham, to develop a highly effective vaccine for the prevention ofthis disease in infants" said Una S. Ryan, Ph.D., President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of AVANT. ...W.M. Keck Foundation gives USC $110 million
...ty to focus itsresources and ours on improving the prevention and treatment ofneurodegenerative diseases that af...s and othersare at work on the care, treatment and prevention of neurological diseases - atthe Keck School of Medicine on USC's Health Sciences Campus, at the And...UT Southwestern researchers engineer cells that may hold key to treating inflammatory diseases
...ice - a procedure that could eventually leadto the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoidarthritis. "What we did was to change the concept entirely. We tried to convert dendriticcells (which signal for an immune response) into cells that deliver deathsignals instead of activation s...K-State veterinarian issues canine 'toxic shock' advisory
...humans," Fenwicksaid. "Much of what is known about prevention and treatment has been throughcomparing the human disease with the condition in dogs. In turn we are hopefulthat by studying the disease in dogs we can learn more about how to preventtoxic shock in humans." Like the disease in humans, dogs that devel...Hepatitis C is not a 'silent disease'
... benefits of treating hepatitis C are not just the prevention of potentialserious liver complications, but are more immediate in terms of the quality of life of patients. "Hepatitis C is not a silent disease," says Dr. John E. Ware, Jr. of Quality Metric, Inc. in Lincoln,Rhode Island. "The disease limits patien...Scientists image key steps in bacterial infection
...ial piliand which therefore would be useful in the prevention and treatment of bacterialinfections in humans. Stefan D. Knight, Ph.D., associate professor of molecular biology, andpostdoctoral fellow Devapriya Choudhury, Ph.D., both at Uppsala BiomedicalCenter in Sweden, now have obtained X-ray images of a chap...Genetic variation in sensitivity to estrogen may mask endocrine disruption
...in contraceptives, hormone replacementtherapy, and prevention and treatment of breast and prostate cancer, they explained. In other studies, Spearow has discovered major differences betweenstrains of mice in how females respond to fertility drugs to produce estrogen and ovulate. Furthermore, ...Research zeroes in on killer molecule in dioxin toxicity
...ble them todevelop diagnostic, treatment, and even prevention methods in the future. Theyreceived an $816,000 four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health thisspring that will enable them to pursue research aimed at discovering ways toprevent the attachment of a killer molecule to other cells, or eve...NIH taps Hopkins craniofacial program as 'center of discovery', awards $7.5million grant
...ers, we candevelop better treatment, screening and prevention strategies." The Hopkins team will study the biological mechanisms through which alcoholconsumptioncauses craniofacial malformation in animal models. They also will examine themolecular biology,genetics and treatment of craniosynostosis in anim...UI study suggests genetics and gender affect human response to endotoxin
...ferences. The finding may have implications forthe prevention or treatment of endotoxin-associated disease in susceptibleindividuals." Previous research, including studies led by David A. Schwartz, M.D., UIprofessor of internal medicine and a senior author for the current study, showedthat the inhalation of dus...The role of human exposure assessment in the prevention of environmental disease
...r further research and the development ofeffective prevention and intervention strategies. The two and one-half dayworkshop is structured so that most of the time will be spent in organizedbreakout sessions on the state of the science and case studies that will gainfocus from the plenary sessions. A Workshop ...Diet and cancer prevention: a sampler of story ideas for '5-a-Day for Better Health Week'
...etables, which likely play animportant role in the prevention of cancer and other diseases," she says. "Vitamin supplements cannot replace the benefits obtained from eating a diethigh in fruit and vegetables, nor can they reverse the damage caused by alow-fiber, high-fat diet." Diet and cancer: the big picture ...New machine may provide answers about leading cause of blindness
...macular degeneration. There is no known prevention or cure for the disease, which leads toblindness -- a situation Wooten attributes to the fact that there are currently no devices in widespreaduse for research or clinical use. Because the relationship between measures of dietary intake and...Hutchinson Center to lead $11.5 million ovarian-cancer research consortium
...reatest risk for developing ovarian cancer -While prevention and early detection hold the greatest promise for ...h participants,which will help translate promising prevention and screening tools into usabletechniques with proven success. Project principal investigator: Garne...Conference promotes environmentally responsible research
...vironmentally sound, with an emphasis on pollution prevention andenergy efficiency. Participants will include government and private researchadministrators, campus facility officers, health and safety officers,environmental services managers, design and packaging engineers, architects andengineers, and......provide the knowledge necessary for designing good prevention and treatment approaches," said Orwoll. An earlier study led by Orwoll found that alendronate, a drug used to treat osteoporosis in women, was also effective in men. This new study will look into all aspects of the disease in men, such as what ca...