Race plays a key role in prostate cancer survival rates
...the patient survived and for how long. "One of the reasons why the survival rate may be better among Japanese American men with a PSA of less than 100 is that they are less likely to suffer from the side-effects of the hormone treatment, such as heart problems, compared with white American males," adds Dr. F...New waste water technology company wins 2006 EUREKA Lynx Award
...Dr Vice Soljan said: "We are very honoured for two reasons we are the first Croatian company to win an award through participating in EUREKA, and also we are the first company to win a EUREKA award for both the company and the project." EcoEngineering was a partner in the E! 2497 EUROENVIRON BIOMAC project ...Bone marrow may restore cells lost in vision diseases
...ways and other different places to look at to find reasons why the disease is occurring." Researchers want to discover ways to mobilize an elderly patient's own cells to travel to the injury site to make repairs. "The dogma has been that we're born with a fixed amount of RPE, but there is growing evidence re...Study finds racial differences in response to treatments for advanced colon cancer
...landers, American Indians, and Hispanics. Several reasons have been suggested to explain these differences, including diagnosis at a later stage of disease, having more aggressive disease and having less access to screening tests for earlier diagnosis. Results of a multicenter study in the United States a...Attack is the best defence against urinary tract infection
... infection is currently one of the ten most common reasons for outpatient visits. Up to 60 % of all women develop a urinary tract infection at one time in their life, and of these, 20 % have recurrent problems with it. Children less often have urinary tract infections but when the kidneys are involved up to ...Chemists forge a new form of iron
...on to discover the reactivity of the compound, the reasons for its stability, synthetic routes to other compounds like this one, and practical uses for this new chemistry," says Berry. In addition to Berry, authors of the new Science report include Karl Wieghardt, Eckhard Bill, Eberhard Bothe, Bernd Mienert ...Striking the right balance between excitation and inhibition
...t hurts a lot, but the pain then eases. One of the reasons that this happens is because inhibitory interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord dampen down their excitatory counterparts, thus dialing down the pain." Since interneurons play such critical roles in transmitting pain signals, it is thought that some ...Purdue researchers find 'switch' for skeletal-muscle atrophy
...effects of skeletal muscle atrophy and investigate reasons for the link with the Merg1a protein. The Merg1a protein is a channel that normally passes a small electrical current across the cell. The researchers implanted a gene into the skeletal muscle that resulted in a mutant form of this protein that combi...Despite acidity, orange juice could still be a source of foodborne disease
...ehicle for Salmonella could be due to a variety of reasons including a greater amount of orange juice consumed and more importation of orange products from countries that might not have sanitary guidelines or regulations as strict as ours. It could also be due to better surveillance by public health officia...U-M scientists target key cells and signals that trigger pulmonary fibrosis
...the fibrotic response. "In pulmonary fibrosis, for reasons we don't understand, this fibrotic or scar-forming process never shuts down," Moore explains. "Collagen and scar tissue build up in the interstitial spaces between lung cells, making lung tissue sticky and difficult to expand when you inhale. As the ...Scientific group endorses radical plan to save rainforests
...n trading becomes viable. This is one of the main reasons that the ATBC endorsement is considered so important. "We've looked very closely at the technical details of this proposal," said Laurance. "We're convinced that it will work and can lead to major reductions in forest destruction and greenhouse gase...Pollutant haze heats the Arctic
...ery high in winter and spring for exactly the same reasons Salt Lake has high pollution. The Arctic gets the 'inversion' for months at a stretch during the long, dark winter. The difference is that here [in Salt Lake] the pollution source is local, whereas in the Arctic, the pollution source is from industry...In 3D, early fat development first requires 'remodeling'
...iss of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For reasons that are not entirely clear, that shape change leads to a dramatic shift in gene expression and cell behavior, he added. In the absence of the collagen-rich 3-dimensional matrix, the MT1-MMP enzyme apparently becomes irrelevant. The study identifies ...PMS a fact of life or all in the mind?
...io-medical problem, and unravelling the legitimate reasons why many women are distressed." Drawing on in-depth interviews with 36 British and 64 Australian women, Professor Ussher argues that women's experience of distress or anger premenstrually is connected to the self-policing practices which women are ...Inflammation markers identify fatigue in breast cancer survivors
... Cancer researchers had explored various possible reasons for the persistent fatigue in breast cancer survivors, Dr. Irwin said, such as different kinds of treatment, or biological events including anemia. Dr. Irwin and his colleagues' research is the first to document an association between biological mec...Environmental tobacco smoke linked to behavior problems in children and pre-teens
...ed from 7 to 18 percent over the last 20 years for reasons that are poorly understood. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for child behavior problems." In the United States, about 25 percent of children are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in their own ...Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel
.... He added: "There are also important ecological reasons to save it - for example the squirrel's middens are an important source of food and habitat for chipmunks, voles, and mice, and the forest would be quite different without these animals. Moreover, if we can't save a species in a relatively controlle...Coral reef resilience: Better feeders survive bleaching
... skeletons. Some corals can survive bleaching. The reasons for this, however, aren't well understood. Palardy and his colleagues had a hunch: In the absence of algae-derived nutrition, corals may tap energy reserves or increase feeding, a process where corals use their tiny tentacles to "grab" passing plankt...Environmental effects on genetic adaptation and population dynamics
...er habitat more thoroughly. There are likely other reasons for the genotype-habitat area effect, since Pgi is likely to influence many different aspects of life history. This study confirms that intraspecific genetic variation can influence population growth. It also brings home the point that there is not ...International Society of Nephrology's World Congress of Nephrology 2007
...007 alerts, news and developments will reveal many reasons for joining us in Rio, April 21-25, 2007. WCN 2007 in Rio de Janeiro not only offers a spectactular setting for what promises to be a magical event but also provides the unique opptorunity to share critical medical information and ideas, and also bet...