Organically grown foods higher in cancer-fighting chemicals than conventionally grown foods
...orld's largest scientific society. The article was initially published Jan. 25 on the journal's Web site. Flavonoids are phenolic compounds that have potent antioxidant activity. Many are produced in plants in response to environmental stressors, such as insects or competing plants. "If an aphid is nibbling o...Patients benefit when doctor uses computer, not paper, to write prescriptions
...id, adding that the hospitals initially invested about $5 million in the program. Even at that cost, introducing a computerized order entry system wasn't a real burden for Ohio State's health system, he sa...Surface treatments could make ready-to-eat products safer
...idn't come back," Keeton said. The lactic acid initially reduced the number of organisms, but it didn't kill all of them. Also, the Listeria started growing on the frankfurter again during refrigerated storage. The potassium lactate was not effective at all, he said. Researchers also tested the sen...World Trade Center dust analysis offers good news for New Yorkers
...orld's largest scientific society. The article was initially published Dec. 18 on the journal's Web site. The scientists were looking specifically for persistent organic pollutants highly stable compounds that pose a special problem because they endure in the environment and can be toxic to humans and wildlif...Irrigation may produce arsenic-tainted rice in Bangladesh
...orld's largest scientific society. The article was initially published Nov. 20 on the journal's Web site. Shallow wells, known as tubewells, are commonly used in Bangladesh to avoid the region's surface water, much of which contains bacteria that can cause waterborne diseases. Beginning in the 1970s, internati...New first-aid method could prevent brain damage in patients exposed to carbon monoxide
...Those suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning may initially complain of headache, nausea and fatigue but the symptoms can rapidly progress to coma and even death It is therefore critical that carbon monoxide be eliminated from the body as soon and as quickly as possible The only currently available emergenc...Satellite images predict hantaviral transmission risk
...ea in the southwestern United States where HPS was initially recognized in 1993. The images were processed and HPS risk maps were generated. Logistic regression was used to estimate risk using the digital numbers in each of the three TM bands. The researchers teamed with workers from the University of New Mexi...Statin drugs may help patients with heart valve disease avoid surgery
... levels and worsening of aortic stenosis. "We were initially somewhat disappointed, because we saw absolutely no association," says Dr. Sarano. However, when they compared changes in aortic stenosis measurements between the 38 patients who were taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and the 118 patients who ...Trial opens new possibilities for improving survival with a novel heart attack drug
... role in the process. For that reason, researchers initially theorized that pexelizumab, which blocks a component of the immune system known as complement, might be able to protect hearts during this period. The complement system is made up of many distinct proteins that react in a "cascade," one after the oth...U.Va. team identifies gene that could halt spread of cancer
... noticed was that the cells grew normally. We were initially disappointed until we discovered that cells with the RhoGDI2 replaced had lost the ability to metastasize." When the RhoGDI2 gene is active in a cancer cell, Theodorescu explained, the cell produces a protein that prevents the cancer cell from invad...Has drug regulation abandoned its public health mission?
...s that European regulatory authorities, which were initially established to provide independent scrutiny of pharmaceutical firms in the interests of public health, have been overly influenced by the industry's desire for rapid drug approvals. He explains how the industry has undermined the credibility of regul...Sepsis vaccine proves protective in preliminary studies at The Scripps Research Institute
...biochemical defense. One of the ways that the body initially responds to such an infection is to recruit white blood cells, like macrophages, which engulf the pathogens and destroy them. The macrophages also fight the pathogens by producing chemicals at the site of an infection that induce inflammation. Howev...Asthma severity is variable and unpredictable
... "Physicians should recognize that asthma that may initially be thought to be 'mild,' frequently becomes more severe if these patients are followed over time." No one parameter reliably predicted overall severity for individual patients at any given point in time. Failure to take this into consideration could...Surgeons perform nation's first Zeus robotics system-assisted gastric bypass surgery
...ical Center on Oct. 8 could have been pardoned for initially believing that the surgeon was playing high-tech v... better treatment options. Although Kim admits to initially being a little apprehensive about being the first person in the country to have the Zeus robotic-ass...Computers prove to greatly reduce prescription errors
... Emergency Medicine study found that prescriptions initially entered into a computer reduce errors in the prescription by one-third and are five times less likely to require pharmacist clarification than handwritten prescriptions. The study was published in the November 2002 issue of Academic Emergency Medicin...Long-term ERT in postmenopausal women with Alzheimer's may worsen memory
...d to moderate Alzheimer's. The effects of ERT were initially beneficial, but the performance of women receiving sustained ERT declined more than that of women receiving the placebo treatment. "When considered together, the results of this and other clinical trials suggest a pattern of beneficial effects on cog...$2 per dose vs. $1500 per dose: One doctor develops new therapy for macular degeneration
...se. the use of a medication, triamcinolone, in an initially unexpected way, dramatically improved the performance of treated patients. Note that Visudyne costs $1500 per dose and trimacinolone, a few dollars per dose. Triamcinolone is not usually given in the eye. It is frequently given in knees and other jo...Visceral fat loss after dieting is not necessarily responsible for disease risk improvements
...on of fat loss. Participants in the study were all initially overweight and consisted of 18 white and 19 Africa.... The volume of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) was initially much larger in the white women than in the African Americans, and white women lost roughly twice as ...Men more dependent on exercise than women, UF study shows
...ight not to be related to appearance, as one might initially expect, but to some other aspect of exercise. That is, whatever variable(s) are related to exercise dependency might be more prevalent in men than women."......doubling of the risk of cardiovascular death among initially healthy employees. High job stress was also associated with increased cholesterol concentrations and body mass index. In promoting cardiovascular health, the traditional advice has been for people to stop smoking, cut down drinking, eat less fat, and...