'Good guy' blood cells are now suspects in heart disease, diabetes
... your lawn, another one hanging in your garage can dramatically contribute to the job, even though no one would suspect it." Phipps' lab specializes in investigating the biomarkers for inflammation. In experiments on human platelet samples, they discovered that platelets express PPARg, a transcription factor tha...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
... - Harvard Medical School (HMS) is taking steps to dramatically advance the field of Sleep Medicine through the simultaneous establishment of three endowed chairs all devoted to this emerging critical field of medicine. Joseph B. Martin, Dean of HMS, hailed today's announcement as an historic moment for the schoo...New findings on stroke prevention surgery should change medical practice
...ing that surgery to open narrowed neck vessels can dramatically reduce stroke risk means more people should be getting the treatment and points out the need for screenings to diagnose the condition say researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "We now know definitively that we can reduce ...Thoracic PET appropriate for diagnosing some lung cancer patients
...t of metastases, Dr. Aquino said. Treatment varies dramatically between patients with limited lung cancer (surgical treatment) and those with cancer spread (nonsurgical treatment), so it is essential that appropriate measures be taken to diagnose metastases, Dr. Aquino added. Thoracic PET examinations require...CAD proves to be viable option for second reading mammograms
...D improves the cancer detection rate, but does not dramatically increase the patient recall rate. A prospective study of 4,341 consecutive screening mammograms found that CAD increases the cancer detection rate by 5.4%, said Priscilla Slanetz, MD, MPH, director of breast imaging at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical...FDA approves Enbrel to treat psoriasis
...r core aspiration of providing treatments that can dramatically improve people's lives." The approval was based on data from two Phase 3 studies totaling more than 1,200 adults with plaque psoriasis who were treated with ENBREL for up to 12 months. ENBREL was approved with a step-down dosing regimen of 50 mg adm...New UNC study shows Hurricane Floyd boosted abuse and non-abuse brain injuries in children
...ain injury in the most affected counties increased dramatically in the six months following the disaster when compared with the same areas before the hurricane," said Dr. Heather T. Keenan, research assistant professor of social medicine at the UNC School of Medicine. "The same was true for brain injuries resulti...Newborn testing for immune disorders could save lives
...rmed at birth to screen for immune disorders could dramatically increase the chance of survival for babies born with such potentially fatal disorders as severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID). Physicians at Duke University Medical Center have performed stem cell transplants in 136 infants with SCID in th...Calorie restriction drastically reduces risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes
...mericans before the diet, and levels fell the most dramatically during their first year of calorie restriction. Blood pressure scores in the restricted group also were equivalent to those of much younger individuals. The average blood pressure in the normal diet group was about 130/80, which is standard fo...Study finds low activity levels among nursing home residents regardless of restraint
...sical restraints in U.S. nursing homes has dropped dramatically since the 1990 implementation of federal regulations severely limiting the use of such devices. However, a new study reports there is little evidence that this freedom has led to increases in residents' activity levels or in rehabilitation programs t...Alcohol use and victimization among college women
...d was that the risk for experiencing victimization dramatically increased with the consumption of alcohol above the risk that exists when alcohol is not consumed." Collins said that it is important to remember that sexual assaults occur on women who do not drink, as well as nuns and the elderly. "There ofte...Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in women
Tobacco use in American women rose dramatically during the 20th century, resulting in a 600 percent increase by the year 2003 in the number of women who died of lung cancer. In the same period, the number of lung cancer deaths in men declined. Lung cancer has now surpassed breast cancer as the ...Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration projected to increase substantially by 2020
...eople having AMD. The prevalence of AMD increases dramatically with age, with more than 15 percent of white women older than 80 years having some form of AMD. More than 7 million people had drusen (deposits on the retina which are partially responsible for AMD), and were therefore at a substantial risk of devel...Prevalence of cataracts expected to increase substantially in coming decades
...es indicate that cataract prevalence will increase dramatically in the coming decades," write the researchers. "The large increase in cataract surgical procedures predicted for the U.S. population as a whole is also of significant health policy importance. Treatment for cataract already accounts for some 60 per...Vision loss from eye diseases will increase as Americans age
...creasing age, particularly after age 60. AMD rises dramatically in whites over age 80; more than one in 10 white Americans over age 80 has vision loss from AMD. Glaucoma is almost three times as common in African Americans as in whites. The prevalence of glaucoma rises rapidly in Hispanics over age 65. Cata...Creativity, aging, and health meeting
... "We know intuitively that art and creativity can dramatically improve older people's quality of life and health," said Gay Hanna, Ph.D., executive director of the SAH. "We look forward to hearing from pioneers in this emerging and important field and to discussing the direction of future research." The worksh...Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
...r cells in which the number of chromosomes differs dramatically from normal cells. Rajagopalan sequenced DNA from more than 190 colon tumors and discovered mutations in a gene whose protein product, called hCDC4, binds to and degrades a cell cycle regulator called cyclin E. The findings, published in the March is...Men with family history of prostate cancer accurately predict higher risk, UMHS study finds
...ore at risk. The risk of prostate cancer increases dramatically with age, with 70 percent of cases diagnosed after age 65," says Wood, a member of the Michigan Urology Center at UMHS. CAM use was higher among men who expressed more concern about being diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. About 69 per...NIAID vaccine protects against SARS virus infection in mice
...ters with the actual SARS virus. "This vaccine dramatically reduced the level of virus in the lungs of infected mice, more than a million-fold," says Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., VRC director. "It represents a critical first step towards developing an effective human SARS vaccine." Dr. Nabel worked with Kanta ...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
...ietin (EPO) one hour after whole brain irradiation dramatically improved learning and memory function in mice. ...normal cells. In animal models, the "Trojan Horse" dramatically reduces tumor size. In combination with interferon treatment, which encourages further elevation of ...