Stanford team prevents kidney transplant rejection without drugs
...l doses of radiation targeted to the immune system combined with a drug to reduce the number of cells capable of an immune attack. The team then injected blood stem cells from the kidney donor into the recipient. The stem cells made their way to the recipient's bone marrow where they produced new blood and im...Cancer center study shows state's workplace smoking laws are effective
...nments, which indicates that clean air legislation combined with education is making an impact, said the studys principal author, Elizabeth A. Gilpin, M.S. Although enforcement of workplace smoking restrictions continues to be a concern, these results are very encouraging. Gilpin is a member of the Cancer P...Non-traditional roles may boost risk of heart disease and death
...b/occupational strain (defined as high job demands combined with low job control) is associated with death or coronary heart disease but they did find a link between heart disease and jobs/social roles that are non-traditional. These findings may indicate that people who perform work or social roles incon...Tired and angry? Both emotions may predict heart attacks
...r knowledge, this is the first study to report the combined effects of these two psychological risk factors, says Janice Williams, Ph.D., M.P.H., an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and lead author of the study. The study includes a bi-ethnic (black and white) samp...Cancer patients' loss of taste, smell compromises treatment
...wdered flavor enhancers extracts of natural foods combined with amino acids -- that strengthen the smell and taste of foods. The other half of patients received no enhancers. All patients received nutritional advice and worksheets explaining what foods help alleviate dry mouth, constipation, diarrhea and oth...UM outreach programs increase kidney transplants among African-Americans
...cinated against hepatitis B. Dr. Foster says these combined strategies result in earlier transplants, often before the patient is sicker, which leads to better outcomes. The comprehensive outreach at the medical center has also benefited non-African-Americans, whose average waiting time for a transplant is 39...High-intensity physical training improves cardiovascular fitness in obese adolescents
...festyle education classes (LSE) by themselves, LSE combined with moderate-intensity physical training, or LSE combined with high-intensity physical training over 8 months. The LSE sessions included principles of behavi...Health benefits of leanness blown away by cigarette smoke
...ng increases the risk of heart attack. When it is combined with other risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol level, obesity, diabetes and a sedentary lifestyle, the risk rises exponentially. Exactly how smoking increases the risk of heart attack is not fully understood. However, sci...Steroid pill prolongs survival in patients with multiple myeloma
...teroid that can be taken in pill-form and has been combined with up front chemotherapy to help shrink tumors and bring patients into remission. The drug has also been evaluated in combination with interferon as maintenance therapy, with some studies showing that remission was prolonged. But no prior studies...UCSF, UC Davis establish joint pediatric heart center
...ponents that will make this effort seamless to our combined patient population is UC Davis well-established telemedicine program, said James Goodnight, MD, chair of UC Davis Department of Surgery. Consultations by teleconferencing will augment physician availability in Sacramento and allow for regular case di...Two studies find proven methods for predicting internal injuries in children
...am of investigators finds that laboratory testing, combined with physical examination findings, contribute significantly to the identification of children with internal abdominal injuries. Missed abdominal injury, which is difficult to diagnose, is a leading cause of preventable death and disability, accordin...Lasers light way to 3-D imaging in Purdue lab
...were coming from the original object." The film is combined with a series of lenses and mirrors, acting as a filter that rejects ordinary, "scattered light" and lets through only the "coherent" laser light needed to produce the images. "I can take a flashlight in the dark, put it up against my hand, and my wh...Blocking gene may reduce lung scarring caused by radiation therapy
...eated with radiation therapy alone. Because these combined or sequential therapies can increase the risk of short-term or long-term respiratory problems, blocking ICAM1 activity may be more important for these patients, they suggest. They also suggest that this research be followed up by additional experimen...Chemoembolisation offers survival benefit for peple with liver cancer
...on-a procedure in which blood supply to the tumour combined with the effect of chemotherapy inhibits cancer growth. There is no standard treatment for liver cancer when surgery, transplantation, or percutaneous treatment is not possible, which applies to around three-quarters of all liver cancer cases. Arteri...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
...ating, said Jones. In addition, results show the combined therapy has halted tumor growth in all women and has at least partially shrunk tumors in half the women. Eleven percent of women have had complete pathologic responses, meaning no cancer was found in the breast tissue upon analyzing its surgical rema...Jefferson researchers show angiostatin is safe when given with radiation for advanced cancer
...ing off its blood supply indicates it is safe when combined with radiation therapy in the treatment of advanced cancers. Daily doses of the drug candidate Angiostatin, along with radiation, were given to 20 patients with advanced cancer, particularly cancers of the head and neck, prostate, breast and lung at ...Some patients are candidates for combined heart bypass, lung transplant surgeries
...he heart disease, they could be candidates for the combined procedure." Patel prepared the results of the Duke study for presentation today (May 20) during the 98th annual international conference of the American Thoracic Society. The researchers analyzed the clinical records of the first 350 lung transplan...New drugs could markedly alter Alzheimer's, but disease will not go away
...odel), reduced rate of progression (PD model), and combined delayed onset/reduced progression (CHF/PD). Each represented a projection based on one or more breakthroughs in therapy being introduced into the general population by 2010. A successful method of delaying disease onset could reduce the overall proje...Inert gas may help stop damaged nerve cells from dying
... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the worlds only combined gases and chemicals company, which has medical gases and related services as a core business....Research at Great Lakes meeting shows more vitamin C in organic oranges than conventional oranges
...id Clark. But to his surprise, chemical isolation combined with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy revealed that the organically-grown oranges contained 30% more vitamin C than the conventionally-grown fruits even though they were only about half the size. Clark said the reason for the added nut...