Study showed vitamin D inadequacy highly prevalent among women treated for osteoporosis
...cursors and its level in the blood serum generally indicates the level of the body's vitamin D reserves. In this study, vitamin D inadequacy was defined as 25 (OH) D <30 ng/mL. Of the women studied, 52 percent had 25(OH)D <30 ng/mL and 36 percent had values less than 25 ng/mL. The majority of study...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...roperties by enzymes in the presence of cells also indicates that it may be possible to switch between bio-inert and bioactive surfaces for instance, by presenting drugs or growth factors on demand," Ulijn said. (Paper BIFrM3, Friday 9:00 AM, Room 210D) ...The art of happiness...Is volunteering the blueprint for bliss?
New research indicates that helping others raises quality of life for British Citizens. When we volunteer our time to do something for others, such as helping out an elderly neighbour or taking part in a local community project, it can be good news for our health, our chil...Inflammatory marker may be early sign of blood vessel blockages
...protein (hs-CRP), a marker in the bloodstream that indicates inflammation, was the single factor most closely associated with the presence of plaques and their severity. "This study is important because for the first time it gives us data on cholesterol, hs-CRP and other risk factors from people randomly selec...Older patients with chronic kidney disease are costly as they transition to dialysis
... was 75, and 51 percent were males. The research indicates that Medicare costs for older patients with chronic kidney disease escalate rapidly a few months before needing dialysis to survive. No previous studies have examined costs in a group of elderly patients with chronic kidney disease for such an extens...Intranasal corticosteroid receives FDA pregnancy Category B rating for allergic rhinitis
...hinitis. The achievement of a Category B rating indicates that adequate studies in pregnant women have demonstrated that treatment with RHINOCORT AQUA does not increase the risk of congenital malformations to the fetus during the first trimester of pregnancy and in later trimesters. This may give physician...Needle-free anthrax vaccine shows promise in animal studies
...tical scientist with BD Technologies. Initial data indicates that the powdered formulation of the rPA antigen, a genetically engineered protein, is also more stable than the liquid version and can withstand wider temperature extremes, allowing it to be stockpiled for longer periods and in more extreme conditio...Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awards UT Southwestern $12 million to continue Dallas Heart Study
...rcut. Analysis of data from the Dallas Heart Study indicates that African-American men had the highest rate of uncontrolled hypertension, according to Dr. Ronald Victor, chief of hypertension at UT Southwestern and principal investigator of the barbershop study. In addition to UT Southwestern, Stanford Univers...Riverbank filtration pulls pollutants from drinking water
...directly from a river," he said. "But our research indicates that riverbank filtration can naturally remove pat...reated with chemicals," Bouwer said. "Our research indicates that with riverbank filtration, we wind up with fewer of these dangerous disinfection byproducts in ...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...t of the deformation associated with a new fissure indicates the depth at which it originates the wider the inflation, the deeper down the dike has come from. InSAR volcanic monitoring was first established using ERS data, producing interferograms showing Italy's highly-active Mount Etna appearing to 'breath...Cholesterol-lowering medications may reduce risk of glaucoma
...examination of an administrative clinical database indicates the intriguing possibility that long-term use of oral statins may be associated with a reduced risk of open-angle glaucoma, particularly among those with cardiovascular and lipid diseases. Nonstatin cholesterol-lowering agents were also associated w...Hormone therapy may still offer important health benefits to postmenopausal women
...earch in the biology of ovarian hormones, however, indicates that not all estrogens and progestins are alike, nor do they behave identically in different tissues in the body. "As our understanding of the biology of these hormones grows, the more we realize how important certain factors are -- such as formulat...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
...ikely to report inadequate training. "This finding indicates that some change in the culture of medical education has taken place over the past decade, perhaps as new physicians have adjusted their practice expectations to changing patient demographics and practice situations," Bass says. A previous study publ...New research on reduced bone mass and risk of fracture in postmenopausal women
...d Health Organization, a T score of -2.5 or lower indicates osteoporosis, and a T score of -1.0 to -2.49 indicates osteopenia. Many clinicians and reimbursement sources use the WHO definition of osteoporosis as the...Patient safety study provides first national estimate of adverse events in Canadian hospitals
...rse events across the country in 2000. "Our study indicates that care in Canadian hospitals is safe for the vast majority of patients," says Prof. Ross Baker, PhD, principal investigator of the study and professor of health policy, management and evaluation at U of T. "However, certain patients are experienci...Air pollution especially harmful to lungs of obese children
...problems and asthma," Dr. Gibson said. "This study indicates that susceptibility to air pollution is one more harmful effect of childhood obesity." The Harvard team is presenting another study at the American Thoracic Society meeting that shows that air pollution also has harmful long-term effects on obese chi...Diabetes may be going unnoticed in many UK children
...nce. "That we are not recording these high numbers indicates that the problem may be hidden," say the authors. "Children may not be aware of relevant symptoms or not realise that they should report them. We must be sure that, when children do express discomfort in some form, we listen to them. There are high c...National Academies news: vaccines and autism
...elming evidence from several well-designed studies indicates that childhood vaccines are not associated with autism," said committee chair Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston. "We strongly support ongoing research to disco...Elevated rates of trauma may put urban American Indian women at increased risk for contracting HIV
...Indians in the New York City area. The study also indicates that HIV rates among American Indian women may be ...Behavior. "This is particularly distressing as it indicates that almost all participants could have been exposed to HIV infection at some point in their lives, ...Prostate cancer marker could lead to earlier diagnosis say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
... diagnosed by testing for a protein in tissue that indicates the presence of early disease. The University of P...nberg explained that EPCA is a marker protein that indicates the earliest changes that occur in cells during the development of cancer. In the study, Dr. Getzen...