Intensive diabetes management yields positive results, according to Pittsburgh project
...erol management. Some 51 percent of these patients lowered their blood pressure below 130/80 mm and 78 percent lowered their blood pressure below 140/90 mm. A total of 71 percent of patients were placed on an ACE inhibi...Estrogenlike drugs may eventually help postmenopausal women with weight gain
...with a subsequently decreased metabolic rate. With lowered metabolism, fewer calories are required to maintain current weight, and if caloric intake remains the same, then weight will increase. Another theory is that the weight gain is due to age-related decreases in muscle mass. Because muscle tissue burns ...Study finds lean beef can be part of healthy diet for teens
...teens eating increased amounts of poultry and fish lowered LDL levels but did not see the same results with iron. "A common misconception is that if you're eating more turkey and chicken, you are eating healthier, when in reality some cuts of beef are going to be leaner than certain groun...Combination therapy w/ ACTOS (pioglitazone HCI) shown to improve components of diabetic dyslipidemia
...ons of medications for type 2 diabetes effectively lowered glucose levels, studies are suggesting that medications like ACTOS have additional properties that address the lipid abnormalities associated with the disease, such as dyslipidemia common in patients with type 2 diabetes," noted Dr. Khan. ACTOS is k...Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
...mptoms. Importantly, the dose of levodopa could be lowered to the point that it no longer caused uncontrolled movements called dyskinesias, which are a major complication of late-stage PD treatment. These promising results suggest that this approach may work in PD patients as well. [S28.004] Parkinson's Dis...Research in monkeys suggests estrogen therapy may lower androgens in postmenopausal women
...he researchers found that while estrogen treatment lowered levels of androgen hormones, levels of cortisol increased. "This may explain the mechanism for how estrogen suppresses androgen production," said Wood. Other researchers in the study included J. Mark Cline, Mary S. Anthony, Thomas C. Register and Ja...Study: Low-carb diet more effective than low-fat diet
... the low-carbohydrate plan lost more body fat, and lowered their triglyceride levels and raised their HDL, or...verage of 14 pounds. Though the low-fat diet group lowered their total cholesterol more than the low-carb dieters, the latter group nearly halved their triglyc...Ganciclovir (Valcyte/Cymevene) reduces risk of cancer in kidney transplant patients
...ith ganciclovir, the risk of developing cancer was lowered by 41% when compared to patients on another antiviral, acyclovir*.1 Furthermore, the risk of early organ rejection was reduced by 75% compared to patients taking no antiviral agents.2 These data suggest ganciclovir offers benefits beyond the preventi...Immune cells may play important role in progression of type 1 diabetes, Joslin researchers find
... various reagents that depleted the NK cells, this lowered the incidence of overt diabetes. "We now believe that NK cells play an important role in the destruction of beta cells, especially in rapidly progressing type 1 diabetes," Benoist said. "If NK cells are important for the progression of diabetes in h...'Safe' levels of lead, cadmium
...bout the true dangers of lead, regulators steadily lowered the threshold for so-called "safe" levels. "A decade ago, what was considered a safe level for lead was much higher than it is today," he said. Peripheral artery disease is strongly associated with smoking, which is confirmed in the present...Cholesterol-lowering medications may reduce risk of glaucoma
...cle, the use of statins has been associated with a lowered risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, a disorder of the retina that can cause gradual vision loss and is the leading cause of blindness among European-descended people older than 65 years. Gerald McGwin, Jr., M.S., Ph.D., of the Univer...Update on cholesterol guidelines: more-intensive treatment options for higher risk patients
...reshold for cholesterol-lowering drug treatment is lowered to 100 mg/dL or above, and it is recommended that patients with LDL 100 129 mg/dL receive cholesterol-lowering drug therapy. ATP III: For moderately high-risk persons, the LDL treatment goal is Update: A therapeutic option is to set the tre...Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics, study indicates
... advanced stages of type 2 diabetes, significantly lowered unwanted proteins in their urine and slightly raised desired HDL cholesterol levels in their blood, researchers say. The two improved areas are linked to kidney disease and coronary heart disease, respectively, in patients with type 2 diabetes. The ...Seniors reduce or discontinue medications when faced with gap in drug coverage, UCLA study shows
...ny of the study participants called pharmacies for lowered prices (46%), asked doctors for samples (34%) or switched to lower cost medications (15%). Researchers were surprised that so many seniors with coverage year-round were also decreasing their medication use because of cost. In fact, one in three sen...Health benefits of citrus topic at American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia
...d that feeding them food containing 1 percent PMFs lowered levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol by 32 percent to 40 percent. ( AGFD 140 , Wednesday, Aug. 25, 8:35 a.m.) Grapefruit promotes weight loss, human study confirms Fans of the once trendy grapefruit diet may now have reason to celebrate again. Research...Envisat Symposium report day 3: Satellites supporting Kyoto - our future is in our forests
...plant life, so even fully-regrown forest still has lowered levels of chlorophyll. Records of the amounts of Agent Orange sprayed on the forest between 1965 and 1971 were compared to current MTCI values, and a relationship was indeed found. Another team from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) recounted how t...Circumcised newborns respond best to anesthetic relief
...d oxygen levels, cut crying time by 54 percent and lowered average heart rate by 30 beats per minute. Although the risks associated with dorsal penile block are very low, a similar technique called a ring block, which also uses lidocaine injections, may be as effective but easier and safer to use, she says. ...Promise of stem cells amplified
...ease of GDNF with the antibiotic doxycycline. They lowered GDNF production simply by administering the drug to the animals, and then resumed GDNF production by withdrawing it. They then transplanted the genetically modified astrocytes into the brains of rats that served as animal models of either Parkinson'...Studies examine risk factors and potential consequences associated with prehypertension
...on (hypertension controlled by medications but not lowered to levels under 140 millimeters of mercury) among U.S. adults aged 25 to 74 years old who participated in the third NHANES survey (NHANES III; n=12,841). The NHANES surveys collect information about risk factors and health outcomes including blood pr...ZETIA(R) co-administered with fenofibrate provided complementary lipid lowering efficacy
...tration of ezetimibe and fenofibrate significantly lowered LDL cholesterol, compared to fenofibrate alone. ZETIA co-administered with fenofibrate also improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels similar to fenofibrate alone," said Mason Wright Freeman, M.D., chief, Lipid Metabolism Unit, Massachusetts ...