New NIAMS grant targets osteoporosis in men
...isk of prostate cancer. Such arelationship already exists between high bone mass and breast cancer, another hormonally sensitivecondition. "Although the lifetime risk of older men for fractures of the hip, spine orwrist is considerable, the cause and pathology of osteoporosis in men hasn't rec...Researchers identify pathway that may slow the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease
...ng life in ALS patients. Currently, no treatment exists for ALS. "Virtually all our patients are dying," Dr. Przedborski says. "We can prolong life with mechanical ventilation, we can temporarily improve their quality of life with different strategies, but ultimately our patients are dying." Dr. Przedbor...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
...t's what is exciting about this -- no other method exists to do this on such a small scale." In the case of biomolecules like DNA, it will be possible to generate ultrahigh density combinatorial arrays that could be quite useful in the genomics and medical diagnostics industries. Such arrays are currentl...Missing proteins in the uterus tied to infertility in women with endometriosis
...ovaries, cervix, bladder and rectum. The condition exists in up to 40 percent of women with infertility, but the link between minimal or mild endometriosis and infertility remains unclear. As many as half of women with endometriosis will become pregnant without any treatment for the condition. Moreover, stu......m awareness that an emergency contraceptive method exists to specific knowledge about how and where to obtain it and the correct time of its administration. While most women ages 18-44 (66 percent) report that they have heard of emergency contraception, only 1-2 percent report having used it, according to ...Baltimore researchers receive $40 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
...developing world because a window of vulnerability exists among infants from 5 to 8 months of age. Newborns are protected against measles by antibodies passed to them from their mothers, but those antibody levels drop steadily over time, increasing the infants' susceptibility to measles. At the same time, ...Rapid improvements in lower back care possible
...turn to everyday activities. However, a large gap exists between these recommendations and common practice. Lengthy bed rest is still widely prescribed, and as much as 60 percent of prescribed imaging tests, including x-rays and MRIs, may be unnecessary, according to the study. At the prompting of the Ins...Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
... 48 hours in the hospital, unless a medical reason exists to keep the device in....European commission grants "orphan" status for new acute myeloid leukaemia treatment
...ases for which no satisfactory method of treatment exists or where the product will be of significant benefit. Orphan medicinal products do not automatically qualify for approval under "exceptional circumstances," but companies that sponsor orphan products receive incentives for bringing these products to t...AstraZeneca reaffirms belief in CHARM study
...tacand alone. Strong mechanistic evidence also exists to support the use of Atacand in heart failure. A recent study4 demonstrated increased exercise time following treatment with Atacand in patients suffering mild-to-moderate symptomatic heart failure. The placebo-like tolerability in patients with h......hin the first several hours. In addition, evidence exists that an attack in the other eye occurs up to 15 % of the time, over the following five years. Currently, a daily dose of aspirin is the only treatment offered, having a potential prophylactic effect on the second eye.Eye attacks, which are not a new...Toward a better burger: "Where's the selenium?"
...ers - was to determine whether a direct connection exists between concentrations of selenium in the soil and in beef. Specifically, the USDA scientists wanted to know whether beef from areas with soil high in selenium accumulates high concentrations of the mineral. It does, they learned, and according to ......ed a gene malignancy-associated gene or MAG that exists in malignant tumors of the brain, liver, breast, colon, kidney and reproductive organs, but not in healthy adults. In 1999 they announced the discovery of 13 genes that are differentially expressed in brain tumors compared to normal tissue. Dr. Ljubi...Teenagers, drinking and driving: a quick trip to the grave
... "A law setting a minimum drinking age of 21 years exists in all the states," explained Jean T. Shope, senior research scientist with the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan and lead author of the study. "Although it has reduced underage drinking and driving fatalities, we still ...No evidence that large numbers of physicians are leaving California, say UCSF researchers
...change significantly the distribution that already exists in the state. Much of the Central Valley and eastern portions of the state still have ratios of physicians to population below recommended minimum requirements, despite the overall abundance of physicians in California. Contrary to anecdotal reports,...Finding sobriety, and saving money, through spirituality
...ntail a standard, paint-by-number approach. There exists a wide spectrum of treatment options. On one end lies the medical approach, such as cognitive-behavioral treatment. On the opposite end are "faith-based" initiatives such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA). A study in the Ma...Study points to potential role for caffeine in reducing the risk of Parkinsons disease
...ct advantage when it comes to treatment because it exists for the most part where you want to target your therapy. So there may be fewer side effects," says Michael A. Schwarzschild, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology at MGH and principal investigator. Caffeine acts as an antagonist to the A2A rec...No basis found for conlusion that chiropractic is linked to strokes
...c Practice, "The fact that a temporal relationship exists between two events does not mean that one caused the other. After evaluating the available literature, an expert panel found no competent evidence that specific chiropractic adjustments cause strokes." The study's researchers also admitted they bas...Annals of Internal Medicine, Tip Sheet, June 19, 2001
...authors were not able to explain why the disparity exists between making an assessment of survival time and giving the patient this estimate, but they point out that other studies show doctors' survival predictions are wrong about 20 percent of the time. An editorial points out that the doctors in the study......ap between favored and less favored patients still exists it has narrowed during the past decade. This suggests that clinical factors rather than socioeconomic characteristics of patients were increasingly more important determinants of who undergoes revascularization. Jing Fang, Albert Einstein College o...