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...reased bone mineral density (BMD) at the total hip compared with placebo at 12 months. AMG 162, at all doses, ...ned to evaluate the safety and efficacy of AMG 162 compared with placebo with an open label cohort comparison to FOSAMAX®. "This study suggests that AMG 1...Use of aspirin or other NSAIDs increases survival
...py for localized prostate cancer. The researchers compared long-term treatment outcomes of 232 patients who had used NSAIDs regularly before treatment with the outcomes of the 974 men with no history of regular NSAID use. Other characteristics, such as smoking, were balanced between the two groups. The fol...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...nd into a bucket of ice while still cycling -- and compared the blood vessel reactions in the legs of both age groups. Editors note: Proctor is speaking at the American Physiological Society's 2004 Intersociety Meeting, "The Integrative Biology of Exercise," Oct. 6-9 in Austin. The meeting schedule is a...Low dose radiation evades cancer cells' protective 'radar'
... colon cancer cells survived low-dose radiation as compared to 60 percent receiving high-dose. In prostate cancer cell lines, half of the cells survived low-dose radiation, while 65 percent remained in higher doses. In the low-dose group, ATM activation was reduced by 40 to 50 percent. The researchers proved ...New study will tackle three major killer diseases
...ess variety in occupations, diet and other factors compared with most other areas of Scotland. The stability of the population also allows family trees to be traced back as many as eight generations, which will enable researchers from the University and the Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit in Edin...Muscle-building hand-grips aid systolic blood pressure, carotid AD, endothelial function
...he reduction in resting blood pressure (RBP). They compared the impact of isometric arm and leg exercise on RBP as well as central (carotid) and peripheral (arm and leg arteries) AD in persons who were already taking medication for hypertension, or high blood pressure. Her group consisted of Cheri L.M. McGowa...After flu exposure, mild exercise protects mature mice from dying
... infected with influenza protects them from dying, compared with mice that didn't exercise. This protective ef...y higher survival rate. When all EX mice (47) were compared with all HCC mice (48), EX had twice the survival rate, 59% vs. 29.4% (p=0.003). None of the variabl...Obese women with early-stage breast cancer more likely to die than women of normal weight
...c Radiology and Oncology in Atlanta, Ga. The study compared the outcome data of obese, overweight and normal-weight women with early-stage breast cancer treated with conservation surgery (lumpectomy) and radiation therapy. "We have demonstrated a significant association between obesity and adverse breast ca...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
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...flecting attention were greater for physically fit compared to sedentary children and in association with this... and magazine programs. In this study, researchers compared the physiological responses of high and low sensation seekers during viewing of action news televisi...Why do African-American women have more pregnancy problems?
...white infants get all recommended well-child care, compared to 35 percent of black infants. Further, previous studies have shown traditional medically oriented prenatal care has minimal impact on improving pregnancy outcomes. The new project will look at whether more comprehensive and coordinated prenatal car...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...gene amplification as this process is termed. When compared to closely related species today, the researchers found that as much as 22 percent of the maize genes could be identified as being different. This was surprising, considering that other close relatives such as chimpanzees and humans differ in less ...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
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... common to delay." Nurse-midwives favor delaying, compared to physicians, she says. They prefer clamping at between one and three minutes (35 percent) or even later (33 percent), she found after surveying 303 midwives. Arguments exist for both early and delayed clamping. Clamping too soon prevents blood from...UT Southwestern researchers uncover process for sugar-induced fat formation
... liver cells from mice lacking the ChREBP gene and compared them to liver cells from normal mice to determine what happened to genes associated with fat formation. The researchers grew the cells in a high-glucose solution to mimic the high-carbohydrate diet the mice were fed in the previous study. They...Manipulation of epigenome turns off as many genes as it turns on
... as knocking out both genes in the same cell. They compared these methyl-based mechanisms of gene regulation to a chromosome-based one, also in early clinical trials, using a chemical called trichostatin A, or TSA, that gently unravels the chromosomes, exposing genes and allowing their instructions to be read...Combination hormone therapy doubles breast density and quadruples risk of abnormal mammograms
...d a nearly threefold increase in breast density as compared to younger women, presumably because their breast ... tissue, which appears on a mammogram as white; as compared to fatty tissue, which appears as black. Because cancer also appears as white on a mammogram, a high...Consuming fruits and vegetables lowers risk of developing NHL
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