University seeks recruits for arthritis study
...earch has indicated that depression and pain could impair cognitive performance, for example, performance on tasks that require attention and concentration." The team, based at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Edinburgh, seeks 25 people over the age of 55, fluent in English, to take part in the study. Partic...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...effects of binge drinking and mood add together to impair cognitive performance. We plan to study how such effects of binge drinking on cognition and mood interact with stress," she said....Meditation may reduce heart disease risk
... comfort foods and not exercising. Stress also may impair sleep, preventing the body and blood pressure from resting and recovering. It appears that meditating allowing the mind to settle to minimal activity for 15 minutes twice daily may help the meditator and his blood vessels relax in the hectic wor...Background 'DWI' checks effective
... indicator of chronic drinking problems, which can impair cognitive brain function and safety performance when flying. Pilots with DWI histories may simply be more prone to risk taking, in general, or be less concerned about safety, such as flying at night, under bad weather conditions and in violation of ...Researchers discover genetic variant that may explain why women develop M.S. more than men
... of the brain and spinal cord, creating scars that impair nerve signal transmission and lead to disability. Background Biology Interferon gamma belongs to a group of proteins that communicate with cells. Research by scientists at the Cleveland Clinic has shown that women and men naturally express differe...New method to fix cleft palate shows promise in Mayo Clinic lab study
...so may shorten and scar the soft palate, which can impair speech. The study of this method of cleft palate repair was conducted on 10 adult hounds, due to similarities to the human mouth. Two hounds served as study controls and had a surgically created cleft palate, but no subsequent repair. In the other...Low-dose aspirin and stomach ulcer medications better for heart patients with GI complications
...ing, and recent research indicates it actually may impair ulcer healing and markedly increase rates of bleed...ough inhibition of new blood vessel growth, it may impair healing of background ulcers. When combined with the propensity to increase bleeding, these agents m...Discovery of pathway in learning impairment caused by liver disease may lead to drug treatment
...e, however, that an excessive increase in cGMP may impair learning and that it must be kept high but below a certain threshold to reach maximum learning ability. The authors conclude: "Although caution must be taken considering the possible deleterious increase in the existing vasodilatation in liver diseas...Most alcohol-related plane crashes occur at night and in worsening weather conditions
...mix alcohol consumption with flying because it can impair their ability to think about key functions in operating a plane, such as interpreting flight instruments or coping with spatial disorientation," said lead study author and medical epidemiologist Guohua Li, M.D., Dr.P.H., professor of emergency medici...Novartis announces collaboration with Bayer for EMSELEX
... EMSELEX with placebo showed that EMSELEX does not impair cognitive function and has a cardiovascular safety profile similar to placebo. To date, 98 clinical trials with EMSELEX have been completed involving more than 10,500 subjects and patients, of whom 7,146 were treated with darifenacin. Across a range...Scientists study fish oil diet in bid to cut heart attack risks
...smokers for this study because we know smoking can impair blood vessel function and increase inflammation, and we are interested to learn if fish oil supplementation can counteract these effects." Those interested in volunteering for the study should contact Dr Din on 44-131-242-1850 or email him at jdin@s...University of Utah study suggests cellular waste to blame for a form of blinding eye disease
Salt Lake City - Gene mutations that impair the ability of photoreceptor cells to properly dispose of waste - and as a result cause the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa - have been identified by vision researchers at the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center. The discovery raises conc...Alcoholics can have deficits in visuoperception and frontal executive function despite sobriety
...niversity School of Medicine. "These deficits can impair everyday living, in that individuals with visuospatial or visuoperceptual deficits may be unable to accurately assess distance and spatial relations between objects, which could lead, for example, to driving problems." "Because Western society is lar...Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery effectively improves obesity-related health problems
...d with morbid obesity decrease life expectancy and impair quality of life," notes Pavlos Papasavas, M.D., one of the researchers at Western Pennsylvania Hospital. He and his colleagues followed 455 patients and collected data on medications used to treat comorbid diseases. At follow-up, almost half (48....Lower level of education can impede reovery in elderly after hospitalization
Low education level can significantly impair functional recovery in older adults after a hospital stay, Yale researchers report in the November 1 issue of the American Journal of Medicine. The level of education completed, a marker of socioeconomic status, is known to be associated with poor h...Long-term study demonstrated ADDERALL XR is an effective option to treat adolescents with ADHA
...lf-esteem and drug abuse, all of which can further impair social and family relationships, Grcevich explained. After these adolescent patients completed a four-week placebo-controlled trial with ADDERALL XR, they entered into a six-month open-label extension study. Analysis of the four-week data reveal...Soy likely doesn't affect fertility, according to research in monkeys
...search shows that the plant estrogens in soy don't impair fertility in monkeys. The study was designed to te...r, these changes in the menstrual cycle could also impair fertility. In a study of monkeys, which have menstrual cycles similar to those of women, Kaplan ...Certain components of the brain's 'executive functions' are compromised early in abstinence
.... Years of heavy alcohol consumption are known to impair abstract thinking, cognitive flexibility and persistence, and inhibition of competing responses. These abilities are among those generally referred to as executive functions, cognitive operations linked to the frontal cortex that guide complex behav...FDA approves Adderall XR (R) to treat ADHD in adults
...ication. "ADHD in adult patients may significantly impair a person's social and family relationships, as well as his or her career," said Richard H. Weisler, M.D., adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine and principal investigator for ADDERAL...Emselex(R) receives positive CHMP opinion for the treatment of overactive bladder
... doses 2 . Another study showed Emselex does not impair cognitive function such as memory, choice reaction time and word recognition, compared to placebo 3 . About Novartis Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) is a world leader in pharmaceuticals and consumer health. In 2003, the Group's businesses achieved sales of...