Heart health should be the front line of diabetes care
...om a failure to produce insulin, and it most often begins in childhood or adolescence. It accounts for 10 to 15 percent of all diabetes. Much more common is type 2 diabetes, which results from insufficient production of insulin, poor response to insulin (insulin resistance) or both. People with type 2 di...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
...f options, Blackwell said. Her treatment program begins with a traditional infusion of chemotherapy, followed by a CT scan of the breast to pinpoint the tumor's precise location. Next, a plastic tube or "catheter" is placed inside the tumor, in which doctors place a thermometer to monitor the tumor's temp...Sepsis on the increase in U.S., according to Emory University and CDC study
...fungal infections as their source. Although sepsis begins with an identifiable infection, when patients become septic their immune systems are intensely activated, setting off a cascade of events that may result in uncontrolled inflammation throughout the body. Sepsis also activates the coagulation system ...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (first issue)
...ble and manifestsitself in impaired lung function, begins in childhood and continues into adult life, according toCanadian and New Zealand researchers. For over a decade, the investigators studied a birthcohort of 1,037 New Zealand children born from 1972 to 1973. The youngsters received lungfunction test...UCLA researchers check brain waves to predict effectiveness of antidepressants
...t within days of treatment weeks before a patient begins to feel better. Using quantitative EEG, a non-invasive computerized measurement of brain wave patterns, the researchers discovered that specific changes in brain-wave activity precede clinical changes brought on by medication. The new findings, publi...Insulin sensitizer has anti-inflammatory effect in diabetics
...s. Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, begins as an inflammation of the blood-vessel wall. Persons with diabetes are at increased risk of developing atherosclerosis and heart disease. Dandona's lab has shown in research with a small group of obese non-diabetic volunteers that rosiglitazone decre...PET reveals early coronary damage in young smokers
...nse, but studies such as this indicate that damage begins much earlier in the smokers life than previously believed. The risk of death from coronary artery disease is up to six times higher in smokers than in nonsmokers, and a decline in responsiveness to vasodilators is one of the factors that leads direct...Estrogen may lower women's risk of heart disease by working as damper on inflammation
...n have a much lower risk of atherosclerosis (which begins as an inflammation of the blood vessel walls) than men until menopause," said Paresh Dandona, M.D., UB professor of medicine and head of the Division of Endocrinology in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, who is senior author on the s...Hypertension is study focus of $10 million NIH grant to MCG
...itute and principal investigator on the grant that begins July 1. The diverse team of 17 researchers on the grant combines expertise in long-term studies of the impact of environmental stress on young people with a family history of hypertension with exercise physiologists studying how physical activity imp...Heart disease is a pediatric problem: New guidelines point to lifestyle 'training' in childhood
...on't fully realize that it's a silent process that begins in childhood," says lead author Christine L. Williams, M.D., M.P.H., immediate past chair of the American Heart Association's Committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in the Young. Initiating healthful lifestyle "training" in childhoo...Drug developed at Duke appears effective in treating respiratory failure in newborns
...body, bypassing the lungs. At birth, when the baby begins breathing air for the first time, this passage closes naturally, forcing the baby's heart to pump blood to the lungs to pick oxygen. However, constricted pulmonary arteries in some newborns prevent the passage from closing, so the physician must imme...Questions arise as more older Americans outlive driving privilege
...de as the post-World War II "baby boom" generation begins to reach that milestone. In addition, a greater proportion of women age 65 or older is driving than in the past. By 2030, projections suggest one in five Americans will be 65 or older, and the number of people aged 85 and older--currently the fastest...'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
...ey are already dehydrated. On the contrary, thirst begins when the concentration of blood (an accurate indicator of our state of hydration) has risen by less than two percent, whereas most experts would define dehydration as beginning when that concentration has risen by at least five percent. Dark Urine ...Easier monitoring of diabetes is focus of symposium, Aug. 18
...world's largest scientific society. The symposium begins at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Sheraton Boston, Back Bay Ballroom D, followed by a panel discussion at 4:15 p.m. A few highlights from the symposium, which will feature almost a dozen papers, are described below. Measuring blood sugar wi...Emergency physicians to convene in Seattle in October
...ican College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), which begins Sunday, October 6, and ends Wednesday, October 9, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. Emergency physicians will attend hundreds of courses on the latest clinical innovations in the specialty of emergency medicine, debate ...Making cancer cells susceptible to therapeutic attack
...tory experiment mimicked what happens when a tumor begins to grow and the immune system tries to destroy the malignancy. The chemical used in the study, called tumor necrosis factor, is manufactured primarily by macrophages, which are among the first cells on the scene in an immune response to tumors. When ...International Congress of the Transplantation Society beginning Sunday
...or kidney transplantation, the congress officially begins at 6 p.m. on Sunday with opening ceremonies that will pay tribute to the late Felix T. Rapaport, M.D., who served as president of The Transplantation Society from 1978 to 1980 and on the society's council since its founding in 1966 until his death la...Drug protects fertility, offspring in mice after radiation exposure
... radiation during treatment for cancer. Apoptosis begins in oocytes when a lipid termed ceramide is produced in response to radiation or drugs. S1P works by blocking ceramide action - the oocytes never receive the signal to begin apoptosis. Two months after treating the female mice with radiation, the rese...9/11 one year on: Bridging the worlds divisions
... replacing the news section for this week's issue, begins in the emergency rooms of New York City and ends at last week's World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide strong evidence that formal counselling after traumatic eve...Researchers find trigger for devastating digestive disease, propose treatment
...surfaces in early childhood when intestinal tissue begins to show signs of devastation. Symptoms include chronic diarrhea and an inability to gain weight or grow normally. When the disease arises in adulthood, symptoms can also include fatigue, weight loss, anemia and neurological symptoms. Over time, ce...