Complement inhibitor decreases heart attacks and death in men following cardiac surgery
...7% to 17% (p=0.02). The investigators did not see statistically significant clinical changes in the female patients participating in the study compared to placebo. Treatment with TP10 was well tolerated, and there were no differences in adverse events between those treated and those receiving placebo. The most co...Three genes linked to psoriasis susceptibility identified on chromosome 17
...in which the "on and off" switches are impaired in statistically significant numbers of psoriasis patients. Several other psoriasis susceptibility genes are expected to be identified in the months and years ahead, including one on chromosome 6. In all, it is suspected that more than a dozen genes are involved in p...Egg-sharing does not damage a donors own chance of a baby say UK researchers
...am leader, Mr Hossam I Abdalla, said: "We found no statistically significant difference in the three groups. The eg...located between egg sharers and recipients was not statistically different. "Up to now, there has been no research in the UK carried out with large numbers of patien...Zadaxin in triple therapy shows 61% response for hepatitis C non-responders
...hase 3 HCV clinical trials are designed to provide statistically significant results, and together represent one of the largest HCV clinical studies of patients being currently conducted in the U.S. to date. The two trials are multi-center, randomized and double-blinded studies. The first trial includes patients...Lifestyle changes clinically effective
...number of children, and hormone-replacement use, a statistically significant 17 percent difference in breast tissue density was observed between the least active and most active pre-menopausal women with a BMI less than 30. Researchers found the association between physical activity and breast density only among ...Leisure activity may reduce risk of Alzheimer's, says USC research team
...ntrolled for. In addition, the analyses controlled statistically for differences in amount of education. "The difference made by greater overall leisure activity is not explained by differences in either education or similarities found within twin pairs such as early-life environment and, possibly, even genes" sai...Carnegie Mellon receives $2.5M to develop bio-molecular imaging and information discovery systems
...formation from fluorescent images and to construct statistically sound models of the biological processes the images depict. Understanding the location and function of proteins and other complex molecules within a cell is critical to understanding the many biological processes that cells carry out to survive. Scie......ion also increased at 15 vs. 6 months, but was not statistically significant; and other functional groups of genes that were significantly altered with age at 28 vs. 6 months included increased growth factor expression (FGF-1, TGF-beta-1) and decreased stress protein expression (HSPs 10, 60, 90). Conclusion...Sex selection for social reasons unlikely to skew gender balance in Germany and UK
... be unfounded," said Dr Dahl. He said there was no statistically significant difference between choices given by men and women in the survey, though men slightly preferred boys and women slightly preferred girls. "It seems as if couples are sometimes making a deal OK let's have two kids a boy for you and a girl ...Can heart failure impair thinking?
...rrection for age and gender, that tendency was not statistically significant. With the exception of one HF subject (one of nine), no brain infarction sites in the sample were noted. The infarcted site of the one subject did not overlay any of the regional areas with reduced gray matter volume. Insular cortex and ...Asthma patients cautioned about melatonin
...with nocturnal asthma. There was a slight, but not statistically significant, correlation among patients with non-nocturnal asthma. "These findings suggest that melatonin naturally produced by people with nocturnal asthma increases inflammation in their airways, leading to worse lung function," said Dr. Sutherland...Non-judgmental intervention may help binge eaters overcome disorders
...ho did not receive one, but the difference was not statistically significant. This was likely due to the small sample size, she said. People who received the interview also experienced significant reductions, 15 percent on average, in negative thoughts about their weight, shape and eating behaviors. The negativ...Poll: NY residents split on biotechnology in food and agriculture
...ies of the state defined as "upstate." Results are statistically significant at a plus/minus 3.3 percent margin of error. The error margin increases for cross-tabulations. For more on the survey results, see this Web site: http://www.comm.cornell.edu/msrg/research_news.html ....Home visits from community health workers spur blood pressure reduction
...e, and 24 refused to be interviewed. There was no statistically significant difference in lowered blood pressures among participants in the one- and five-visit groups. The percentage of participants with controlled blood pressure increased from 16 to 36 in the five-visit group, and from 18 to 34 in the one-visit...Dengue infection more serious for elderly persons
...ly was higher than among the youths and adults and statistically about the same as for the infants. After being brought under control in many tropical areas of the world, dengue fever has been re-emerging over the last several decades, and some 2.5 to 3.0 billion persons now live in parts of the world where the d...Swimming can contribute to rebuilding bone strength
...nd Con groups, although these differences were not statistically significant. Bone weight, geometry, and biomechanical three point-bending measurements. The two exercise groups had a higher mean femoral wet weight compared with the controls. The mean water content ratio of the tibiae of the Swim animals was sign...Can female adult obesity be stopped at birth?
...s that persisted through 120 days. In contrast, no statistically significant change in either the food intake or bo...he leptin levels in the NPY-treated group were not statistically different from the vehicle group. However, given the decline in female adult body weight of the NPY ...NYU scientists develop more accurate mathematical method to analyze genetic data
...method for data analysis introduces a novel way of statistically manipulating the data to reduce the effect of noise, potentially reducing the need to generate additional data, as well as the time wasted from inaccurate results. The finding was published in the July 28 issue of the Proceedings of the National Acad...Invading species have tough time cracking diverse neighborhood
...oduced plants from its own guild. That finding was statistically significant for all guilds except legumes, which tend to enrich the soil with nitrogen, a boon to virtually any plant trying to invade the relatively nitrogen-poor soil at Cedar Creek. The presence of warm-season grasses--which grow most vigorously i...Women are more likely to suffer recurrent miscarriages if their first child is a boy
...ges before delivery of a second child a small but statistically significant difference. Average birth weights of the second children tended to be 181g higher where the first-born was a girl. Dr Christiansen said: "Our study shows that the majority (54.4%) of those who gave birth to a boy in their first pregnancy ...