Parkinson's caregivers at risk for deteriorating health
...re and if something happens to that vital link, it makes the person with Parkinson's disease more vulnerable," Carter said. "So being concerned about the health of families ends up having incredible social and economic implications." The study, "Family Caregiving in Parkinson's Disease (PD): A Ten-Year Fol...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
...s of non-azole, anti-fungal drug. This potentially makes our peptide technology a better therapeutic option than current prescription and OTC treatment regimens for VVC." Overall, safety results indicated that CZEN-002 was well-tolerated by the patients in the trial. The minor events reported during this...OHSU vaccine and gene therapy institute receives $3.5 million for AIDS vaccine research
...U's Oregon National Primate Research Center. "What makes CMV such an attractive viral vector is a combination of its strong ability to stimulate immune responses and its limited effect on the host," explained Jay Nelson, Ph.D., director of the VGTI and a co-investigator of the study. "More importantly, CMV...Air pollution especially harmful to lungs of obese children
...irways, we think there is a multiplier effect that makes obese children more sensitive to air pollution." Of the 611 children in the study, 10% were obese according to the study's definition. Each child's lung function was measured, and compared with the level of air pollution during the previous day. The...Approach of holidays has no effect on time of death
... of the festival day as falling after the festival makes no sense, Smith says, because the central ritual--a ceremonial meal--happens late that night. "If a person is really able to postpone death until after the celebration of an important ceremonial occasion, shouldn't she be able to postpone death until...Tumor suppressor gene family may be key to new colon cancer drugs
... gene pathways present in individual tumors. "What makes this discovery significant is that we've found mutations that directly affect cancer development," says Victor Velculescu, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study and assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. "Most gene discover...UCI Tobacco research center reports why teens are most vulnerable to smoking addiction
...ghlights major research findings, including: Age makes a difference. Adolescents are more receptive to the rewarding effects of nicotine than adults, making cigarette addiction more likely to occur during adolescence. Teens may not feel the negative effects of nicotine as strongly. Another chemical i...Improving health care for children with special needs
...medical homes improves access to care, potentially makes more treatments available to children, strengthens the relationship between families and caregivers, and ultimately provides the child with more comprehensive and effective care. This has significant implications for the health care system nationally...Iron supplements help only certain non-anemic women
...Cornell University nutritionists. "Supplementation makes no difference in exercise-training improvements in women with low iron storage who are not yet tissue-iron deficient or anemic," says Thomas Brownlie, the first author of the study and a Cornell doctoral candidate in nutritional sciences. Women with...Pool-bound plyometrics help you get stronger with less pain
...ining and the associated risk for injury is what makes water an attractive option for people interested in adding plyometrics to their exercise routine. Devor said that starting an aquatic plyometric routine is best for people who already work out regularly....Parents overestimate children's bike, car safety habits
...ion programs must counter the myth that experience makes safety measures unnecessary....Regional review boards improve liver transplant allocation
...her, they indicate that the UNOS allocation policy makes appropriate provisions for the sickest patients. And though the data showed that referring physicians did not predict mortality accurately, the researchers suggested that these physicians be aware of a tendency to request only small increases in MPS ...Computer system makes 'chain' of health care stronger, safer
...for what they're supposed to do when they go home, makes sure that the referring physicians who will care f... comparison floors, most likely because the system makes it easy to do so. This resulted in more complete medical records. The Discharge Navigator system als...Research in monkeys suggests estrogen therapy may lower androgens in postmenopausal women
... more about these hormones," said Wood. "Our study makes the point that estrogen reduces the adrenal gland's production of androgens." Wood and colleagues studied both premenopausal and postmenopausal estrogen treatment and the effects on androgen levels in a large group of female cynomolgus monkeys. Half ...Magnetic treatment may help people with spinal cord injuries
...mal physiotherapy. Weaker intracortical inhibition makes it easier for messages from the brain to pass down the spinal cord to the rest of the body. This reduction in intracortical inhibition was accompanied by improvement in both motor and sensory function, which lasted for at least three weeks after the ...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...e project in the Arap/Pasqualini laboratory. "This makes our approach unique and exciting, because it shows in animal models that we can remove already-formed fat by a non-surgical method, a molecular liposuction." Moreover, the study is another proof of the concept of vascular "zip codes" which was first...Rx pain medicines hard to find in pharmacies serving minority neighborhoods
...arry an addictive and high-inducing potential that makes them attractive on the black market. While we can't say that fear of theft is behind the discrepancy in availability, we know that some of the pharmacists we spoke with admitted this was a factor. However, most pharmacists surveyed said they didn't g...It's a gamble: Dopamine levels tied to uncertainty of rewards
...ey, but the conditions under which it occurs which makes a difference," Zald explained. The increase and suppression were localized to specific, separate regions of the brain, illustrating that variable reward scenarios, like gambling, have a complex effect on the brain. "The most interesting thing we foun...American Academy of Neurology guidelines for treating of epilepsy
...uires placebo (or near-placebo)-controlled trials, makes it very difficult to gather some of the kinds of information we need," said Dr. French. "With a life-threatening illness, it is not possible to take people off all medications. We have to use other evidence of effectiveness, as well as European trial...