Brain synapse formation linked to proteins, Stanford study finds
...hat one of the two thrombospondins is found at far higher levels in adult human brains than in adult monkey brains, possibly suggesting a key difference in the two animals' ability to form new synapses. Barres said the thrombospondins they studied are just two of five related proteins. So far it hasn't been...Over prescribing causing high rates of antibiotic resistance in south and east Europe
...use was lower in northern, moderate in eastern and higher in southern regions. Seasonal fluctuations were high in southern and eastern European countries, whereas in northern European countries the increase in antibiotic use during the winter was less than 25%. In most countries the researchers found a gro...Electronic medical records reduce hours, cut cost
...iggered Care Considerations. There was also a 42% higher compliance rate in the intervention group with the standards of care addressed by the system's recommendations to add new medications to the patient's regimen. "What's important is that while our government continues to support the adoption of elect...Campus can be effective site for anti-smoking efforts
...s as role models. "Actually the smoking rates are higher among 18-to-24 years olds who are not in college, but we don't know how to reach them yet," she says....Simpler blood thinning medication effective for preventing blood clots and stroke
...alysis of locally reported adverse events showed a higher rate of serious coronary events with ximelagatran (10/1,240 patients) compared with enoxaparin/warfarin (1/1,249 patients). "In conclusion, for the initial and prolonged treatment of deep vein thrombosis, direct thrombin inhibition with oral ximelaga...Patients with cancer have highly increased risk for blood clots
...Patients with cancer with distant metastases had a higher risk vs. patients without distant metastases (20 times greater risk). Carriers of the factor V Leiden mutation who also had cancer had a 12-fold increased risk vs. individuals without cancer and factor V Leiden. Similar results were indirectly calcul...New stroke-prevention drug unlikely to be cost-effective except in patients at high risk of bleeding
...the three drugs was small. However, because of its higher price, Exanta was not cost-effective for most pati...ll gain in quality of life did not make up for the higher price in patients at low risk of bleeding. On the other hand, the study showed that in patients wit...Milk, fruits and vegetables may help reduce disability risk
...tion, smoking, and body mass index and found that higher amounts of dairy, fruits and vegetables were associated with lower risk of functional limitations. And, among black women, risk of disability was significantly lower. The median servings for study participants consuming the highest amounts of the foo...Birth size and adult cancer risk
Babies who weighed more at birth had higher rates of digestive and lymphatic cancers in adulth... women who weighed more at birth had significantly higher rates of breast cancer before age 50, though much lower rates of endometrial cancer at all ages. Me...Marijuana use affects blood flow in brain even after abstinence
...a users. The blood flow velocity was significantly higher in the marijuana users than in the control subject...e from marijuana use. The marijuana users also had higher values on the pulsatility index (PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow. This is...African-Americans may need more medication to control asthma
...hmatic and nonasthmatic African-Americans required higher doses of glucocorticoids to suppress lymphocytes, ... severity, African-Americans in our study required higher doses of a glucocorticoid than Caucasians to inhibit proliferation of these inflammatory cells," sai...News briefs from the journal CHEST, February 2005
...ikely to have asthma. In sharp contrast, having a higher social class at birth and atopic sensitization at 4 years were found to be the significant risk factors for BHR. These findings suggest that BHR is influenced by mediators that differ from those of asthma and wheezing. The study appears in the Febr...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...r than older women did. Teens use Depo-Provera at higher rates than older women do. About 10 percent of American women aged 15 to 19 who are using birth control use Depo-Provera, compared to just 3 percent of women in the U.S. overall. Given once every three months, the method is effective, relatively low ...Bone density appears to recover after adolescents discontinue injected contraceptive
...concerned that DMPA use might place adolescents at higher risk for bone fracture or osteoporosis later in life. "This study shows that after adolescents stop using DMPA, their bone density can increase to levels comparable to those of other women in their age group," said Duane Alexander, M.D., Director of ...Mother's depression associated with increased risk of child's antisocial behavior
CHICAGO Significantly higher levels of antisocial behavior were found in seven-...child's first five years of life had significantly higher ASB levels at seven years of age. A mother's depression taking place after the children's birth was ...UCLA brain scientists crack mystery of how alcohol causes intoxication
...d eventually help identify children and adults at higher risk of developing alcohol dependency, so these individuals can make an informed decision about whether to drink. The study results may also speed the development of new drugs that target alcohol-sensitive GABA receptors, leading to better treatment...Tiny superconductors withstand stronger magnetic fields
... do. They also show that the thinner the wire the higher its electrical resistance is. Because nanoscale superconductors don't repel magnetic fields, they could prove useful in a variety of superconducting applications. By incorporating nanowires as filaments in bigger superconducting wires, for example, ...Pathogen-mimicking vaccine as strategy for cancer therapy
...n the trial. Responses were one order of magnitude higher than those observed in eight patients who received the Melan-A/MART-1 antigen with IFA but without CpG 7909 in previous studies. According to Dr. Jill O'Donnell-Tormey, the Executive Director of CRI, the trial is part of the CVC's systematic, coordi...Migraine-sparked vision loss may increase stroke risk in women; Migraine
...on loss during or before migraine had a 70 percent higher risk. This may indicate that vision loss is more likely to represent transient cerebral ischemia than seeing spots and lines. The prevalence of migraine in general is about 17 percent in women, and the prevalence of migraine with aura, is about 5...Rheumatoid arthritis patients have double the risk of heart failure
...on, where rates of heart failure are significantly higher among men than in women," says Dr. Nicola. "This suggests that whatever protects women from heart failure compared with men in the general population is not the same in patients with rheumatoid arthritis." Heart failure is a serious disease, accordi...