New insights into hormone therapy highlight when estrogen best aids brain
...ions of estrogen with relevance to Alzheimer's are affected by the presence of progesterone. Christian Pike, PhD, Martin Ramsden, PhD, and Emily Rosario, MS, of the University of Southern California 's Department of Gerontology, and Andrew Nyborg, PhD, Michael Murphy, PhD, and Todd Golde, PhD, of the Mayo Cli...Sleep disorders often indicate multiple health conditions
...ients on CPAP, whose ASRS was still impaired, were affected by depression or fatigue. "Patients with sleep disorders, who are not assessed for additional conditions, may continue to suffer from significant health problems," said Paul A. Kvale, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physi...Growing epidemic of wet AMD ushers in new era in treatment of the disease
... two controllable factors that some say negatively affected the results, were presented during the meeting. The company is continuing to analyze the data and plans to submit its New Drug Application to the FDA by the end of the year. Donald D'Amico, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at Harvard ...New hope for ALS seen with genetic techniques, growth factors
...ord, Aebischer and Raoul aimed their weapon at the affected area. This is among the first studies in which RNA...imilar technique to be used in many other diseases affected by other genes. "This work opens a therapeutic avenue to neurodegenerative disorders including Park...Exercising limbs protects brain cells affected by Parkinson's, study in rodents shows
... limb that had been exercised and should have been affected by the toxin was fine. In addition, reported Ms. C...e improves motor function and protects the neurons affected by the disease," added Dr. Zigmond. "In a collaboration with Dr. Shallert's lab at the University of...Promise of stem cells amplified
...t GDNF alone could restore function to the neurons affected by Parkinson's. In this earlier study, the researchers delivered GDNF to the brains of patients using a pump and a small catheter implanted in the putamen, a brain area severely stricken by Parkinson's disease. But because the delivery system was so...High-fat diets hammer memory, more than a waistline worry
... on Aging studied how a diet high in fat and sugar affected learning and memory in mice. Young adult ma...r a diet high in cholesterol and hydrogenated fats affected working memory in middle-aged rats (corresponding to 60 and older for humans). The i...Lab study defines and blocks mechanism that lets brain tumors sidetrack immune response
...hermore, because COX-2 is a complex enzyme that is affected by a variety of conditions and biochemical substances, many of its mechanisms and effects are not clearly understood. In the article, Institute researchers describe COX-2's detrimental influence on dendritic cells the immune system cells responsible...The cancer patient's journey: An uphill climb
...e plants a flag that says, 'Dedicated to all those affected by cancer in this small world! Keep climbing!' As a sign of solidarity with all cancer patients, Sean plans to visit the Vienna Wilhelminen Hospital on Wednesday, 27 October 2004. Prof. Heinz Ludwig, Head of the Department of Medicine and Medical...Schizophrenia risk higher in children of older fathers
...ccount of a range of other factors that could have affected the results. Overall, 15.5% of cases of schizophrenia in this group may have been due to the patient having a father who was aged over 30 years at birth, say the authors. The association seemed to be relatively specific to schizophrenia compared wit...Soy likely doesn't affect fertility, according to research in monkeys
...s confirmed earlier findings that fertility may be affected by stress levels." Women in Asian countries where a lot of soy is consumed have dramatically lower rates of breast cancer than women in the United States. One explanation is that plant estrogens, called isoflavones, increase menstrual cycle length...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...39 percent of the reported pertussis cases in 2003 affected children between the ages 10 and 19. Recent outbreaks have prompted a growing concern in the public health community that parents and teens are not aware of these trends and may assume this highly contagious disease, which can be serious in infants, ...Mental incapacity among patients in medical wards more widespread than doctors realise
... identified and protected-then people who would be affected by such legislation could be adversely affected. However, to accept the passive acquiescence of such patients as evidence of true consent would be dangerous when important and irreversible decisions need to be made. Before making such decisions, the ...Promising results for malaria vaccine trial
...oung children, and pregnant women, who are heavily affected by the direct and indirect consequences of malaria in endemic areas, deserve a worldwide scientific, political, and financial commitment. Such commitment is a question of equity, of human rights, and of disease exposure for half the inhabitants of ou...Research news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
...how participation in different physical activities affected bone health in men and women. Both moderate and vi...s in both men and women. Muscle mass and strength affected bone quality differently in men and women, but taking part in physical activity improved bone stiffn...New system translates improved diagnostic information to target radiation at tumors
...h, the effectiveness of treatment can be adversely affected by the motion of tumors as patients breathe during treatment. The system Lee and Zaider are developing can account for those spatial changes over time, tailoring radiation to provide effective dosages to cancer cells even when the tumors are movi...Topical medication effective in relieving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis
...40 drops of the diclofenac solution applied to the affected knees or a control solution four times daily during the 12-week study. The researchers found that the topical diclofenac solution was significantly more effective than the control solution in improving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Patients who ap...Prescriptions for antibiotics to prevent anthrax uncommon after the 2001 anthrax attacks
...rding to the article, nationwide, more than 10,000 affected workers and others were given 3.75 million prophylactic antibiotic pills through official dispensing campaigns between October 2001 and January 2002. However, media reports suggest that even more prescriptions were given out by individual physicians...Immune therapy appears to reduce risk of second attack of multiple sclerosis symptoms
...d then disappear later). The progression of MS is affected by the time to occurrence of the second neurological event, as well as the number of events within the first year. Anat Achiron, M.D., Ph.D., of Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, and colleagues assessed the effect of IVIg treatment in pat...... investigated how different nutritional components affected the risk of developing this condition. Low concentrations of myo-inositol, zinc or vitamin B12 in the blood or a slightly elevated glucose concentration in the blood increase the risk of having a child with the congenital abnormality spina bifida. M...