Decline in cardiovascular disease reported in patients with diabetes
...rdiovascular disease (CVD) have decreased over the last 50 years. However, it is uncertain whether adults ...cline in CVD rates in the U.S. population over the last several decades. Although gains have been made, substantial opportunity remains for additional progr...Federal funds given for regenerative medicine center
...ate and federal levels," Rothstein said. "Over the last 30 years, the collaboration between UHC and Case has resulted in much deeper understanding of the potential for non-embryonic stem cells." "In addition to the state-of-the-art research that will impact the lives of countless people, this center foste...University of Manchester uses crystals to help battle deadly diseases
...structures of protein molecules, right down to the last atom. The problem faced by scientists using current methods is the fact that it is not possible to detect every atom in a protein's molecular structure, and the structures therefore are incomplete making drug design more difficult. Professor John R....Stem cells' repair skills might be link to cancer
...stem cells that have somehow gone bad. Over the last 10 years, researchers have found examples of these so-called cancer stem cells -- the cells within a tumor that are capable of regrowing the tumor -- in certain malignancies of the blood, breast and brain. In most cases, however, it's not clear wheth...Researcher breaks down cholesterol mystery
...a meal--usually within about 15 minutes after your last bite. However, because chylomicrons are processed so quickly, when a patient gives a blood sample after fasting for 12 hours or more, as per doctors' usual orders, chylomicron cholesterol will usually comprise just three per cent of all the chole...Time to develop new antidotes for chemical attacks, urge researchers
...tidotes have been tested in clinical trials in the last 30 years. An international collaboration is needed to make a concerted effort to develop and test new treatments that would benefit both groups of patients, write the authors. Atropine is currently the only clearly proved and moderately effective tre...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...s age 65 and over were overweight or obese. In the last 2 decades, the increases among those age 65-74 have been especially striking. Between 1976-1980 and 1999-2002, the percentage of people age 65-74 who were overweight or obese rose from 57 percent to 73 percent; the percentage who were obese doubled f...Chemoprevention backgrounder: Working for a future of cancer chemoprevention
...t may help prevent colon cancer. A study published last year in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that a low-dose baby aspirin proved effective as a modest colon cancer chemopreventive, reducing the number of precancerous polyps by 19 percent. Results from the prospective, randomized clinical tr...Studies from the November issue of The Archives of Dermatology, a theme issue on facial rejuvenation
...ults are long lasting and continue well beyond the last treatment, indicating ongoing collagen remodeling after completion of the laser treatment sessions."......l meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology last month. The techniques appear crucial for minimizing unwanted side effects and allowing patients, most of whom now have vision of 20/16 or better, to enjoy the full effects of a type of enhanced vision that wasn't even a twinkle in the eye of doctors...Subanalysis finds patient-controlled, transdermal pain management system may be comparable
...groups at four and at eight hours, and also at the last pain intensity score. A similar proportion of patients in each group requested supplemental pain medication during the first three hours of treatment, 18.1% of IONSYS TM patients and 21.2 % of IV PCA patients. Inadequate pain relief resulted in th...New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
...ionnaire the WHOQOL - has been developed over the last decade through a collaboration of researchers and clinicians with focus groups of users throughout the world, to take into account of nuances in people's perception of life quality evident in different cultures, religions and other belief systems.Thi...Jefferson scientists reveal how some types of rabies invade the brain
...classic picture of rabies has been changing in the last few years," he says. "We have new viruses that are phenotypically and genotypically different and which may cause different symptoms not only the classical symptoms such as hydrophobia and difficulty swallowing. That's not always the case anymore." ...Hepatitis C at epidemic levels among young injectors in London
...syringes that had been used by someone else in the last four weeks and one in two sharing other injecting paraphernalia. Dr Matthew Hickman from Imperial College London, based at Charing Cross Hospital, and one of the authors of the study, comments: "For the past 6 or 7 years, government drug policy has ...HPV vaccine shown to 'substantially' reduce cervical cancer
... for a larger, Phase III trial of the vaccine the last step prior to licensing the drug for general use is now underway at Norris Cotton Cancer Center and other sites, Harper said. "We hope these results will encourage women to sign up for this trial." She noted that Norris Cotton Cancer Center is the...Morphine for chest pain increases death risk
...rin. Based on our analysis, morphine should be the last resort after else has been tried." While patients with acute STEMI are at higher risk of dying within 30 days of their hospital stay, patients with non-STEMI actually have a higher risk of dying six months and one year after initial hospital presenta...Drug-eluting stents adopted quickly, with early disparities
...cross the U.S. Since the Duke analysis covered the last nine months of 2003, the only drug-eluting stent a...refore is not a part of the current study. For the last nine months of 2003, the results of 162,969 angioplasty procedures were entered into the registry, w...UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
...talling and calibrating Moncrief's system over the last two months, as well as undergoing operational training. "Once again, Moncrief Cancer Center has demonstrated its commitment to the community by providing our patients the finest, most advanced radiation treatment available," sa...Cholesterol-lowering drug may slow Alzheimer's progression
...se of a drug tested in Alzheimer's patients in the last 10 years that has shown promise of benefit," said D. Larry Sparks, Ph.D., senior scientist and head of the Roberts Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City, Ariz. Animal and human studies have sh......ely include eye care. During the course of the last decade, Vincent has been working in Thailand and neighboring countries to provide primary eye care to refugees and displaced persons. Through these efforts, he founded the Burma Border Eye Program that extends access to eye care for thousands of ref...