The role of ethnicity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
...ributable to NAFLD. Previous studies of NAFLD have focused predominantly on Caucasians, while the current study focused on a variety of racial-ethnic groups. This study, jointly conducted by researchers at the University...Simpler 'alphabet' guidelines for treating acute coronary syndrome reduce risk
...d "E" for exercise. For the study, the researchers focused on one type of coronary artery disease, called non-ct-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome. According to the AHA, acute coronary syndrome is an umbrella term describing a group of clinical symptoms associated with chest pain (acute myocardial i...New network of gastrointestinal immune cells discovered
...t, the study's senior author. The investigation focused on dendritic cells which are found in tissues in direct contact with the external environment, such as the skin, lungs and digestive system. Characterized by long extensions called dendrites, dendritic cells continually sample their environment for ...Study suggests isolation of patients with MRSA does not reduce cross-infection in ICUs
...n states: "The public, particularly in the UK, has focused on cleaning up "dirty" hospitals. While order and cleanliness probably are surrogates for overall attention to detail within an organization, housekeeping programs are unlikely to have a substantial impact on MRSA transmission. There are more import...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for brain cancer research from NCI
...ly to plan, design and implement research programs focused on cancer prevention and control, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and survival....Injury toll in US homes tops 12 million yearly: UNC, other experts call for action
...big. "At a time when so much attention is focused on homeland security, it is ironic that we can experience this magnitude of trauma in the home every year and have it go virtually unnoticed," Runyan said. "Federal and state government, as well as private groups, should support more work on this iss...NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
...ted specific goals for the next ten years that are focused upon further reducing the frequency and burden of liver disease." Along with introductory and summary statements, each chapter of the Action Plan includes a background section, a summary of recent advances, a central section describing important futu...What is driving the rise in over the counter drugs?
... more switches will take self care to a new level, focused increasingly on chronic prevention of serious illnesses, they conclude....Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
... orthopedics, the technique of osseointegration is focused on patients with difficult above-knee amputations to attach a lower-limb prosthetic device to the femur. This insight into bone biology will help define the patient selection criteria and enhance the success of the procedure. Insole design impacts ...UT Southwestern researchers find calcium intake contributing factor in formation of kidney stones
...with results showing that less attention should be focused on calcium. Researchers at UT Southwestern, however, used a newer, lower stability constant, today regarded as the "gold standard" in the industry, yielding data that pointed to calcium's more essential role. Dr. Charles Y.C. Pak, lead author on bot...Sudden death from stress linked to wonky signals in the brain
...dangerous heart rhythms in response to stress have focused on drugs which act directly on the heart, but results have so far been rather disappointing. Our research focuses on what is happening upstream, in the brain, when stress causes these heart rhythm problems. The results so far are very encouraging. "...Country's first 'simplified maze' using new ultrasound technology is done at Northwestern Memorial
...irst ever Maze procedure done using high intensity focused ultrasound technology the only energy source that...s by placing a device that delivers high-intensity focused ultrasound to the outside of the heart in a precise pattern. When combined with another cardiac pro...Tracing the life cycle of a manmade disease
...s about the cause of that loosening, several which focused on the adhesive used or the possibility of infection. In 1976 Harris reported that implant failures appeared to be caused by a biological response at the site of the implant, which resulted in erosion of the bone. Looking further into the complica...Expert panel calls for raising the bar in treating schizophrenia
...s for schizophrenia. "For decades, psychiatry has focused almost solely on managing a patient's 'positive symptoms,' such as hallucinations and delusions, because for previous treatments, that is pretty much all we had to offer," said Philip D. Harvey, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of M...National Academies news: Gulf War and Health
...eterans might have been exposed. The first report focused on potential health effects from depleted uranium, pyridostigmine bromide, sarin, and vaccines; the second centered on insecticides and solvents. These reports did not directly assess whether health effects could occur as a result of service in the ...Blocking molecules protects health of implants
...vices and implants." Kyriakides and his colleagues focused on the area of contact between the tissue and the implant, or biomaterial, where foreign body giant cells are formed from the fusion of recruited inflammatory cells that attack the implant. The CC chemokine ligand (CCL)-2, previously known as monocyt...Fair decisions more important when hospitals face crisis like SARS
...inment stage, decisions made for infection control focused on protecting staff. Measures included sending staff home, canceling all non-SARS related surgeries, and terminating hospital educational activities and patient visitation, the latter resulting in a "major backlash," from family members unable to say...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...llness not only created a worldwide scare but also focused attention on the mechanisms of transmission of the infective agent, the scrapie prion protein (PrP Sc ). Mishra et al. were surprised to find PrP Sc associated with ferritin, a protein clearly abundant in muscle tissue associated with food....UGA researchers receive NIH contract to create a stem cell-based drug assay for SMA
... "All the talk surrounding stem cell research has focused on cell therapy," said Steven Stice, one of UGA's Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholars and the project's principal investigator. "We hope that this will be the first use of human embryonic stem cells in human medicine. Our goal is to have an im...Re-analysis of large trials shows greatest benefit of chemotherapy in ER-negative tumors
... community that cancer research and treatment have focused on breast tumors that are estrogen receptor (ER)-p.... "The prevailing wisdom has been that science has focused on ER-positive tumors, with development of SERMs and now aromatase inhibitors, but ER-negative patie...