Scientific symposium focuses on nutritional beverages, August 26-28
...nd human studies showing that hawthorn fruit juice lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk of atherosclerosis. (The paper on this research, AGFD 19, will be presented at 4:10 p.m., Sunday, August 26, at McCormick Place South, Room S504D, Level 5.) JoLynne D. Wightman, Ph.D., of Artemis International, ...Heavier white female workers earn less
...mental variables to determine whether weight truly lowers wages; the results of this method suggest that wei...be stressed, however, that the finding that weight lowers wages is not conclusive evidence of workplace discrimination," Cawley points out. "Another hypothes......eartMate VE because it has a textured surface that lowers the probability of clot formation even in the absence of anticoagulant, or clot-preventing, drugs. Thoratec, which provided the devices at no cost and paid for some medical care for the patients, also was willing to put its device through a rigorous ...Researchers identify a key 'brake' of the immune response
...ic cells. To enhance the immune response, the body lowers the ILT3 and ILT4 activity. In the study, the investigators showed how other cells of the immune system, the T-suppressor cells, are responsible for slowing down the activity of the dendritic cells. Dendritic cells present to T cells, including T sup...Forerunner to insulin may predict coronary heart disease
...ensity cholesterol (HDL the good cholesterol that lowers heart disease risk). In contrast, levels of insulin and C-peptide predicted an increased likelihood of coronary heart disease in women but not men. These results should be confirmed in other studies, but they are compatible with results of studies ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March (first issue)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lowers work force participation rate Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a 3.9 percent reduction in the work force participation rate, with moderate to severe COPD leading to significantunemployment in the United States. Canadi...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 2, 2002
...rimental to heart circulation. Regular exercise lowers blood pressure in all groups of people, study shows An analysis of data on 2419 adults from 54 studies of exercise found that regular exercise decreased blood pressure in all groups of people, including those who had high or normal blood press, tho...Human papilloma virus test increases cancer detection rate, study finds
...creases the detection rate for cervical cancer and lowers death rates from this invasive disease, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Centers Lombardi Cancer Center have found. Their findings are published in the May 8 Journal of the American Medical Association. Using a computer model to simulate ...News tips from the June issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association
...elial function, which inhibits artery clogging and lowers blood pressure. However, the link could simply be that people who take vitamin supplements or eat vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables may be more health-conscious than those who don't. So vitamin C alone may not be responsible for the results of the...High blood pressure treatment also improves heart function
...ting high blood pressure with medications not only lowers blood pressure but also makes the heart work better, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. The study appears in today's rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "Our results prove beyond the shadow...Detection of glucose intolerance after heart attack could identify risk of cardiovascular disease
...lowed by improved glycaemic control as outpatients lowers the mortality from acute myocardial infarction."...Detection of glucose intolerance after heart attack
...lowed by improved glycaemic control as outpatients lowers the mortality from acute myocardial infarction."...Exercise lowers levels of blood estrogens
A regular, moderate-intensity exercise program lowers levels of blood estrogens in postmenopausal women, according to a study led by an investigator from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, USA. The results were presented July 3 at the 18th UICC International Cancer Congr...Cholesterol-lowering drugs should revolutionise treatment of heart attack and stroke
...e potential benefits of quitting in smokers (which lowers the risk of myocardial infarction by a half), and blood-pressure lowering (a 10 mm Hg reduction in systolic blood pressure could reduce the risk of vascular events by a quarter) in hypertensive patients, and it may be possible to lower the risk of fu...Pennsylvania chemist wins national award for pharmaceutical research
...y we can not only accelerate drug discovery, which lowers prices, but we can also help generic drug makers manufacture established drugs more cheaply." Nowhere is the need more obvious than with AIDS drugs, particularly protease inhibitors, which are chiral, he noted. Chiral drugs generated $147 billion las...Inflammation reduced after just two weeks on statin drug
...r of the study. "The speed with which simvastatin lowers hsCRP levels raises the question of whether statins may prove useful for the acute treatment of coronary events, much the way nitroglycerin is used in emergency rooms today," he says. HsCRP is a marker of inflammation, and elevated levels are a risk ...Can an aspirin a day keep atherosclerosis at bay?
...rol. The Penn researchers have found that aspirin lowers the amount of both cytokines in the blood stream and the NF-?B in the aorta, suggesting a potent anti-inflammatory action of the drug. Pratic and his colleagues hypothesize that these novel effects of low-dose of aspirin are independent from its kno...Futile cycle both fights diabetes and causes weight gain
...the cell's door to trap passing fatty acids, which lowers the amount of fatty acids in the bloodstream. In addition, researchers have found that TZDs may also alter the chemical signals produced by fat cells, which may prove beneficial in producing the next generation of anti-diabetes drugs. "We have come ...New clues to help diabetes and hypoglycemia
...PY levels in the normal rat increased. "As insulin lowers the blood glucose levels, a response that would normally trigger the desire to eat, it is strange that the NPY levels in diabetic rats drop, an effect that would normally suppress the need to eat," says Morris. "We know that NPY is linked to the brai......r them breast cancer carries a stigma that greatly lowers self-esteem. This results from both sexes viewing women as sexually unattractive. Emotional and physical abandonment is a common end result. Gross ignorance also leads to breast cancer being considered contagious. "We have seen women being isolat...