Study Shows Gum Disease Increases Risk Of Future Heart Disease
...he annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research. "We have always suspected that periodontal disease was a true risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but our studies have been confounded by the presence of smoking," Genco said...Routine Dental X-ray May Be A Valuable Tool In Stroke Prevention
... findings and referred to their personal physician for follow-up. Results of the research were prese... a routine dental film, it will be a powerful tool for detecting patients who are at risk but don't know it." Of the 550,000 people who suffer a strok...ACTG Protocol 185 Enrollment Halted
...to 500/mm3 who were receiving AZT during pregnancy for medical indications. Women could receive other nucleoside antiretroviral agents, if required, for their own health. It was anticipated that transmission from mother to child in a population of wome...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
.... "Oligosaccharides may prove to be a replacement for part of thedietary fiber that we know is useful, b...things, because they select for-- they become food for -- the same bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, whichare good bacteria in the bowel. You get the same p...Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
... and around the protein'sbinding site to make room for the binding partner, said Eric Toone, a Dukeassoci... they have not yet uncovered all of nature'stricks for making the binding sites suitably "sticky," Toone said.So, surprisingly, instead of pinpointing the ...... Hines' previous surgeries had sidelined him for weeks at a time. After repeated trips to the opera...ould do. For the experimental procedure, he rested for one night in the hospital and returned to work in two days. Since then, six other patients h...Laser Offers Hope For Heart Patients With No Alternatives
... heartsurgeons are testing a promising new therapy for patients with coronaryartery disease who have exha...er system,which has demonstrated promising results for the eight patients treatedat the medical center since October. "The laser gives us another ...UNC-CH Study Shows State Protects HMO Clients Poorly
... study, conducted UNC-CH's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in association with the N...rship with Dr. Thomas C. Ricketts, deputy director for health policy analysis at the center. The researchers closely analyzed laws governing HMOs in North ...Kids Near Airports Don't Read As Well
... kids tune out speech in the racket. "We've known for a long time that chronic noise is having a devasta...ssing overhead. The other school, closely matched for ethnicity and percentage of children receiving subsidized school lunches and speaking English as a s...Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used For Manic-Depression
...mical thattriggers brain cell activity responsible for helping control the wild moodswings of bipolar dis...ecently, lithium was the best medication available for thedisease, but because of undesirable side effects many people discontinueits use. In the past few ...Guidelines Offer Ways To Curb Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
... UNC-CH School of Medicine has prepared guidelines for preventing and controlling the spread of two of th...ocument is titled, “North Carolina Guidelines for Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms, Specifically Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...Substance from Grapefruit Juice May Make Medications Safer
...finding is important because it narrows the search for the substance in grapefruit juice that is responsible for its effects on drug metabolism. Isolating this substance could enable manufacturers to produce safe......gers about sex, health and condoms, mum's the word for most American parents. "The core of the problem is that it is harder for adults to talk about sex than substance abuse. Parents don't talk about sex with their children," sa...An unusual new technique for pattern recognition and small objectdetection has ...ations in digitizedmammograms -- and holds promise for discerning other medicalpathologies, manufacturing defects, and various objects in commercial,defens...Antimicrobial "Bug Spray" Found In Human Lung Cells
...tle progress in the normal cells. Ko then searched for an antimicrobial compound similar to the one found... speculates that cells in other areas at high risk for infection, such as the eyes, the gut or the mouth, may secrete similar germ-fighting compounds. ...Study Injects New Interest In How Vaccines Work
... popular theory was that it remained in the muscle for months while the body produced antibodies in respo...uvant approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in human vaccines. The FDA limits the dosage to 0.85 milligrams per vaccine to minimize exposure...New Drug For Parkinson's Disease Proves Effective, Study Finds
...d thousand cells in a tiny region of the brain die for unknown reasons. Thispea-sized part of the brain p...will improve doctors' ability to find the best mix for each individual patient, Dr. Kieburtzsays. The drug appears to be more effective than other dop...Milk Extract May Heal Wounds And Smooth Wrinkles
... of the chemicals found in milk could be very good for your skin. Theymay even speed up the healing of wo...er the umbrella of the Cooperative Research Centre for Tissue Growthand Repair in Adelaide. The scientists have extracted their wound-healing extract from...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
HIV-infected patients at high risk for tuberculosis (TB) but without confirmedTB infectio...wEngland Journal of Medicine. "Clinicians who care for people with HIV/AIDS should take note of this importantfinding," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauc...Mother's Milk: Nutrition And Nurture For Infants -- And The Best Defense Against Disease
...alth professionals as the idealsource of nutrition for infants in almost every case. In addition, the nur...it is about breast milk thatmakes it so protective for infants. "What researchers have discovered is that breast milk is much more thanjust food," ...