Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women
...ng, especially amongteenagers, has caused a steady increase in smoking-related disease andmortality," notes Dr...lity rates attributable to smoking areprojected to increase 10-fold, according to King. "Increased smoking rates among young American and French women s...U-M Researcher Addresses Changes In The Heart As It Ages
... said. Increased levels of SR calcium ATPase can increase the reserve capacity of theheart, which decreases ... the chances of having a heart attack, it also can increase the chancesof surviving a heart attack, Boluyt said. "Regular exercise can delay or partially revers...Promising New Drug Uses Antibody Targeted Chemotherapy To Fight Leukemia
...motherapyregimens that involve multiple drugs that increase the likelihood of adverseside effects and drug-drug interactions. It is administered in two IV infusionsfourteen days apart, and many patients received it on an outpatient basis. Similar studies of the new treatment are underway throughout Europe an......ithMaxamine Therapy have experienced a substantial increase in leukemia-freesurvival, highlighted by the follo...going Phase II study haveexperienced a substantial increase in remission duration, highlighted by thefollowing results updated as of September 1, 1998: The medi...Study Offers Hope For Immune Reconstitution After HIV Infection
...-infected individuals showed a rapid and sustained increase in TRECs. "Our findings suggest that thymic functi...herapies that directly improve thymic function may increase the rate of immunereconstitution after HAART." The study's project officer, Patricia D'Souza, Ph.D.,...Thymus May Hold Clue To Rebuilding Immune System After HIV
...output, we will be able to testtherapies that will increase T-cell production," Koup said. The other researchers involved in the study are: Dr. Philip Keiser, internalmedicine assistant professor; Dr. Richard McFarland, pathology technical staffassociate; Earl Gage, UT Southwestern medical student; and resea...Views Of Tamoxifen And Synthetic Estrogen In Action Provide Clues For Designing Better Drugs
...ceptor inside a target cell canresult in either an increase or decrease in the growth response to a givencompound, which appears to influence how tissues respond differently to SERMs. In the Cell paper, the researchers describe how tamoxifenalters the normal shape of the receptor in a way that covers up...UCSF Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk Of Spine And Hip Fractures By Half In Women With Osteoporosis
... during the four-year study did have a significant increase inBMD at the hip and spine, Cummings said. During the four-year study, a total of 4432 women were randomized: 2214 toalendronate and 2218 to placebo (an inactive pill with no medical benefits). Participants were postmenopausal, between 54 to 81 years...... The policy can leave patients in pain and increase the risk that thelesions, called actinic keratoses, can develop into a form of skin cancer calledsquamous cell carcinoma, which can be fatal. In a paper published today by the Journal of the American Academy ofDermatology, Steve Feldman, M.D...Comprehensive Heart Failure Program At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...stive heart failure, andthat number is expected to increase to 7 million per year by the year 2010. Thecost last year alone, was a staggering $11 billion. Ninety-five percent ofindividuals with congestive heart failure are presently admitted to the hospitalthrough the emergency department, and they require an...Vanderbilt Cancer Center Discovery May Help Overcome Resistance To Anti-Breast Cancer Drug
...vity for two reasons. First, tamoxifen is known to increase NKactivity. Second, TGF-beta is a powerful suppressor of NK function. So iftamoxifen needs to increase NK activity to be effective, and if TGF-betadecreases that activity, it would make sense that increa...Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
...owth is complete. This is about a seven millimeter increase -- just the right length for normal vision with no refractive error. Refraction refers to the deflection of a ray of light as it enters the eye. As it goes in the light is bent or refracted. With normal vision, the image of a distant target...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
...ose of Ritalin. As expected, normal mice showed an increase ofdopamine in the "synaptic clefts," or spaces between nerve cells, while theknockout mice showed no such increase. "This finding indicated that Ritalin couldn't be working on dopamine,"Gainetdinov said. "It told us that the drug had to be ex...Cancer Added To Hangover Headaches
...y of detoxification of acetaldehydein the body may increase cancer risk," says Shinya Shibutani, Ph.D., one of thepaper's authors and a faculty member at the State University of New York atStony Brook. DNA is made up of chemicals called nucleotides which, when altered, can causemutations that lead to cancer. ...JAMA Study Shows Jefferson Medical College Program Brings Family Physicians To Small Town America
...e Physician Shortage AreaProgram (PSAP) in 1974 to increase the number of family doctors in rural andunderserved areas, especially in Pennsylvania. Now 25 years old, the PSAP, which admits approximately 15 students peryear, accounts for 12 percent of rural family doctors in Pennsylvania. Aretrospec...Soy May Decrease Cancer Risks, Wake Forest Researcher Says
...and soy proteins. The soyproteins did not cause an increase in cell proliferation either in the uterus ormamma...dose of soyestrogen found in natural soy caused an increase in cell proliferation un thebreast. At a higher dose of estrogen replacement therapy, howeve...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
... As fossil fuel burning and other human activities increase the amount ofgreenhouse gases in the atmosphere, K...death rates aren't likely to offset such adramatic increase in summer fatalities, Kalkstein reported in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives (vol. 10...School Computer Posture Problems Found
...hildren use computers in school, with a 10 percent increase each year. The study was supported by the Cornell College of Human Ecology....UK Researcher Develops New Delivery Systems For Treatment Of Smoking Addiction
...d well-absorbedthrough the nasal passage and would increase its bioavailability, or site ofaction, at least 12 to 15 times compared to the oral tablet form currently on the market.Since the tablet form of Zyban is heavily metabolized by the liver,administration by the nasal or transdermal route also may help......treating. "Under standard treatments, the absolute increase in long-termsurvival for patients with advanced stages of colorectal cancers has beenrelatively low, but this new regimen appears so highly effective in people withadvanced stages of colorectal cancers that it may save substantial numbers oflives. T...