Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
... respiratorydistress syndrome (RDS). The breathing disorder strikes up to 50,000 of the250,000 premature infants born annually in the United States and kills5,000 each year. RDS is caused by the inability of the premature infants'lungs to make surfactant, which is produced in the lungs of a fetusstarting in t...Rape Victims Find Relief From Posttraumatic Stress Using The Antidepressant Zoloft.
... trauma with acute symptoms of posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD) and a high percentage develop chronic PTSD. Thelifetime prevalence of PTSD has been estimated to be 12 percent of women inthe general population." Dr. Rothbaum has begun to recruit patients with PTSD from any cause for acontrolled clinical tri...Childhood Sex Abuse Impacts Adult Relationships
...dren also show more signs of post-traumatic stress disorder than other college women, particularly if they had less secure and responsive relationships with their mothers or primary caregivers during childhood. "In other words, our findings suggest that how sexual abuse affects overall mental health in later ...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
...sive study of its kind. Preeclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy that can strike without warning,causing high blood pressure and protein in the urine. In turn, preeclampsiamay progress to eclampsia--hypertension and generalized convulsions--which maybe fatal. The trial, reported in the Marc...Drug Is First In Decade To Show Promise Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
...rly effective intreating symptoms of GAD, a mental disorder characterized by persistent,excessive anxiety and worry over routine life activities. The condition can beserious enough to impair social and job functioning, and often includes physicalsymptoms such as fatigue, trembling, muscle tension, headache an...... reversed two abnormalities that patients withthis disorder experience. Metformin acted primarily to decrease the patients'liver glucose production, while troglitazone worked primarily to enhance theability of the patients' muscle to respond to insulin and take up glucose." The findings are reported ...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... TTP has been considered an extremely rare disorder -- less than fourcases per million persons, with an overall death rate that was originallyreported at 90 percent. With improvements in diagnosis and treatment, themortality rate is now in the range of 10 to 20 percent. However, a Northweste...New Research In Battling Alzheimer's Impact On Memory
...sease is a progressive and commonneurodegenerative disorder with widespread brain destruction and no cure. Fourteen research papers on Alzheimer's disease and related issues will bepresented here this week at the national meeting of the American ChemicalSociety, world's largest scientific society. DESIGNING ...UB Plants "Seeds" By Investing In Research Projects; Researchers Leverage Investment 14 Times Over
..., wanted to study the origins of attention deficit disorder in the brain by developing a primate model for the condition. Their attempts to get external funding followed a typical course. In their first attempt to get external funding, they scored well, but not high enough to get support, and were in the pro...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
... disabilities, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and otherbehavioral problems that we know are part of the outcome of maternal smoking." Children and adolescents who take up smoking also may suffer braindamage, said Slotkin, who is now exploring this phenomenon in animal studies. "M...Modafinil Improves The Quality Of Life Of Narcolepsy Patients
...rincipal investigator of thestudy. Narcolepsy is a disorder typically characterized by excessive daytimesleepiness. People who suffer from narcolepsy fall asleep when least expected: during an exam, during a business meeting, or while eating, playing sports ordriving. Many patients are never fully alert and...Safe And Effective Treatment For Acute Repetitive Seizures
...vity in the brain. Epilepsy, a common neurological disorder marked by repeated seizures, affectsmore than 2 million Americans. Benzodiazepines, a class of drugs that includesdiazepam and lorazepam, are generally agreed to be the treatment of choice foracute repetitive seizures. "This new method of treatment...Ulcer Drug Linked To Birth Defects
...rs from the othergroup. Mobius syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by lifetime facialparalysis. People with Mobius syndrome can't smile or frown, and they oftencan't blink or move their eyes from side to side. Mobius syndrome results fromthe under-development of two important cranial nerves, ho...Infants With Eye Problem Sought For NIH-Sponsored Study Of Congenital Esotropia
... to gather information from200 babies with the eye disorder by December of 1998. While it is common for newborns' eyes to turn out (exotropia), it is unusualfor them to turn in, or 'cross' (esotropia), says Dr. Wright. "The purposeof this study," he adds, "is to help determine whether treatment at anearlier a......lop bulimia nervosa. "The development of an eating disorder is often attributed to the effects of ourcultural ...s such as depression, anxiety,obsessive-compulsive disorder and alcohol or other substance abuse. Thoughresearchers know the symptoms and effects of bulimia, t...Serious Crime Victims Risk PTSD, Multiple Disorders
...otional disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),depression, phobias, and obsessive compulsi...s PTSD, she will more likelysuffer from some other disorder or dysfunction that may be just as debilitatingand potentially life-threatening." The Journa...... reproductive risk for a conception with a genetic disorder -- becauseof their unwillingess to risk loss of the pregnancy as a direct consequence ofperforming either procedure," Pergament said. Pregnant women under 35 can have a blood test in the second trimesterthat screens for spina bifida, Down s...How Ritalin Enhances Memory: Clues Provided By Brain Scans of ADHD Patients Using The Drug
...vity in adults withattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are significantly different fromscans of adults without ADHD, yet few difference are noted between scans ofthese two groups once the ADHD patients begin to take the drug Ritalin(methylphenidate), report researchers from Emory University at thi...Differences In Brain Function Found For Attention Deficit Disorder
...functioningbetween boys who have attention deficit disorder [ADD] and those who do not, astep that could lead ... be possible to make a biological diagnosis of the disorder byusing FMRI. Since the common treatment for ADD is a prescription drug whoselong-term effects on br...Diabetes & Holiday Foods: Cedars-Sinai Physician Offers Tips To Maintain Healthy Holiday Balance
...ath by disease in the United States,is a metabolic disorder that affects the way the body uses and storesglucose, a form of sugar. During the holidays, people with diabetes shouldavoid an overabundance of sugary desserts and rich foods and follow aregular exercise routine, says Dr. Barnett, who leads the medi...