Immediate mammogram reading may decrease stress associated with abnormal results
...on indicates that rapid evaluation of mammographic abnormalities may be a more effective approach to decreasing women's anxieties than trying to change emotional reactions to an abnormal mammogram," the authors write....Guideline: Heart condition does not increase risk of second stroke
...be managed. "We need to learn more about how these abnormalities in the heart cause stroke," said Kasner. "It is especially important because the prognosis and treatment may depend on this relationship." Studies should also be done comparing the results from the use of medications to the use of procedures to close...Damage to brain vessels increases the chance of dementia and depression
...he brain. Elderly people with serious white matter abnormalities and infarcts were found to deteriorate more quickl.... Furthermore, a serious increase in the number of abnormalities in the white matter increased the risk of dementia and depression. Prins used data from the Rotterd...Patients with multiple sclerosis and fatigue may have abnormal sleep cycles
...d colleagues investigated whether circadian rhythm abnormalities or sleep disturbances exist in patients with MS an...abnormal sleep cycles," the authors write. "These abnormalities may be playing a role in the pathophysiology of poorly understood and disabling MS fatigue."...Other highlights in the April 21 JNCI
...se Risk of Breast Cancer There are several breast abnormalities that are not cancerous, but some of these benign conditions are associated with a greater risk of breast cancer than others. A new study has found that even women with low-category benign breast diseases are at an increased risk of breast cancer comp...Study reveals cause of loss of consciousness during seizures
...lobe," Blumenfeld said. "Understanding the network abnormalities leading to loss of consciousness during seizures could also help solve an even more fundamental question -- what is the relationship between normal brain activity and conscious thought?" The senior author was Susan Spencer, M.D., of Yale. Co-aut...Imaging test could be used to diagnose schizophrenia
...een associated with both structural and functional abnormalities in neocortical networks including frontal, parietal, and temporal regions of the brain, but there has been no diagnostic test for the disorder. Abnormalities in auditory cortex structure and function are prominent features of the brains in perso...Alzheimers disease - recent discoveries pave the way toward new treatments
...endent proteins in specific brain regions. Similar abnormalities were then found in brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease, and the greatest depletions were seen in the most severely demented people." Mucke's talk will focus on these and other key findings from studies of transgenic mice and human brain tis...Parkinson's drug effective in treating restless leg syndrome
...syndrome (RLS), characterized by sensory and motor abnormalities of the limbs associated with an urge to move, affects five to 10 percent of the population. RLS can lead to severe sleep disruption and daytime fatigue, compromising one's ability to function normally. People with RLS may be compelled to get out of b...Medication for heart failure may be helpful addition to standard therapies
...nsion (abnormally low blood pressure), electrolyte abnormalities and worsening kidney function. The medication tolvaptan is thought to help treat heart failure without adversely affecting electrolytes and kidney function. Mihai Gheorghiade, M.D., of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and...Hormone may offer hope for treating some behavioral disorders
...in. Finally, and perhaps most promising given that abnormalities of amygdala function have been implicated in a variety of behavioral and psychiatric disorders, studies of secretin effects may lead to new treatment interventions for these often debilitating disorders. "Results of our study support the hypothesis t...Controlling hormones could reduce risk of strokes in younger people
...This is an important mechanism by which these gene abnormalities lead to poor blood supply in CADASIL patients. Angiotensin II, which causes common cardiovascular disorders such as high blood pressure and heart failure, is also abnormal in CADASIL patients. The study published in this month's edition of the inte...Combination therapy w/ ACTOS (pioglitazone HCI) shown to improve components of diabetic dyslipidemia
... have additional properties that address the lipid abnormalities associated with the disease, such as dyslipidemia common in patients with type 2 diabetes," noted Dr. Khan. ACTOS is known as an insulin sensitizer because it directly targets insulin resistance, a condition in which the body does not effectively us...Whole-body CT screening for GI disease may not be effective
...dy, "A total of 328 patients were reported to have abnormalities of the GI tract, of which 216 of these were benign or of no or minimal clinical significance, such as granulomas or cysts. The vast majority of patients screened had no or benign GI findings; the remainder had findings that generated other imaging ex...Increased risk of cardiovascular disease shown in PCOS patients
...ndrome (PCOS), one of the most common reproductive abnormalities in women, have a higher chance of developing cardi... is a central part of the development of metabolic abnormalities related to PCOS, perhaps due to genetic susceptibility or changes in intrauterine programming of the...American genetic abnormality also discovered in the Netherlands
...ed the genetic characteristics of four inheritable abnormalities which cause hearing impairment and collected infor...drome suffer from infections in the throat, kidney abnormalities and external ear abnormalities. Kemperman discovered that the syndrome also causes inner ear abnorma...Novel findings about neovessel formation
...een responsible for the occurrence of blood-vessel abnormalities associated with diabetic retinopathy. We are now looking for substances that can attenuate these altered structures in tissue factor, says Mattias Belting. He performed his studies during his stay at the prestigious Scripps Research Institute in Sa...Emory conference to educate health professionals about 'metabolic syndrome'
...ar Nutrition. "For example, some criteria include abnormalities such as a tendency for easy blood clotting and evidence of oxidative stress as key components of the Metabolic Syndrome. Also, possible genetic aspects of this disorder are still being intensively studied as well." Dr. Ziegler also points out that m...Different subgroups of alcoholics respond differently to serotonin-acting medication
...these authors is that the group found to have more abnormalities in serotonin metabolism that is, Type B alcoholics and would have been thought to be more likely to respond to the SSRIs in fact did worse on the SSRIs. [Nonetheless,] these new results are consistent with those obtained previously by the auth.......D., et al While hypothyroidism is associated with abnormalities in cholesterol, a study of 8,228 patients finds th...ubclinical hypothyroidism simply to identify lipid abnormalities would be no more useful than screening for hyperlipidemia in general....