Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
... returning to normal because of reduced ability to eliminate sodium. Dr. Kapuku wants to know if this impaired ability to regulate sodium also increases the risk for the early changes in the heart's ability to fill. He'll look at a cross- section of teens to determine the contribution of race and gender as wel...Risky surgery not always necessary to treat cervical disease
...c vaccine which stimulates the immune responses to eliminate already infected cells. Researchers comment that while surgery has been the standard treatment for HPV-related disease to date, other viral diseases are not treated in this way. More research is underway to review treatments and make further advance...Why asthma sufferers struggle with the common cold
...ed by healthy cells to limit virus replication and eliminate infected cells. These defects may be linked, as IFN-beta was recently shown to induce cell death in virus-infected cells. How might this enhanced viral replication lead to asthma? The authors show that the cells from asthma sufferers, although una...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
...run, no single intervention is likely to reduce or eliminate disparities," researchers conclude. "Nevertheless, the combination of increasing awareness, improving quality and increasing patients demand for and participation in high-quality care will likely contribute to addressing this important social issue....Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...et and medication. Weight loss can often reduce or eliminate the need for medication, including insulin. Boden warns that the long term effects of low-carbohydrate diets are not known. Whether other types of diets would have a similar impact also remains to be investigated. Other research projects of Boden...Researchers close in on breast cancer vaccine
... if giving patients the DNA vaccine can prevent or eliminate breast cancer or at least slow its growth."...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
...t disease. He says the current study sought to eliminate that uncertainty by using volunteers whose cardiovascular system was healthy. The results of the brachial artery blood flow measurements, which are precise and objective, appear to make the connection between laughter and cardiovascular health even s...Most advanced CT scanner improves imaging of heart, avoids need for surgical inspection
... is not at high risk of having a heart attack, and eliminate the need for unnecessary cardiac catheterization," he said. "And we no longer need to wait until a patient is stabilized before performing this critical diagnostic test." The new scanner installed at Hopkins is an Aquilon 64 CFX multislice CT scanne...Training could remove racial bias from police reactions
...spect is unrelated to the presence of a weapon can eliminate racial bias. Fifty police officers from Florida with two to thirty years of experience participated in one hundred and sixty test trials. The earlier trials revealed that the officers were more likely mistakenly shoot at an unarmed Black suspect th...NASA awards $9.8 million NSCOR grant to UT Southwestern to study effects of space radiation exposure
... said. "Part of our work is to find better ways to eliminate cancer cells in patients. Another is to increase our knowledge and understanding of radiation's effects and how to protect the cells in the body from harmful radiation, whether caused by space travel, nuclear waste accident or terrorism." The $9.8 mi...Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
...de information about how hypnosis works, trying to eliminate the subject's misconceptions-for example, that people under hypnosis are gullible and easily led. "We try to encourage them to use their imaginations, rather than to passively respond to the suggestions, and to actively immerse themselves in the expe...Many postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease don't use lifesaving aspirin therapy
...n the late 1980s, the federal government sought to eliminate such disparities between racial and socioeconomic groups, so to find that such a divide still exists illustrates the work that still needs to be done," he said. Berger recommends that consumers get more involved in their health care. Women who have...Lead in the environment causes violent crime, reports University of Pittsburgh researcher at AAAS
...nnual Meeting. "The government needs to do more to eliminate sources of lead in the environment." According to ...uency. A meaningful strategy to reduce crime is to eliminate lead from the environment of children."...Stem-cell research hints at better looking cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
...gton, D.C., saying that a stem-cell approach might eliminate the need for the additional surgery and may produce a long-lasting, shapely, and natural implant. The research will be published in April in the journal Tissue Engineering. Mao's research group started with a line of human stem cells taken from the b...Brain synapse formation linked to proteins, Stanford study finds
...elated proteins. So far it hasn't been possible to eliminate all five thrombospondins in mice, but he suspects what few synapses the mice eked out were thanks to the remaining thrombospondins or perhaps other glial proteins. "Had we been able to knock out all five we might have seen even more synapse loss," Ba...Study explores risks of obesity in children with kidney transplants
...ildren. Studies are under way to try and reduce or eliminate prednisone, although results to date indicate children might have to take quite a bit more of the other immunosuppressive agents instead, which have their own side effects, Dr. Hanevold says. To help minimize risks, she suggests parents and pediatric...Substance protects resilient staph bacteria
.... epidermidis strains--one natural, one altered to eliminate PGA production and one altered to produce excess PGA--to show that PGA protects S. epidermidis from innate immune defense, human antibiotic compounds and salt concentrations similar to levels found on human skin. Dr. Otto's group also used mice fitte...IDSA applauds Senate leadership for introduction of S. 3
...ity laws, and include other provisions intended to eliminate barriers that make the infectious disease market unattractive to industry. The bill is aimed at preparing the nation for pandemic influenza and other emerging infectious threats. "It's a simple fact; infectious disease physicians are running out of t...Cell phone users drive like old folks
...he other half. Only hands-free phones were used to eliminate any possible distraction from manipulating a hand-held cell phone. Thirty times each second, the simulator measured the participants' driving speed, following distance and if applicable how long it took them to hit the brakes and how long it took......o spread from cell to cell--an approach that might eliminate the problem of antiviral drug resistance, report researchers supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The scientists say their finding, made using lab-grown monke...