'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...as for many years, scientists are now beginning to discover that Hispanic foods have unique chemistries that offer unexpected health benefits, novel flavors, textures and cooking properties. More than a dozen research papers will be presented during the one-day symposium, "Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foo...Decreased levels of 'good' cholesterol in children with Progeria may cause premature heart disease
... part of its mission when the Foundation helped to discover the gene that causes Progeria. For more information about Progeria or PRF, visit www.ProgeriaResearch.org ....Blood pressure treatment could cut risk of strokes and heart attacks
...gh blood pressure, against an old one, in order to discover which is better at preventing various cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. In November 2004, the trial was stopped after the Steering Committee of ASCOT accepted the recommendation of its Data Safety Monitoring Board that the bloo...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
... A small randomised control trial will then aim to discover what sort of health professional would best fill the role of case manager. Initially, they will be nurses, counsellors or graduate primary care mental health workers, who have been introduced into the NHS in the last two years. The trial will establ...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
... type most women get. These images are designed to discover any cancer that might be hidden in women with no breast symptoms. Women who have a history of breast cancer or other symptoms -- or who experience symptoms at the time of their exam -- receive diagnostic mammograms. After two to five asymptomic years...Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
...ties. In the 1970s, Dr. Needleman was the first to discover cognitive effects in children who had been exposed to lead. Though the children had no visible signs of lead poisoning, they had significantly lower scores on IQ tests. As a result of these studies and others, lead has been removed from gasoline, pai...Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death
... Mayo Clinic research team conducted this study to discover exactly why. "We suspect that the systemic inflammation that characterizes rheumatoid arthritis also promotes cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular death," says Sherine Gabriel, M.D., the study's senior author and Mayo Clinic rheumatologist, epi...Genes in the interferon system important in SLE
...on puzzle,' with whose help it will be possible to discover the mechanisms behind the disease SLE, and maybe other autoimmune diseases at the molecular level," says Professor Lars Rnnblom. "It is remarkable that by studying only eleven of the some 200 genes that are seen as belonging to the interferon system,...Complementary and alternative therapies and conventional medical therapies
...py might work or the likelihood that research will discover a mechanism; and the likelihood that research will yield unambiguous results. Inability to meet any one of the criteria should not necessarily exclude a therapy from consideration, the report says. To foster more research on the effectiveness and s...Rotary blood pump shows promise for pediatric patients
...eart-lung machine. Researchers actively set out to discover other ways to support a failing heart to allow more time for recovery. The article relays how the efficacy and safety of VADs were demonstrated in numerous trials along the way. After 50 years of use, VADs are still considered to be in their infanc...Mayo Clinic discovery on nature of rheumatoid arthritis lung disease may offer patients therapy
...btypes of cells involved in RA lung disease and to discover how these are related to its cause and the damage to the joints, lungs and other tissues of the body which result. Second, data from the researchers shows that the form of RA disease that spreads beyond joints to involve the lungs is more likely to ...ASTRO patient education campaign wins award
... the fall of 2003, ASTRO conducted focus groups to discover how much the public and cancer patients knew about the different treatment options. What they found was that the public knew very little about radiation therapy and had trouble differentiating between chemotherapy and radiation therapy. To correct t...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
... " Once we determine how to systematically discover those markers characteristic of early cancer development, the next challenge will be to go out and conduct population-based studies to find out if using them clinically can save lives. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been a leader in that ...Success of new treatment halts international blood pressure drug trial
...y for hypertension against an old one, in order to discover which is better at preventing various cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. The older treatment strategy based on the beta-blocker, atenolol and the thiazide diuretic, bendroflumethiazide was compared with a newer treatment stra...Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
...anaria worm, Temple University researchers hope to discover what happens when drug abusers who take more than one drug-a common practice-go into withdrawal. Their work, which is funded by a new $450,000, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, is expected to lead to a better understanding of ...Imaging study finds a structural difference in the brains of cocaine addicts
...uing those observations, the researchers sought to discover whether structural abnormalities would be found in the amygdala itself that could reflect either vulnerability to cocaine addiction or changes caused by drug use. Using newly developed imaging techniques to produce extremely detailed structural info......ner eye in people, then used the new technology to discover dozens of defects "higher-order aberrations" in our vision that were previously unknown. Around the same time, the popularity of refractive surgery, where surgeons use a laser beam to sculpt the cornea to improve vision, was beginning to take off....American ethnic groups less likely to have cholesterol controlled
... and Blood Institute. This ongoing study seeks to discover if any differences exist between ethnic groups in the development of heart disease. The study measured prevalence and control of high cholesterol among the four ethnic groups, and found striking differences in treatments. Among persons with high ch...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...the response of T-lymphocytes. Delving further to discover the mechanism behind this response, the research team found that without testosterone, the T-lymphocytes "turn-on" more quickly. It also is possible that other sex hormones play a similar role because testosterone is just one of the hormones known a...Dopamine key to learning likes and dislikes, says Colorado U. team
... of like when your car makes a funny noise and you discover how the fan belt works. In this case we looked at a disease that has showed us more about dopamine's role in the learning system of the brain." Dopamine also plays a critical role in many other neurological conditions including attention deficit d...