University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...ife's slings and arrows, includinghealth problems, loss of loved ones and lessening engagement with the world.This project will look at the health and well-being of 150 older women who haverecently gone through the difficult experience of community relocation. Prior UW research has shown that some members...Yale Medical School to begin clinical trial for glaucoma medication
...ssure alone does notalways prevent the progressive loss of vision in some patients," he said. "Sothis new ...f the treated patients have a reduced incidence of loss ofvision," Dr. Shields said. Some patients who are being treated at the Yale Eye Center have already...'Silent stroke' linked to depression
...s of stroke such as severe headaches, dizziness or loss ofmotor skills. Individuals often don't realize t...okesand vascular dementia -- a condition of memory loss and other cognitive problemsthat result from stroke. Although earlier studies suggested a link betw...UNC studying new drug against ovarian and endometrial cancers
...ted with traditional chemotherapy can include hair loss anddecrease in white blood cell count. When white ...lso acts like estrogen to help protect againstbone loss and to lower cholesterol, which is of particular value to older women. "This 3rd generation ...High brain centres teach lower brain to adapt to injury
...rokes or other neurologicalconditions that involve loss of sensory input," says Dr. Jayson Parker, whoconducted this research as part of his PhD thesis at U of T. "These results arestill preliminary, but very promising." Dostrovsky and Parker simulated injury by removing sensory input to thethala...Diabetes therapy may impair memory function in children
...poglycemia, whichcan cause weakness, confusion and loss of consciousness and, in the worst cases,seizures or coma. This new study found a similar elevated risk in children. Tracking hypoglycemic events The Washington University investigators studied 25 children withinsulin-dependent diabetes. Of those......ngcenter of the Study of Health Outcomes of Weight loss (SHOW). The SHOW trial will involve 6,000 ...lt-onset(type 2) diabetes, and test whether weight loss will reduce the adverse healthproblems commonly encountered by diabetics, especially cardiovascular ...NIAID spearheads collaborative network for clinical research on immune tolerance
...e methods to monitor theinduction, maintenance and loss of immune tolerance in humans. "We have established a collaboration that will be open and inclusive, with theflexibility to capitalize on emerging opportunities for any potentialtolerogenic approaches," says Dr. Bluestone. A recognized pioneer in de......sanctuary.com ) has documented what he calls "the loss of naturalsoundscapes within the U.S. and the othe...derly Listeners . Many older persons withhearing loss find it difficult to hear spoken words on the telephone. Theconventional method for dealing with th...UI-led study indicates surgery is the best treatment for severe Bell's palsy paralysis
...with Bell's palsy who are at highrisk of permanent loss of facial muscle control has remained a controvers...d. There is less than a 1percent chance of hearing loss and a 4 to 5 percent chance of temporary cerebralspinal fluid leakage, which can be controlled with ...Use it or lose it applies to nervous system, scientists find
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...ave said that because protein increases theurinary loss of calcium, vegetarians don't need as much calcium...dsby slowly breaking down bone material. Excessive loss of bone material andminerals results in osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes bones to weaken, resulting...Photodynamic therapy reduces risk of vision loss in some macular degeneration patients
...d into theeye appears to reduce the risk of vision loss in some patients with age-relatedmaculardegenerati...ppear to be effective in preventing further vision loss for somepatients who haverecently developed the wet form," says Neil M. Bressler, M.D., chairman of ......cellprocesses that can lead to irreversible memory loss and cognitive abilitiescharacteristic of the disorder," Rakic said. "While we are still trying todetermine what role Notch signaling plays in Alzheimer's, the results of thisstudy could open possibilities for treating and preventing these kinds of b...Misinterpretation of heart rhythm recordings may cause unnecessary treatments
... Ventricular tachycardia can lead to palpitations, loss of consciousness ordeath. Since ventricular tachycardia often indicates a serious underlyingstructural heart disease, a very thorough evaluation is typically performed,including blood analysis, stress testing, echocardiography and angiography. The s...Sleep debt affects metabolic functions
Chronic sleep loss can have a detrimental effect on metabolic functions, newresearch shows. "The state of sleep debt has a harmful impact on carbohydrate metabolism andendocrine function," write Karine Spiegel, PhD, and colleagues in the October23, 1999 issue of The La...Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism
Chronic sleep loss can reduce the capacity of even young adults to pe...to investigate the impact ofchronic, partial sleep loss on the body by evaluating the metabolism and hormonesecretion of subjects subjected to sleep restric...Jefferson researchers show melatonin's potential benefits in preventing Parkinson's damage
...inson's. Many researchers believe that the loss of dopamine nerve cells seen inParkinson's disease patients' brains results from oxidative stress to the cells.Various cellular insults produce oxygen free-radicals, resulting in cell death.The brain's dopamine neurons are particularly vulnerable. ...Northwestern researchers present findings at Neuroscience Meeting
...inson's disease and an understanding of memory and loss of memory.A summary of these three presentations f...Northwestern researchers measure memory -- and the loss of it Neuroscientists at Northwestern University are a step closer to learning howmemories are sto...Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
... Among all of the groups, the biggest weight loss occurred at sixmonths, after which people began to regain weight. The group with treadmills regained the leastamount. Also, women with treadmills doing shorter, multiple sessions ofdaily exercise lost more weight ...