What Makes Tics Tick? Clues Found In Tourette Twins' Caudates
...onal information and b-roll are available from the association (718-224-2999). The National Institute of Mental Health is a component of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services....Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...was not a factor," he added. "We found a powerful association between the existence of periodontal disease at the study baseline and the development of cardiovascular disease in the succeeding 10 years." Diabetes was the only factor that showed a stronger association. "There are many reasons to treat per...UNC-CH Study Shows State Protects HMO Clients Poorly
...l G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in association with the N.C. Institute of Medicine, included an HMO “report card” sprinkled with 13 letter grades ranging from two “A”s to two “D-minuses.” Overall, North Carolina's HMO consumer protection received a “C-minus”...Physicians' Opinions Influenced By Drug Industry
...financial conflicts of interesthave found a strong association with authors' published positions on the safetyof a type of heart medication and their financial relationships withpharmaceutical manufacturers. The results of the study are published in the Jan.8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. ...Fat: It's Not For Breakfast Anymore; Study Finds Fat Linked To Clotting
...isease directly, since the study onlylooked at the association between fat and factor VIIa. "It is not clear if factor VIIa is a causal risk factor for heartdisease, but if it were, this would mean that individuals would be at risk forheart attack after a fat-rich meal," he says. Co-authors are D...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
...Tinnitus Association," said Lockwood. In 1996, the association awarded $46,000 to the UB researchers who combined the data they developed with that money with the data they developed with the seed funding. The result was the $1.3 million grant from the NIH. "It was the seed money that really got the whole thing ...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
...and depression." The work was conducted in association with the Center for the NeuralBasis of Cognition, a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh and CarnegieMellon University, and UPMC Health System's Western Psychiatric Institute andClinic. Other researchers are Todd S. Braver, Ph.D., post-doct...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
... Francisco and the CommunityConsortium, a Bay Area association of 200 health care providers who carefor the majority of HIV/AIDS patients in the region. The trial will examine the influence of marijuana on the immune system andon the amount of virus in the body, as well as on its potentialinteractions with antiv...Extreme Fatigue Increases Risk Of Blood Clot Formation
...lysis may provide a biological link explaining the association between feelings of exhaustion and future heart attacks, Kop and his co-workers propose. Assessing extreme fatigue may help to detect patients at risk for impending heart attacks, especially among individuals who already have a high-risk profile for...Unhealthy Lifestyles Not Primary Cause Of High Mortality Rates
...l Association . The study investigated the association between high mortality rates, socioeconomic position, and four behavioral risk factors---cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and weight. Lantz and her colleagues examined the impact of education, income and these health behavio...Timing Of Breast Cancer Surgery Doesn't Appear To Influence Survival Anymore
...n, according to the study. After 1984, however,the association disappeared; women who had surgery at the onset of menstruationwere just as likely to survive as those who had surgery at the time ofovulation. The study is published in the July issue of Cancer, a journal published bythe American Cancer Society...Policy Methods For Eliminating Child Labor
...tor suggested the law, a Bangladesh manufacturers' association fired its child employees, who then ended up in more debilitating jobs and even prostitution. It is believed, Basu and Van say, that the firings resulted from the association's fear of a U.S. ban on their products. To avoid this kind of outcome, whic...Immunosuppressive Treatment Is Important For Sufferers Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
... The authors found that there seems to be a strong association between the effect that rheumatoid arthritis has o...lymphoma. They also discovered that there was no association between any specific drug used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Dr Baecklund et al con...Cases Of Eye Malformations In Babies Higher In Rural Areas
... high population density. They conclude that this association needs further investigation. Contact: Dr Helen Dolk, Senior Lecturer, Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London...Advisory: Researchers Present Work At Annual Meeting
...f epidemiology. Lynch and Kaplan investigated the association of income inequality and mortality in 282 metropolitan cities in the United States. In the most extreme cases, cities that had both high income inequality and low average income, recorded a mortality rate of 139.8 deaths per 100,000 more than areas ...Want To Eat Less Fat? Resolve To Read Food Labels
...likely to read labels. Surprisingly, there was no association between reading labels and intake offruits and vegetables. The researchers believe this may be because there simplyare no labels on produce. "Almost all fruits and vegetables are healthy foodchoices, and people don't really need labels to know it," s...Wine Drinkers Consume Heart-Smart Diets
...ant message in our study is that there is a strong association between the intake ofwine and healthy food habits. Studies showing wine-drinkers to have lower incidence of ischemic heart diseasemay be attributable not only to the wine itself, but to their other dietary choices." The study included a random sampl...More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...Cardiology, is the second in a year that finds an association between new use of hormones in women who have previous heart disease and the occurrence of a second cardiac "event," such as a heart attack or unstable angina. This was not seen in women using such hormones before they developed heart disease. Th......us. Results showed that selenium has the strongest association with gumdisease, with low levels increasing the risk by 13 fold. Low levels of vitaminsA and C, a-carotene and b-crytoxanthin also increased significantly the risk ofgum disease. The only antioxidant studied in which low levels were protectivewas l...Poor Health In Pregnancy And After Childbirth Tied To History Of Abuse
...fpsychiatry at the UNC-CH School of Medicine. "The association of poor health with sexual and physical abuse historyhas been established among patient populations with chronic pain and in primarycare, including women with gastrointestinal disorders," Leserman says. "I wasinterested in seeing whether abuse histor...