Ecstasy may be drug of choice for those trying to cope with lonelienss, study finds
...xperiences of loneliness and mark those items that described the coping strategies that were most helpful to them. The items were grouped into the following six factors: 1) Reflection and acceptance (being by one's self to become acquainted with one's fears and accepting loneliness and its resulting pain), 2) ...Combined kidney and bone marrow transplantation allows patients to discontinue anti-rejection drugs
...GH Transplantation Biology Research Center (TBRC), described how infusing the recipients with bone marrow from ...cipient immune systems. All of the patients Sykes described had developed kidney failure as a result of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. Traditio...Rutgers research shows caffeine may prevent skin cancer
...preventing skin cancer," he said of the discovery, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences early online edition, available the week of Aug. 26. It has been known for a long time that skin cancer is caused predominantly by sunlight. The authors, a group that included Conney and a team...UCSD professor explains how elephants are able to snorkel
... American Physiological Society in San Diego, West described his research findings in a lecture titled "Insights Into Respiratory Mechanisms: Lessons from the Elephant." He noted that it is well known in Africa that elephants have peculiar lungs that allow them to move across lakes, completely submerged while ...Molecular mechanism underlaying anthrax infection described by UCSD School Of Medicine researchers
...ia to rapidly spread throughout the body, has been described by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. Published online Aug. 29 in Science Express, the website of the journal Science, the lab-culture research with mouse cells describe how a complex of Bacillus anthrac...Study disputes link between increased birthweight and reduced blood pressure later in life (p 659)
...o-economic status. Since this association has been described previously as providing some of the strongest, and most consistent, support for the fetal origins hypothesis, it would seem prudent to subject other supporting evidence to a similar critical appraisal."...Other highlights in the September 4 issue of JNCI
...pers makes tumor cells commit suicide. The work is described in the September 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . According to Numsen Hail, Jr. and Reuben Lotan, Ph.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, capsaicin, and a related compound called resinifera...Duke researchers develop method to make safer drugs
...what they needed in terms of therapeutics and they described a need to have a blood thinner whose activities could be controlled by an antidote. Now we believe we have a workable solution to designing antidote drugs," said Chris P. Rusconi, Ph.D., director of Duke's Research Program in Combinatorial Therapeuti...From married woman to independent widow
...wing the deaths of their husbands which they often described in terms of the loss of limbs. Most women saw their identity, in part, as a wife, part of a couple or a family. The transition towards a 'woman alone' is marked partly by the disposal of important possessions of the husband although most keep someth...Study sheds light on cause of an AIDS treatment side effect
...itochondrial abnormalities in fat tissue have been described in patients with lipodystrophy. According to Steven J. Zullo, Ph.D., of NIST (formerly of the National Institute of Mental Health), "Many drugs can adversely affect mitochondria. This study highlights the importance of evaluating the potential shor...Many drunk drivers not problem drinkers
... with 2 percent of those with zero BACs. Relatives described 31 percent of deceased drivers with very high BACs as problem drinkers, compared with only 1 percent of drivers with a BAC of zero. Sixty-one percent of drivers with very high BACs were classified as heavy drinkers, compared with 7 percent with zero ...Public strong on opinions weaker on knowledge
...otechnology. Forty-four per cent of those surveyed described current developments as 'worrying', while only 34 per cent said they were 'encouraged'. Half of the respondents believed the Government was not doing enough to limit this technology but also displayed considerable ignorance about the actions govern...D.C. surveillance system considered a model for early disease detection
...outbreaks of diseases and biological terrorism. As described in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the system, known as Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, or ESSENCE, was created in 1999 in recognition that the D.C. area would be a...New combination treatment for hepatitis C reported more beneficial than standard therapy
...hronically infected with the virus, which is often described as "silent" because people may be infected for 10 to 30 years and not exhibit symptoms, yet still be carrying the virus. While many patients with the hepatitis C virus will not develop complications from their liver disease, chronic hepatitis C is ...Bad role models lead junior doctors to regret choice of career
...ow they felt about it. In 59 per cent of cases the described exchange was positive, with the house officer bein... good doctors. Over 20 per cent of house officers described a consultant behaving badly towards them by making unreasonable demands, bullying, being unfair, or ...Most definitive study of its kind shows that sleeping on the stomach increases infant SIDS risk
... at high risk for the condition. The study authors described the 1991 Chicago SIDS rate as "alarmingly high"--2.6 SIDS deaths per 1000 live births, as compared to the overall U.S. rate of 1.3. The current study is part of a body of research sponsored by the NICHD on infant sleep practices and the causes of SID...New data confirm KEPPRAs place at the forefront of epilepsy management
...ted in this trial is very similar to the incidence described in previous studies, confirming the safety and tolerability profile for KEPPRA. Commenting on the data, Professor Ben-Menachem said, "Our study shows that long-term treatment with KEPPRA gives sustained antiepileptic effect, with a high retention rat...Brain shrinkage in ADHD not caused by medications
...their conductivity. "Children with ADHD are often described as less mature than their peers and this may relate to delays in white matter maturation," explained Castellanos. "While we do not yet know if medication can accelerate white matter growth, we do know that treating children with medication helps thei...Atorvastatin shown to decrease heart disease and stroke (more follows)
...ional Steering Committee on 2 September 2002. They described a highly significant reduction in the number of heart attacks and a significant reduction in the number of strokes experienced by those patients receiving atorvastatin compared to placebo. As the size of the benefit exceeded the stopping rules for th...Antibiotic slows atherosclerosis in people with Chlamydia pneumonia antibodies
...ealthy artery tissue. Other researchers have also described the benefits of antibiotics on vessel disease. Sander's team evaluated the effect of the antibiotic roxithromycin on progressive thickening of the carotid (neck) artery in 272 stroke patients (average age 64) for two years. Of the 125 that tested p...