Study links body image to athletes' fertility
...on-athletes. "Anxiety over body image as a manifestation of psychological stress hasbeen related previously to eating disorders in non-athletes but not inathletes," Williams says. "The personal desire to do well in competition, to please the coach, andto look good playing before a crowd are all rel...Genetic engineering changes the behavioral and hormonal response to stress
...nvironmental strssors, which may contribute to the manifestation ofvarious neuropsychiatric disorders. Full reference: J Sallinen, A Haapalinna, E MacDonald, T Viitamaa, J Lhdesmki,E Rybnikova, M Pelto-Huikko, BK Kobilka, M Scheinin. Genetic alteration of the2-adrenoceptor subtype c in mice affects the development...Mild kidney disease doubles risk of death after angioplasty or bypass
...y within seven years of the initial procedure. One manifestation of kidney disease is end-stage renal disease (ESRD), which affects more than 300,000 people in the United States and requires blood-cleansing treatment on a dialysis machine. Many people with ESRD die of cardiovascular causes. We know the risk of ca...Sensitivity to gluten may result in neurological dysfunction; independent of symptoms
...e disorder. Gluten ataxia is a common neurological manifestation of gluten sensitivity, according to M. Hadjivassiliou, M.D., of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. It remains unclear why some patients with gluten sensitivity present solely with neurological dysfunction when others present with gastroi...Think youre healthy? Open wide and look inside
... aware that enlarged gums may represent an initial manifestation of an underlying systemic disease, such as leukemia or diabetes, and they should collaborate with health providers for diagnosis," said Dr. John Fantasia, chief, division of oral pathology, department of dental medicine at the Long Island Jewish Medi...Developer of anthrax quick test finds similar test for strep throat
... 28-August 1, 2002. Background The most common manifestation of Group A streptococcus is strep throat, due to bacterial pathogens. Group A is responsible for 15-30 percent of cases reported. Characteristic symptoms are sudden onset of sore throat, pain on swallowing, fever, headache, abdominal pain, nausea and...New study: Sleep apnea linked to decreased libido
...hat affects 4%-9% of adult males. Its most common manifestation is loud snoring and it may occur several hundred times throughout the night, resulting in sleep fragmentation and excessive daytime sleepiness. For many years sleep apnea sufferers have complained of decreased libidos, yet previous studies reported ...Higher nocturnal blood pressure predictive of kidney disease in diabetes
...lic pressure appears to be the earliest detectable manifestation of altered blood pressure regulation in patients with type 1 diabetes and may provide a good way for choosing or avoiding unnecessary therapies to prevent microalbuminuria and kidney disease in patients with type 1 diabetes....Should we help to create disabled babies?
...tely creating disabled babies as the most perverse manifestation of creating designer babies but, in this week's BMJ, Julian Savulescu argues that there may be good reasons for acceding to such requests. We offer genetic tests to couples to allow them to select the child from the possible children they could have...Could a mandated food additive aimed at better fetal development be a risk for seniors?
...iet, may, however, be eliminating the most obvious manifestation of B-12 deficiency in the elderly: anemia. Because the vitamins are so similar, consumption of folic acid may be counteracting fatigue, the most classic sign of anemia and B-12. The concern among physicians like Green is that without symptoms of fati...Long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery is favorable for many
...n this group makes one question whether they are a manifestation of the start of a seizure that has not spread farther in the brain as usually thought or whether they might have a different physiological basis, like a memory of seizure activity," said Spencer. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder where abnormal b...Scientists explain why Crohn disease is localized to specific regions of the gut
...e a molecular reason for the preferential clinical manifestation of Crohn disease in this region of the gut. In an accompanying commentary, Holm Uhlig and Fiona Powrie from the University of Oxford discuss how intestinal DCs sense bacteria in the gut. They also comment that the IL-12 p40 promoter transgenic mice p...Two commonly prescribed diabetes drugs may cause heart failure and fluid buildup
...ain adequate circulation of blood. The most severe manifestation of congestive heart failure is pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs. Patients with coexisting type 2 diabetes have an increased mortality rate. The researchers reviewed the records of six patients with type 2 diabetes who were treated at the VA eme...Highlights summarized for movement disorders research at 56th annual meeting
... the dopamine system in dystonia, and suggest that manifestation of symptoms is due to more severe loss of binding ...so-called "conversion disorder"). PMDs are often a manifestation of trauma or extreme distress. Researchers in South Carolina tested the ability of 12 weeks of psych...CT helps find cause of puzzling cough in WTC rescue workers
...(WTC) rescue and recovery workers. Air trapping, a manifestation of obstructed lung airways often seen in smokers and the elderly, was identified in 25 of 29 rescue and recovery workers suffering from "WTC cough," according to early research results presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society......0, wherein 10 represents maximum pain, to a facial manifestation of pain. For younger children they used 5 different faces representing no pain to very bad pain. The researchers also interviewed the nurses and parents present during the dressing change. The average pain score when the children received painkillers...