Researchers say deadly twist key to sickle cell disease
...in the 28 March online issue of PRL to explain the persistent stability of these deadly fibres. The theory suggests that an inherent "twistiness" in the strands that make up the fibres could be the key to their durability and possibly to new treatments. Red blood cells supply oxygen to the body using their car...People only slightly more likely to die after episodes of stagnant air
... visits for asthma in children are associated with persistent stagnation....Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR
... a neurological brain disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development. Hyperactivity is seen less frequently as the patient ages, although inattention a...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 3, 2003
...cture, massage therapy and spinal manipulation for persistent back pain found that massage had some benefit; spinal manipulative therapy had small clinical benefits equivalent to those of pain-killing drugs, physical therapy or back exercises; and the effectiveness of acupuncture remains unclear (Academia/Clini...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for June 2003 (second issue)
...terleuken (IL)-5 antibody to patients with severe, persistent asthma significantly reduced, for up to 30 days, the number of eosinophils in the blood. (The number of these cells characteristically rises during mucosal inflammation underlying allergic disorders.) In addition, the investigators demonstrated a l...Study: Couric's colonoscopy caused cross-country climb in colon cancer checks
...gh to cause symptoms such as blood in their stool, persistent abdominal cramps and changes in bowel habits. At that stage, treatment often fails to save their lives. But if the disease is caught in its early polyp stage, via colonoscopy or other methods, it can be cured in most cases. Couric became a colonosco...Is there a way to derail the children's 'Allergy March'?
...I) Complaints: These can include colic, diarrhea, persistent vomiting or stomach aches, and may be due to food sensitivities. Researchers like Homburger believe that food allergy maybe the root cause in 10-15 percent of colicky infants. Scientific findings have identified a wide array of allergy-associated gas...Other highlights in the August 6 issue of JNCI
...omen successfully treated for breast cancer suffer persistent fatigue of unknown origin. Earlier studies have found elevated levels of several inflammatory markers in circulating blood among breast cancer survivors experiencing fatigue. To identify the immunologic basis for these elevations, Julienne E. Bower, ...New tool helps doctors predict posttraumatic stress after child injury
...ict the likelihood of a child or parent developing persistent PTSD. The Screening Tool for Early Predictors of P...ponses from participants that most often predicted persistent posttraumatic stress at three months. For example, STEPP questions for children ask if they were sep...UCLA study examines origins of fatigue in breast cancer survivors
...omen successfully treated for breast cancer suffer persistent fatigue of unknown origin. Earlier studies have found elevated levels of several inflammatory markers in circulating blood among breast cancer survivors experiencing fatigue. To identify the immunologic basis for these elevations, Julienne E. Bower, ...Three-time Emmy Award winning actress Kathy Baker to participate in ADHD experts on call program
... of ADHD requires that a child exhibits signs that persistent problems are noticeably affecting their life in two or more settings, such as at school or at home. In addition, while many believe that ADHD is only a childhood disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, up to 66 percent of chi...Emory biostatisticians demonstrate method to bolster accuracy of vaccine studies
...sure vaccine effectiveness accurately, despite two persistent problems that threaten to confound statistical analysis: bias in reporting illness and non-specific definitions of disease. The research, conducted by lead authors and Emory epidemiologists M. Elizabeth Halloran, MD, DSc and Ira Longini, PhD, will ...Rutgers scientists pinpoint brain cells involved in drug addiction relapse
..." said West. "It indicated that the animals had a persistent memory they remembered the significance of the tone. We interpreted the resumption of lever pressing as a behavioral relapse." During this relapse of drug seeking, brain activity recordings showed that accumbens shell neurons responded almost inst...How a nightcap may hinder rather than help your sleep
...diaries, confirmed that alcoholics did indeed have persistent sleep disruptions that could not be attributed to a single bad night of sleep in a lab." The study also found that, in general, problems with sleep onset were worse than with sleep maintenance. "Most insomniacs have a combination of problems getting ...Anti-asthma medications: Too much of a good thing?
...ernative explanation. The authors demonstrate that persistent high-level activation of the beta2AR leads to increased expression of phospholipase C- beta (PLC-beta) in airway smooth muscle, inducing a crosstalk between beta2AR signaling pathways that ultimately results in airway hyperresponsiveness. In their ac...St. Jude Medical announces publication of results of its ADOPT-A trial
... for the suppression of symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (PAF) in patients with sinus node dysfunction. Results from the study demonstrated that overdrive pacing with the AF Suppression(tm) algorithm decreases symptomatic AF burden significantly in the group of patients with sick sinus ...Physicians and patients rarely discuss costs
... an important omission. Out-of-pocket costs are a persistent concern to the public, creating enough of a burden that many patients forgo prescribed medications. "This means that patients are changing the plan of care for financial reasons without consulting their doctors," said study author Caleb Alexander, M....Mouse study gives new view of anthrax toxin
.... Leppla and his colleagues found no evidence of a persistent increase in cytokines, or of a link between cytokine increase and anthrax LT effects, contradicting earlier beliefs. The evidence suggests that current efforts to design cytokine-suppressing drugs to treat lethal toxin-mediated events in late stages...Pet scans could provide insight into HIV-1 progression
...y of excisional biopsy to study and remove foci of persistent infection should be investigated. Although many systemic sites from which latent virus could re-activate would be left, re-activation might not occur for months or years after removal of the active nodes, thereby allowing extended interruptions of tr......ss and go away without the need for treatment. But persistent infection with certain types of HPV increases the risk of cervical cancer. These types can be detected in 90-100% of cases of cervical cancer, as opposed to 5-20% of controls. These types are believed to be a necessary cause of cervical cancer and th...