American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
...etes and impaired glucose tolerance can also cause peripheral nerve disease. Researchers from the University of Utah and elsewhere showed that the pain from peripheral neuropathy could be reduced significantly by weight loss and by exercise. [S31.006] Military Servic...Moving the mind's eye depends upon an intact eye movement system
...ty to attend to objects or events appearing in our peripheral vision without shifting our gaze. This way of effe...tention in response to the appearance of a salient peripheral cue. Nevertheless she had no problem orienting her attention voluntarily in response to centrally pr...Pfizer's VFEND (R) as effective in treating Candidemia as two-drug standard of care, study shows
...ash, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, headache, sepsis, peripheral edema, abdominal pain and respiratory disorders. The treatment-related adverse events that most often led to discontinuation in clinical trials were elevated liver function tests and rash....Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
...ite's reproduction rate. Bound in the human host's peripheral capillaries, male and female gametocytes ingested by a mosquito increase the likelihood of their meeting inside the propitious breeding ground the fly's stomach provides. The gametocytes differentiate into gametes that possess no particular means of ...Researchers invent way to determine optimal conditions for spinal cord nerve regen in lab animals
...els usually consisted of grafts of nerves from the peripheral nervous system. Synthetic channels included various biocompatible materials. The channels have been filled with different types of cells to determine the most viable "supporting cells" for creating nerve regrowth. These include: Schwann cells, olfact...Data announced at ISHLT: Molecular testing proves effective in monitoring heart transplant rejection
...ight-center trial revealed molecular testing using peripheral leukocyte gene expression can identify the quiescent state and predict future occurrence of rejection during the first year after cardiac transplantation. "The development of alternative, non-invasive procedures, such as gene expression-b...Is there a relationship between repeated pregnancies and increased cardiovascular disease?
...ld be attributed primarily to an increase in total peripheral resistance. Stress induces a sympathetically med...s may be attributed to a greater increase in total peripheral resistance. Isolated mesenteric arteries from RB rats were more sensitive to phenylephrine and le...Blood screen may help cancer patients thwart radiation side effects, say Stanford researchers
... patients. "To be most useful it had to be done on peripheral blood and with a small number of genes," he said. Chu, whose research revolves around how cells repair damaged DNA, thought that patients who respond poorly to radiation might have cells that don't properly recognize or repair radiation-induced DNA d...How cancer neutralizes T cell attack
...y found, when they analyzed CD8 T cells taken from peripheral blood, subcutaneous metastases, and invaded lymph ...of the same antigen specificity, but isolated from peripheral blood, appeared functionally competent. This told us that something in the tumor environment was tur...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (second issue)
...ter. Also, there were inflammatory markers in the peripheral blood that suggested exposure causes slight vascular inflammation. The research appears in the second issue for April 2004 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. REDUCED INFANT A...Researchers say stenting the best treatment for blocked leg arteries
...nal Radiology. Lower-extremity ischemia, a type of peripheral vascular disease (PVD), occurs when arteries in th...tent is a viable treatment option for this type of peripheral vascular disease." Dr. Murphy and a team of researchers reviewed the records of 365 patients sufferi...Key to proper blood vessel growth in eye and ear discovered
... growth factor, is being tested as a treatment for peripheral vascular disease in the legs and to restore blood ...isease, treating conditions such as heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke may be helped by encouraging blood vessel growth to make up for blocked ...Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
...s and extending as the nurses were trained, to the peripheral primary care centres. "This would cost about 42 million rand (about 4.8 million euros) for the whole country. Such a system was implemented successfully in Singapore. Unfortunately, contrary to Department of Health promises, the paper is still no...A new hypothesis about Alzheimer's disease
...e diseases include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and a peripheral nervous system disease called familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP)a collection of more than 80 rare amyloid diseases caused by the misfolding of the protein transthyretin (TTR), which the liver secretes into the bloodstream to carry thyroid hormone ...2004 Research in Periodontal Disease Award to Soskolne
...eries of landmark studies on the ultrastructure of peripheral giant cell granulomas and the first evidence of the role of osteoblasts in what later became known as apoptosis of osteocytes. Based on experimental models used during collaboration with Drs. Nuki and Raisz, Dr. Soskolne developed an organ-culture mo...Thursday, March 4, 2004 news tips
...ness or social isolation, may be a risk factor for peripheral artery disease....Zengen's new study reviews novel approach to control inflammation using melanocortin receptors
...on within the brain and neurogenerative disorders, peripheral neuropathies, systemic host reactions, ischemia and reperfusion injury and infections. "The study results also indicate that certain melanocortin peptides have antimicrobial effects," said James Lipton, Ph.D., chief scientific officer and director o...Complementary, alternative therapies for neurological disorders detailed in new book
...multiple sclerosis; dementia; Parkinson's disease; peripheral neuropathy; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; insomnia; and snoring or obstructive sleep apnea. There also is a chapter about the use of CAM therapies by families of children with disabilities. Several faculty members from OHSU's School of Medicine cont...Teens present research findings at major international meeting
...und to significantly reduce the responses of human peripheral blood monocytes to locally derived and systemic inflammatory mediators. For patients with coronary artery disease who exhibit periodontitis, the implication is that doxycycline may reduce plasma levels of CRP, IL-6, and MMPs. Decreasing these levels ...Protein helps immune system mount 'instant strike' against deadly flu viruses
...were able to make the protein were able to develop peripheral immunity, and 90 percent of them survived after be...s engineered to lack the protein failed to develop peripheral immunity, and only 60 percent of them survived after being infected with the same flu virus. The f...