Mind-body connection in placebo surgery trial studied by University of Denver researcher
Patients with Parkinson's disease who thought they had received a transplant of human neurons into their brains--but who really hadn't--reported an improved quality of life one year later. ... In the April issue of the ... Forty persons from the United States and Canada participated to determine the effectiveness o...Study provides clues to alcohol's cancer connection
For the first time scientists have demonstrated a model that may explain how alcohol stimulates tumor growth. Their study, published in the January 15, 2005 issue of CANCER ( ), says alcohol fuels the production of a growth factor that stimulates blood vessel development in tumors, and that chronic ethanol increased tumor size and levels of the angiogenic factor and levels of the angiogenic facto...Scientists stalk PPAR-gamma, find novel cancer connection
In laboratory tests on multiple myeloma cells, University of Rochester researchers found that this type of cancer expresses a protein that makes it an easy target for an existing class of diabetes drugs. After more investigation, they hope the discovery will lead to a new, targeted therapy for myeloma patients.... ... "To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has shown that multiple myelo...Twin study finds possible connection between depression, heart disease
NEW ORLEANS Depression is a recognized risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) and, by studying pairs of twins, researchers from Emory and Yale believe they have found a mechanism that explains this link. In research announced today at the American College of Cardiology's 53rd Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, the scientists say they found a decrease in heart rate variability (HRV)...Scientists discover connection between obesity and diabetes
DENVER December 11, 2003 Scientists with the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute at the University of Denver have made a revolutionary discovery that for the first time establishes a biochemical connection between obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. This study was published in this month's Journal of Endocrinology. ... ...Type 2 Diabetes occurs when the body either doesn't make enough insulin or becomes resist...Rutgers researcher finds brain connections may reorganize in Parkinson's disease
Researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have discovered critical clues that may explain why parts of the brain damaged by Parkinson's disease, specifically those that control sensory-guided movements, aren't repaired by dopamine replacement therapy....... Parkinson's is the second most common neurodegenerative disease affecting older people in the United States and is charact...Genetic connection in link between permanent hair dye use and bladder cancer risk
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 Certain women may be more susceptible to bladder cancer associated with the use of permanent hair dyes than other women, based on their genetic makeup, according to study results released today by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and colleagues....Female study participants whose bodies could only slowly flush out carcinogens known as arylamines, which are a...Statement by Dr. Colwell on Nobel Prizes in Science and NSF onnection
I am so pleased to congratulate this year's Nobel laureates in science for their much-deserved recognition. Their accomplishments also reflect the foresight of the American people who, through the National Science Foundation, supported decades of their ground-breaking work. ... ...Of the 12 Nobelists announced this week, eight were supported by NSF at some time in their careers and five current...Personal story aims to improve 'connections' between hard of hearing and the hearing world
. CHAPEL HILL -- Sociologist Barbara Stenross' understanding of what it means to be hard of hearing in a hearing world has come full circle: She watched her own father, who lost his hearing during World War II, retreat into a silence that she only later recognized as his way of dealing with his hearing loss.. . Her family experiences led her to do fieldwork with a self-help group of hard-of-hear...