In heart failure, beta-blockers boost survival advantage for women
...as men, according to one of the largest studies to examine gender differences in treating heart failure, researchers report in todays rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Women with heart failure should be battling the disease with the same weapons as men, says Jalal ...Alcohol researchers find genetic locus of human brain wave
...l and molecular genetics that permit scientists to examine neurobiological phenotypes in conjunction with DNA markers. They examined beta EEG frequency and DNA markers in a sample of 1553 individuals drawn from a COGA sample of 250 alcoholism-affected families and found the strongest evidence for linkage wit...Alcohol and nicotine: A deadly duo
... of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research examine the mechanisms underlying the two addictive behavi...stered alcohol and nicotine to rodents in order to examine their effects on DA release in the nucleus accumbens. They found that both substances resulted in a...Majority of parents schedule child's first dental visit two years too late
...ined Dr. Rutkauskas. The results will allow us to examine the current oral care routines of children and develop materials that will fit parents informational needs. Helping children and adults have healthy teeth for life is Oral-Bs mission," said Bruce Cleverly, president of Gillette Oral Care, explaining...Key predictors of heart disease in women develop as early as adolescence
...olescence. The study, one of the largest ever to examine heart disease in women, also shows that obesity is the main factor behind these changes in heart geometry. The researchers performed echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart) on 575 healthy women, all of whom were approximately 19 years old. One of...Hormone replacement therapy: its role in breast cancers detected between screenings
...eening. These findings come from a study set up to examine the association between cancers found between screenings (interval cancers), breast density and the reported use of HRT. Although it is already known that the use of HRT can make breasts denser, this study found that more HRT users than expected had...JDRF launches multimillion-dollar Center for Islet Transplantation at Emory University
... researchers will perform pre-clinical studies and examine tolerance induction to islet grafts using the co-s...atic tissue. In these studies, investigators will examine the ability of pig islets encapsulated in a protective membrane to correct diabetes in laboratory mi...From sci-fi to reality microendoscopy to diagnose breast cancer?
...technology and we hope in the future to be able to examine the majority of ducts all the way from the nipple to the beginning of the duct deep within the breast. This will be easier once we have the new even finer endoscopes that are being developed." At the moment, women at Guys undergoing the procedure hav...Bone loss resumes when hormone replacement therapy stops, but at normal rate
... said the long-term follow-up "gave us a chance to examine the consequences of remaining on estrogen or stopping estrogen after three years." pointed out that the increase in bone mass following initiation of hormone replacement therapy gives women who stop a higher starting point; it is several years be...High pulse pressure associated with greater death risk in dialysis patients
...patients with lower blood pressures. We decided to examine pulse pressures in dialysis patients to see what the relationship was between pulse pressure and death." The Duke researchers examined existing data from more than 37,000 patients undergoing hemodialysis across the United States. They analyzed patien...Scientific society offers development sessions for industrial members
...Tuesday, April 9, 3:30 p.m. This presentation will examine the role of cosmetic chemists in the development and commercialization of chemical mixtures designed to cleanse, beautify, protect the skin, hair, and other body surfaces, or enhance appearance....Analyses of Violence Against Women Act suggest legislation saved US $14.8 billion
...s to society, Martin said. We are just starting to examine the effectiveness of various intervention programs in alleviating these costs. Violent victimization against women is indeed costly in both humanistic and economic terms, Biddle said. The act, known as VAWA-I, and the programs that resulted from the ...Report shows decline in youth smoking, but work remains
...ior since 1994. The authors of the monograph examine trends in the percentage of young people who smoke...ssachusetts, California, and Florida. The authors examine the predictors of tobacco use among youth and describe the impact of the programs. In California, f...Cellular link between sleep apnea and atherosclerosis found
...and probably myocardial infarction," he added. To examine the clinical significance of the changes in apnea ...r. Lavie explained. The next step, she said, is to examine whether effective treatment of sleep apnea can abort or even reverse this process and thereby reduce...More patients would refuse treatment if the outcome were impaired quality of life
...xamined. The objective of the current study was to examine the effect of treatment burden, a variety of treatment outcomes, and the likelihood of those outcomes on older seriously ill patients preferences for care. The study included 226 persons 60 years of age or older with a limited life expectancy because...Overstocked blood drains nations supply
...is reserving more blood than theyre using needs to examine their guidelines and modify their standards....Ultrasound senses 'feel' of breast lesions
...er potentially promising area is employing ARFI to examine the stiffness of arteries, as well as to detect deep vein clots, or thromboses, Nightingale said. Doctors currently use conventional palpation to detect such thromboses. But "you have to compress the clots quite a bit in order to evaluate them, a...Agricultural fungicide could cause irreversible immune system damage
...TPT. The laboratory tests were the first to ever examine TPT specifically in human natural killer cells, according to chemistry professor Margaret Whalen, Ph.D., who oversaw the work. Most other studies involved animal cell lines, she said during a telephone interview. Its also the first time the irrever...St. John's wort ineffective for depression
...ally important to conduct well-designed studies to examine herbal supplements and other drugs for the treatment of depression, which is a common and sometimes debilitating illness." Previous studies of SJW, performed largely in Europe and many of which had positive findings, have not clearly characterized th...Accountability in Clinical Research: Balancing Risk and Benefit
...ed by the National Patient Safety Foundation, will examine the management, conduct, funding and accountability of research involving human subjects. Sharon M. Moe, M.D., IU School of Medicine's assistant dean for research support, will lead talks in a session about the role of oversight in assuring patie...