Study shows promise in identifying kidney failure
...sing kidney failure (serum creatinine measurement) leads to a diagnosis one to three days after the initial injury, but by testing for high concentrations of NGAL, Dr. Devarajan and colleagues at Cincinnati Children's found they could get definitive test results within hours. (These results were independen...Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
...ore research team; and David L. Heymann, M.D., who leads the worldwide polio eradication effort for the World Health Organization. Other internationally recognized researchers and public health experts are included on the program for the April 11 and 12 symposium, "Remembering Polio: The History and Future...Mouse model reveals potential way to reduce cardiac deaths in kidney patients
...atients. Researchers tracked a chain reaction that leads from kidney damage to weakening of the skeleton to...ls that line blood vessels. Vascular calcification leads to enlargement of one of the heart's four chambers, increased risk of congestive heart failure, hear...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...ise also may help stop the cascade that ultimately leads to a failing heart. He's focusing his studies on adolescents because of mounting evidence, from centers such as the Georgia Prevention Institute, that cardiovascular disease and related conditions such as high blood pressure begin in youth. Using a h...NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine
... as the elderly and children. H5N1 avian influenza leads to severe disease in both birds and humans. Between January 2004 and March 11, 2005, there were 69 confirmed cases of and 46 deaths from H5N1 infection in humans reported to the World Health Organization. To date, there has been a small number of cas...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
...t is a chronic inflammatory condition that usually leads to breathing problems known as "episodes" a series of events that result in narrowed airways which is responsible for the difficulty in breathing with the familiar wheeze. Although each person reacts differently to the factors that may trigger as...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...lysis bullosa, or RDEB - caused by a mutation that leads to an altered or missing collagen VII protein - develop a type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. This led Paul Khavari, MD, PhD, the Carl J. Herzog Professor in Dermatology, to suspect that the protein had something to do with cancer for...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...age of crucial clinical trial information on women leads to inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of women with CVD. Physicians' training is dominated by male data and trends, and guidelines focus on such data in recommending drug dosages and procedures. Thus women are being treated as if they are men, d...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
... points is a straight line; however, the line that leads to developing new medical devices is rarely short or straight. This conference will explore options and approaches for meeting this challenge while protecting human subjects." The "critical path" of medical product development includes the process...Mayo Clinic discovers 'new pathway' against pancreatic cancer
...s are available, researchers welcome any promising leads for improving diagnosis and therapy....Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
...ications or mortality. "Having too many physicians leads to unnecessary care and runs the risk of greater adverse effects. Simply training more specialists is unlikely to improve health, and will greatly increase costs. The challenge for the United States health services system is to find better ways for p...... investigations in dental biomaterials science. He leads a very significant research group in dental biomaterials, based in Athens, and undertakes major international research collaborations. For several years, his research group was based at the Greek National Research Centre for Biomaterials. Since 1999,...Is your job giving you a heart attack? Occupational health conference answers that, and more
...es being presented at ICOH: Working longer hours leads to higher hypertension rates in Americans Previou...ob strain and family stress faced by Chinese women leads to significant increases in blood press rates and is a determinant for greater rates of cardiovascul...News tips from the 2005, 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
...kind of problem, such as heating of the electrical leads and surrounding tissue. All patients and devices were closely monitored during the scans, some of which lasted up to 1.5 hours, and repeat measurements were made on average 24 days after the MRI to measure any long-term complications. No ill effect...Emory Study finds HIV is not an independent risk factor for severe heart disease
... to the heart -- specifically, that HIV positivity leads to an increased risk for the development ofangiographically severe coronary artery disease (CAD). But Emory research presented by Amar D. Patel, MD, today at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 54th Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando today re...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...ion of the vicious cycle of events that ultimately leads to death." During heart failure, the pumping action of the heart becomes inadequate, resulting in a back pressure of blood along with congestion of the lungs and liver. Nearly 5 million Americans suffer from heart failure and more than 250,000 die a...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
...ilation of the endothelium. "Perhaps mental stress leads to a breakdown in nitric oxide or inhibits a stimulus to produce nitric oxide that results in vasoconstriction," says Dr. Miller. The current study builds on earlier research Dr. Miller conducted on the potential benefits of laughter, reported i...Current daily smoking may be associated with increased risk for suicidal thoughts and attempts
...s their starting smoking and that major depression leads to an increased risk for regular smoking and dependence; therefore, a history of depression must be considered when examining suicide in smokers. Naomi Breslau, Ph.D., from Michigan State University, East Lansing, and colleagues examined the associat...Columbia researchers receive $3 million to combat genetic killer of infants & toddlers
...ased amount of Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) protein leads to SMA and provides an opportunity to test the dru...the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University leads drug discovery efforts. He focuses on chemical genetics, drug discovery and is screening tens of th...Potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome demonstrated in fruit fly model
... proteins and that loss of dfmr1 function in flies leads to at least a subset of the cognitive and behavioral defects observed in the fly model," says Jongens. "These results provide a potential route by which symptoms of Fragile X patients may be ameliorated."...