Researchers Identify Candidate Immunosuppressant With Fewer Side Effects
...to treat chronic conditions caused by excessive or inappropriate immuneresponses, such as asthma, inflammation, allergies, and rheumatoid arthritis.Their findings are published in the April 24 Molecular Cell. The two main immunosuppressant drugs used today, cyclosporin A andFK506, prevent the rejection of...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
...ptors as acetylcholine, at the wrong time and with inappropriate intensity,confusing the normal development process and causing the fetal brain topermanently miswire itself. Nicotine also kills brain cells outright by causingthem to "age" prematurely and die, said Slotkin. Nicotine causes similar damage ou...Research Explains Lithium's Dual Anti-Manic/Anti-Depressive Effect
...or reuse. If the reuptake mechanism malfunctions, inappropriate concentrations ofneurotransmitter remain in the synapse. Hokin postulates abnormally lowglutamate levels are involved in depression, while elevated levels areresponsible for mania. Nearly a half century ago, Australian psychiatrist John F. Cade disc......s because the parameters have not beendefined, and inappropriate exercise may have no benefit and may even bedangerous, Gater said. Gater is enrolling both physically active and sedentary SCI patients inthe study. Gater measures the subjects' basal metabolic rate, oxygen consumption,lipid profiles,...New Approach To Attacking Alzheimer's Disease Studied
...These facts suggest," write the researchers, "that inappropriate BChE activityincreases the risk and/or progression of Alzheimer's disease." What else itdoes, however, is unclear. People with a genetic lack of BChE activity seem toget along just fine, so scientists hope that side effects will be minimal. Infac......n to violation, either by illegitimate users or by inappropriate access by legitimate users, says researchers in this week's BMJ. However, controlled access to confidential patient information is possible so long as the appropriate access systems are created, say Ian Denley, a computer analyst and Dr Simon Weston...University of Iowa reading test effective at identifying reading problems due to brain injury
...pants must read through theitems and cross out the inappropriate word for each passage as quickly aspossible. The score is the number of items the patient completes accuratelywithin the time limit. "It's quick, straight forward to give and very sensitive to reading problemscaused by brain injury," Tranel said. Rea...Seniors need group housing, not homes
...ntly needed in Americancommunities to minimize the inappropriate placement of older persons in nursinghomes that are too intensive and too expensive for them," he says. Chi and Laquatra analyzed data on people 65 or older in 816 metropolitancounties and 2,129 non-metropolitan counties from U.S. Census Bureau data ...New research on Tourette's syndrome
... range from excessive twitching to extremebouts of inappropriate swearing. Doctors have assumed that the tics and v...ng. Most people have the urge to say or do inappropriate things, but decidenot to, says Flanagan. But Tourette's sufferers lack the ability to suppressthese ...Study finds problems with buying drugs on the Internet
... Internet sites, such assale of prescription drugs inappropriate for the patient (e.g., diet pills foran anorexic), dangerous drug interactions, contaminated drugs, drugs withsubpotent strengths, counterfeit drugs and undelivered products. The risk ofsuch outcomes is greater when buying from an illegitimate foreig...New medication effective against muscle disorder
...linical use of these therapiesin the management of inappropriate muscle contractions," Brin said. "My ultimatehope as a researcher is that we can use these toxins to also further ourunderstanding of the disease, and ultimately find a cure for dystonia." Researchers in the first study injected 109 cervical dystonia...Parenting, stress and your child's risk for alcoholism
...hey could do all sorts of socially appropriate and inappropriate things - but what was lacking in their environment was an adult," explained Higley. "These monkeys showed emotional instability, they were more fearful, they were much more reactive to the stimuli around them, and they did not have an adult around t...Ritalin helps children with ADHD maintain normal reaction time
...tion improves the ability of ADHD kids "to inhibit inappropriate task skills and prepare for a new task regardless of whether the task switch is frequent and predictable or infrequent and unpredictable," the authors wrote....Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
...dy. "We will likely cut infection risk by reducing inappropriate catheterization." Catheters are often left in whe...ioned as the patient improves, and then may become inappropriate and even risky." In general, unneeded catheterizations likely result from a desire for convenience f...Duke eye researchers describe cascade of events that may lead to retinal degeneration
...ree of sight; on the other, the cone cells receive inappropriate signals which, over time, lead to their deaths. "This is an elegant example of nature trying to make the best out of a bad situation," Wong said. "A new neural connection is made, and while it is an imperfect connection, it does allow some degre......lso safe when used as a monitor; in no case was an inappropriate shock recommended or delivered." Page and his colleagues analyzed data collected from electrocardiograms (EKG) used to measure electrical activity in the heart. Using the EKG, cardiologists were capable of evaluating the function and safety of the d...New discovery may revolutionize treatment for pain related to surgery, illness and injury
...get sites can avoid undesired toxicity, as well as inappropriate side effects in non-target neural tissue. Filler says that with this new method of delivering pain medication, one shot administered during surgery could alleviate the pain sensations a patient would normally feel for several days. The painkillers ...Direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads get poor grades for educating consumers
...se the outcome is good. The patient can request an inappropriate drug, and the doctor can acquiesce and prescribe i...'s health to suffer. Or the patient can request an inappropriate drug, the doctor can refuse to prescribe it, and the patient and doctor can get locked in an argumen...Cognitive neuroscience takes on alcohol
...t ways. "Drinkers can sometimes display foolish, inappropriate or harmful behavior that they would not exhibit wh...hat individuals with ADHD have difficulty stopping inappropriate actions, such as throwing a punch. Of course, the effects of alcohol are short-lived, lasting only ......ntal health care workers at all levels, and use of inappropriate therapies as well as lack of access to effective treatment, lead to the neglect of social and mental health crises such as depression, psychosis, suicide, substance abuse, violence, breakdown of the family, disintegration of communities,and the stigm...