Good parenting protects against chronic illness says professor of public health
Research reveals that good parenting not only helps to reduce criminality, conduct disorder and delinquency in children but could promote good health and prevent chronic disease in adulthood, says University of Warwick Professor of Public Health Sarah Stewart-Brown. On 10th November 2004 at a Policy B...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
...blood. C-peptide is a component of insulin, which helps glucose (blood sugar) enter cells and provides the energy cells need to function properly. High levels indicate insulin resistance (the body's inability to use insulin efficiently) a major factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. Researchers e...'Outgrown' a peanut allergy? Eat more peanuts!
... be safely performed and "we hope this information helps families make a more informed decision about whether or not their child should undergo a challenge," he says. Experts say peanut allergies, which affect approximately 1 to 2 percent of young children and 1.5 million Americans overall, are on the rise...HIV-1 protease inhibitors: Effective against malaria?
...ntiretrovirals inhibit an aspartyl protease, which helps the parasite digest hemoglobin and is located on the food vacuole of the parasite. Further investigation may not only provide a better knowledge of how to treat co-infected patients with protease inhibitors, but could also lead to a new type of malar...News tips for Sunday, November 7, 2004
... 9 a.m. Abstract 3546 Blood pressure control helps prevent atrial fibrillation. High blood pressure poses a major risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AF), the rapid beating of the heart's upper chambers. Until now, it's been unclear if maintaining optimal blood pressure (BP) can prevent AF. D...'Painting' technique successfully transfers gene therapy to heart
... gene therapy, using a gene called HERG-G628S that helps regulate the heartbeat, could effectively alter the heartbeat in 20 pigs with an irregular heart rhythm. The gene therapy was contained in a plastic, gel-like substance that was "painted" onto the surface of the right atrium of the heart. The gel ...NIH recognizes IU as leader in STD research
...lloma virus causes cervical cancer The grant also helps fund the center's administrative, biostatistics, clinical and laboratory cores. The newly formed center represents the collaborative strength of infectious diseases, adolescent medicine, biostatistics and microbiology and immunology. The center direc...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
... testosterone boosts immunity because testosterone helps control T-lymphocytes, the attack cells of the immune system, according to Mayo Clinic-led research in laboratory animals. The findings appear in the Nov. 15 edition of the Journal of Immunology ( http://www.jimmunol.org/future/173.10.shtml ). Coll...Dopamine key to learning likes and dislikes, says Colorado U. team
... how healthy people learn from their decisions, it helps to determine the conditions where learning is degraded. "Studying Parkinson's patients helps us to understand how healthy people learn, by showing us what's going on under the hood," O'Reilly s...'Weekend' use matches daily drops for 'lazy eye'
...ing the amblyopic eye to do most of the work. This helps strengthen the amblyopic eye and improves vision. This research was conducted by the PEDIG at 30 clinical sites throughout North America and was funded by the National Eye Institute. The PEDIG focuses on studies of childhood eye disorders that can b...Genetics testing saves health care dollars
... for genetic services and testing." The case study helps document that genetic testing for mutations in well-characterized, dominant genes is cost-efficient because it either rules in or rules out carriers. The need for further clinical screening is eliminated in those without the mutation. "Savings a...Scientists discover enzyme crucial to HIV replication
Scientists have discovered that a cellular enzyme helps ferry HIV genetic instructions out of the cell nucleus where they can then be translated into proteins to begin their most destructive work. The cellular enzyme represents a potential new target for developing improved HIV drugs, say the researchers ...Research on nerve cell circuitry reveals clue about schizophrenia
...d levels of neurotransmitter, suggesting that RGS4 helps nerve cells communicate better with each other. Their study of nerve cell circuitry is a new approach to learning about schizophrenia. "We believe this can tell us a lot about how defects in genes might cause schizophrenia," said Hegde. "Our next st...Development of working memory, allowing voluntary control of behavior, defined
...he Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, helps to resolve questions about how working memory a f...ade test probably because the medial temporal lobe helps refine encoding of information into working memory. In practical situations, introduction of the med...Higher radiation doses help some lung cancer patients live longer
...ressively by giving them higher doses of radiation helps keep the disease from spreading and allows some patients to live longer, according to a new study published in the November 1, 2004, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO, the American...Combination therapy, not medication alone, most effective for treating children with OCD
...ned efficacy. CBT is a form of psychotherapy that helps patients change their thought patterns and behaviors related to obsessive thoughts and compulsions. OCD is characterized by recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions that are intense enough to cause severe discomfort. Obsessions are recurrent and pe...Nerve navigation findings prompt new direction for spinal cord research
... of the body and vice versa. The finding helps explain normal development of the nervous systems and provides a new target in the search for ways to re-establish connections and the movement and feeling they enable lost to spinal cord injuries. "This kinase plays a role in helping dir...Racial differences, poverty linked to mammography use
...underutilizing available resources, and this study helps us understand some of the reasons why. At the same time, however, we clinicians have to make sure we are doing everything we can to help them get the services that will help them." Generally, white women in the study were more likely to have health i...New hope for ALS seen with genetic techniques, growth factors
...VEGF). VEGF was first discovered as an agent that helps grow blood vessels. It has more recently been show...d more neuromuscular junctions, evidence that VEGF helps to preserve these crucial points of contact. In future studies, the team hopes to determine whether......ater adjustment. Among new findings: Motherhood helps learning and memory, which in turn helps mothers better care for their offspring. Mothers respond better to cries of their own infants than ...