Insulin decreases inflammation, aids clot-busting drugs in heart attack patients, UB study shows
...blood samples collected at baseline and at several points during the 48 hours showed that concentrations of both inflammatory markers CRP and SAA rose significantly during the treatment period, a normal response to tissue injury caused by a heart attack. CRP has been shown to increase the amount of heart t...Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
...z actually identified the two primary antigens, or points of attack by the immune system, in the pemphigus variant found in her native land. Desmosomes and the plectins linked to them are glycoproteins, protein-carbohydrate compounds that work like glue to help hold skins cells together and give skin its s...Brief mail- and computer-generated interventions work best for problem drinking among young people
...ntervention for college students. Some of the key points were: In-person brief interventions are best directed toward those who engage in hazardous drinking and/or abuse of alcohol rather than those who are alcohol dependent. "The vast majority of hazardous drinkers do not develop chronic alcohol dependen...Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
...ergency personnel and mobile telephones at various points within the soon-to-be-destroyed Fischer Public Housing Project. The researchers collected information on the transmitters' signal strength and other data. They also used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to determine the locations and distances...Study in children challenges primary theory for 'stroke belt'
... at great risk," she said. "However, this research points to the fact that we don't understand much about childhood stroke." Known risk factors include sickle cell disease, congenital heart defects and inherited conditions that increase blood clotting. As found in earlier studies, this research document...Patients are less satisfied with better company doctor
... situation is so important, this provides starting points for counselling. Employees who had regular contact with managers during the period of absence returned to work earlier than other employees. This was only true for employees with few depressive complaints. For employees with a lot of depressive comp...UCI receives major grant to study how acupuncture can treat cardiovascular ailments
...nd scientific basis for acupuncture." Longhurst points out that, despite its long history, there has been...dicine that involves inserting needles at specific points on the body to help cure disease or relieve pain. When an acupuncture needle is inserted at specific...UCSF physicians publish groundbreaking book on medical mistakes
...anied by evidence-based insights and research that points the way toward solutions," said Wachter. He explained that the book describes previously reported and well-known cases from clinics and hospitals around the country, such as a case in which a neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of two different p...Large-scale analysis of women with androgen excess: thorough treatment can reduce symptoms
...symptoms of androgen excess disorders, but it also points out that specialists must do more to inform and educate patients about the potential benefits of long-term treatment, according to Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA, who directs Cedars-Sinai's Center for Androgen Related Disorders (CARD), the only center o...Jan/Feb 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...; 3) Longitudinal care should be provided at all points along the disease trajectory, with an evolving balance of palliative and curative treatments; 4) Collaborative care and decision making should be a shared enterprise among physicians, patients and their loved ones; and 5) Comprehensive care should ...Exposure to carcinogens not proportionally decreased by reduction in smoking
.... Urine samples were collected at several specific points throughout the 6-month study period to measure levels of the NNK metabolites, called NNAL and NNAL-Gluc. The researchers also measured the level of the compound anatabine to biochemically verify the patients' self reports of cigarette consumption. Pa...New drug improves outcomes when added to existing therapy for Alzheimer's disease
...ve Activities of Daily Living Inventory declined 2 points in the memantine group versus 3.4 in the placebo group. In conclusion the authors write, "Although the specific mechanisms and interactions between these therapies have not yet been defined, this and other studies demonstrate that memantine alone o...Advice for designing reliable nanomaterials
...ght, high strength and hardness. Lawn says contact points in devices with moving parts will require especially close attention. As the size of contacts decreases, he notes, stresses will become more concentrated, "increasing the potential for irreversible damage and premature failure at ever-lower critical ...Taking vitamin D supplements lowers risk of multiple sclerosis
...upplements," Munger said. Earlier research also points to the role of vitamin D in MS. Studies with mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune disease in animals that is used as a model of MS, have shown that vitamin D supplements can prevent or favorably affect the course o...Urban areas organized in well developed partnering 'markets'
...These communities were chosen to represent various points along a continuum of perceived cohesiveness and insularity as well as to provide samples of different racial, ethnic and sexual orientation populations," the authors wrote. The sexual markets are important means for people to organize their lives, th...Overweight and obesity thresholds may be misleading for Asian populations
...ationally recognised body-mass index (BMI) cut-off points for overweight and obesity may not be appropriate ...o attempt was made, therefore, to redefine cut-off points for each population separately. The consultation also agreed that the WHO BMI cut-off points - * 25 ...Software that minimises facial disfigurement
... it incorporates bone and muscle. Pieper himself points out that his model does not yet take account of the differing elasticity of old and young skin, nor after-effects such as sagging skin that happen slowly. He plans to work on these features in future versions of the software. New Scientist issue: 1...Pioneering implants for deaf people
...e length of the cochlea. By stimulating different points on the cochlea it is possible to activate eight or more channels- enough to understand speech over the phone. ABIs, on the other hand, tend to stimulate only a single channel. But Shannon hopes that his implant, in which eight electrodes of differen...United States has highest prevalence of overweight teens in 15 country study
... ages 13.5 years and 15.5 years as standard cutoff points to determine what percentile children were in. BMIs and corresponding percentiles are as follows: BMIs of 24.8 and 24.4 defined overweight (95th percentile) for boys and girls aged 13.5 years, respectively; BMIs of 26.0 and 25.4 indicated overweight ...Genomics research: New genetic 'hit list' may underlie susceptibility to sudden cardiac death
...electrocardiogram (ECG) where the interval between points Q and T is abnormally prolonged. If untreated, half the people with symptomatic long QT syndrome will die within ten years after the first symptoms are noticed. First Genomics Analysis of Healthy Population Mayo researchers conducted a comprehensiv...