First link found in humans between common gene and artery-clogging disease
...ts in the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study, which follows the cardiovascular health of 470 utility workers in Southern California. Researchers have known for many years that atherosclerosis risk may run in families, yet the genetic markers known to increase risk for atherosclerosis either were rare or made...'Paper of the year' winner announced
...ical lesson is that for genetic risk assessment it follows that investigators can use standard epidemiological study designs, provided self-reported ethnic background is taken into account: for such risk assessment one should not worry about 'genetic admixture'. The most enlightening aspect of the paper, how...Early treatment of blinding eye disease in infants can prevent severe vision loss
...uccessful and we have more to do." Because it follows an unpredictable course, ROP presents doctors with difficult treatment decisions. In many infants the disease spontaneously regresses and spares vision.However, in some infants ROP progresses, resulting in serious visual impairment. Existing therapy......cytes of bile constituents results in toxicity. It follows that treatments that enhance the ability of cells to rid themselves of these products will decrease toxicity. In the December 4 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation Stacey Jones and colleagues from GlaxoSmithKline describe a hepatoprotectiv...Mens social isolation linked to higher heart disease risk
...r Successful Aging Study, a research project which follows 1,189 men and women from Durham, N.C., Boston, and New Haven, Conn. Social relationships have been linked to better health and protection against heart disease in many studies. However, the unanswered question is how social relationships translate ...New Mayo Clinic approach to kidney transplants means more patients can be successfully transplanted
...t registers as a negative cross-match, the patient follows the regular course of all transplant patients of immunosuppressive drugs. Significance of the Mayo Work The Mayo Clinic study may change the heart-wrenching cycling through the donor-organ waiting list. Says Dr. Gloor, "The importance of this stud...Couple carries research links to the limit
... doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering, follows with her defense in which she used computer modeling to measure lead levels in human bone. She presents at 2 p.m. in Room 405 of the Engineering Research Center. "Both Jeff and Camille are doing work that should be of high interest in the Tristate ar...Millions of Americans are failing to get recommended health care
...udy, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, follows two recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports that found the nation's health care delivery system falling far short in its ability to apply new technology and biomedical knowledge safely and appropriately. The IOM reports blame a lack of organized p...Targeted smallpox vaccinations could be effective intervention against deliberate attack
...ly with others, concluding that an epidemic always follows the same course. The Emory study considered many different variables, including where transmission was likely to be highest (first within households, then schools, then neighborhoods, and lastly the community at large) and which individuals were lik...Smoking may change type of lymphoma into more lethal form of cancer
...alignancy. While this subset of lymphomas usually follows an indolent clinical course, a significant percentage transform into an aggressive large cell lymphoma with poor prognosis, Gartenhaus said. The vast majority of cases of follicular lymphoma have rearrangement of the Bcl-2 oncogene. The cases of foll...AIDS and cancer specimen bank at UCSF renamed and funded for five more years
...sues relevant to its services. "The name change follows a strategic reconfiguration of our operations and more accurately reflects the expansion of our services to researchers. In the future, ACSR will act as an advocate for researchers by seeking out on their behalf materials not currently in ACSR's poss...Novelty contact lenses offer great looks great risks
...are for them." Today's warning by Casey physicians follows a similar announcement by the FDA. In fact, the FDA is issuing an import alert instructing FDA and Customs officials to detain automatically all decorative contact lenses presented at United States ports of entry. The FDA will seize decorative contac...Protein patterns in blood may predict prostate cancer diagnosis
...28 (78 percent) cases of benign disease. The study follows up on the recent finding by the same research group that protein patterns in serum can be used to detect ovarian cancer. "We have now demonstrated that combining proteomic technology with artificial intelligence based bioinformatics can be a powerfu...Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
... The Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE grant follows closely on the heels of another major prostate-cancer research coup for the Seattle researchers; in July, the University of Washington was awarded $10.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to lead a multi-center, five-year investigation in...Leg maneuver may prevent fainting
...rocardiogram and blood pressure with a device that follows changes beat to beat. The table could be returned to a horizontal position almost immediately if syncope appeared imminent. During the test, researchers told patients to begin the maneuver when blood pressure began to fall and syncope symptoms such...Whole grains reduce long-term risk of type 2 diabetes in men
...of whole grains because a longer period of satiety follows meals. Magnesium, which has also been shown to improve glucose and insulin response, is present in higher amounts in whole grains than in refined grains. The Dietary Guidelines for American 2000 specifically recommend choosing several servings of w...Powerful burn-prevention video wins national award
...-karts, hot water and hot grease. "In an Instant" follows them through their treatment, and lets them tell viewers in their own words what they have gone through physically and psychologically. The children's stories are interspersed with footage of the different stages of burn treatment, and interviews wi...Practice makes perfect, if you sleep on it
...om wakefulness to NREM sleep. The first REM period follows the first period of non-REM sleep to complete the first sleep cycle. The two sleep states continue to alternate throughout the night with an average cycle period of about 90 minutes. A full night of normal human sleep will usually consist of four to ...Behavior plays key role in disease development and control, according to 10-year prospective review
...tic stress disorder. The collection of 27 articles follows prior special issues on behavioral medicine published in the same journal in 1982 and 1992. The current special issue coincides with the Decade of Behavior, a multidisciplinary initiative to focus talents, energy and creativity of the behavioral and ...No evidence that MMR vaccine is associated with autism or bowel disease
...ase, researchers announced today. Their conclusion follows the most in-depth analysis of the scientific literature to date, and provides clear reassurance for parents and health professionals regarding the safety of MMR vaccination. Their findings will be published in Clinical Evidence, the international sou...