Scientists find biological key to 'wasting syndrome'
...rsity of California, San Diego (UCSD). "What weve described in animals has much greater relevance than we ever...CSD and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, described the steps by which tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, an immune-system protein, prevents the product...Re-designed care could reduce postnatal depression
...; in fact, the standard of care for new mothers as described by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is one office visit at 4-6 weeks. As in the UK and in Australia, postpartum depression affects 10-15% of new mothers in the USA; yet even when a mother ...A peptide whose absence leads to narcolepsy also might play role in pain sensation
...d University and the Scripps Institute, that first described this new hypothalamic neurotransmitter in 1998. Subsequent studies showed that narcolepsy was caused by the selective neurodegeneration of the hypocretin system. Prior to that finding, narcolepsy was sometimes blamed on laziness or indistinct mental ...Yale researcher receives $1.4 million grant to study the hypocretin cells involved in narcolepsy
...Stanford and the Scripps Research Institute, first described the hypothalamic neurotransmitter, hypocretin, in 1998. Later studies showed that patients with narcolepsy did not have any neurons in the brain to make hypocretin. More recently, van den Pol and other researchers also found that hypocretin appears t...Novel colorectal cancer trial seeking patient volunteers at leading U.S. cancer centers
...nts in another group will receive the same regimen described above plus doses of tetanus toxoid to determine whether this additional compound further enhances the immune response. Patients in the third group will receive standard chemotherapy; patients in this group who achieve complete or partial responses w...Mecca pilgrims a priority for meningococcal vaccination
... new cases arising during the 6 months since those described in this paper....'Bird brains' take heart-our feathered friends are no slouch at cognition
...called "transitive reasoning." This process can be described in terms of logic, that "if A is greater than B, and B is greater than C, then A is greater than C." According to the so-called "Machiavellian hypothesis," which has been formulated with respect to primates, the ability to use this type of reasoning ...Raloxifene after tamoxifen not beneficial
... according to a Northwestern University study. As described in an article in the Feb. 20 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers Ruth M. ORegan, M.D.,V. Craig Jordan and colleagues at Northwestern evaluated the effects on tumor growth of raloxifene after tamoxifen treatment in mouse...Concerta approved for ADHD in first European market
...hildren with severe ADHD. Methylphenidate also is described as "usually the first choice when drug treatment is called for" in clinical guidelines for hyperkinetic disorder published in the journal European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Concerta is an extended-release formulation of methylphenidate, using a...Apparently credible websites may not be accurate
...d accuracy of contents. They found 93% of websites described the source of medical information, 49% displayed the date that the information was posted, and 18% displayed evidence hierarchy (i.e. levels assigned to various pieces of information were related to their validity or methodological quality). Accuracy...Air pollution causes healthy blood vessels to constrict
...f exposure (65 micrograms per cubic meter). Brook described that exposure as similar to those found in urban areas during peak air pollution times such as rush-hour traffic. At least two days before or after the pollutant exposure, subjects underwent the same measurements after being exposed to air that was f...Treating eye pain may remove other migraine symptoms
...uffered from trochleitis from two to 18 years, and described a range of pain from "dull ache" to "excruciating." Patients were treated with steroid injections of dexamethasone and methylprednisolone applied directly to the inflamed trochlea. Injections produced relief of the ocular pain and associated migraine...Good child care not harmful, has benefits, but poor care worrisome, U.S. study reveals
...t the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, described the largest, most rigorous study ever done on child cares effects to Rep. George Miller (D-Cal.) and the Society for Research in Child Development in Washington, D.C. The investigation is the continuing National Institute of Child Health and Human D...Researchers demonstrate direct, real-time brain control of cursor
... cursor" technique for human use. The findings are described in the current issue of Nature. The lead author is Mijail D. Serruya, a graduate student enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. program at Brown. Serruya performed the work as part of his Ph.D. research. As a medical student, he assists paralyzed patients. Serru...Stringent regulation of traditional medicines is urgently needed
...s a prescription only medicine in 1997. Its use as described is obviously illegal, say the authors. This case is now under investigation by the Medicines Control Agency, which has yet to establish exactly where in the chain of supply adulteration with fenfluramine occurred. The vast majority of Chinese herbali...Demand for emergency ambulances has risen
...ease out of line with that seen overall. Incidents described as collapse fell from 35% to 20%, whereas those attributed more specifically to cardiac problems rose from 22% to 31% and those attributed to respiratory problems from 12% to 21%. This suggests that people are using more specific terminology to descr...Study shows synthetic pheromone in womens perfume increases intimate contact with men
... classes and asked to participate in an experiment described as testing a pheromone that would increase romance in their lives. The criteria for participation called for women who were heterosexual, regularly menstruating, neither married nor co-habiting with a man, not currently using an oral contraceptive an...UCSD team reviews pituitary gland development, from a common primordium to distinct cell types
...prising multiple distinct endocrine cell types, is described by two University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers in a review published March 22, 2002 in the journal Science. M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and UCSD professor, and Kathleen M...Late-onset schizophrenia found to be distinct condition
... is 16 to 25; late-onset, or paraphrenia, has been described as diagnosis after age 40, Dr. Casanova said. Microscopic analysis of tissue revealed no distinctive pathology among the schizophrenics, but among the paraphrenics Dr. Casanova and his collaborators found a surprising deterioration of the skeletal st...New findings about brain's 'compass' offer clues about Alzheimer's
...atients with the disease, and four years ago Duffy described a condition known as motion blindness that explains why Alzheimers patients lose the ability to keep track of their own movements. Now, through research funded by the National Eye Institute, the National Institute on Aging, and the Alzheimers Associ...