Pets can tame high blood pressure
...sical stress. We've shown over and over that it's beneficial to be with a pet when you're under stress," says Allen. Her earlier work focused on healthy people. The current study is the first to look at people with a medical condition, in this case high blood pressure, and how a pet can help reduce stress re...'Chaos' theory empowers researchers to predict epileptic seizures
...lications of their work will likely have a lasting beneficial effect onmany people who suffer from epilepsy. "...Gene therapy reverses heart disease in mice
...olesterol and triglycerides, an increased level of beneficial high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and co...er down to just 92 mg/dL in three weeks time. The beneficial changes in the blood cholesterol levels of the treated mice became evident on day four of the experi......nce that airbags, in their current design, are not beneficial to restrained children," said Dr. Winston. The computer models tested the effect of airbag activation for a 6-year old child both restrained and unrestrained. The results were then compared to those for an adult occupant in similar crash scenari...New plastic heals damaged nerves
... "Polymers that can conduct electricity have a beneficial effect on the nerves," explained Schmidt. Peripheral nerve injuries - caused by auto accidents, gunshot wounds, lacerations, plastic surgery and nerve cancer - are even more common than spinal cord injuries, says Schmidt. Statistics don't reveal...Dietary bioflavonoids induce DNA breaks, may contribute to infant leukemia
...i-cancer therapy. "Although bioflavonoids may be beneficial in certain circumstances, our studies suggest that high dietary intake of bioflavonoids could cause DNA breaks in MLL and possibly in other partner genes," note the authors in the April 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....OHSU researchers discover new synapses in brain
...ue building on this work to further understand the beneficial and detrimental nerve communications that take place in the brain. "It is our hope that continued research will lead to treatments that will stimulate the maturation of these immature oligodendrocytes to allow re-myelination to occur after injury or ...Vulnerable groups less likely to receive early HIV drug therapy
...ccess by the most vulnerable groups to potentially beneficial HIV therapies. "Access to certain anti-HIV pharm...ical regimens may be especially, and increasingly, beneficial as new agents and combinations of agents become available," said lead author Ronald Andersen, PhD, o...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
...k remedies actually contain biochemicals that have beneficial biological activity, and from the findings could d... various organisms to find out if they contain any beneficial or harmful compounds," Ladisch says. Scientists have long known that each species of plant or animal......ricept® (donepezil hydrochloride) demonstrated beneficial effects on cognition and global function over the course of one year in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational study in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, treatment response was not predicted by Apolip...War on bacteria could leave drug-resistant strains unchecked
...don their irrational fears and make peace with the beneficial bacteria surrounding us. Not only do most bacteria help keep harmful bacteria in check, they may even give a baby's immune system the exercise it needs to develop normally. "Dousing everything we touch with antibacterial soaps and taking antibiotic...Report in Circulation urges a closer look at cardiotoxicity of cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin)
...h trastuzumab (Herceptin) has been lauded as being beneficial in the treatment of breast cancer, its use is associated with a high incidence of cardiac toxicity and raises important questions about mechanisms of action, appropriate patient monitoring and risk/benefit ratio, according to a report by a cardiologi......OD enzyme but we have been unable to reproduce the beneficial effect in a stable drug form. We have now achieved this and can safely and dependably reproduce the superoxide fighting effect in numerous animal models, enabling us to address a myriad of therapeutic areas", said Dennis Riley, MetaPhore's Vice Pres...Drugs made from polymers, the stuff of plastics
...is before," says Uhrich, who foresees making other beneficial drugs into polymers. "We think there is great potential for these polymers." Called PolyAspirin™, the drug consists of about 100 individual molecules of aspirin strung together in a chain to form an elastic compound, or polymer. A promising treat...Hormone therapy doesn't slow heart disease, despite improvements in cholesterol
...ammatory response in the arteries that offsets the beneficial cholesterol effects," said Herrington. "Or perhaps HRT is better at preventing heart disease in younger, healthier women than at reversing disease in older women." The mean age of the women in ERA was 65.8 years. Almost half (48 percent) of the wome...Process may help scientists find new antibacterial drugs
... this is the drug thalidomide. One enantiomer has beneficial properties, while the other causes birth defects. "Many of the body's most active chemicals are chiral," Lectka notes, "and they tend to work together like a lock and a key, unleashing positive and sometimes negative effects." Lectka, who received t...Non-pathogenic bacteria block inflammatory response pathway in intestinal tract
...anisms. There is a possibility that the balance of beneficial to non-beneficial bacteria is altered in these patients," explains Dr. Neish. "A genetic flaw in the epithelial lining of the G.I. tract could also cause an abnormal response to the non-pathogenic bacteria." The discovery also may shed light on the...NIH awards grant to MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals to study novel pain treatments
...til recently, we have been unable to reproduce the beneficial effect in a stable and selective drug form," said Dennis Riley, MetaPhore's Vice President of Research & Development. Just like the antioxidant vitamins E and C, MetaPhore's SOD mimetics remove free radicals. However, the metal-based mimetic compoun...Irradiation, refrigeration can add to beneficial effects of wine grapes
...perties, is considered largely responsible for the beneficial effects of drinking red wine. The results contradi...orage and ultraviolet irradiation of grapes can be beneficial in terms of increasing the content of potentially health-promoting compounds." The researchers analy...FDA awards grant to metaphore pharmaceuticals to study septic shock in humans
...til recently, we have been unable to reproduce the beneficial effect in a stable and selective drug form, said Dennis Riley, MetaPhores Vice President of Research & Development. Just like the antioxidant vitamins E and C, MetaPhores SOD mimetics remove free radicals. However, the metal-based mimetic compound...