Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
... "The structures imply a really strong interaction between splicing and editing," according to Reenan, who notes that, "these complicated structures actually tie up--literally--splicing signals." By making small alterations in introns during evolution, different insects conserved the basic RNA code for maki...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...ce, as well as the ability to rapidly discriminate between target events and other non-target distracters, su...ng feasibility of the tool to map tiny differences between patients and controls, Belger said. "We need to show that the tool is reliable and that, indeed, it'...Disfigured patients may be forced to forego surgery
...hem have a greater understanding of the difference between reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. Part of this is an education of third-party payers and the other part is educating the public." ASPS offers the most reliable statistics on plastic surgery procedures to date. Since 2003, statistics have be...Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
The association between regular aspirin use and a reduced risk of precance... who reported having endoscopic colon examinations between 1990 and 1998. About 500 of those participants had been diagnosed with adenoma a type of colorecta...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
... expression, as measured by messenger RNA changes, between animals that became insulin resistant and those that did not, they say. Although the exact mechanism by which HPMC works is unclear, Yokoyama believes that it acts as a fat regulator. The compound appears to slow down the absorption of fats either i...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
...ost striking finding was the really big disconnect between what physicians report about the system in general and what they report in their own hospital and in the patients they treat," said lead investigator Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., the Paul O'Neill Alcoa professor of policy analysis at the RAND Corpor...Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...white women. "Our study documents a knowledge gap between racial/ethnic minorities and whites regarding stroke warning signs," Ferris said. "It is paradoxical that racial and ethnic minorities at highest risk were least aware. As with heart attack, it is critical that women at risk for stroke know the war...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...on disparities in the use of heart catheterization between blacks and whites, this study takes a closer look ...nd post admission heart attack were about the same between blacks and whites. However, our data were limited to adverse outcomes that occurred prior to discha...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
... was released, the gap in CABG surgery in New York between whites versus blacks and Hispanics widened signifi...ates increased overall, the difference in CABG use between white vs. Hispanic patients and white vs. black patients increased (8 percent of white patients vs. ...Vitamin E may not prevent cancer or cardiovascular events, but may increase risk for heart failure
...vention Evaluation [HOPE]) was initially conducted between December 21, 1993, and April 15, 1999, and include... extended (HOPEThe Ongoing Outcomes [HOPE-TOO]) to between April 16, 1999, and May 26, 2003. Of the initial 267 HOPE centers that had enrolled 9,541 patients,...Drug therapy may be comparable to invasive cardiac procedures for elderly patients with heart attack
... absolute unadjusted difference in 7-year survival between regions providing the highest rates of both invasive and medical management strategies and those providing the lowest rates of both was 6.2 percent." "Our study confirmed that clinicians were more likely to provide invasive treatments to lower-risk t...Use of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly common in some European countries
There are substantial differences between European countries in the potentially inappropriat...ay, and the United Kingdom. Patients were assessed between September 2001 and January 2002. Combining 3 sets of expert panels criteria, the researchers found ...Risk of cardiac death after radiotherapy for breast cancer has declined, study finds
...se women declined over time. Among women diagnosed between 1973 and 1979, those with left-sided tumors had a higher rate of 15-year mortality from ischemic heart disease (13.1%) compared with women with right-sided tumors (10.2%), but there was no statistically significant mortality difference among women di...Study shows risk of cardiac death after radiation for breast cancer has dramatically decreased
...fic evidence or studies examining the relationship between advancements in radiation therapy to ischemic heart disease," says Sharon Giordano, M.D., the study's lead author and an assistant professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Breast Medical Oncology. "Before now, there were no studies that looked at ...Other highlights in the March 16 JNCI
...t Cancer Rates Differences in breast cancer rates between racial and ethnic garoups can be largely explained... all, of the difference in breast cancer incidence between African American and white women. Despite the lower incidence of breast cancer in African American w...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...l-directed performance is dictated by associations between an action and the outcome. If the outcome or rewar... This week, Faure et al. examine the turning point between actionoutcome and stimulusresponse associations in the rat nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway....American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...rgest group ever studied to assess the association between mortality and ICU-associated bloodstream infection...ldren. The investigators studied the relationship between obesity, wheeze, and asthma in a community-based cohort of 788 children. Also, the biomedical scien...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
...th outcomes in more than 350 black American adults between the ages of 30 and 59. Study participants had no known history of heart problems, but all of them had at least one fixable major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Every participant had at least one sibling with premature coronary heart disea...Study shows acrylamide in baked and fried food does not increase risk of breast cancer in women
...te in Stockholm, Sweden, have found no association between acrylamide intake in foods and risk of breast canc...rylamide appears to form as a result of a reaction between specific amino acids and sugars found in foods when heated to high temperatures. It's found in foods......ering research largely focuses on the relationship between brain function and meditation. The results and implications of this research are delineated in Dr. Newberg's book, Why God Won't Go Away (Ballantine/Random House). Fred Travis, Ph.D. , Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition,...