Duke Study Suggests New Class Of Drugs Could Bypass Leptin Loop
...ass of drugs called B3 adrenergic receptoragonists might help in weight loss," said Collins, a Duke pharmacologist and co-author ofthe study. "These drugs could bypass the leptin system altogether and work at the fat cell site itself.The B3-adrenergic agonist would stimulate the receptor on fat cells and i...Digital Speech Analysis Tests Sobriety
...ssed speech, we thought that this type of analysis might showcharacteristic changes in speech produced under alcohol," Chin said. For her thesis work, Cummings used digitized speech collected fromseveral people speaking in 11 of the most common non-normal styles ofspeech. She then spent several years anal...Use Of Surfectant Therapy Widens Gap In Death Rate Of Black And White Newborns
...her types of problems verylow birth-weight infants might have," said Hamvas. These problems, he said, may be attributed to a combination ofbiological, social and environmental factors such as infection, adolescentpregnancy or access to prenatal care. Overall, the researchers said trying to prevent prematur...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
...rs in one cell, giving rise to one response.And it might interact with another set in another cell, giving ... a new progesterone-like compound of thisnew class might be developed as an oral contraceptive that does not causethe weight gain common with progesterone in...Raising The Retirement Age In The United States Could Save Billions In Social Security Payments
... to keep olderpeople in the workforce longer. That might mean setting a fixed number ofyears that a person ...though they will be penalized for doingso, or they might even file for disability benefits, Tolley said. "Changing feelings of entitlement could have a sign...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
... demand. These small,relatively inexpensive lasers might replace more powerful and costly gas lasers in tre...e; for instance, the new laser's more precisefocus might permit the storage of more data on CD-ROMs. Semiconductor lasers are also used in telecommunications...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...neurosurgeon. "It's theoretically possible that we might some day be able to implant a 'smart device' that could actually prevent seizuresfrom occurring." Osorio said the algorithm used in the epilepsy center has successfully predicted all types of seizures tested. "This is a giant first step for i...Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
...the hospital. The study also showed that TMR might not be as effective for those patientswhose heart disease has progressed to unstable angina, a severe form ofangina that requires emergency hospitalization and treatment in a cardiaccare unit. After six months, 37 of the 101 patients in the med...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
...uggests that peoplehospitalized with bowel disease might benefit from their results. In a third study, yet to be published, Fahey's lab will report that artichoke,chicory, onion, garlic, leek, shallot, chives and asparagus contain highlevels of desirable oligosaccharides. Also offering high levels are fru...Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
...and'sstructure they will tell you where the ligand might bind," Toone added. But scientists' problem ...igand?" "We hypothesized that a binding site might arrange its atoms suchthat it's especially hydrophobic, much more so than you might have guessedby s...Kids Near Airports Don't Read As Well
... chronic noise exposure -- not noisy episodes that might have occurred during the testing sessions. Evans and Maxwell, whose study will be published in Environment and Behavior later this year, compared a total of 116 first and second graders from two elementary schools. One school was battered by peaks o......egions of the mammogram. The high resolution data might permita more precise discrimination between benign...esolution systems," Barnes added. The system also might help radiologists reduce eye fatigue, increaseproductivity and possibly increase patient loads. Par...Milk Extract May Heal Wounds And Smooth Wrinkles
Researchers have found that Cleopatra might have been right all along -some of the chemicals found in milk could be very good for your skin. Theymay even speed up the healing of wounds. The scientists are not suggesting people should follow the ancient Egyptianqueen's example and take baths i...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
... when theCDC suggested that INH preventive therapy might be useful in anergic patients." Dr. Gordin adds that in addition to saving the considerable programmatic costsassociated with administering prophylactic INH to anergic HIV-infectedindividuals, a more selective use of INH would allow many people to av...Psychiatric Symptoms May Signal Brain Damage From Diet Pills
... in humans causes neurotoxicity in monkeys." "It might be justifiable for someone who is morbidly obese a...r weight after they stop taking the drugs, so they might be tempted to continue taking them. We won't know the long-term risks of these drugs until controll...New Test May Improve Treatment Of Kidney Disease
...cientistscan predict in somecases what medications might work best for each patient. If a patient's ...is preliminary, furtherrefinement of thistechnique might contribute to improved treatment results." The award-winning article describes how researchers ...A Helping Hand Could Save An Ailing Heart
You might be able to save the life of someone with coronary arterydisease simply by extending a helping hand. New research suggests that patients with coronary artery disease have abetter chance of long-term survival if they believe they have adequate ......ern, has taken a new look at the drug to see if it might proveeffective in treating patients -- particularly children with leukemia -- whosecancer does not respond to methotrexate. The pediatrician doesn't usually treat adults, but Ingrid Cofield, a49-year-old woman from Rowlett, Texas, is glad he ...Affordable, Hand-Held Biosensor For Diagnostics
...g like a Star Trek medical ?tricorder' that anurse might bring to the bedside of a patient," said Michael Sailor, Ph.D.,professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD, and co-author of the study. For non-trekkies, a medical tricorder is a hand-held device thatperforms all the duties of a clinical ...Benefits Of Annual Mammography Outweigh Radiation Risks Of Cancer
...ually had been screened annually instead, there might have been as much as a 75 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths. "Considering the reasonable cost and the fact that the benefits outweigh the risks, there is no reason I can think of as to why women shouldn’t get this lifes...