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...e symptoms, some medical professionals believed it could be as high as 50 percent among CFS patients. The r...sionals, and the overall outcome of the treatments could be enhanced." Dr. Lucinda Bateman, an internist who specializes in CFS and fibromyalgia and serves ...Depression linked to insomnia in HIV patients
...ng with his or her alcohol, drug and caffeine use, could affect insomnia risks....UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
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... inhibit the function of mutant v599EB-Raf protein could prevent the spread of melanoma and halt tumor grow...at we continue to look for important proteins that could be targeted therapeutically. Studies like this one that identify how inhibiting important melanoma r...Infant vernier acuity is comparable to that of adults
... from this study also suggest that vernier testing could be a substitute for the traditional Snellen eye ch...to establish a "benchmark" to which vernier acuity could be compared. The benchmark they chose was the ability to see small differences in contrast. Adults (...Recovered king of beasts returns to his home, thanks to unique operation
...egs. Even on the first day after the operation one could already see an observable improvement in his situa...began to walk steadily, without stumbling, and one could hardy see traces of his previous illness. During the following ten days he received intensive care f...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...d Prevention (CDC) predicts even a "mild" pandemic could kill at least 100,000 people if the nation is not prepared. "This year's serious problems with flu vaccine supply showed us just how unprepared we are," says Andrew T. Pavia, chair of IDSA's Pandemic Influenza Task Force. "If this had been a pandem...Why asthma sufferers struggle with the common cold
...e Journal of Experimental Medicine. These results could help explain why respiratory viral infections are ...ma sufferers, although unable to produce IFN-beta, could still secrete pro-inflammatory molecules, that can recruit asthma-inducing cells into the lungs. Fu...Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
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...of the JAMA/Archives journals. Although most cases could be prevented, the incidence of new skin cancer, including the most deadly form, melanoma, is increasing more rapidly than that of any other type of cancer, according to background information in the article. Public education has been successful in ra...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
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...ks that claim to recharge the body after a workout could cause more irreversible damage to teeth than soft drinks. A study of the effects some of these beverages had on enamel, appearing in the January/February 2005 issue of General Dentistry , the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical, peer-revi...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...t in the abstinent group. "This unexpected finding could be explained by the higher mortality rate observed in the first group, mainly due to cancer and different cardiovascular events," state the authors. They note that alcoholism is associated with an increased risk for several malignancies in the non-im...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...&M University. If successful in future studies, it could lead to new, more effective drugs for treating the... a brain cell, with its abundance of sialic acids, could lure toxic beta amyloid out of circulation and prevent its accumulation and binding to actual brain ...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...authors suggest the detection of the JAK2 mutation could become a widely used diagnostic test. Professor Green concludes: "For more than a quarter of a century, the myeloproliferative disorders have been known to be clonal haematological malignancies, but the identity of underlying target genes has remain...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...us. They failed. Without that fragment, the cancer could not spread. Khavari noted that cells behave differ... that knowledge to treat patients. Khavari said he could imagine a drug that blocks the collagen VII fragment being used pre-emptively to prevent skin cancer...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
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...de medical supervision for illicit drug injections could reduce syringe sharing among users, concludes a Ca...haring before the facility's opening. Our findings could help inform discussions in the UK and elsewhere, where potential public-health benefits of such faci...Genes for alcohol consumption identified
How much alcohol we drink could be influenced by our genes, scientists reveal in a study published today [March 17 2005]. Researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Oxford, found t......e men in this cohort who developed type 2 diabetes could be identified using a BMI of 25--the cutoff for overweight--only half (50.5 percent) had a waist circumference greater than or equal to 40 inches--the cutoff recommended by the National Institutes of Health. Men with waist circumference of 40 inches ...