Dartmouth researchers advance fight against pancreatic cancer
...said Korc. "In all the tumors tested, there was a marked decrease in blood vessel formation, which is very exciting." The next step, he acknowledged, is to introduce this technology in humans, where it is desperately needed. In the second study, published in Cancer Research, Korc and his research team, he...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...s have identified that obesity can contribute to a marked increase in length of hospital stays and, as a result, cost of hospital visits for elective surgical procedures not directly related to their obesity. Another study has found that in some cases, obesity-related surgeries can be completed as outpatie...Nanoshells cancer treatment proves effective in first animal test
...ve the tumors during the laser treatments showed a marked increase that averaged about 46 degrees Fahrenheit for the nanoshells group. There was no measurable temperature increase at the site of laser treatments in the saline group. Likewise, sections of laser-treated skin located apart from the tumor sites...Chicken pox vaccine saves $$, protects whole population
... million from 1993 to 1997, and then four years of marked decline to about $60 million in 2001. Medicaid reaped major savings, going from $75 million in costs in 1993 to less than $20 million in 2001, the most dramatic drop for any form of health insurance. "This underscores the importance of national vacc...VA study finds rural veterans in poorer health
...or urban veterans. The disparity was somewhat less marked in mental health: Rural veterans scored 44.5, compared to 45.6 for urban veterans. The average score for all U.S. adults, young and old, is 50 for both the physical and mental component. Veterans tend to be in worse health than the general U.S. popul...Black and Hispanic patients wait longer for heart attack treatment
Black and Hispanic patients experience marked delays in heart attack treatment compared with whites, Yale researchers report in an article published in the October 6 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study of approximately 110,000 heart attack patients treated in more than...Primary instrument is delivered for ESA's CryoSat mission
... for launch next spring, ESA's ice mission CryoSat marked an important milestone last week when the innovative SAR/Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) instrument was delivered to the prime contractor Astruim GmbH for integration into the satellite. Developed by Alcatel Space, the SIRAL radar altimeter i...Mayo Clinic research shows common airborne fungi cause chronic stuffy nose
...es to treat patients with chronic sinusitis, which marked a new clinical approach. These new findings serve to further support this perspective and will prompt additional research. The Investigation Researchers tested blood from 18 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and 15 healthy persons to eva...Switch of a gene turns cancer cells healthy in mice, Stanford scientists find
... Contag and his colleagues. When these marked cells were injected into mice, they quickly formed liver cancers. Feeding the mice doxycyclin again turned off Myc and eliminated the cancer. But this time around, the researchers could easily detect the cells because of their green label. Asi...Gastric bypass and stomach-stapling patients should recognize risk of nerve injury post-surgery
...study patients: 1) sensory predominant neuropathy, marked by pain and/or sensory loss, usually in the feet, ...tunnel syndrome, and 3) radiculoplexus neuropathy, marked by weakness, sensory loss and/or pain in a patchy, multifocal way. Radiculoplexus neuropathy can hav...Case Western Reserve University finds relaxation therapy reduces post-operative pain
...0-millimeter horizontal lines on which the patient marked the amount of hurt in the abdomen, from none to most sensation and the amount of emotional upset, from none to most distress. Researchers believe those who used relaxation learned to use self-care and be actively involved in their pain management, wh...Researchers monitor progression of Parkinson's disease by studying molecular changes in brain
... widely believed that the disease's progression is marked by a decline in dopamine transporter binding, part of the brain's neurotransmitter circulation system.) The study demonstrates that it is possible to measure, quantitatively and over a significant period of time, the molecular changes that take p...Gender and sex hormones affect the brain's pain response and more, according to new studies
.... When estrogen levels were high, the women showed marked increases in their ability to release endorphins a...gin rather dramatically at puberty and become less marked after menopause, strongly suggest a link to fluctuating estrogen and progesterone levels." Although ...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
...ead author. "But after only two minutes, there's a marked drop-off. When you stretch the time between encoding and retrieval, that's where the problem lies." In testosterone deprivation or "ablation," the testicles are surgically removed or medications are given to block the production of male hormones...Jefferson scientists find new way to convert adult human stem cells to dopamine neurons
...cal diseases such as Parkinson's disease, which is marked by a loss of dopamine-making cells in the brain. Developmental biologist Lorraine Iacovitti, Ph.D., associate director of the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and her co-workers had previously shown th...Barriers preclude rural women from breast cancer screening
... to screening mammography in poor, rural areas are marked by significant racial disparities, according to a new study. These barriers include poor knowledge about breast cancer and screening, difficulty accessing facilities, and lack of encouragement and funds to get screened. These factors are particularly...Combination therapy, not medication alone, most effective for treating children with OCD
...s, impulses, or images that are unwanted and cause marked anxiety or distress. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or rituals (such as hand washing, hoarding, checking something over and over) or mental acts (such as counting, repeating words silently). John S. March, M.D., M.P.H., of the Duke Universi...'Weekend' use matches daily drops for 'lazy eye'
...y begins in infancy or childhood. The condition is marked by poor vision in an otherwise healthy eye and occurs because the brain has learned to favor the other eye. Although the eye with amblyopia often looks normal, abnormal visual processing limits the development of a portion of the brain responsible fo...The effect of osteoporosis drugs on osteoarthritis of the knee
...s (OA) of the knee, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by cartilage degradation and bone abnormalities, is a leading cause of disability among elderly people in the United States. Although drugs commonly prescribed for the disease work to ease joint pain and stiffness, they do not provide a cure. Consequ...Scientists pinpoint flaw, offer new promise for stroke treatment
...n of tPA boosted the percentage of cells that were marked for death dramatically. In human brain blood-vesse... in mice, tPA nearly doubled the number of neurons marked for death from stroke (from 32 to 60 percent) and more than tripled the number of cells in blood ves...