OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
...ogresses -- this is what we refer to as cachexia," explains Daniel Marks, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the OHSU Center for Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders and an assistant professor of pediatric endocrinology in the OHSU School of Medicine. "Cachexia is a very serious and currently untreatable disorder...Novel therapy tested in mice could chase away cat allergies
...Feline domesticus, for its human and feline parts, explains principal investigator Andrew Saxon, M.D., of UCLA. The cat allergen end of GFD binds to antibodies on the surface of the cell. The human end of GFD links to a different cell surface protein (called FcRIIB) that interrupts the allergic response. Dr. ...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...im Connor of ORC Macro, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Foster explains that system of care is a philosophy, rather than a specific plan. Communities that adopt system of care make an effort at cross-agency cooperation for all child- and family-serving agencies to support children with complex needs in an integrated man...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
... field of PCI is constantly and rapidly evolving," explains Professor Silber, "We are always waiting for the next study and development. Following each new study, we need to re-evaluate our thinking and clinical practice". With the wealth of recent landmark studies and developments in the field of PCI, the ...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
... the observations agree very well with the model," explains Christian Frankenberg of IUP. "For example, the measurements confirm the occurrence of enhanced methane concentrations over the Ganges plains in India as well as parts of China caused by emissions from rice paddies and domestic ruminants such as catt...Waist size linked to diabetes risk in adult men
... diabetes had measurements lower than the cutoff," explains Wang, "and the risk associated with waist circumference increased at a much lower level." While nearly 80 percent of the men in this cohort who developed type 2 diabetes could be identified using a BMI of 25--the cutoff for overweight--only half (50....Growth hormone treatment improves symptoms of metabolic disorder in postmenopausal women
...g glucose and an increase in waist circumference," explains Dr. Johansson. "The results of our study suggest that growth hormone treatment has a favorable effect on multiple metabolic disorders associated with abdominal obesity in postmenopausal women." This information may offer a treatment option for docto...How effective are herbal supplements in reducing illnesses in children?
...lar problems, and Echinacea for colds. Dr. Mahady explains that "as more children become exposed to botanical dietary supplements (herbal medicines), it is important that the safety and efficacy of these alternative treatments be established." Although some herbal supplements have shown promise for treating......man-machine interface flaws. Information errors, explains Koppel, result from fragmentation of data and information, or when there is a failure to fully integrate a hospital's multiple computer and information systems. Examples of these errors are when a physician orders the wrong dose of a drug because t...Emory Study finds HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe heart disease
... and angiographically severe CAD in 525 patients," explains Emory Heart Center cardiologist and research team member Srikanth Sola, MD. "We found that 5 percent were HIV positive and 21 percent were admitted with a heart attack. But only 1.4 percent of the heart attack group was HIVpositive." Cardiac catheter...Study finds drug eluting stents as effective as vascular brachytherapy in preventing restenosis
...d either with SES or vascular brachytherapy (VB)," explains Emory Heart Center interventional cardiologist Peter C. Block, MD, the principal investigator of the study. Using a retrospective non-randomized study design, the Emory team analyzed the U.S. nationwide post marketing surveillance registry maintaine...Study reveals frequent non-guideline treatment of late-life depression
...elpful for depression, especially in the elderly," explains Dr. Sewitch. One medication--a group of psychotropic drugs known as benzodiazepines--was dispensed to nearly 2000 of the study's late-life depression patients. "There is evidence to suggest that this group of drugs may worsen depression or result in ...Penn study will compare heart failure management technologies
...an estimated 400,000 new cases arising each year," explains Dr. Goldberg. "The costs of treating these patients are skyrocketing and are only expected to grow as the population ages. In order to curb healthcare costs, we hope to develop protocols by which we can provide patients with the latest proven techn...Medication helps alcoholics control drinking
...feeling of wellbeing associated with drinking. He explains that the benefits of naltrexone lie not so much in preventing a patient from having one drink, but rather in breaking the cycle where one drink leads to many more. "Naltrexone helps people have more control over the use of alcohol. For me, that's the...International gathering of experts to share retinoblastoma breakthroughs
...ationally recognized for his 'two-hit' theory that explains how a cell accumulates mutations before becoming cancerous," Dyer said. "And he predicted the existence of tumor-suppressor genes." Barrett G. Haik, M.D., (University of Tennessee and chief of Ophthalmology at St. Jude) will make introductory remarks...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
...in pattern "is biologically implausible." Baggerly explains that discriminatory peaks appear to be spread across the entire m/z spectrum in the second data set, but "changes in protein expression associated with cancer should affect only a few specific peaks, not the entire spectrum." Furthermore, the researc...An implanted nerve stimulator helps drop foot sufferers walk faster and better
...timulation current does not pass across the skin," explains Hermens. The project used technology developed by the UK project partner, FineTech Medical, through its work on bladder stimulation. The device is implanted during surgery and produces the dual, balanced signals required to produce the correct walkin...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...of Gleevec, the remainder is completely different, explains Griffin, who is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. In experiments with laboratory samples of CML cells, AMN107 killed the cells more effectively than Gleevec. In follow-up studies with mice with a human form of CML, AMN107 produ...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
...artments at Hopkins, and lead author of the study, explains that the recent discoveries of cardiovascular complications with long-term use of some COX-2 inhibitors are thought to be due to blocking effects of "good" prostaglandins, which are the downstream products of COX activity, potentially leading to hear...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...t careful consideration of the needs of patients," explains Dr. Bonow. "We have expanded our already talented ...eat interventions like late stent or angioplasty," explains Dr. McCarthy. Leading research Northwestern Memorial Hospital through its affiliation with Nort...