Estrogenlike drugs may eventually help postmenopausal women with weight gain
... (ovariectomized [OVX] rats) in order to mimic the decline in sex steroids that occurs at menopause, have found that OVX rats eat more and gain weight more rapidly than sham-opEαted control rats. Estrogen replacement reduces both the increased food intake and the body weight gain of the OVX rats. The ...Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
...icipated consequences such as speeding the brain's decline with old age. The question becomes more complicated for drugs such as modafinil, which can improve memory or the ability to concentrate. These have obvious appeal for professionals wanting an edge, but at what cost? "I think it is important for scien...Low-dose transdermal estrogen viable short-term treatment for menopausal women
...gain and dry eyes and mouth. Also, the menopausal decline in hormone levels can have potential long-term consequences not immediately apparent, such as increased risk for osteoporosis and coronary heart disease....Prescription of opioids for back pain needs improvement
...ease in this agent was very similar to the rate of decline in the use of propoxyphene, a drug found to have unwanted side effects, leading Luo to speculate that patients using propoxyphene may switch to hydrocordone. Luo's research was supported by Duke's Center for Clinical Effectiveness, part of the depart...'Use it or lose it' warning rings true when it comes to exercise
...ey originally started, as people with COPD tend to decline faster in these areas of functioning than healthy older adults." He admits that while the declines may be more severe in people with COPD, healthy adults who stop exercising could experience similar declines to a lesser degree. "No matter what, ...Reading test may validly estimate pre-dementia functioning
...sis of dementia depends on demonstrating cognitive decline from a prior level, ideally by comparing current s...ioning. Importantly, this sort of ability does not decline much with age and is thought to hold quite well, compared with other mental skills, in the early sta...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...hospital discharge for AMI." "Much of the observed decline in hospital length of stay may be attributed to improvements in the management of AMI, including increased use of coronary reperfusion modalities [techniques to restore blood and oxygen flow to the heart muscle]," write the researchers....News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2004
...edictors of respiratory symptoms and lung function decline among firefighters. Three weeks after the disaster... on days three to seven, and greater lung function decline than the control group. Firefighters working for seven or more days in the first two weeks at the WT...Gaining health while giving back to the community
...gth as very good to excellent, versus a 30 percent decline among controls. Cane use decreased in 50 percent o...ers reported a significant increase, compared to a decline in the control group, in the number of people they felt they could turn to for help. In measuring co...Other highlights in the April 7 JNCI
...iation therapy, a new study concludes. PSA levels decline in almost all patients following the initiation of...es of the rise prior to therapy and the subsequent decline following therapy can vary among patients. Anthony V. D'Amico, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues from the ...Has cricket helped to unite South Asia?
...ired an improvement in Pakistan's performance or a decline in India's, or both, but this effect was small in test cricket, say the authors. They believe that these data support their hypothesis that a single shot had an enduring influence. "Now India must have a landmark victory of its own it may have alrea...Drug companies are top health care lobbyists
...lobbying by physicians lagged behind, suggesting a decline in their political influence. By reviewing reports...ty School of Medicine, this finding may indicate a decline in the political influence of physicians compared to other health care organizations such as drug co...Smoking linked to accelerated cognitive decline in the elderly
ST. PAUL, Minn. Smoking speeds up cognitive decline in the elderly, according to a large, multi-center... of the American Academy of Neurology. The rate of decline was found to be an average of five times higher per year in current smokers than those who never smo...Questions raised on DNR orders and shorter hospital stays
...ore widespread use of hospice, or could indicate a decline in the quality of care for terminally ill patients...ies are needed to examine whether there has been a decline in in-hospital quality of care for patients with DNR orders. ...Folic acid fortification may have lowered stroke deaths
...id in the 1990s appears to have been followed by a decline in stroke and ischemic heart disease deaths, gover...found evidence of a three-fold acceleration in the decline of stroke-associated mortality that is temporally related to fortification of flour with folic acid,...New animal model for Alzheimer vaccine
...ts in stopping or significantly reducing cognitive decline in those participants who developed antibodies to beta amyloid. And, in the first autopsy report of a participant in the vaccine trial, scientists found evidence that significant areas of her brain were free from the amyloid plaques targeted by the ...America's teens: Growing up and out
...is disturbing trend, the health of the nation will decline as these children get older." Co-authors include Jeffrey D. Dawson, Sc.D., and Ronald A. Lauer, M.D....Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
...ercent drop in total blood cholesterol, 31 percent decline in "bad" LDL cholesterol, a 24 percent drop in total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratios, and no significant change in "good" HDL cholesterol. 4:30 p.m. PST Abstract #P53 Few female patients meeting CHD secondary prevention goals. A new study ...Harmless virus associated with longer life for some HIV-positive men
... that people infected with both viruses had slower decline in the number of key immune system cells compared to HIV-positive individuals who didn't have GBV-C infection. The MACS study confirms these findings as well. Dr. Stapleton's team and the MACS study group are continuing this work to help understand w...Study reports improved method to identify fetal DNA in maternal blood samples
... Many patients who are candidates for these tests decline them because of the risk of pregnancy loss." The authors continue, "... the use of free fetal DNA for detecting chromosomal abnormalities has been limited by the seemingly low percentage of free fetal DNA in the maternal circulation." Ravinder Dhall...