Exercise is key to reversing obesity-related heart risk in children
...Twenty-two children in the diet-and-exercise group continued training once a week; 19 stopped. At the end of the year, the children who continued exercising had significantly less thickening of the carotid wall and more improvements in body fat c...Novel MRI technique provides clear images of blood flow
...ges of the heart and surrounding tissues that Judd continued to notice strange anomalies, or artifacts, appearing in the periphery of the scans. These artifacts often looked like pulsating spots of light. "When we looked into it further, we found that these artifacts occurred in 5 to 10 percent of the scans," ...Compound shows promise as vaccine-like drug for preventing type 1 diabetes
...n both groups of mice receiving ISO-1, the animals continued to make insulin throughout the duration of their treatment and did not show any signs of adverse effects from the compound. The benefits were long-lasting, according to Al-Abed, since ISO-1 protected the animals from developing the disease for up to ...Surgery cuts cardiac arrests among those with rare heart disorder
...y had experienced a cardiac arrest (48 percent) or continued to have symptoms, despite taking beta-blockers (75 percent). An average of 7.8 years after surgery, the number of cardiac events per patient per year dropped by 91 percent compared with pre-surgery rates. During the follow-up period, 46 percent of th...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...Likewise, federal agencies should cooperate in the continued development of education programs for researchers, IRBs, pediatric academic societies, and other groups at all levels. The report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Institute of Medicine is a private, nonprofit ...Ingredient in asthma inhaler drug may counteract inhaler benefits, according to Pittsburgh study
...striction and worsening of asthma in patients with continued use of beta-agonists. "The research team of the Asthma, Allergy and Airway Research Center here at Pitt has had a long interest in mechanisms of beta-agonists, particularly due to the paradoxical responses to albuterol experienced by some asthmatics...Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
... randomized to the hysterectomy group. Women who continued in the medical treatment also reported some improv...erhaps better sooner than later, sparing the woman continued symptoms? Or does it mean that there is a 50 percent chance of avoiding the hysterectomy and these o...Lactation program increases rate of breast feeding
... invited to return to weekly luncheon meetings for continued lactation assistance after they are discharged from the hospital. Very little data exists on the breast-feeding rates of women with VLBW infants. Most studies do not distinguish these women from mothers of low birth weight babies (those who are le...Disc replacement in neck relieves pain, restores mobility
...e of this, follow-up X-rays of these patients show continued normal function and no device-related problems," Nockels reported. If the new device is proven effective and approved by the FDA, it will eliminate the need for transplanted human bone, which is required with spinal fusion. It will allow motion ...Leading cancer doctor calls for new guidelines to control early reporting from clinical trials
...ts of the different treatments. If the trials had continued for longer it was possible that the risks of the different treatments would have become clearer (for instance, tamoxifen carries a risk of endometrial cancer and blood clots, whereas AIs carry a risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures), therefore all...Transdermal patch as effective as intravenous pump for post-op pain control
... were not different between the 2 treatments. With continued treatment for up to 48 or 72 hours, more than 80 percent of patient assessments in each treatment group were good or excellent. The incidence of opioid-related adverse events was similar between the groups," the researchers write....76 million research centre to make the UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging
...clinical imaging centre further demonstrates GSK's continued commitment to medical research in the UK and will go a long way toward providing the tools we need to advance promising medicines more quickly." Sir Richard Sykes, Rector of Imperial College London, remarked: "This is a fantastic opportunity for bo...Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy may lead to learning and memory deficits in adolescents
...tion. "These findings parallel earlier reports of continued growth deficits among those children exposed to light to moderate drinking during their mothers' pregnancy," said Willford. "This shows us that prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to deficits in multiple domains." Both Willford and Mattson said that ...How to sedate? That is the question!
...da to develop an evidence-based foundation for the continued use of anesthesia and sedation for dental outpatients....NEJM breast cancer study shows increased disease - free survival
...e more likely to remain cancer free than those who continued on tamoxifen. Patients receiving AROMASIN experienced a 32 percent reduction in the risk of recurrence of the disease at three years, as compared to those continuing on tamoxifen. This reduction includes fewer local and distant tumors as well as new ...Poor diet and physical inactivity may soon overtake tobacco as leading cause of death in U.S.
... and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, write that continued progress on reducing preventable causes of death depends on a strong and vibrant public health capacity and working with the solid support and involvement of medical practitioners. "Several priorities seem clear at this point. Because a substantial ...Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
..."We found that African-American women and men have continued to receive less aggressive management than white men after myocardial infarction," says Emory investigator Viola Vaccarino MD, Ph.D., lead author of the study. Gender and racial differences were greater for reperfusion therapy, coronary angiography a...Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
...ill exists. We need to remain vigilant because the continued competition for scarce transplantable organs could encourage new kinds of gaming," says the study's lead author, Dennis Scanlon, Ph.D., assistant professor of health policy and administration at Penn State. The paper appears in the March/April issue ...New policy stops transplant heart gaming put potential still exists
...ll exists. We need to remain vigilant because the continued competition for scarce transplantable organs could encourage new kinds of gaming." The findings are published in the paper, "Does Competition for Transplantable Hearts Encourage 'Gaming' of the Waiting List," in the March/April issue of Health Affair...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...ween the MIR and ISS missions indicates a need for continued efforts to improve musculoskeletal conditioning regimens during longer space missions, such as those proposed for the moon and Mars." He added that pharmacological interventions, such as drug therapies that suppress the accelerated bone resorption wh...