Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...ion. Treatment options for childhood asthma can be broken down into two categories controllers and quick-relief (bronchodilators). ICS, which are controller medication with anti-inflammatory properties, may help prevent asthma exacerbations and control asthma when taken regularly. Not all controllers are...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
... The resulting polymer-amyloid complex can then be broken down and removed by specialized cells in the brain, the researcher theorizes. Because the decoy molecules look like components of normal human brain cells, they will hopefully be less likely to cause side effects, which have plagued many promising Al...GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix
...episodes can lead to vomiting, a hernia, or even a broken rib. These severe coughing episodes can last up to 100 days. While pertussis is threatening to all, this highly contagious disease can be deadly in infants who are too young to be fully immunized. Up to 90 percent of non-vaccinated susceptible hou...Ethical discussion should come before research
.... "When the barrier between humans and animals is broken down, could science unintentionally initiate the next pandemic?" said Jones. "We need to do these things in a thoughtful way, and not just consider the one experiment we're working on." Jones also argues that a shortened gap between lab research and ...Teen tooth trauma prevalent in Ontario
...e; six per cent exhibited severe damage with teeth broken or knocked out. They also found that youth who had problems with cavities also tended to have tooth injuries. The team's next task is to determine the causes of the teen tooth trauma, including such potential culprits as hockey injuries and family vi...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...l stimuli was applied. Then the hypnotic state was broken and a second fMRI scan was performed without hypnosis while the same painful heat was again applied to the volunteer's skin. The second group underwent their first fMRI scan without hypnosis followed by a second scan under hypnosis. Hypnosis was suc...Fractured leg bone not the end of Tutankhamen mystery
...war. "Another possibility is that the leg bone was broken during the 1925 autopsy, during which the mummy wa..."It is possible that the vertebrae could have been broken when Egyptian priests removed the brain. We believe there was a substantial delay between death and ...Both inherited traits and tumor mutations affect response to treatment of leukemia
...nefit by using therapy with more drugs that aren't broken down by GSTM1, or by increasing the dose levels of the drugs." The 3/3 polymorphism of TYMS means that both maternal and paternal copies of the gene in the patient have a higher activity of TYMS, which acts like an accelerator in a car, driving leuke...US cancer researchers launch first American-Israeli cancer conference
...quitin, a molecule that helps flag a protein to be broken down. This system is used in a variety of cell processes including the immune system, cell division, and DNA repair. Errors in the system can lead to diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis. Scientists at the conference will address rese...Generation gap found in chronic pain
... and chest pain to acutely painful conditions like broken bones and chronic lower-back pain. And Green's own previous work has also shown that, regardless of their age, blacks with chronic non-cancer pain from any source suffered more psychological and physical effects than whites. Other research by Green ...Common antidepressants lower effects of tamoxifen in many women
...previous studies have shown that when tamoxifen is broken down, the resulting molecules are extremely powerful at blocking estrogen receptors and thereby exert a cancer-inhibitive effect," said Dr. Flockhart. "We have withheld clinical recommendations, because at this point we don't have final data," said ...Study of CPR quality reveals frequent deviation from guidelines
... 2004. The researchers then compared the results, broken down into 30-second segments, to guidelines developed by the American Heart Association. The guidelines recommend 100 chest compressions per minute to a depth of at least 38 millimeters (about 1.5 inches). They call for a ventilation rate of 12 to 1...Jefferson scientists help explain statins' effects in Alzheimer's disease
...a form of APP. According to Dr. Gandy, APP can be broken down in two ways: "Bad cleavage" releases toxic amyloid-beta; "good cleavage" destroys it. Evidence shows that when the pathway ROCK1 is active, less good cleavage occurs. Statins, however, reduce ROCK1 activity, making it more likely that good cleav...Environmental tobacco smoke linked to reading, math, logic and reasoning declines in children
...of cotinine, a substance produced when nicotine is broken down by the body. Cotinine can be measured in blood, urine, saliva and hair. It is considered the best marker of environmental tobacco smoke exposure. For this study, cotinine was measured in the blood of 4,399 children between 6 and 16 years old....Research in yeast yields missing link in DNA maintenance machinery
...he repair machinery can gain access and repair the broken ends, the scientists report. In particular, the s...plex, showing it is also crucial to helping repair broken DNA. The scientists discovered that if certain members of the INO80 complex are missing, the yeast b...Brain region identified that controls collecting behavior
...uantities of useless items including junk mail and broken appliances. Despite showing no further interest in the collected items, patients resist attempts to discard the collection. To determine if certain areas of damage were common to patients who had abnormal collecting behavior, the UI researchers used...Selective coatings create biological sensors from carbon nanotubes
...rface chemistry, Strano said, is that no bonds are broken on the nanotube. "This allows us to shuttle electrons in and out without damaging the nanotube itself." Another important aspect is that the technique can be extended to many other chemical systems. "We've shown that it is possible to tailor...Two-fisted assault on dopamine transport system may be foundation of Parkinson's disease
..., Feng said. "When microtubules are broken down by rotenone, the disassociated protein building blocks, called tubulin, are left behind," he said. "These tubulins are probably misfolded proteins. Left unattended, they could interfere with the normal assembly of microtubules. Based on our prev...Wipeout! Surfing creates wave of unique injuries
...ng or riding a wave included head and neck trauma, broken arms and legs, and damage to the knees. Environmental injuries included foreign matter in the lungs, damage to the ear canals from exposure to cold water, lacerations from surf board fins, and stings and bites from marine life. "Once you hear the...Study of Big Ten football injuries shows NCAA rule change did not reduce injury rates
...ontact led to different patterns of injury such as broken fingers or dislocated elbows or shoulders rather than the usual lower extremity injuries. The study results indicate that the way to reduce spring injury rates is to eliminate or reduce scrimmages and limited-contact practices leaving just regular co...