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...ignificant delays in distant metastases, decreased rates of second cancers and improvement in overall survival," Nguyen said. "Our data suggest a potential benefit of NSAIDs in managing prostate cancer." NSAID use remained an independent predictor for improved overall survival, even after taking into acco...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...bout it: When we exercise, our heart and breathing rates rise rapidly and blood vessels in our limbs dilate in order to deliver more oxygenated blood to our working muscle cells. The rapid rise in blood flow to the periphery -- especially to the legs -- can create a "heady" feeling, which reflects a tempo...Running not swimming or biking is best kind of loading exercise for childrens bone growth
... adolescence, Turner says, involves impact or high rates of load such as running or jumping, as opposed to swimming or biking. Growing bones are most responsive to the strengthening effects of running/jumping, which have the additional benefit that these types of exercise don't affect longitudinal growth, ...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...d foods like deli meats or cheese, leads to higher rates of hospitalization and mortality than any other foodborne illness, said Tao Geng, research associate in the department of food science and the sensor's co-developer. "The mortality rate for people with listeriosis is very high, and for this reason...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ily physicians, researchers found that 1) response rates from electronic practice-based research network surveys are as good as those from traditional surveys using mailed survey instruments to a larger population, 2) the timeliness of response is greatly enhanced using electronic communication within prac...After flu exposure, mild exercise protects mature mice from dying
...rcised had significantly (p=0.008) higher survival rates (18 of 22) versus HCC of the same age (10 of 22). However, 11- to 16-week-old mice didn't show a significantly 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). ...Obese women with early-stage breast cancer more likely to die than women of normal weight
...d the other groups," said Anderson. The five-year rates for overall survival were 92 percent, 92 percent a...rweight and obese groups, respectively. Five-year rates of distant metastasis were 7 percent for women of normal weight, 6 percent for overweight women and ...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
... to actual benefit amounts. How would changing the rates and the dollar amounts (bend points) in the current law Social Security benefit calculation formula affect various groups of beneficiaries, and ultimately would and/or how would such changes affect the adequacy and equity goals of Social Security? ...Rice engineer wins prestigious Annunzio Award
... improved signaling schemes to increase the growth rates of cells seeded onto scaffolds and to make the grafts more resistant to recurrence of disease. The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is a federal government agency established to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to p...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...trichloroethylene, dichloromethane, and phenol, at rates 2.5-7 times greater than previous designs (2pPA4). In the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry, there has been no reliable way to monitor silicon wafers as they undergo dozens of crucial "megasonic" cleaning steps, in which the wafer is immerse...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
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...t is tempting to speculate that the average firing rates of these neurons may also encode the subjective desirability of actions in humans."...Muscling in on a deadly cancer
...rs, "there have been dramatic improvements in cure rates for a number of cancers," he adds. "However, the outcome for advanced alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma has remained largely the same for 30 years." Until now, scientists have been unable to breed mice with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, so "we understand t...Mechanism discovered for muscle wasting seen in diabetes, AIDS and other diseases
...e mass, and the MISR mice had much better survival rates than did normal mice with cancer. Thus, selective NF-kB blockade in muscle decreased muscle wasting and prolonged survival in this mouse model of cancer. "The discovery that NF-kB activation is sufficient to cause skeletal muscle atrophy in vi...High fiber intake reduces estrogen levels in Latina women, according to researchers
... Multiethnic Cohort Study have lower breast cancer rates than any major racial/ethnic group in the U.S. Even after adjusting for known risk factors, their incidence rate is still 20 percent less than white women, who have been the focus of the majority of earlier research and whose dietary fiber intake is...Clues to improving TB treatment
...disease, but only in large doses that produce high rates of side effects. The combination of ETH and the disabled protein "may help reduce the dosage of potent antibacterial compounds that otherwise are too toxic to be used as first-line drugs," the researchers said. Like several other tuberculosis...New Italian research links migraine and endometriosis
...ow rate of migraine assessment had resulted in low rates of specific treatment." Dr Ferrero said that a gynaecologist must investigate headache carefully in all women with endometriosis but that headache classification should always be performed by a neurologist experienced in diagnosing migraine. "I belie...Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased after clindamycin use for common vaginal infection
...eria that persisted for 90 days after treatment at rates as high as 80 percent, Dr. Beigi said. Metronidazole therapy resulted in increased colonization by protective Lactobacillus species in the week following therapy compared to the women treated with clindamycin. Testing of pigmented Prevotella spp and ...People cause more soil erosion than all natural processes
...ary rock distributions and abundances to calculate rates of natural erosion. "If you ask how fast erosion ... averages around 1,500 feet per million years, and rates are even higher in other parts of the world. Natural processes operate over areas larger than those ......s with more promiscuous females showed much higher rates of protein evolution than species with more monoga...d Lahn. The researchers measured protein evolution rates by counting the number of amino acid changes in the protein, then scaling it to the amount of evolut...