Common Drug-Capsule Coating Not As Inert As Previously Thought
...rfacecoatings. But if your assumptions about what confers biological activity-- or the lack of biological activity -- are incorrect, you can easily headoff in a wrong direction. We need to take a closer look at what fundamentalmaterial properties generate desired biological responses." PEG's changing conf...Adding Progestins May Negate Heart Protection From Estrogen Replacement Therapy
...ll consider ERT plusprogestins as a treatment that confers protection against heart disease aftermenopause, a time when their risk of heart disease is as high as men. Attentionshould also be paid to lowering cholesterol, smoking cessation, diet andexercise. ### NR 98-4883 (Circ/Sorensen) Med...... Bone marrow augmentation not only is safe,but it confers an immunological advantage to some patients," says Abdul Rao,M.D., D.Phil., assistant professor of surgery and pathology, and director,section of cellular transplantation, at the Thomas E. Starzl TransplantationInstitute. The researchers believe that...American Heart Association honors two volunteers with top award
...y. The American Heart Association annually confers the Gold Heart Award "its highest honor " upon select individuals who have rendered "the mostdistinguished service" in advancing the objectives of the organization.Recipients are chosen primarily for their "continued and significantcontributions" ove......hen they were the same.A standard test where color confers a real advantage is a search test where the target is a different color than the distracters surrounding it. Subjects report that the colored target pops out of the page. As a result, the time it takes them to pick out the target is about same regard...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...ele); another (3) is most frequently inherited and confers an intermediate level of risk; the third (4) confers the highest risk. Parasuraman et al. note that carriers of the higher-risk ApoE allele have def...First clinical data presented on latest technological advance in haemophilia a therapy
...duced without adding human or animal raw materials confers a greater comfort level about treatment, said Gordon Bray, MD, global medical director, Baxter BioScience. The preparation of rAHF/PFM virtually eliminates the theoretical risk of disease transmission that may be associated with the use of human- or...UCSD team identifies potential role of CRP in development of antherosclerosis
...f the immune system against invading pathogens and confers protection to humans by removing pathogens. Recently, CRP has been reported as a useful marker for predicting future atherosclerotic cardiovascular events, but the basis for this correlation remains unclear. Although scientists still do not understan...Diet may play role in IBS and dyspepsia
... IBS puzzle, whose treatment -- when adhered to -- confers significant benefits." For this study, the University of Iowa researchers tested 80 patients with suspected IBS and found that 30 were fructose intolerant. Patients were taught about eliminating fructose from their diet, and after one year, 26 were ...Inflammation of placental membranes may be risk factor for cerebral palsy
...creased risk). "We conclude that chorioamnionitis confers a 4-fold overall increased risk of CP in term infants," the researchers write. (JAMA. 2003;290:2677-2684. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...... target for therapeutic intervention. TITLE: Myc confers androgen-independent prostate cancer cell growth AUTHOR CONTACT: David H. Beach University College London, London, United Kingdom Phone: 0032-2555-6016 Fax: 0032-2555-6257 E-mail: dhbeach@btinternet.com View a PDF of this article at: https://www....New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...has shown that even a smattering of atypical cells confers a four-fold increase in a woman's risk of breast cancer. And many scientists have linked specific gene alterations with the development of breast cancer. But further than that, scientists are unclear as to how breast cancers arise. The new "breast pa...A new hypothesis about Alzheimer's disease
...n inflammatory metabolite or family of metabolites confers risk later in life, then we need to know this, and we need to attack the problem," says Scripps Research Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, who is the Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry in The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and vice presiden...Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
...nstrate that the [hemagglutinin] of the 1918 virus confers enhanced pathogenicity in mice to recent human viruses that are otherwise non-pathogenic in this host," Kawaoka and his colleagues write in the Nature report. Moreover, the viruses with the 1918 hemagglutinin gene caused symptoms in the mice - infect...Eating fruits and vegetables associated with reduction in cardiovascular disease, but not cancer
...me to determine whether fruit and vegetable intake confers modest protection against cancer. Researchers should recognize this uncertainty in nutrition and cancer epidemiology and do what it takes to move ahead, especially when it comes to improving exposure assessment in observational studies."...Women's reproductive factors and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis
...on to 50 percent. "Our data suggest breast-feeding confers long lasting protection against developing RA," Dr. Karlson states, "because the mean time since the last pregnancy among women with RA was 25 years." In addition, women who experienced irregular menstrual c...News tips for Monday, November 8, 2004
...ion, diabetes or congestive heart failure. NSTACS confers a significantly higher risk of death and heart attack in women compared to stable angina, chest pain experienced upon exertion. Also see Abstract 2327 (9 a.m.) for a report saying a higher death rate among women than men having PCI for heart attack ...Jefferson and Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc. scientists create vaccine for wildlife rabies
...to better understand the specific ways the vaccine confers immunity, it will be possible to improve the vaccine's potency, obtaining immunity with a minimal dose, he says....Study estimates number of excess cases of coronary heart disease caused by Vioxx
... the future, when trials show that a new treatment confers a greater risk of a serious adverse effect than a standard treatment, we must be much more careful about allowing its unrestrained use." In an accompanying commentary Simon RJ Maxwell and David J Webb (University of Edinburgh, UK) write that after th...