Trans fatty acids: What are they and why shouldn't you eat them?
...out partially hydrogenated oils or have pledged to explore ways of replacing the fat. PepsiCo's Frito Lay, for example, has already eliminated trans fats from some of its products. To access the C&EN article on trans fats, go to: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/8138/8138sci4.html...New study to explore possible link between air pollution and brain cancer
...tion Foundation and explains a new study that will explore a possible link between air pollution and brain cancer. WHO: - Los Angeles Co. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, Foundation Chairman and Board Member, South Coast Air Quality Management District; and - Keith Black, MD, Director, Cedars-Sinai Maxi...Are hepatitis A vaccine boosters unnecessary?
... the second dose. Additional studies are needed to explore the long-term efficacy of a single dose. To date, no data lend support to the need for booster doses of HAV vaccine in immunocompetent individuals who have received a full vaccination course."...Other highlights in the October 1 issue of JNCI
...this study due to toxicity. "Future studies should explore more effective treatments," they conclude. Selenium Ineffective for Preventing Secondary Skin Cancers, StudyShows Among individuals at high risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer, seleniumsupplementation does not appear to prevent basal cell carcinomas ...Possible brain cancer-air pollution link to be studied
...ned neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to explore a possible link between brain cancer and air pollution. The study will be led by Keith Black, M.D., director of the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Division of Neurosurgery in Los Angeles. The Brain Tumor foundation recently a...M. D. Anderson expands peer counseling program for African-American breast cancer survivors
...rganizations M. D. Anderson is among the first to explore ethnic influences on reproductive health after breast cancer and to design an intervention program specifically geared toward this population. More than nine hundred survivors from Sisters Network® Inc. chapters nationwide will be enrolled to par...Duke study links forgiveness to less back pain, depression
...roviders. The overall purpose of this study is to explore whether a novel, positive emotion-oriented strategy - loving-kindness meditation, a centuries-old Buddhist approach to developing love and forgiveness - can foster forgiveness, reduce anger, and improve the pain and adjustment of these patients. Forg...New scientific advances in gastroenterology presented at college's 68th annual meeting
...rvival rates. Diet and GI Disease. Two studies explore the affect of diet (particularly fat and fructose ...Colorectal Cancer. Several studies at the Meeting explore colon cancer: The link between alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer; GI doctors' compliance ...People are averse to taking drugs
...group of family doctors, nurses, and lay people to explore their views on the minimum benefit they thought would justify drug treatment to prevent heart attacks. Participants varied widely in the minimum acceptable benefits chosen. Many disliked the concept of taking pills every day and preferred lifestyle c...Mayo Clinic finds weight not a factor among women using fertility technologies to become pregnant
...ogies, it also raises questions. "We still need to explore possible connections between weight and other factors such as hormone levels or embryo development, which can affect a woman's ability to become pregnant and carry a pregnancy to term," says Dr. Tummon....Novelty-seeking teens more receptive to tobacco advertising, new study shows
...ation Audrain and her colleagues are conducting to explore the social, psychological and genetic factors that influence adolescents' decisions about smoking....Molecule expressed early in pregnancy may help patients tolerate transplants
...s Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to explore whether this selective immune suppression which occurs in the placenta where mother and developing baby touch can help transplant patients avoid rejection without putting them at risk for new infection and disease. Dr. Horuzsko and his co-investiga...Evidence that neurons prune only 'twigs' to rewire themselves
...ace during the formation of long-term memories. To explore the nature of such rewiring, Mizrahi and Katz studied neurons in the neural structure called the olfactory bulb -- the collection of neurons that represent the initial processing stage for information from odor sensing receptors in the nose. "The olf...New program establishes distinguished scholar in thrombosis
...es in patient care. Specifically, Dr. Morris will explore pulmonary care in his project "Learning From Ourse...ion. "By taking a unique approach, the scholar can explore and promote alternatives for the treatment of thrombosis that will ultimately benefit many patients....NCCAM funds Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...searchers in applying cutting-edge technologies to explore the underlying mechanisms and potential benefits o...ms of antioxidants, such as alpha lipoic acid, and explore their potential roles and implications for the prevention and treatment of amyotrophic lateral scler...Brain maps perceptions, not reality
... illusion called the tactile funneling illusion to explore how the brain processes touch. With this illusion, an individual perceives simultaneous touches to multiple locations on an area of skin as a single touch at the center of that area. Although the perception of this illusion has been studied for deca...Seeing HIV in positive light boosts patients' mental health
...omatics. "Psychotherapists can help their patients explore the personal significance and effects of HIV/AIDS and encourage realities that allow for pursuit of realistic options and choices within the acknowledged limits imposed by the disease," Farber says. Patients' perceptions of their disease might also...Students of mixed races report suffering more health problems
...e-race children, Udry and his colleagues wanted to explore the relative risk of mixed race adolescents with teens of a single race using a large nationally representative sample. When first reported in 1997, Add Health showed that strong and supportive ties between parents and children helped protect adolesc...Women's symptoms are new or different
...t 39% Dizziness 39% Dr. McSweeney continues to explore women's symptoms of AMI, including possible ethnic and racial differences.......om around the country and the world will gather to explore why women are nearly twice as likely to lose their...lmer Ophthalmological Institute in Baltimore, will explore what nutritional factors that are known to have an impact on vision and the nutrition prevention mea...