Breast cancer in Asian Americans is rising faster than in any other ethnic group
...ly to seek cancer screening such as mammograms, to look out for their health," said Moon S. Chen, Jr., professor of public health sciences at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center. Chen is principal investigator for AANCART, an $8.5 million project to reduce cancer in Asian Americans nationwide. ...The cancer patient's journey: An uphill climb
...cause I was 60 lbs overweight, and I had no one to look up to, no models to encourage me. I felt so alone....nspiration to others who might not have someone to look up to," Sean says. "I wanted to become a beacon of hope to those battling cancer. I wanted to provid...One-third of all physician assistants work in hospitals
...s may be seen in the hospital setting as hospitals look for a way to fill gaps in their staffing schedules left by limitations on the number of hours that medical residents can work. Guidelines that went into effect in July 2003 limit the hours medical residents can work in a week to 80. Many hospitals a...Study reports genetic susceptibility to alcoholism in NMDA receptor
...e Yale research team will next repeat the study to look for genetic variations in reactions to alcohol....Two novel agents work synergistically to treat lung cancer in animal experiment
...important to the survival of a cancer cell, and we look forward to possibly translating our promising findings into a clinical trial," says Ho-Young Lee, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology Research and lead author of the study. "Combined, these two ...Nevirapine is better than efavirenz at raising 'good' cholesterol
...e and strokes, says Carr. The researchers did not look at the risk of these diseases in their study. Praphan Phanuphak, of the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center in Bangkok, Thailand, who was one of the authors of the study, says that the findings are particularly important for treating HIV in the devel...WASHINGTON, D.C. A new study that will look at 50,000 sisters of women diagnosed with breast c...e Sister Study is the largest study of its kind to look at breast cancer risk factors. Women of all backgrounds and ethnic groups are eligible for th...Scientists detect two decision-making pathways in human brain
... study has the potential to reshape what we should look at as we try to understand how people make both health and economic decisions," Dr. Suzman says. "Since many health and economic decisions involve choosing between short term gratification and long term delays of rewards, this approach and its findin...M. D. Anderson receives SPORE grant for melanoma research
...e with their cancer," she continues. "We intend to look at new biologic agents and new ways of modulating the immune response, in part, but to also look at things we can alter that inhibit the immune response and inhibit response to chemotherapy, becaus...Laughter helps patients communicate emotion in therapy sessions
...py is appropriate. We wanted to take an objective look at the occurrence of laughter during therapy and measure its physiologic effect." As part of a larger on-going study of psychophysiology and empathy, the researchers videotaped therapeutic sessions and took physiologic measurements of both membe...Northwestern researchers pinpoint how false memories are formed
...re told to make no response to photos, but only to look at each one while waiting for the next word. They were told to make a size judgment about the objects they were to imagine. For example, if the word was cat, they were told to imagine the cat and decide if a cat is generally bigger or smal...Ephedrine and unheralded sudden cardiac death
...l heart attack." "Ephedrine looks benign when you look at its effects on normal heart rates, but when there is a blockage, boom, ephedrine causes a potentially lethal arrhythmia," Dr. Adamson said. "The heart starts beating so fast, it can no longer pump blood." Dr. Adamson used an animal model of ischem...Gastric bypass and stomach-stapling patients should recognize risk of nerve injury post-surgery
...ts. It also is the first to use a control group to look for an association between weight-loss surgery and nerve problems, and the first to identify risk factors for developing peripheral neuropathy.......ed its bets and thus secured supplies. It will not look good if US campaigns for influenza vaccination have to overwrite their adverts this year with the addition of ". . . If you can get hold of a dose".'...National Chemistry Week celebrates health and wellness in Washington, D.C., area
...ations, and poster and essay competitions. Heres a look at National Chemistry Week celebrations in the Washington metropolitan area: Monday, Oct. 18 Poe Middle School - 7000 Cindy Lane, Annandale, Va. 22003 Volunteers from the American Chemical Society, American Chemistry Council and the Chemical Societ...Livermore scientists join DOE consortium
...he curved shape of the retina. "PDMS has the look and feel of thin plastic food wrap," said Livermore's principal investigator, Courtney Davidson. "Yet it's biocompatible, making it a good candidate material for long-term implants." Partners in the project include Oak Ridge, Argonne, Sandia...Biotech breakthrough in islet cell replacement for type 1 diabetes
...le pathway for curing type 1 diabetes. As such, we look forward to the program's progress and findings and expect that they will be helpful to our efforts to find a cure." Specifically, the grant will fund efforts to develop nano- and microscale biomaterials capable of creating a microenvironment favorab...U-M professor to test flu shot and nasal spray flu vaccine side by side
...ipants will give blood samples and scientists will look at antibody levels for the three groups. FluMist, the nasal spray flu vaccine, is based on technology developed by Hunein "John" Maassab, professor emeritus of epidemiology at the U-M School of Public Health. U-M licensed the technology to M...Blacks report better sexual, urinary function after prostate surgery than whites
...y and other treatments, this study is the first to look at such issues within ethnic groups. Because African-American men have tended to have worse outcomes after prostate cancer treatment, researchers suspected they might have reduced function, as well. Results were surprising. Researchers found that fi...Imaging studies clarify brain changes associated with language deficits in autism
...anization." Harris adds that future studies should look into whether these findings are also seen in autistic adults and, if enough participants can be enrolled, in females with autism. He is an assistant professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. ...