National Network Provides Update On Devastating Corn Disease
...ntages of conservationtillage clearly outweigh the risk of loss due to the disease." The NCR-25 committee recommends taking the following steps to minimize disease: Select newer gray leaf spot resistant hybrids for fields with high gray leafspot potential Rotate away from corn for one to two years Pla......ty of the cutoffs at this age. Infants at greatest risk for anemia and low ferritin were those with bir... low ferritin value at 6 mo. We conclude that the risk of iron deficiency is low among infants with birth weights > 3000 g who are exclusively breas...New Study Shows White Males Have More Receptors For Patent Blood-Vessel Contracting Substance
...ce post-menopausal women areknow to be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than pre-menopausalwomen.......in the United States. Adolescents are also at high risk of unsafe abortion and HIV infection, yet in most countries the provision of sexual and reproductive health information and services to young people remains highly controversial. Laws and policies often restrict their access to such services. In Keny...Ulcer-Causing Bacteria Also May Be Associated With Heart Disease
...," says Pasceri. "Our results, which showthat the risk of heart disease is due only to virulent strains, ...tes," Pasceri says. "Even a small increase in the risk ofischemic heart disease due to these infections would mean a huge number of heartattacks and cardia...Reports Mesh To Clarify Proteins' Importance For Cancer
...se of a genetic disorder thatgreatly increases the risk of cancer, called Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome (NBS),as well as broader insights into a fundamental system that can lead tomalignancy when it fails to function properly. The Wisconsin research is featured on the cover of the current (May 1) issue ofCe...Health Effects Of Consuming Alcohol, Dairy Foods, And Iron-Fortified Products ToBe Debated
...s, and clotting factors will be examinedalong with risk of obesity, breast cancer, and heart disease, area...s associating dairy food components with decreased risk of colorectalcancer, the third leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. These compon......termine at what bloodpressure a patient might be a risk of stroke or "silent stroke" -- a gradual lossof a...blood pressure. High blood pressure is the leading risk factor for stroke,which is what happens whena blood vessel serving the brain is blocked by a blood c...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...0 percent of men. They had a 59 percent increased risk of highblood pressure. The other group of scientis...direction for learning how genesaffects a person's risk for high blood pressure." O'Donnell's co-authors are Klaus Lindpainter, M.D.; Martin Larson, Sc.D.;V......average orlow cholesterol but who have an elevated risk of heart attack, the nation'sleading cause of deat... planned, when itwas found pravastatin lowered the risk of death without causing harm topatients. MacMahon and his colleagues undertook the smaller ...Just One Prenatal Visit Decreases Risk Of Preterm Delivery
... with a history of premature delivery reduce their risk of anotherif they seek even a single prenatal checkup, according to results of a JohnsHopkins study. "Our study shows that even minimal prenatal care can significantly lowerthe incidence of recurrent preterm delivery," says Serdar H. Ural, M.......e as patients get older, and there is anincreasing risk that the high level of bilirubin will cause brain ...bin level below 20mg/dlsignificantly decreases the risk of brain damage. Since the procedure, the patient's daily phototherapy has been reducedfrom...Fetal Lead Exposure May Reduce Immunity
...These are immune changes that could increase their risk for allergic disease while reducing their immunity...re lead is used." Lead exposure is just one of the risk factors for immune-related disease now under consideration by epidemiologists in the United States. ...Gene Detected That Decreases "Bad" LDL Cholesterol In Men May Cut Heart Disease Risk By 50 Percent
... cholesterol at bay -- and mayreduce heart disease risk by 50 percent -- has been discovered by researcher...duction would correspond to 50 percent lowering of risk offuture heart disease in a 40-year-old man," says the study's lead author, Dr.Fredrik Karpe, of the...Researchers Identify A Gene That Causes Juvenile Polyposis
...rchers demonstrated that people withFJP had a high risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer. If an indiv...chance of also having thedisease plus an increased risk of cancer. While identification of a gene responsible for FJP will help to identifycarriers of the...Wistar Scientist Awarded US Army Prostate Cancer Research Program Grant
...f the prostate and makes it possible topredict the risk of each prostate cancer patient." Bin1 was discovered because of its ability to interact with and inhibit thetransforming potential of Myc, a cancer causing protein that is often activatedin a wide variety of human cancers, including prostate carcino......tting these individuals at significantly increased risk of colon cancer. Extension Study Design All patients completing at least six-months in an open-label Phase I/II trial ofFGN-1 at oral doses ranging from 400 to 800 mg/day participated in the extensionstudy. In that follow-on study, patients initia...COGA Suggests Genetic Loci For P3 Brain Wave Abnormality
...ality as a potential noninvasive marker of genetic risk for alcoholism. Event-related potentials (ERPs) are brain electrical signals produced in response to specific sensory stimuli (such as a light or a sound) that provide sensitive measures of cognitive activity. Measured at the scalp using standard ...Killing Fields: A Bacterial Pesticide May Threaten Human Life
...o start spraying it around before we know what the risk is going to be," he says. Alison Hamer of the British agriculture ministry's Pesticides Safety Directorate says that no new biopesticide could get a licence without meeting strict British and European regulations. "The whole process is very r...