Too much soy could lead to kidney stones
...od and Drug Administration recently approved a new label on foods containing at least 6.25 grams of soy protein per serving that boasts of a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Oxalate, however, cannot be metabolized by the body and is excreted only through urine, Massey said. The compound has no nutri...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
... in the early 1970s, the popularity of the liberal label has increased for five consecutive years and is at its highest point since 1975, said Linda Sax, UCLA education professor and director of the survey. The tendency toward liberalism among the 2001 freshmen is evident in their changing attitudes about ...Nutrition education with a food label focus helps diabetics over 65 meet treatment goals
...0-session nutrition education program, with a food label focus, developed by researchers at Penn State and ...drate, fat and cholesterol information on the food label were discussed in the sessions along with product claims to combat misconceptions about label inaccu...Study reveals differences in patients' response to Ritalin
...red by injecting each volunteer with a radioactive label that binds to available, or free, dopamine transporters. The strength of the radioactive signal picked up by the PET camera indicates how many transporters are blocked by Ritalin (the lower the binding of the radiotracer, the higher the blockage by R...New study says people take mental stress to heart
...dionuclide angiography involves injecting a dye to label red blood cells. This lets researchers view the working heart. Wall motion abnormalities are specific markers of ischemia, Sheps says. Radionuclide imaging provides us a motion picture of the heart beating. Normally there is a nice symmetrical mot...Brain-imaging study offers clues to inhalant abuse
...eone asked me, I proposed that we develop a way to label and image solvents, which seem to be a 'gateway' d...her household products often abused by huffers. To label the toluene, Brookhaven chemists replaced some of the compound's carbon atoms with a radioactive iso...Longer lasting pack for long-lasting heartburn relief
... contains ranitidine (as HCl) 75mg Always read the label Zantac 75TM is available in 24 and 48 tablet packs...New research adds to evidence that acetaminophen may prevent colon cancer in lab animals
...y medication, people should read the acetaminophen label carefully and use the product only as directed. In the controlled study by Dr. Williams, test animals were divided into treated animals and controls. Treated animals received acetaminophen prior to their exposure to varying doses of 3,2-dimethyl-4...Pitt researchers find gender differences in the mental health care of children
... have occurred because parents were more likely to label a boys behavior as a mental health problem. Altern... is possible that the clinician was more likely to label the visit as mental health related when the patient was a boy, said Dr. Gardner. Boys with parent-re...Viagra significantly effective, well-tolerated for men taking multiple blood pressure treatments
...ompared to 26 percent on placebo. During the open label extension, more than 80 percent of men who received Viagra had improved erections and intercourse. This study showed that Viagra is both well-tolerated and effective when used in conjunction with high blood pressure medications which is good news f...American Heart Association weighs in on fat substitutes
...resent, trans-fat content is not part of the FDA's label requirement....Researchers warn antipsychotic drug
...e FDA should consider including a stronger warning label for these drugs. "The numbers are still sketchy since many adverse reactions are not reported to the FDA and we don't have a good handle on how many people have actually received these drugs," he cautioned. "Atypical antipsychotics can be life saving...Initially recommended drug dosages often too high, study finds
...l practice. The Georgetown researchers studied the label changes made for all the new drugs approved for use in the United States by the FDA between 1980 and 1999. The team was led by James Cross, MS, regulatory project manager in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), who was a CDDS res...Cocaine-exposed children subject to stereotyping
...infants were rated very differently when given the label of "born without any known problems" versus "born without any known problems other than the infant's mother had used cocaine during pregnancy." When videotaped infants were labeled cocaine-exposed, they were rated as less smart, affectionate, well b...Preventive sessions after divorce protect children into teens
...n social-cognitive theory, the children learned to label feelings, solve problems, and to reframe their thinking in a positive way in dealing with the stress of divorce. Literature Control condition mothers and children each received three books on divorce adjustment. After 6 years, the researchers follow...Energy density labels do not encourage overeating
...rger portions of foods labeled 'low fat' using the label as a license to eat more. This study shows that e.... These same women were given their meals with a label that said whether the main entre was low, medium or high in energy density, the actual value of ener...New hope for vaccine to fight rheumatoid arthritis, other autoimmune diseases
...rfere with IP-10 when the immune system uses it to label actual invaders such as bacteria, Karin does not e...e some 50 chemicals that the immune system uses to label cells to be attacked," he points out. "Knocking out one will not seriously weaken the immune system'...48-week results for the SOLO trial comparing GW433908/r QD to nelfinavir BID
...65 percent of patients taking NFV BID in this open label study. The 908 compound was co-discovered by Glax... patients taking nelfinavir (NFV) BID in this open label study. 71% of patients in the 908/r arm with high VL (>500,000 copies/mL) at baseline achieved ...Study points to methods for safe drug dispensing via computer
...ith BCMA, hospital pharmacies label medications with bar codes, and patients wear bar-coded wristbands. Nurses scan a patient's wristband, and a laptop computer on the medication ca......kaged items sometimes contain 2.5 or more standard label servings. The Food and Drug Administration's rule that a food weighing less than twice the standard serving amount may be labeled "one serving per container" adds much confusion to Americans' already distorted image of portion sizes, according to the...