The Lancet Oncology (TLO) June 2002
...ce of isoflavones, and whole grain products, which contain lignans, and their role in the prevention of breast, prostate, and colon cancer. In women, a soy-containing diet is more likely to protect against breast cancer if regularly consumed before puberty or during adolescence. Hormonal resynchronisation-a...Research at Great Lakes meeting shows more vitamin C in organic oranges than conventional oranges
MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 Organically-grown oranges contain up to 30% more vitamin C than those grown conventionally, it was reported today at a Great Lakes Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The Great Lakes meeting is being held at the Radisson Hotel M...American Heart Association weighs in on fat substitutes
... or reduced-fat foods and beverages, many of which contain fat substitutes, yet the number of overweight individuals continues to increase," says Judith Wylie-Rosett, Ed.D., R.D., a member of the American Heart Association's Nutrition Committee and author of the statement. Fat substitutes are compounds incor...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...e in a mixture. The hitch is this mixture also may contain tens or hundreds of unwanted and potentially harmful molecules or materials, sometimes including the bacteria themselves. As a result, the drug has to be separated from the mixture, or purified, a slow and expensive process. The workhorse technology...Physics tip sheet #19 June 26, 2002
...c parts is difficult and many devices are known to contain broken elements. However, it seems likely that you could connect a range of parts with different flaws to create a working device. It might seem that the best thing to do is to use all of your broken parts and hope to get the best result but this stu...New treatment for skeletal metastases
...n therapy is usually based on pharmaceuticals that contain strontium. Strontium has a scope of six to seven millimetres, meaning it can damage bone marrow and impair the production of new blood cells. But radium223 has a scope of just two millimetres. This leads us to believe that bone marrow will incur less...Children with asthma plagued by smokers and pets
...ing that 35% to 45% of homes in the United States contain at least one smoker. Sixty-seven percent of the children lived in homes with a furred or feathered pet, slightly more than the 59% of U.S. homes reported to have pets. However, smoking, pet ownership and adherence to asthma medications did not corr...Eficiency, feasibility of antiretroviral therapy in Africa demonstrated in IRD-coordinated surveys
...ne tablet in the morning and in the evening, which contain three antiretroviral agents). There is concern about the risk that rapid spread of AVR in Africa might prompt the large-scale appearance of resistant strains of HIV. A unit has been set up to monitor instances of resistance, with the support of the F...Concern over rising rates of syphilis in England
...d and discuss the public health measures needed to contain it. Between 1998 and 2000, the number of cases of infectious syphilis in England more than doubled - from 172 to 372 in men and 102 to 156 in women. Rates were highest in London and in north west England. These increases are largely due to several lo...Therapy for mice with prion disease could offer benefit to human beings with CJD
...ht be related to the fact that these agents do not contain nucleic acids (genetic material). Hans Kretzschmar from Ludwig-Maximilians University and colleagues from the Technical University Munich, Germany, and Coley Pharmaceuticals, aimed to use genetic material (a specific type of nucleotide arrangement c...Ethical committee members have different views on how to evaluate clinical trials
... the majority of members said that trial protocols contain enough information about the types of risks and benefits of a trial, a substantial percentage (between 25% and 60%) reported that too little information is available about more specific issues such as the likelihood, magnitude and duration of such ri...Dietary change may prevent the most serious form of prostate cancer
...A small bowl of fortified cereal, for example, can contain up to 1,000 mg of calcium. "Men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer may wish to moderate their calcium intake, though the optimal level is simply not known," Kristal said. "Much more research is needed on factors that may prevent cancer recurr...Boston chemist wins national award for tailor-made molecules
... of poisonous jungle frogs. His starting materials contain carbon bonded to silicon, a combination whose unusual chemical properties can control a reaction's three-dimensional orientation. "Now we're trying to expand our tool kit and its usefulness for making complex structures," Panek said. The organic chem...Easier monitoring of diabetes is focus of symposium, Aug. 18
... probably in the abdomen or upper arm. The spheres contain special fluorescent molecules that are sensitive to glucose levels in the fluid surrounding the skin cells. When exposed to a special excitation light, the molecules fluoresce to reflect the intensity of the glucose levels, which can then be read by ...Tissue engineers steering stem cells to produce bone, cartilage
...ge-like tissue. The cells thrive because hydrogels contain plenty of water, which is needed to carry nutrients to these cells and move waste products away from them. The hydrogels also have enough space to allow the new tissue to form." Now, in a new lab at Johns Hopkins, Elisseeff and her colleagues are p...Jefferson scientist links gene to alcoholic's vulnerability to heart failure
... (genes come in pairs, each called an allele), may contain an extra piece of inserted (I) DNA sequence, while others have a missing, or deleted (D), portion of DNA. The allele with deleted DNA is associated with higher levels of enzyme, and has been linked to cardiomyopathy. "We showed that those alcoholics ...New National Academy of Sciences report highlights health importance of nutrients found in almonds
...s that in addition to being cholesterol-free, they contain none of the unhealthful trans fats the NAS report warns against. The bottom line: A one-ounce serving of almonds is high in monounsaturated fat -- it's a healthful boost toward lowering LDL cholesterol levels and reducing the risk of chronic hear...Kin of people with heart disease have tangled clots
...ure coronary artery disease form fibrin clots that contain thicker fiber networks and are less porous than those of healthy subjects," says Robert Arins, Ph.D., a researcher from the Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine at the University of Leeds in Leeds, U.K. Blood clots are composed of fibrin, w...Review of preliminary observations concludes the Mayo Clinic Natl Conf on Medicine and the Media
...han educators, but the public expects reporting to contain an educational element. Financial and other more subtle interests may influence the quality and content of scientific news releases, presentations in scientific journals and stories covered by the news media. Disclosure of commercial support and affi......rgical removal of lymph nodes to determine if they contain cancer can cause lymphedema -- swelling in the arm...pipes, highlighting the lymph nodes most likely to contain metastatic disease; no major nerves or vessels are disturbed. If the sentinel node does not contain...