Compound In Meat Prevents Diabetes, Study Suggests
...icans, half of whom do not know that they have the disease because the initial symptoms can be so mild. (Thes...ms, amputation of limbs, blindness, coronary heart disease or strokes. The research on CLA's ability to control Type II diabetes was published in the March 27 ......tion was more likely toslow the progression of the disease than the placebo combination. At any pointduring ...imately 300,000 American men arediagnosed with the disease each year, one-quarter with metastatic cancer, whichis cancer that has spread to other organs. Of t...New Drug Prevents Breast Cancer In Postmenopausal Women, UCSF Researchers Report
... breast cancer inwomen who are at high risk of the disease by 45 percent, it also showed anincreased risk of ...r during herlifetime, and it is estimated that the disease will strike 178,000 women in theUS this year, and kill 43,500. Because breast cancer can take five...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...ividuals may need more ways to fightthe underlying disease -- atherosclerosis. This means not smoking, keepingblood cholesterol and blood pressure levels down and increasing physicalactivity. "The best way is to prevent the blood clot in the first place," says Fuster, whowas one of the first scientists to s...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
...cause an event might naturally beexpected with the disease being treated. For example, it was hard to detect thatflecainide -- a drug given for life-threatening ventricular tachycardia orfibrillation -- itself caused cardiac arrest. Monitor the effectiveness of previous safety alerts: The FDA has ...Metrifonate, A New Alzheimer Drug, Helps Behavior Problems
...wed the mental decline associated with Alzheimer's disease over thesix-month study. The drug is under review ..., at least temporarily. Thismeans that Alzheimer's disease clearly is treatable," Morris says. "Unless thereis a specific medical or other contraindication, I ...First Patients Enrolled In NIH Clinical Trial On Effects Of Marijuana In HIV Patients
...lieve nausea and loss of appetite broughton by the disease and its treatments, but we don't know how THC--the activeingredient in marijuana--interacts with HIV drug therapies," said Donald I.Abrams, MD, who is principal investigator of the study. "For example, protease inhibitors like indinavir and nelfinavi...Prevalence Of Silicosis Studied In Surface Coal Miners
...o help reduce the risk of acquiringsilicosis. This disease is preventable," states Stauffer. "Our results also makeus concerned about silicosis in other surface workers, such as miners in thesand, stone, and gravel industries." This study was funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health ChronicRe...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...appears that we have been able tocontrol the local disease better than with other methods, although our resultswill need confirmation in randomized trials," said Henry Friedman. The current study included only patients with recurrent cancers or thosewith refractory disease. However, applying the trea...New Radiation Procedure Targets Liver Malignancies
...for estimating the risk of radiation-induced liver disease for individual patients, based on the volume of normal liver tissue that is irradiated along with cancer cells. The strategy works, McGinn says, by carefully targeting the tumor with external beam irradiation and excluding as much healthy liver tissu......re consequences for a child withasthma because the disease takes a tremendous amount of work to control. The study also found that knowledge of asthma's symptoms and treatments alone isnot enough to ensure that a child will take medication as prescribed. Forexample, parents reported that they understood a ......tal data and its implications for human health and disease etiology,and NIEHS Director Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., will use the appraisals and workinggroup review ,as well as other relevant information, in formulating his ownreport to Congress later this year. The questions to be answered, by votes at th...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...s the 10 million mark, which eclipses virtuallyany disease that we have a chance of controlling." "Damage from increases in cigarette smoking certainly eclipses AIDS indeveloping countries, and it will mean a new generation of children exposed tocigarette smoke. The impact on those countries' social...More Bad News For Fast Food Fans
... and the heart doesn1t receiveenough oxygen, heart disease may develop. Co-investigators in the study were Joseph H. Rapp, MD, SFVAMC chief of vascularsurgery and UCSF professor in residence; Xian-Mang Pan, MD, SFVAMC researchassociate; and Kenneth R. Feingold, MD, SFVAMC department of metabolism and UCSFpro......iation therapy andsimultaneous chemotherapy, their disease can be controlled much more frequently. T...the neck. Most of these patients willdie of their disease within three years with conventional treatment. Moreover,surgery is often disfiguring, and patients...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...ram exhibited a lower rate of sexually transmitted disease symptoms comparedto the control group. "We think the study's full-year follow-up, with the clinical charts asan objective measure to back up the self-reports, is indicative that theparticipants' behavior is really changing over time," says c...Study Reveals Possible Clue For Racial Differences In Prevalence Of High Blood Pressure
... whites tohigh blood pressure and associated heart disease and illustrates the role ofstress in heart disease, he says. Blacks develop high blood pressure at an earlier age than whites and high bloodpressure tends to be more severe in blacks than in whites. According to theAmerican Heart Association, the de......fy widening the indications of fibrates tocoronary disease not linked to hyperlipidemia. Atherosclerosis is induced by a large number of factors (hyperlipidemia,hypertension, smoking, some infections, etc.). In response to chronic exposureto these atherogenic factors the vessel wall becomes activated and ent......ciences University. The often fatal blood disease is called chronic myelogenous leukemia andstrikes about 6,000 Americans annually. "The highly targeted drug eliminatesleukemia cells in mice, and will be used for the first time in humans thissummer," explained Brian Druker, M.D., principal investiga...Thousands Of AIDS Deaths Could Be Prevented With Expanded Medicaid Coverage, UCSF Study Concludes
...lt in 9,600 more years of life forpersons with HIV disease over five-years. There would be 4,200 fewer death...timates of the number of people living with HIV by disease stage; likelihoodof qualifying and enrolling in the expansion; insurance status, income, andaccess t...