Immediate cholesterol drop after heart attack guards against stroke
...roke risk, there has been concern about a possible link because several studies found an increased risk of bleeding stroke in one group of men with naturally low cholesterol levels, Waters says. "An estimated 1 million to 2 million people a year suffer from acute coronary syndromes each year in the Unite...Bladder cancer returns sooner with each recurrence, study shows
...The researchers found no statistically significant link between p53 and the risk of a first recurrence. "The finding that Ki-67 is important for the first recurrence and p53 is important for a second recurrence came as a surprise," says Yan. "It raises questions that might lead to a better understandin...Off-the-job drinking predicts subsequent on-the-job injury for up to five years
...lated injury. Numerous studies have established a link between on-the-job alcohol impairment and occupational injury. In fact, between five and 20 percent of occupational injuries or mortality likely involve alcohol. However, less is known about what impact general drinking patterns - that is, alcohol ...Public strong on opinions weaker on knowledge
...also thought that the evidence in favour of such a link was either evenly balanced, or favoured a link. In...t. So while most people are able to understand the link between global warming and fossil fuel emissions, they incorrectly assume that other environmental p...Ten schools receive funds to improve access to dental care, enroll minority/low income students
...ovide chosen institutions with five-year grants to link their schools to communities in need of dental care and to boost their underrepresented minority and low-income student enrollment numbers. "These dental schools will work to reduce gaps in care through community-based education programs that expand ...Drs. Gerald DiBona and John Hall receive American Heart Association/Novartis award
...Research, discovered two important mechanisms that link hypertension and subtle abnormalities of kidney function. Their work demonstrated that malfunctioning kidneys are important in causing hypertension, rather than occurring as a result of hypertension-induced damage.The award is given each year at the...Married couples at risk of same disease
...ffer from the same conditions as their spouse. The link is most likely to be caused by the environment within which the couple live, with shared environmental factors putting cohabiting partners at risk of developing the same diseases. The finding for asthma may be due to shared diet or shared exposure to...Elevated leptin in teens linked with dangerous artery changes
...arly vascular disease and suggests a physiological link between vascular disease and obesity, says lead re... disease. The study does not demonstrate a causal link between leptin levels and cardiovascular health, but rather an association, says the researcher. Es...Psychological distress may predict hypertension
... published between 1972 and 2000 that assessed the link between psychological distress and hypertension development. The studies measured subjects' levels of anger, anxiety, depression, defensiveness, social support, hopelessness and other psychological factors, and then looked at whether the subjects lat...Right side of brain learns language skills after stroke
...ght hemisphere. To test whether there is a direct link between recovered language abilities and activity in the right hemisphere, Corbetta's team compared performance scores and brain images from 14 healthy individuals with those of eight stroke patients. The patients all had experienced a stroke at leas...Council tax could be used to measure health status
... distribution of resources in the NHS to break the link between poverty and ill health....Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...of Medicine. Biostatistical core - This core will link study design with data collection and analysis, and it will assist investigators in designing studies that feasibly address questions of scientific interest, are amenable to statistical analysis and will yield statistically valid and interpretable re...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
...urine nucleoside phosphorylase. When the chemical link is broken, this class of drugs loses its effectiveness. A cancer specialist, Alan C. Sartorelli, Ph.D., has worked with purine nucleosides for years, as several of them are used as chemotherapeutic therapies for cancer patients. GSK has awarded him...Research on cells' 'power centers' sheds light on AIDS treatments
...cessing.Although these findings suggest a possible link between HIV-AIDS drugs and mitochondrial dysfunction, Weiner said he believes that investigating the mitochondria of patients in treatment, or using tissue culture grown in the lab, is the next step."That is the only way to determine whether actual p...UW-Madison leads $26 million study on aging
...tor. "MIDUS II will be one of the first studies to link psychosocial and behavioral factors to changes in health, both mental and physical," she says. "Its breadth embraces the full complexity of the pathways that affect health and illness." And, unlike other studies in aging, this project will examine he...Lauder supports James nutrition and breast cancer study
...velopment of breast cancer. Some studies suggest a link between a high-fat diet and breast cancer. Laboratory tests have shown that animals placed on high-fat diets develop breast tumors at a higher rate than those on low-fat diets. "But we don't really know exactly what factors are at work in that rela...Commercial driving not linked to permanent back injury
...d vertebrae to other possible explanations for the link between occupational driving and the frequently reported higher occurrence of back problems."...Carcinogen in cigarettes causes mutation linked to lung cancer
...a new study. The study provides a direct molecular link between smoking and lung cancer, and the technique used in the study should help identify other environmental chemicals that contribute to human cancers, says Eric Moon-shong Tang, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine, who led the study. Th...Mothers who drink during pregnancy may increase children's cancer risk, study shows
...g in Boston. "Previous studies have shown a strong link between alcohol consumption and increased breast cancer risk, and this may be caused by alcohol increasing levels of circulating estrogen," said Anna Cabanes, PhD, instructor of oncology and lead author of the paper presented at the AACR meeting. "Ou......ch an association. However, a rumor of a causative link has been circulated widely on the Internet. Although several cancer organizations have posted statements clarifying that there is no reason to suspect a link, the rumor continues to circulate periodically. Dana K. Mirick, M.S., Scott Davis, Ph.D., an...