Midlife brain crisis spawns late-life Alzheimer's
...ong the first to deteriorate as the brain's myelin breaks down in reverse order of development. "The body was designed to myelinate through the natural lifespan. Medical advances, however, have expanded the lifespan well beyond the brain's natural capacity to operate in a healthy, efficient manner," Bartzok...UT Southwestern researchers discover first effective treatment for exercise disorder
...s that results from a deficiency of an enzyme that breaks down muscle glycogen a stored form of carbohydrate that has long been recognized to be an important anaerobic fuel. Less well recognized is the fact that glycogen is also critical for normal oxidative metabolism. "When there is no glycogen availa...Epstein-Barr virus contributes to Burkitt's lymphoma
...en dying. But with Burkitt's lymphoma, the system breaks down. "Burkitt's lymphoma is an aggressive B cell malignancy characterized by rapid cell proliferation that can be fatal within months if not treated immediately," says Sugden. The standard treatment is chemotherapy, which can destroy healthy as well...What makes peppers hot may also be cool for what ails you
... fact imparted by the newsmagazine that capsaicin breaks down in fats is good news for dessert lovers who may need to turn down the pepper heat. That is, something cold, sweet and flavored with chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry certainly can help put out that fire....'Voice academy' Web site, funded by NIDCD grant, helps teachers address voice problems
...s better to speak for short periods and take short breaks than to speak for long periods and have long breaks. Teachers are encouraged to structure their days to accommodate talking for 10 minutes then resting for 10 minutes rather than talking for 30 minutes and resting for 30 minutes. The recommendation i...M. D. Anderson expands peer counseling program for African-American breast cancer survivors
...gh level of involvement of the women in this study breaks down the prevailing perception that African-American women are unavailable or unwilling to participate in clinical trials a falsehood that could have negative effects on important future research initiatives," says Jackson, who selects potential pee...Study finds music can ease labor pain
...d earphones to listen to the music, with 10-minute breaks each hour; the control group did not listen to any music. Phumdoung measured the women's reports of labor pain before the study began and hourly for the next three hours. During the three hours and at each hourly measure, the music group had signifi...Imaging study reveals effect of smoking on peripheral organs
...- is also affected by smoking. This crucial enzyme breaks down neurotransmitters and dietary amines, and too much or too little MAO B can adversely affect health and even personality. "When we think about smoking and smoking toxicity, we usually think of the lungs," said Brookhaven chemist Joanna Fowler, o...Exercise and weight loss reduces excess insulin and lowers blood pressure in Syndrome X
...t with any drugs." After a meal, the body normally breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, or blood sugar, which prompts the release of the hormone insulin, which in turn helps transport glucose into cells. There, the glucose is either metabolized for energy or stored. However, if one eats an unhealthy diet...PET scans show cigarette smoke affects peripheral organs
...r physical health. MAO B is important because it breaks down the chemicals that allow nerve cells to communicate and regulate blood pressure. PET, or positron emission tomography, employs computer technology and radioactive compounds to produce images of biochemical processes within living systems. "Smo...UCSD researchers decipher function of blood-brain barrier in bacterial meningitis
...sin/cytolysin toxin injures the endothelial cells, breaks down the blood-brain barrier, and provokes the neutrophil inflammatory response that is the hallmark of bacterial meningitis. But by then it is too late as the bacteria are already entering the brain tissues. In fact, the activated neutrophils prod...Sage improves memory, study shows
...an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which breaks down the chemical messenger acetylcholine. Alzheimers', the most common form of dementia which affects an estimated 10 million people worldwide, is accompanied by a drop in acetylcholine. Many of the current drugs, such as donepezil, have unpleasan...Fifteen football players died during 2002 season, none from heatstroke, study finds
...hey want in practice and have frequent cooling-off breaks to prevent these tragedies." No heatstroke deaths have been recorded yet during the 2003 season either, but practices across the nation are just now getting underway, he said. Five players died during 2002 as a direct result of injuries suffered on t...JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
...://www.the-jci.org/press/19376.pdf Enzyme that breaks down fat has unforeseen dual role in atherosclerosis Silvia Santamarina-Fojo and colleagues from the Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, have now identified an alternative pathway by which the...Lengthening achilles tendon reduces recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers
...nts often don't recognize an injury until the skin breaks down and becomes infected, which may result in an ulcer. An estimated 15 percent of people with diabetes develop foot ulcers. To treat them, clinicians put a cast on the infected foot to keep pressure off the wound and allow it to heal. Mueller and ...Occasional lack of health insurance results in less preventive care
People with even short breaks in their health insurance coverage are less likely to seek crucial preventive care, according to a new study from researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and MetroHealth Medical Center. The study appears in the Dec. 30 i...Parents' smoke injures children's blood vessels
.... Increasing evidence shows that second-hand smoke breaks down the antioxidant defenses, which is associated with impairment of the endothelial-dependent function of arterial walls. Endothelial dysfunction is an early feature of atherosclerosis, the disease process that underlies heart disease and stroke, ...Women report chronic pelvic pain not taken seriously, survey shows
...e uterine lining: each month the tissue builds up, breaks down, and sheds. But, unlike normal uterine tissue that leaves the body during menstruation, this tissue outside the uterus has no way of leaving the body, and often results in severe menstrual cramping, pelvic pain, internal bleeding, scar tissue, ...'Glutaid' on the horizon? Study may someday spell relief for people on gluten-free diets
...esearchers also identified a bacterial enzyme that breaks down this and related peptides, suggesting that ad...rant individuals, contain an analogous enzyme that breaks down lactose, Khosla explained. Exactly how the peptide causes intestinal damage isn't completely cl...Memorial Sloan-Kettering scientists uncover function of BRCA2 protein
...tes in the repair of "double-strand" breaks: These breaks are a particularly lethal type of damage because if both strands of the DNA double helix break at the same time, cells can permanently lose genetic information. The structure revealed that BRCA2 binds the broken strands and enables the recovery of lo...