USC study finds hormone supplement used by athletes may not increase testosterone
... the Keck School researchers did not find signs of enlarged prostate glands, Sokol says, but the time-span of the study may have been too brief to detect enlargement. Digital examination also may not detect changes in size as well as other techniques such as ultrasound. Researchers are unsure about potential ...MGH study details brain changes in autism, language disorder
...erly. In both autistic and DLD patients, the most enlarged areas were those that myelinate latest in normal d... of time. "Knowing that white matter is most enlarged in the area that develops myelin latest will help us narrow the time window in which to look for the...Deleting neural STAT3 protein in mice
...usively fat. Livers of the mice also were severely enlarged with fat deposits. The senior author, Xin-Yuan Fu, of the Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine, said the study contradicts previous research that concluded STAT3 plays no role in reproduction and growth and only a marginal role in gluc...OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
...that he didn't think the needle biopsy done on his enlarged lymph node was the correct procedure to rule out lymphoma, but that he didn't challenge his doctor's decision because he wanted to be a "good patient." Furthermore, the study authors report notable advantages of self-doctoring, such as the ability t...New study demonstrates significant and sustained improvements in BPH symptoms with AVODART ™
... benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate, taking AVODART for four years had sustained, long-term improvement in three major markers of BPH -- urinary symptoms, urinary flow rates and prostate volume reduction. AVODART is the first and only dual 5alpha-reductase (5AR) inhibitor appr...ISHLT to recognize transplant pioneer Dr. Magdi Yacoub with lifetime achievement award
...cocktail of drugs and implantable heart pumps, the enlarged and overworked heart has a chance to rest while drugs help repair the damaged organ. This approach has broadened the usage of heart assist devices beyond keeping patients alive until a transplant becomes available. With Dr. Yacoub's studies, the conc...Botox helps ease symptoms of enlarged prostate according to Univ. of Pittsburgh study
...rplasia (BPH), a condition commonly referred to as enlarged prostate, according to a study conducted by the Un...tract 1524 in the AUA proceedings. "For most men, enlarged prostate is considered to be an uncomfortable inevitability of aging," said Michael Chancellor, M.D....News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...in the amygdala and hippocampus: The amygdala is enlarged in children, but not adolescents, with autism; the hippocampus is enlarged at all ages Schumann et al. This week, Schumann et al. reexamine a controversial aspect of the under...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...rces and multi-disciplinary fields. GMES is being enlarged on a modular basis, the session heard, and scientific research represents the source of services to come. "We're trying to build the future with GMES, and it requires strong links with the research community," said Marco Malacarne of the EC's GMES U...Under the surface, the brain seethes with undiscovered activity
...ded to the film, as well as to a null pattern like enlarged television static, and a darkened room. Movies cap...e same way it would in real life. By contrast, the enlarged static--blocks of random black and white--has no such motion. Weliky was able to graph the movie-mot...MRI improves treatment of deforming birthmarks
...n is a deforming birthmark or growth consisting of enlarged veins. While the majority of vascular malformations remain stable throughout a patient's life, others worsen over time and result in disfigurement, bleeding or functional impairment. The condition can be difficult to treat because the veins are poorl...Study finds potential new cause of mental decline in old age
...at worse mental function is linked with abnormally enlarged channels around blood vessels in the brain. The re...n older people. The abnormal channels are known as enlarged perivascular spaces. Rare in young, healthy adults, they are very commonly seen in the brain scans o...Detrol LA combined with standard treatment for enlarged prostate is twice as effective
...es) and an alpha blocker, a standard treatment for enlarged prostate, was twice as effective in relieving over...fer from a combination of a common complication of enlarged prostate called bladder outlet obstruction, which reduces or prevents urine flow, and OAB, a medical...Genetic testing can identify ischemic and nonischemic heart failure
...t pump normally because the heart muscle has often enlarged for other reasons, such as physical deformity or alcohol abuse. Both conditions can lead to cardiac arrest or more gradual heart failure as the muscle weakens over time. "The gene expression differences between various forms of cardiovascular dise...New research results: 'Heart jacket' shown to be effective
...body. Patients who have the problem typically have enlarged hearts that continue to get larger and weaker as the condition progresses. The CorCap Cardiac Support Device is an investigational, mesh-like heart "jacket" that is slipped around the heart during chest surgery and stitched in place to prevent any...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
...udy. TUNA and TUMT use heat to destroy part of the enlarged prostate to improve urine flow and symptoms. Early studies suggest that these procedures reduce the occurrence of erection or bladder control side effects, which occur more often with the traditional surgery for BPH, known as transurethral resection...Obesity tied to increased risk for dozens of conditions
...embolism and insomnia, but slightly lower rates of enlarged prostate. Doctors should consider the diverse ways that increased weight affects their patients' health when they counsel or treat them, Patterson says. "Effective and practical public health approaches to preventing weight gain and treating obesity ...Sildenafil effectively treats enlarged hearts, mouse study shows
...nction (ED) in millions of men, effectively treats enlarged hearts in mice, stopping further muscle growth from occurring and reversing existing growth, including the cellular and functional damage it created. "A larger-than-normal heart is a serious medical condition, known as hypertrophy, and is a common...Vaginal hysterectomy leads to better outcomes than abdominal surgery
...g, has traditionally been used when a woman has an enlarged uterus, malignant tumors or conditions such as endometriosis. The Cochrane researchers also reviewed the evidence comparing laparoscopic and abdominal hysterectomy. In laparoscopic hysterectomies, the uterus is removed with the help of specialized in...Potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome demonstrated in fruit fly model
...ese include structural defects in certain neurons, enlarged testes, failure to maintain proper day/night activity patterns; attention deficits and hyperactivity, and defects in behavior-dependent learning and memory. "Our thinking was that since so many of the behavioral and physical phenotypes in the fly mo...