How long-term alcohol consumption can damage the immune system
... If this stress continues, however, it can cause a lot of problems." Under conditions of chronic stress, for example, the body may fail to compensate, which can cause suppression of growth, immune system dysfunction, or brain cell damage resulting in impaired learning and memory. Sarkar explained that ...Sex education learning tool finds global market
...ducator role but states that many times there is a lot of apprehension in approaching these subjects. With this program, health educators are able to reach a wider audience, and, according to Hancock, overcome some of the taboos surrounding these subjects....Nanostructures for drug delivery
...ed structure. "This nanostructured material has a lot of interfaces, and for the first time we started seeing dramatic changes in the mechanical and physical properties," said Giannelis. Once a drug was incorporated into the material, said Giannelis, the PVA would create physical barriers to slow down a...Psychologist finds low-cost methods to prevent pharmacy mistakes
...pharmacists are doing their work, they don't get a lot of feedback, so keeping records as a means for get...ople find they can till get the job done without a lot of high technology, so the things we're looking at are going to be extremely relevant to the industr...Protease inhibitor could help prevent alzheimer's
...edical Research Foundation. "We have accumulated a lot of knowledge on the proteases like memapsin 2. We thought it should be possible to design very potent inhibitors using this knowledge. Now we know it works." Alzheimer's is a genetic defect that causes a loss of brain function, primarily among elde...UF study shows pumping iron improves strength, independence in frail elderly
...mes, and that they really enjoy doing it and get a lot stronger. It makes a big impact on the quality of their lives," said Meuleman, who also is affiliated with the universitywide Institute on Aging. Prior studies during the past decade have shown that healthy elderly people benefited from exercise, Me...Purdue 'stealth compounds' attack cancer cells
...r than inside the cell. This means that you lose a lot of the drug, making it difficult to deliver adequate amounts of the drug to the cell," he says. "Also, the activation process is very slow. The use of these nucleotides requires a two-step process, and the existing technologies are so slow that t......s by limiting their normal movements. "There are a lot of unanswered questions about why what chiropractors are doing is working or not working," Dr. Bove says. "All this pain research is directly relevant to what chiropractors do."...Bad neighborhoods can cause depression
...treets, using drugs, and drinking; that there is a lot of crime, graffiti, and vandalism; and that their neighborhood is not safe. These signs of disorder are distressing," said Ross. "The stress of living in a poor neighborhood where many families are headed by women makes residents feel run-down, demo...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
...fic properties and the concentrations. There are a lot of secrets still being held by Mother Nature. Maybe this will allow us to probe for some of the more obvious ones."...Workers' comp: perfect fit for chiropractic
...ork sooner, according to the article. "There's a lot of confusion out there especially with the medium-sized employers where the human resource manager also wears the hat of safety manager and accountant," says Dr. Fletcher. "They don't fully understand their responsibilities as employers. I recently...Connecticut researchers receive national award
...set as a kid, not like the ones today. And I had a lot of support from my parents." The Heroes of Chemistry program, started in 1996, honors industrial chemists and chemical engineers who create commercially successful products that improve the quality of life....Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...her generation of improved deltanoids. "There's a lot of trial and error," he says. "My research group has, over the years, made about 100 different vitamin D analogs. And the winners are probably limited to 10. If you consider the more general issue in the pharmaceutical industry, though, going from th...Farmers tend to work long past typical retirement age, survey finds
...ost of the time," Sofranko said. "There are not a lot of young people around them reminding them of their older age, and unlike a lot of other professions, no one is encouraging their retirement to reduce a company's payroll."...UT Southwestern Nobel laureate leads bold project changing way scientists conduct research
..., a whole new university-based Internet that has a lot of bandwidth and ability to transmit lots of data very quickly." Dr. Rochell Long, a pharmacologist with the NIGMS, said, "Advances in genomics, proteomics and informatics make the timing right for this bold experiment in how science is conducted. Al...Study shows farm work appears to protect against breast cancer
...e," Savitz said. "For breast cancer, just as for a lot of other illnesses like cardiovascular disease, living on a farm generally seems to be good for people. We don't fully understand the reasons." Among women living on farms, however, pesticides appear to boost the risk slightly, although the increase...Attachment helps young children inhale asthma medications, UF researcher says
...When a nebulizer is used, a child often swallows a lot of the medicine, causing it to be absorbed into the bloodstream. This can lead to an elevated heart rate, tremors and agitation. With the inhaler system, very little of the medication gets into the bloodstream, so there are fewer side effects. The M...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
.... "We've had to deal with a lot of speculation or supposition, but our approach appears to be a very promising one," he said. "Of course, this is just our dream, but we are working on it." In these earliest results, M...Study finds doctors often unaware that hospital patients have urinary catheters
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Hospital doctors have a lot to remember about each patient as they make their rounds. But many of them could use some reminding about a common and risky source of hospital-acquired infections that lies just under the bed covers: urinary catheters. So finds a multi-center study...CDC funds will enable UNC-CH to help minimize domestic violence in flood areas
...other disasters. It also is enabling us to learn a lot that we and others can use in the future." Pam Go...munities. "When the UNC-CH folks first came in, a lot of people here looked at them as foreigners and weren't sure they knew what they were talking about,...