Differences in human brain chemistry may account for different responses to stimulants
...yet were not stimulant abusers indicatesthat other factors besides low D2 levels are also necessary to create a realvulnerability to drug abuse," says Dr. Volkow....New HIV drug intervention cheap and effective
... sub-Saharan Africa. It took into account various factors such as rates of HIV infection, breastfeeding habits, life expectancies, and effectiveness of the treatment. All of these variables were derived from current literature, said Marseille. The nevirapine programs produced the most health benefit for th...Women in ethnic minorities may be missing benefits of HRT
... groups were not explained by differences in other factors influencing HRT use including age and hysterectomy rates, they say. Harris et al claim that their findings are potentially important because of the possible long term protective effects on heart and bone, which may particularly benefit South Asian wo...9th European Congress on Lung Disease
...ls more exposed than others? What are themain risk factors and how much of a problem is absenteeism in differentcountries? These are the kind of questions the best European and Americanspecialists will be trying to answer. The 9th ERS annual meeting will also be focussing on artificial ventilationmethods. Th...UI study advances understanding of antimicrobials and cystic fibrosis-related infection
...le with cystic fibrosis prevent theseantimicrobial factors from working effectively. "The finding provides s...ystic fibrosis airway might allow theantimicrobial factors to kill bacteria," she said. "Second, treatment using antimocribalfactors that can function well in ...University of Pittsburgh study finds that simple test spots early signs of heart disease in women
... to evaluate the relationship of heart diseaserisk factors measured before menopause and the extent of early,...ntil now, no analysis had been donecombining these factors with results from new tests that detect subtle signs ofatherosclerosis. These early indications of ...Hormone linked to body weight may help regulate blood pressure
...ce a person'srisk of high blood pressure. "Several factors are believed to affect leptin levels," Takizawa says. "One isthe amount of fat volume (quantity) a person has because leptin is produced infat cells. A second factor is whether the fat is deposited near the surface ofthe skin or deeper within the bod...UCSF to attack HIV at molecular level with new center and $7 million in state funds
...erstanding at themolecular level of the biological factors that facilitate and inhibit HIVtransmission, how to prevent HIV infection, and how to delay progression ofdisease once a person is infected. This is the first time UCSF has had a single center focusing on this key areaof research. "This crucial fundi...Moderate levels of worry can motivate women to get mammograms
...ars, learned basicinformation about genetics, risk factors for breast cancer, and American CancerSociety recommendations for mammography. They also completed questionnairesassessing how worried they felt about developing cancer and how likely theythought they were to develop it. The researchers report thei...Stress and social support linked to prostate cancer
...e findings raise the possibility that psychosocial factors promote prostatedisease through direct physiologic...thatstress, social support and other psychological factors can have more directeffects on the immune system and other physiological systems in the body." The r...Attitudes and social norms delay adolescents' 'first time'
...d sex up to that time. They measured psychosocial factors anddemographics such as ethnicity and parental education. Then at around six-monthintervals across the next two years they asked the students if they had begun tohave sex. The results of the study appear in the September issue of HealthPsychology. ...Popular notions about breast cancer-psychology link challenged
...nt data we should not infer that by changing these factors women cansubstantially alter their risk of breast cancer," said Zevon. "Overall, thecurrent data continue to support the primacy of biology, rather than personalityor life experiences, in the development of breast cancer." The research was supported...Study suggests some unruptured aneurysms do not need treatment
...ng the outcome of patients depends on a variety of factors and requires balancing early and delayed risks, th...health-outcomes data associated with each of these factors was then applied to each scenario. (Rupture rates were taken from the International Study of Unrupt...Lower death rate in Oregon hospitals linked to better care
...oskilled nursing facilities. Ni says she took both factors into account whenlooking at the lower mortality rates and found those factors to be negligible. "At the same time that lengths of stay and other costs of hospitalization havegone...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...nstitute on Aging that are connecting psychosocial factors such as well-beingand social relations to a host o...ans through which externalpsychological and social factors influence body systems and thus affect health,"Davidson says. "We will examine this premise from fiv......itional beneficial effects on other important risk factors of the disease. Results suggest that rosiglitazone...r Bakris concludes: "The fact that recognised risk factors are reduced by rosiglitazone raises the hope that treatment of insulin resistance may, in the long t...MGH researchers identify angiogenesis inhibitor in gallbladder cancer
...o add furthercomplexity to current knowledge about factors that regulate angiogenesis andtheir role in the gr...of a secondary tumor [metastases]by antiangiogenic factors released by the primary tumor depended on the primarytumor's growing in the right environment," says...Review identifies factors leading to better outcome for some metastatic breast cancer patients
... of treatment or timing, the newanalysis found six factors that contributed to better survival on average. Th... to 1995, was notspecifically designed to identify factors related to better response orsurvival, but the information was there for the looking, Rizzieri said....'Silent stroke' linked to depression
...s signs ofclinical depression. Patients with risk factors for heart attack and strokeneed to be closely monitored for the development of depression," says Steffens. Co-authors include: Michael J. Helms, B.S.; K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, M.D.; andGregory L. Burke, M.D....Reducing your risk of breast and ovarian cancer topic of women's cancer conference
...scussinformation on learning to recognize the risk factors that contribute to anincreased risk of cancer; assessing your own personal level of risk; adoptingpreventive strategies to reduce risk; and learning how to take an active rolein dealing with the alternatives of a positive diagnosis. DATE: October 23...