Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
...y in the United States. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States, causing about 79,000 more deaths per year than the next five leading causes of death combined. "It's possible that modifying the inflammatory proteins through medication could also lower the risk of heart disease," said Barbara ...Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
... in life. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of both men and women. Some previous studies by other researchers have found that doctors are less likely to deliver evidence-based medical care -- the foundation of quality improvement efforts like GAP to women compared with men. But the new study...Columbia researchers receive $3 million to combat genetic killer of infants & toddlers
... neuromuscular disease that is the leading genetic killer of infants and toddlers. The funding will enable the institution to significantly expand its already substantial SMA research. With an estimated 55,000 people afflicted with the disease in the United States, Europe and Japan, spinal muscular atrophy...New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
...4% of all female cases and it was also the biggest killer with nearly 130,000 deaths 17.4% of the total. One cancer in eight in Europe was breast cancer and this form of cancer represented 7.6% of all cancer deaths. Stomach cancer rates are falling in all countries, but this still accounts for 5.9% of all ...New math model of heart cell has novel calcium pathway
...y in a number of different scenarios. The largest killer of Americans is heart disease, claiming one million Americans annually. Over 300,000 of these deaths are attributed to arrhythmia, seven million worldwide. Rudy has used a computational biology approach to study arrhythmias at various levels (ion cha...New breast cancer test could save lives
... all ages; given that breast cancer is the largest killer of women between the ages of 35-55 in Europe, the test could have a dramatic effect on the number of deaths from this disease. The test, which utilises an innovative radar system, will enable women to be tested regularly without the fear of over...New survey finds red dress symbol prompts women to take action to care for their hearts
...action against heart disease, still the number one killer of women." Two years after the launch of the Red D...eart Truth is that heart disease is the number one killer of women in America," says Vanessa Williams. "Tragically, heart disease is also the number one kill...Mayo Clinic researchers create 'obedient virus'; First step to use measles virus against cancer
...ntly converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts down and destroys cancer cells -- and cancer cells only. Their research findings appear in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology http://www.nature.com/nbt/ . The researchers harnessed the viral trait for attacking and commandeering c...Study says 43% of US adults at risk of heart disease are not utilizing aspirin therapy
...dditionally, while heart disease is the number-one killer of American women1, only 36% of the increased-risk women surveyed selected heart attack as the health condition they personally feared most behind Alzheimer's (39%) and stroke (39%), and equal to breast cancer (36%). Even though women overall consid...Jump-starting T cells in skin cancer
...rk by increasing the number of immune cells called killer T cells that can attack the tumor. In an unexpect...ithout expanding large numbers of vaccine-specific killer T cells. Pierre Coulie's group studied anti-tumor T cells in patients vaccinated with a tumor antig...Northwestern Memorial chosen to be featured in first-ever mini-med school TV airing on PBS
...screening techniques of the nation's third leading killer stroke or "Brain Attacks." Through footage of surgery and animation, he takes Mini-Med students through the intricate brain surgery of his patient, Kathy a Chicago area resident who before being referred to Dr. Batjer had undergone an unsuccessfu...Gene vaccine protects mice against development of Her2/neu breast cancer
... of the immune system - B cell, T cell and natural killer cells - and which creates a long-lasting immune memory primed to attack breast cancer cells that are studded with HER2/neu proteins, he says. In the experiments, three groups of seven mice were treated with three injections of a vaccine. The "control...UGA researchers receive NIH contract to create a stem cell-based drug assay for SMA
...ng spinal muscular atrophy, the number one genetic killer of children under the age of two. The subcontract was awarded through the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Project, a model translation program established by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes...Book celebrates centenary of city's advances in public health
... in 1902, the book describes the fight to beat the killer diseases of smallpox and tuberculosis which plagued the city a hundred years ago, and the current battle against the 'new' challenges of HIV, herpes, and hepatitis C, cardiovascular disease and genetic diseases. The book sets the Edinburgh scene in t...Study shows haploidentical natural killer cells may provide hope for some patients with AML
...of Minnesota Cancer Center study indicates natural killer cells obtained from a family member and artificial...o standard treatment with chemotherapy. Natural killer cells are part of the body's immune system. The cells play an important role in defending the body a...Molecular tailoring of chemotherapy with novel imaging techniques
...ing Ligand). TRAIL is produced normally by natural killer cells and controls tumor spread by binding to a tu...g produced or effectively delivered by the natural killer cells at the site of tumors and so tumors are not suppressed," says El-Deiry. "The hope is that if T...New treatments for infertility are unjustified
...ests to measure the number and activity of natural killer (NK) cells circulating in their blood. These cells are found in the womb (uterus) and accumulate in large numbers during early pregnancy, but their function is completely unknown. The tests are based on the speculation that women with recurrent mi...Marine sponge leads researchers to immune system regulator
...s a key role in regulating the response of natural killer T cells, a component of the immune system that pla...eases. Discovered less than ten years ago, natural killer (NK) T cells are unusual because they target lipids, often bound to carbohydrates, rather than prote...Intervention boosts activity in kids, especially minorities
...wing the exercise intervention. CVD is the No. 1 killer and a leading cause of disability in the United States. The behavioral risk factors of overweight/obesity such as a sedentary lifestyle begin during childhood and form the backdrop for CVD in adulthood. Funded by the National Institutes of Health,...Interventions can improve lifespan in patients with ischemic heart disease
...e heart leading to heart attack and is the leading killer in the US. ...